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Creston and Corning, IA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for the Creston and Corning, IA area
Alvin Schlapia
Sep 12, 2024
Alvin D. Schlapia, 84, of Creston, IA, passed away on Thursday, September 12, 2024 at his home. Alvin was born on May 4, 1940 on a farm northwest of Diagonal, IA to Hugh Albert and Vivian Dorothy (Pratt) Schlapia.
Alvin attended grades K-12 in Diagonal, where he enjoyed playing basketball and graduated as valedictorian in 1958. He received his AA Degree...
Irene Miller
Sep 17, 2024
Irene Miller, 100 years old, of Corning, Iowa entered eternal rest Tuesday, September 17, 2024 at Corning Specialty Care. Graveside services will be 10:30 AM, Saturday, September 28, 2024 at the Walnut Grove Cemetery in Corning. Rev. Mary O’Riley will officiate. Memorials may be directed to the Prescott United Church – Disciples of Christ. Memories and condolences can be shared...
Jennifer Walters
Sep 24, 2024
Jennifer Verlea Walters, the daughter of Dewey and Verlea (Sands) Carpenter, was born on December 21,1957 in Red Oak, Iowa. Jennifer passed away on September 24, 2024, with her two children by her side. Celebration of Life services will be 11:00 AM, Thursday, October 3, 2024 at Pearson Family Funeral Service & Cremation Center. Rev. Mary O’Riley will officiate. The...
Ronald "Ronnie" Bird
Sep 21, 2024
Ronnie Dean Bird, 75 of Creston, Iowa, passed away Saturday, September 21, 2024 at Iowa Methodist Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa. Funeral Services are 11:00 A.M., Monday, September 30, 2024, at Pearson Family Funeral Service & Cremation Center, Creston, Iowa, with Pastor Chuck Spindler officiating. Burial will be in Diagonal Cemetery, Diagonal, Iowa. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed...
John Smith
Sep 16, 2024
John W. Smith, 79, of Brooks, lowa, passed away Monday, September 16, 2024, at his home in Brooks after a courageous 10 year battle with Cancer. As per his wishes, no formal services are planned at this time. Memorials may be directed to the American Cancer Society. Pearson Family Funeral Service & Cremation Center was in charge of arrangements. Friends...
Cathy J. "KTEDID" Dryden
Sep 14, 2024
Cathy Jean (Kroeger) Dryden was born August 13, 1949 in Carroll, Iowa, the daughter of John J. Kroeger and Velma L. (Preyt) Kroeger. She was one of three children to bless this union. Katie lived out her young life on the family farm in Arcadia, Iowa. She was educated in AR-WE-VA schools and graduated from there in 1969. Later in...
Robert Bolinger
Aug 31, 2024
Robert “Doc” Bolinger, 83, of Kent, Iowa, passed away August 31, 2024 at Lenox Care Center in Lenox, Iowa. No public services are planned. Doc will be laid to rest in the Grove Cemetery at a later date.
Robert J. Bolinger was born May 29, 1941 to Rex Leroy Bolinger and Austie Pearl Spencer in Ringgold County, near Delphos, Iowa. He...
Vivian Strait
Aug 28, 2024
Vivian Ruth Strait, 98, of Lenox Iowa, went to be with the Lord on August 28, 2024, surrounded by loved ones at the Lenox Care Center, with care provided by EveryStep Hospice. No public services are planned. Vivian will be laid to rest in the W. Fairview Cemetery at a later date. Memorial contributions can be made to the Lenox...
Jess Gourd
Aug 21, 2024
Jess R. Gourd, 60, of Clearfield, Iowa passed away on Wednesday, August 21st, 2024 in his daughter’s home in Creston, Iowa. A Celebration of Life will be held at Jess’s residence in Clearfield, Iowa on August 31st beginning at 2pm. Memorial contributions may be directed to the family. Online condolences can be shared at www.pearsonfuneralhomes.com.
Jess R. Gourd was born in...
Doris McElwain
Aug 18, 2024
Doris Ilene McElwain was born on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 1936, in Philadelphia, Mississippi, the daughter of Paul Peter and Claudia Earline (Luke) Schuster. Doris entered eternal rest Sunday, August 18, 2024, at the Select Specialty Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa, at the age of eighty-eight years.
