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Creston and Corning, IA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for the Creston and Corning, IA area
Clara Irene Tull
May 25, 2017
Clara Irene Tull, died peacefully on May 25, 2017 at 100 years and 364 days old. Born on May 26, 1916 on a rural farm near Diagonal, Iowa, to Willard Wilford and Nora Beatrice Burnworth Baker, Irene was lovingly married to Alvin Lee Tull, who died in 2001. A talented quilter, avid Bingo player and wicked card opponent, Irene was...
Cannon Jacob Simmons
May 20, 2017
Cannon will always be loved by his family which includes: parents: Joshua Simmons and Faith Hahesy, Villisca, Iowa; grandparents: Dennis and Peggy Hill, Corning, Iowa; Bill and Chanda Hahesy, Corning, Iowa; Ron Simmons and Gailyn Garey, Creston, Iowa; Mark Howard and Sandra Garey, Corning, Iowa; brothers: Sawyer Hensley and Chase Simmons, Villisca, Iowa; step-brother; Jacob Dale, Clarinda, Iowa; step-sister: Joslyn...
Jerry Barton
Apr 29, 2017
Jerry Gene Barton, the son of Marion Charles and Nellie Marie (Walton) Barton, was born in Knoxville, Iowa, on July 2, 1943. Jerry entered eternal rest on Saturday, April 29, 2017, at the University of Iowa Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa, at the age of seventy-three years, nine months, and twenty-seven days. Jerry’s father was killed in an accident moving heavy...
Timothy Armstrong
Apr 25, 2017
Timothy Kent Armstrong, the son of James Phillip Sr. and Dorothy Mae (Walton) Armstrong, was born July 22, 1960, in Des Moines, Iowa. Timothy entered eternal rest Tuesday, April 25, 2017, at Clearview Home, Mt. Ayr, Iowa, at the age of fifty-six years, nine months, and three days. Timothy’s family moved to Casey, Iowa, when Timothy was in the second...
Shirley Johannes
Apr 21, 2017
Shirley Louise Johannes, the daughter of Howard Walter Mickey and Edith Mae (Walton) Mickey, was born May 2, 1938 in Des Moines, Iowa. She lived in Taylor and Union County most of her life. Shirley attended Kent Elementary School and graduated from Cromwell High School with the class of 1956. Shirley married Boyd Junior Johannes on October 3, 1957 in...
Bob Nolte
Apr 19, 2017
Donald Robert Nolte, the son of George Robert and Mary Lucille (Batten) Nolte, was born in Milo, Iowa on January 25, 1929. Bob entered eternal rest on Wednesday, April 19, 2017, at Corning Specialty Care, Corning, Iowa, at the age of eighty-eight years, two months, and twenty-five days. Bob lived with his family on a farm in Warren County until...
William Tom Rechsteiner
Apr 18, 2017
William Thomas (Tom) Rechsteiner passed away peacefully at his home in Carlsbad, CA surrounded by his family, Tuesday April 18, after battling an extended illness. Tom lived a full life which originated with humble beginnings in his small hometown of Lenox, Iowa. His mother, Pearl, birthed him at their family home in Lenox and Tom would spend the next 57...
Wayne Kenfield
Apr 16, 2017
Wayne Bixler Kenfield, the son of Chester Canterbury and Blanche (Bixler) Kenfield, was born August 4, 1930, in La Porte, Indiana. Wayne died April 16, 2017 at Creston Specialty Care, Creston, Iowa, at the age of 86 years. Wayne attended the La Porte schools and was a graduate of Purdue University with a degree in microbiology. He was an educator...
Mick Landers
Apr 13, 2017
Michael Joseph Landers, the son of Michael Eugene and Linda Catherine (Ripperger) Landers, was born in Des Moines, Iowa on September 3, 1965. The family moved from the Des Moines area, when Mick was a young boy, and he was educated in the East Union Public Schools. Mick graduated from East Union High School with the Class of 1983. After...
J. Paul Downing
Apr 10, 2017
Jesse Paul Downing, the son of Earl Daniel and Cammie Marie (LeCocq) Downing, was born September 21, 1921, in Creston, Iowa. Paul was educated in the Union County Country Schools and Creston Public Schools, graduating from Creston High School. Following graduation, Paul enlisted in the United States Navy during WWII. He was stationed at the US Naval Training Station in...
