Obituaries

Creston and Corning, IA Obituaries

Local Obituaries for the Creston and Corning, IA area

Frances Roberg

Frances Roberg

Apr 18, 2016

Frances Lenore Roberg was born on July 7, 1920 to Alfred Herbert and Nora Gertrude (Linnemann) Koch on a farm near Van Meter, Iowa. Frances entered eternal rest on April 18, 2016 at Afton Care Center, Afton, Iowa at the age of ninety-five years, nine months and eleven days. Frances grew up on her parent’s farm along with her two...

Ellen L. Gridley

Ellen L. Gridley

Apr 10, 2016

Ellen Lucille Gridley, the daughter of Leo Benjamin and Ethel Irene (Wallace) Fitzgerald, was born on December 28, 1939, in Creston, Iowa. Ellen entered eternal rest on April 10, 2016 at Greater Regional Hospice House, Creston, Iowa at the age of seventy-six years, three months, and thirteen days. Ellen attended school in Creston and graduated from Creston High School with...

Mary Hull

Mary Hull

Apr 7, 2016

Mary Hull, 100 years and 79 days of 805 12th Street Corning, Iowa passed away peacefully early Thursday morning, April 7, 2016 at her home. The daughter of Archie and Grace Hilyard, she was born January 19, 1916 at her parents home in Cumberland, Iowa. She grew up there and graduated from Cumberland High School in 1932. The family moved...

Harriett Hartsook

Harriett Hartsook

Mar 30, 2016

Harriett Colleen Hartsook, the daughter of Harry C. and Frieda (Wall) Schoenhair, was born on April 29, 1933, in Clearfield, Iowa. Harriett entered eternal rest on March 30, 2016 at Mercy Hospice House, Johnston, Iowa at the age of eighty-two years. Harriett graduated from Creston High School with the class of 1951. On June 1, 1951, she married Dean R....

Wilma Bunting

Wilma Bunting

Mar 26, 2016

Wilma Reed Bunting, the daughter of Dellmond Eldy and Iva Belle (Reed) Hadley, was born July 25, 1916, in Adair County, near Fontanelle, IA. Wilma entered eternal rest at Corning Specialty Care, Corning, IA on March 26, 2016, at the age of ninety-nine years, eight months, and one day. Wilma attended Country School in rural Adair and Adams Counties. Following...

Sarah E. Falconer

Sarah E. Falconer

Mar 19, 2016

Sarah Evelyn Falconer, the daughter of Ralph Lowell and Eva Pearl (Alexander) Rundlett, was born on August 29, 1921 in Lenox, Iowa. Sarah entered eternal rest on March 19, 2016, at Country House Residence in Lincoln, Nebraska at the age of ninety-four years, six months and nineteen days. Sarah was raised in Lenox and graduated from Lenox High School with...

Mark Silence

Mark Silence

Mar 19, 2016

Mark Dwayne Silence, the son of Richard and Shirley (Shinkle) Silence -Jackson, was born October 25, 1963 in Shenandoah, Iowa. Mark passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, on Saturday afternoon, March 19, 2016 at the Greater Regional Hospice House in Creston at the age of fifty-two years, four months, and twenty-three days. Mark was only three days old when...

Robert Mostek

Robert Mostek

Mar 15, 2016

Robert “Bob” James Mostek, the son of Dominic and Mary (Zabawa) Mostek, was born on August 30, 1937, on a farm near Ashton, Nebraska. Bob entered eternal rest on March 15, 2016 at University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska. Bob graduated from High School in Ashton, Nebraska with the Class of 1955. On July 19, 1958, he married Janet...

Carolyn Curry

Carolyn Curry

Mar 12, 2016

Carolyn Kay Curry, the daughter of Ray Harley and Lela Ethelene (Diggs) Wirth, was born April 18, 1941, in rural Taylor County, near New Market, Iowa. Carolyn entered eternal rest on Saturday, March 12, 2016, at the age of seventy-four years, ten months, and twenty-three days. Carolyn was a member of the last class to graduate Nodaway High School, Nodaway,...

J.D. Anderson

J.D. Anderson

Mar 12, 2016

J. D. (Joy Duane) Anderson passed away on Saturday March 12, 2016 at the age of 100. He had been a resident of Creston Specialty Care since May of 2007. He was preceded in death by his wife, Marna Jayne (Holmes) Anderson, and is survived by his daughters, Marlys, (Steve), Kerton, of Monument Colorado, Janis Owens (Larry) of Creston, Iowa....

