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Local Obituaries for the Creston and Corning, IA area

Vonda Long

Vonda Long

Jan 14, 2016

Vonda LaVera (Stradley) Long, the daughter of Robert Ira and Stella Blanche (Wilson) Stradley, was born on September 9, 1922 in Sand Creek Township near Shannon City in Union County, Iowa. Vonda entered eternal rest on January 14, 2016 at Crest Haven Care Centre, Creston, Iowa at the age of ninety-three years, four months and five days. Vonda grew up...

Richard Dick Luther

Richard Dick Luther

Jan 14, 2016

Richard Max Luther entered this world on March 7, 1929 on a farm in Page County to the parents of Marion Glen and Erma Esther (Ridnour) Luther. He spent his early years of life in Trenton, Nebraska before moving back to New Market, Iowa. He attended country school in New Market and high school in Corning and New Market. Dick...

Bobbi Ronfeldt

Bobbi Ronfeldt

Jan 13, 2016

Roberta Jean “Bobbi” Ronfeldt, the daughter of Ralph Merton and Donna Ilene (Craig) Miller was born on December 14, 1961 in Concordia, Kansas. Bobbi entered eternal rest on Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at CHI Health Mercy Hospital in Corning, Iowa, at the age of fifty-four years and 30 days. Bobbi attended Northern Heights High School in Allen, Kansas, and later...

Viola Starlin

Viola Starlin

Jan 11, 2016

Viola Darlene (Dukes) Starlin, daughter of Leslie and Elsie Mae (Byrnes) Dukes, was born January 10, 1928, near Sheridan, Missouri. Viola entered eternal rest on January 11, 2016, at her home in rural Diagonal, Iowa at the age of eighty-eight years after a short battle with leukemia. Viola was educated in Worth County Schools. She married Cyril Donald Starlin on...

Lenora Karstensen

Lenora Karstensen

Dec 28, 2015

Mary Lenora Karstensen, the youngest of eight children was born to George and Nellie (Nelson) Schafer on August 18, 1920, in Lincoln Center, Iowa. Lenora entered eternal rest on Monday, December 28, 2015, at Good Samaritan Society, Villisca, Iowa, at the age of ninety-five years, four months, and ten days. Lenora attended grade school at Fairview, Lincoln #6, and graduated...

Kirk Levine

Kirk Levine

Dec 16, 2015

Kirk Levine loved nothing more than being with friends and family. Whether it was grilling out on the patio with wife Ann and his children, going on trips with his siblings or socializing with friends, Kirk was at his best around people. On Wednesday, Dec. 16, Levine, 61, of Creston, died after battling cancer for more than year. Funeral services...

Paul N. Winkler

Paul N. Winkler

Dec 15, 2015

Paul Neill Winkler, the son of Paul Frederick and Blanche Mae (Neill) Winkler, was born in Washington Township, Adams County, Iowa on May 26, 1927. Paul entered eternal rest on December 15, 2015, at Corning Specialty Care, Corning, Iowa, at the age of eighty-eight years, six months, and nineteen days. Paul attended rural school for the first eight years at...

Daniel Kimball

Daniel Kimball

Dec 12, 2015

Daniel Duane Kimball, 61, passed away peacefully at North Hospice House Saturday, December 12, 2015. Daniel was born in Centerville, Iowa, on September 28, 1954. He was adopted in 1962 by Olin Vera Kimball. He attended Corning High School where he loved wrestling and football. He was also active in his church, Corning Christian Church, where he loved to sing...

Margaret Penfold

Margaret Penfold

Dec 9, 2015

Margaret Adellyn Penfold, the daughter of Edward LeRoy “Roy” and Lois Mary (Frederick) Maeder was born July 3, 1923 at her parent’s home in Lincoln Township, rural Adams County, Iowa. Margaret entered eternal rest on December 9, 2015 at Corning Specialty Care, Corning, Iowa, at the age of ninety-two years, five months, and six days. Margaret attended rural school through...

Jackson Jack Cothron

Jackson Jack Cothron

Dec 6, 2015

Jackson “Jack” Cothron, 88, passed away at his home on Sunday, December 6, 2015. Services will be held in Clarksville, Tennessee on Saturday, December 12, 2015. Interment will be in the Mt. Zion Cemetery, Cumberland Furnace, TN. McReynolds-Nave Larson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements, www.navefuneralhomes.com. Local Memorial Services will be planned at a later date in Afton. Pearson Family...