Charles Lundquist
Apr 1, 2017
Charles Mannie Lundquist, the son of Mannie and Carrie (Wycoff) Lundquist, was born May 17, 1931, near Brooks, Iowa. Charles entered eternal rest with his family at his side, on April 1, 2017, at Lenox Care Center, Lenox, Iowa, at the age of eighty-five years, ten months, and fifteen days. Charles moved with his parents to a farm 3.5 miles...
Marilyn Mitchell
Mar 31, 2017
Marilyn Maxine Mitchell, the daughter of Melvin Lee and Mary Leona (Kurtz) Carson, was born May 17, 1942, in Oregon, Missouri. Marilyn entered eternal rest on March 31, 2017, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines, Iowa, at the age of 74 years, ten month, fourteen days. Marilyn attended school in Missouri until her family moved to Iowa her junior...
Julie Stewart
Mar 28, 2017
Julie Ann Stewart, the daughter of Walter Alen England and Joyce Lillian (Buzzard) England, was born March 27, 1959 in Red Oak, Iowa. She was raised in Red Oak until her family moved to Creston when Julie was 12 years old. She was educated in both the Red Oak and Creston Public Schools. Julie married Rodney Wayne Abell and the...
Louie Kennedy
Mar 27, 2017
Louis Eugene Kennedy, the son of James and Mary Berenice (Cullen) Kennedy, was born September 30, 1932 on the family farm, in southern Adams County, Iowa. Louie died on March 27, 2017 at CHI Mercy Hospital in Corning at the age of 84. He grew up in a large Irish family, with four brothers and two sisters. He went to...
Luann Lea Riepe
Mar 24, 2017
LuAnn Lea Riepe, the daughter of Robert Henry Stoll, Jr. and Arlene Lucille (Zellweger) Stoll, was born in Greenfield, Iowa on June 17, 1956. As a child, LuAnn grew up in Ames, Iowa where she attended public school. The family returned to southwest Iowa and LuAnn graduated from Orient-Macksburg High School with the Class of 1974. LuAnn went on to...
Carolyn Gillet
Mar 22, 2017
Carolyn LaVerta (Walker) Gillet, the daughter of Clarence Orin and Iva (Antley) Walker was born September 23, 1938 in Holly Ridge, Louisiana. Carolyn entered eternal rest surrounded by her family on Wednesday, March 22, 20107 at CHI Health Bergan Mercy Hospital in Omaha, at the age of seventy-eight years, five months, and twenty- seven days. She grew up and worked...
Mike Sluyter, Sr.
Mar 19, 2017
Michael “Mike” Allen Sluyter Sr., the son of Harold Eugene and Patricia Jane (Pickenpaugh) Sluyter, was born October 28, 1967 in Omaha, Nebraska. Mike passed away Sunday, March 19, 2017 at his home in Creston at the age of forty-nine years, four months, and nineteen days. Mike graduated from North High School in Omaha with the class of 1985. He...
Donna (Starlin) Tillman
Mar 17, 2017
Donna Darlene (Starlin) Tillman, the daughter of Cyril Donald and Viola Darlene (Dukes) Starlin, was born October 3, 1947 in Creston. She was educated in the Creston Public Schools and graduated with the Class of 1965. Donna married Bill Tillman in Creston and two daughters, Gentry and Nikki, were born to this union. Bill and Donna later divorced. Donna worked...
Wilma Cottrell
Mar 16, 2017
Wilma Grace Parker, the daughter of George Baker Parker and Angie Merl (Osborn) Parker, was born October 28, 1920 in Corydon, Iowa. Wilma graduated from Murray High School in 1938, where she received her Normal Training Teaching Certificate. Following graduation, she taught in Clarke County country schools for a short time. On January 14, 1939, Wilma and Glen Eldon Cottrell...
Charles Dean Stamps
Mar 10, 2017
Charles Dean Stamps, the son of Charles Ray and Reva (McCoy) Stamps was born October 14, 1929, in Taylor County Iowa. Dean entered eternal rest on March 10, 2017 at Corning Specialty Care, Corning, Iowa, at the age of eighty-seven years, four months, and twenty-four days. Dean graduated from Gravity High School, Gravity, Iowa, with the Class of 1948. Dean...
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