Obituaries

Creston and Corning, IA Obituaries

Local Obituaries for the Creston and Corning, IA area

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,...

Bob Myers

Bob Myers

Oct 25, 2015

Robert Dean Myers, the son of William Charles Maynard and Margaret Lucille (Humphrey) Myers was born October 3, 1946 in Atlantic, Iowa. Bob entered eternal rest on October 25, 2015 at Alegent Creighton Health, Corning, Iowa, at the age of 69 years and 22 days . Bob was raised in the Griswold area and graduated from Griswold High School with...

Regina Conklin

Regina Conklin

Oct 24, 2015

Regina Sue Conklin, the daughter of Walter Donald and Darlene Joyce (Bells) Groves, was born July 5, 1959, in Kansas City, Missouri. Regina entered eternal rest on October 24, 2015, at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa, at the age of 56 years, 3 months, and 19 days. Regina grew up in Orrick, Missouri, and attended school...

Dolores Mae Haley

Dolores Mae Haley

Oct 21, 2015

Dolores Mae (Carter) Haley, daughter of Leland C. Carter and Grace Elizabeth (McMorran) Carter, was born August 3, 1929, in Adams County, Iowa, and entered into eternal rest on October 21, 2015, at the Stanton Care Center, Stanton, Iowa. She attended school in Carbon, Iowa, and finished high school in Corning, Iowa, graduating in 1946. One of her fun childhood...

Almeda Eggleston

Almeda Eggleston

Oct 20, 2015

Almeda Faye Eggleston, the daughter of William Frank and Alta Almeda (Nash) Schaffer, was born October 11, 1926 near Lenox in Taylor County Iowa. Almeda entered eternal rest on October 20, 2015 at Corning Nursing and Rehab Center, Corning, Iowa, at the age of 89 years and nine days. Almeda married Alvin Lafayette Eggleston on October 13, 1945 in Corning,...

William Bill Preston, Jr.

William Bill Preston, Jr.

Oct 8, 2015

William “Bill” Lee Preston Jr., the son of William Lee and Carolyn Mae (Roach) Preston Sr., was born March 3, 1961, in Corning, Iowa. Bill entered eternal rest on Thursday, October 8, 2015, at Corning Nursing and Rehab Center, at the age of 54 years, 7 months, and 5 days. Bill graduated from Prescott High School with the class of...

Kenneth J. Brown

Kenneth J. Brown

Oct 5, 2015

Kenneth Joseph Brown of Corning was born July 28, 1938, to Margaret Louise Brown and Harry Raymond Brown. He entered eternal rest October 5, 2015, at 77 years old. Kenny was born on a farm north of Ottumwa. He enjoyed growing up there with his big brother Charles, his little sister Cynthia, and his many beloved dogs. He attended a...

Don Williams

Don Williams

Oct 2, 2015

Donald Earl Williams, age 98, passed away peacefully on October 2nd 2015 in Corning, Iowa. Donald was born November 16, 1916 in Clarinda, Iowa to Earl E. and Anna Twining Williams. He was the middle child and after his mother’s passing in 1918 he and his older sister Marjorie were raised by Earl’s parents Oliver and Jessie Williams of Corning....

Dorothy J. Fife

Dorothy J. Fife

Sep 29, 2015

Dorothy Jane Willett, the daughter of Olin Norwood and Evelyn Jane (Arthur) Willett, was born June 29, 1922 in rural Adams County, Iowa. Dorothy entered eternal rest on Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at the Griswold Rehab Health Care Center in Griswold, Iowa, at the age of 93 years and 3 months. Dorothy was raised in Douglas Township and attended Middle...

Lucille Schrodt

Lucille Schrodt

Sep 25, 2015

Lucille Marie Schrodt, the daughter of Aaron S. and R. Gail (Presnell) Johnston, was born on April 6, 1926 in Ringgold County, Iowa. Lucille entered eternal rest on September 25, 2015 at Crest Haven Care Centre, Creston, Iowa at the age of eighty nine years, five months, and nineteen days. Lucille attended Shannon City and Diagonal Schools until the death...

Susan (Sample) Bohn

Susan (Sample) Bohn

Sep 17, 2015

Susan Ann Bohn, the daughter of Curtis Glendale and Grace Margaret (Vaughn) Sample, was born July 15, 1947 in Des Moines, Iowa. Sue entered eternal rest on September 17, 2015 at Taylor House Hospice, Des Moines, Iowa at the age of sixty-eight years, two months, and two days. Sue attended school in Des Moines and graduated from East High School...

Dean R. Davis

Dean R. Davis

Sep 17, 2015

Dean Richard Davis, the son of Frank Marion and Doris Lucille (Harlow) Davis, was born August 19, 1937, at his family’s home in Brooks, Iowa. Dean entered eternal rest on Thursday, September 17, 2015, at CHI Mercy Hospital in Corning, at the age of the age of 78 years, 29 days. Dean graduated from Corning High School with the class...

Betty Shelton

Betty Shelton

Sep 17, 2015

Betty B. Shelton, the biological daughter of Albert Halladay and Emma (Fisk) Halladay, was born October 12, 1930, in Bagley, Minnesota. Betty entered eternal rest on September 17, 2015, at Harbor Lakes Nursing Home, Granbury, Texas at the age of eighty-four years. When she was young, Betty and her family moved to Centerville, Iowa, where she was raised by her...