Doris was raised in Wheaton, Minnesota and educated in the Wheaton Public Schools. She...
Sandra Balch
Aug 16, 2024
Sandra K. Balch, 78 of Creston, Iowa formerly of Denver, Colorado passed away at home on Friday, August 16, 2024. No local services are planned and Sandra was cremated. Pearson Family Funeral Service & Cremation Center is in charge of the arrangements. Condolences can be shared online at www.pearsonfuneralhomes.com.
Sandra Kaye Balch was born October 3, 1945 in Denver, Colorado the...
Chad Blanchard
Aug 11, 2024
Chad Blanchard, 44 of Corning, Iowa passed away at his home Sunday, August 11, 2024. Chad was cremated and no services are planned at this time. Chad’s remains will be buried in the Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, Iowa at a future date, to be determined by the family. Memorial contributions may be directed to Ourcq Post #117, Corning American Legion.
Chad...
Joleen Branam
Aug 11, 2024
Joleen Branam, 67 of Red Oak, Iowa formerly of Corning, entered eternal rest Sunday, August 11, 2024 at her daughter’s home in Red Oak. A Graveside Service will be 1:30 PM, Monday, August 19, 2024 at the Grant Cemetery in Grant, Iowa. St. Croix Hospice Chaplain, Bella DeVille will officiate. Memorial contributions may be directed to the family to be...
Joyce Pangburn
Aug 8, 2024
Joyce Boyd Pangburn was born December 3, 1930 in Wessington, SD. The third child born to Elmer and Cecile (Beadles) Boyd, she spent the early years of her life on a farm near Tulare, SD. The family moved to Huron in 1935 where Joyce, her sister Deloris (Dee), and eventually brother Gerald attended elementary school. In 1941 the family relocated...
Michael Allyn Monaghan
Aug 2, 2024
Michael Allyn Monaghan, 75 of Creston, Iowa passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, Friday, August 2, 2024 at The New Homestead of Guthrie Center, Iowa. A Celebration of Life will be 3 PM, Thursday, August 8, 2024 at Pearson Family Funeral Service & Cremation Center. Allyn will be laid to rest in the Rose Hill Cemetery in a private...
Nancy Ann Ytzen
Jul 27, 2024
Nancy Ann Ytzen, 64, of Urbandale, Iowa passed on to Heaven July 27, 2024 at her brother’s home in Creston, Iowa. A Memorial Service will be 10:30 AM, Monday, August 5, 2024 at Pearson Family Funeral Service & Cremation Center with Fr. Patrick Amedeka Officiating. Memorial contributions may be directed to the family to be used for a charity of...
Robby Carter
Jul 24, 2024
Celebration of Life Services will be 5:00PM, August 10, 2024 at the Old Fashion in Creston. Memorials may be directed to the family, to be determined at a future date. Memories and on-line condolences may be left at www.pearsonfuneralhomes.com.
Robby Carter, age 59, passed away unexpectedly at home on July 24th, 2024. He was born March 19th, 1965, in St Joseph,...
Russell Hale
Jul 22, 2024
Russell Sheldon Hale was born on his family farm in Hardy, Nebraska in 1926, the fifth and last child of Russell James and Fay Farthing Hale. He grew up experiencing the precariousness of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl and the loss of a brother in World War II. When Russ left home to join the Navy in 1944, there...
Lois Benoit
Jul 19, 2024
Our sweet beloved Mother, Lois Katherine Benoit (Pfeiffer), 81, passed away July 19, 2024, peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30AM, Friday, July 26, 2024 at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Creston, Iowa with Father Patrick Amedeka Celebrant. Pearson Family Funeral Service & Cremation Center is charge of arrangements. Open visitation will be...
Loretta Wycoff
Jul 18, 2024
Loretta Ilene Wycoff, 83, of Corning, Iowa, passed away Thursday, July 18, 2024 at CHI Health Mercy Hospital, Council Bluffs, Iowa. A private graveside service will be held with Mr. Larry Johnson officiating. Pearson Family Funeral Service & Cremation Center of Corning is in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be directed to the family, to be determined. Memories and on-line...
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