James M Collins

James M Collins

Nov 30, 2015

James M Collins was born February 1, 1931 in Springfield, MA , the son of Milton James and Florence (Shea) Collins. James entered eternal rest on Monday, November 30, 2015 at the age of 84 years, nine months and 29 days. James graduated high school in Springfield, MA with the class of 1949. James was inducted into the U.S. Army...

Shirley Ann (Schultz) Mallas

Shirley Ann (Schultz) Mallas

Nov 29, 2015

Shirley Ann Mallas was welcomed into this world on May 10, 1938 by her parents Elton August Danial Schultz and Esther Elnora Hanle in Ogden, Iowa. Shirley entered eternal rest on November 29, 2015 at CHI Mercy Hospital in Corning, Iowa, at the age of seventy-seven years, six months, and nineteen days. Shirley was the eldest of three children, following...

Mildred Marie Woods

Mildred Marie Woods

Nov 27, 2015

Mildred Marie Woods was born August 27, 1925, in Creston, Iowa, the daughter of Earl and Cammie Marie (LeCocq) Downing. Mildred entered eternal rest on November 27, 2015 at Creston Nursing and Rehab in Creston, Iowa at the age of 90 years and three months. Mildred attended Zion Public school and received her high school diploma. On February 14, 1945,...

Leona Maxine Minnick

Leona Maxine Minnick

Nov 25, 2015

Leona Maxine Minnick, 94, passed away peacefully at home on November 25, 2015. Born in Page County, Iowa on March 29, 1921, at home to Art and Ethel Sturm. She graduated from Sharpsburg High School and played the position of forward on her high school basketball team. They made it to the state playoffs with just enough players to play...

Emma Susie Fry

Emma Susie Fry

Nov 25, 2015

Emma LaVon “Susie” Fry, the daughter of Chancey E. and Fern LaVon (KinKennon) Miller, was born December 7, 1953, in Iowa City, Iowa. Susie passed away Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at her home in Kent, Iowa at the age of 61 years, 11 months and 18 days. Emma was united in marriage to Terry Dean Fry on July 9, 1999...

Glenna Mae Sullivan

Glenna Mae Sullivan

Nov 13, 2015

Glenna Mae Sullivan, the daughter of Marion and Grace (Leighton) West was born November 26, 1926 in Taylor County. Glenna entered eternal rest on November 13, 2015, at the age of eighty-eight years, eleven months and eighteen days. Glenna attended Adams County rural schools and graduated from Corning High School with the class of 1945. She attended A.I.B. before accepting...

Eldon Harden

Eldon Harden

Nov 11, 2015

Eldon Eugene Harden, the son of Arthur Sidney and Anne Elizabeth (Cramer) Harden, was born on September 18, 1939, near Kent, Iowa. Eldon entered eternal rest on November 11, 2015, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines, Iowa at the age of seventy-six years, one month and twenty-four days. Eldon graduated in 1958 with the last class from Shannon City...

Harry Wiechman

Harry Wiechman

Nov 2, 2015

Harry Wiechman was born July 2, 1933 in Adams County Section 16 of Lincoln Township and died peacefully November 2, 2015 at Nebraska Methodist Hospital at the age of 82 years and 4 months. He was born to Carl F. and Emma P. (Harmson) Wiechman, following Dora, Charlie, Virginia, and Robert. He was raised in the family home there on...

Virgene Williams

Virgene Williams

Oct 26, 2015

Virgene Helen Williams, the daughter of Paul and Neta Davis, was born February 2, 1923, in Mt. Etna, Iowa. Virgene left this earth quietly October 26, 2015, at her daughter’s home in Kingman, Arizona with family at her side, at the age of 92 years, 8 months, and 24 days. She has gone to receive her reward from Jesus Christ...

Curtis Downey

Curtis Downey

Oct 26, 2015

Curtis Duane Downey was born July 1, 1972, in Creston, Iowa, the son of Carla Rae Downey and Denny Duane Hansen. Denny passed away suddenly when Curtis was an infant. Carla married Harold Eugene Beavers on December 15, 1972 and Harold became the only father Curtis knew. Curtis entered eternal rest on October 26, 2015 at Greater Regional Medical Center,...

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