Louise Erickson

Louise Erickson

Mar 3, 2016

Birdie Louise (Keesler) Erickson, the daughter of Sterling Allison and Izola Vivian (Findley) Jenkins, was born July 23, 1938, in Corning, Iowa. Louise entered eternal rest on March 3, 2016, at Corning Specialty Care, in Corning, Iowa, at the age of seventy-seven years, seven months, and nine days. Louise graduated from Nodaway High School with the class of 1957. She...

Melvin H. Strait

Melvin H. Strait

Mar 1, 2016

Melvin H. Strait, 93, of Lenox passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at Greater Regional Medical Center, Creston, Iowa. No services are planned. Inurnment will be at Fairview Cemetery, Lenox, Iowa at a later date. Memorials may be directed to the Presbyterian Church in Lenox. Pearson Family Funeral Service, 809 W. Montgomery St., Creston, Iowa is in charge of the...

Evelyn Lund

Evelyn Lund

Feb 27, 2016

Evelyn Pauline Lund, the daughter of Wilfred and Agnes (Lynam) Thomas, was born August 12, 1925, in Adams County Iowa, near Corning. Evelyn entered eternal rest on February 27, 2016, at Clearview Home, in Clearfield, Iowa, at the age of ninety years, six months and fifteen days. Evelyn attended eight years of Adams County Rural School and graduated from Corning...

Richard Evans

Richard Evans

Feb 22, 2016

Richard Allen Evans, the son of John W. and Edna Jane Evans, was born April 14, 1946, in Villisca, Iowa. Richard entered eternal rest on Monday, February 22, 2016, at his home in Corning, Iowa, at the age of sixty-nine years, ten months, and eight days. Richard lived in Glenwood and Brooks, Iowa, before moving to Corning in 1966. He...

Victor Eugene Wager, Jr.

Victor Eugene Wager, Jr.

Feb 19, 2016

Victor Eugene Wager, Jr., the son of Victor Eugene Wager, Sr. and Hilda Johanna (Pedersen) Wager, was born on July 7, 1930 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Victor entered into eternal rest on February 19, 2016, at his home in Creston, Iowa, at the age of eighty-five years, seven months and twelve days. Victor graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in...

Lyle P. Steeve

Lyle P. Steeve

Feb 13, 2016

Lyle Paul Steeve, the son of Paul Louis and Edna Elizabeth Julia (Brethaur) Steeve was born February 20, 1933, in Clarinda, Iowa. Lyle entered eternal rest on Saturday, February 13, 2016, at his home in Creston, at the age eighty-two years, eleven months, and twenty-four days. He was one of nine children born to this family. Lyle attended Immanuel Lutheran...

Charles Stan Richie

Charles Stan Richie

Feb 8, 2016

Charles Stanley Richie, the son of Charles Junior and Ruth Adeline (Selby) Richie, was born March 27, 1957, in Corning, IA. Stan entered eternal rest on Monday, February 8, 2016, at CHI Health Mercy Hospital, Corning, Iowa, at the age of fifty-eight years, ten months and twelve days. Stan entered the United States Navy on December 29, 1975 and received...

Don Pottinger

Don Pottinger

Feb 7, 2016

Donovan “Don” Duane Pottinger, the son of W. H. “Dick” Pottinger and Charlesa M. Alpaugh, was born May 28, 1929, on a farm south of Prescott, IA. Later they had two girls, Janis and Katherine. Don attended a country school and then finished his education at Prescott Community Schools in 1947, as class president. That same year his parents sold...

Jeri Richmond

Jeri Richmond

Jan 25, 2016

Geraldine Eloise Richmond, the daughter of Joseph Alfred and Ethel Berniece (Wright) Moore was born June 24, 1928, in Boone, Iowa. Jeri entered eternal rest on January 25, 2016, at CHI Health Mercy Hospital, Corning, Iowa, at the age of eighty-seven years, seven months, and one day. Jeri graduated from Boone High School with the class of 1945. She worked...

Lavonne Symonds

Lavonne Symonds

Jan 25, 2016

LaVonne Symonds, the daughter of Dellmond Eldy and Iva Belle (Reed) Hadley was born April 6, 1920, at her parent’s home in rural Adair County. LaVonne entered eternal rest on January 25, 2016, at Corning Specialty Care, Corning, Iowa, at the age of ninety-five years, nine months, and nineteen days. Her family moved to Adams County in 1924 when she...