Obituaries

Creston and Corning, IA Obituaries

Local Obituaries for the Creston and Corning, IA area

Janett Deahl

Janett Deahl

Feb 8, 2015

Janett Deahl, 87, of Winterset formerly of Creston, passed away on Sunday, February 8, 2015, at Winterset Care Center-South, Winterset, Iowa. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M., Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at Pearson Family Funeral Service, 809 W. Montgomery St., Creston. Rev. Jim Morris will officiate. A luncheon will be held at the funeral home following the service. Interment will...

Glee Helvie

Glee Helvie

Feb 8, 2015

Glee Helvie was born on April 9, 1920 in Cass Co., IA to Elmer and Sadie (Wilson) Spieker . She entered eternal rest on February 8, 2015 at Corning Nursing and Rehab Center at the age of 94 years 9 months and 30 days. Glee graduated from Massena High School. On June 11, 1938 she was united in marriage to...

Peggy Wolf - Coontz

Peggy Wolf - Coontz

Jan 30, 2015

Peggy Lou (Drefts) Wolf Coontz of Corning, IA was born September 18, 1934 in Douglas Co., Omaha, NE to Charles Otto and Caretha Marie (Rumery) Drefs. Peggy died January 30, 2015 at the Corning Nursing and Rehab Center at the age of 80 years, 4 months, and 12 days. She graduated from South High in Omaha, NE with the Class...

Donald Dean Simmons

Donald Dean Simmons

Jan 28, 2015

Donald Dean Simmons was born in Corning, IA to Ralph and Francisca Ethel (Finnestead) Simmons on July 5, 1935. He attended Corning School and graduated with the Class of 1953. He served his country with the U.S. Army during the Korean War from 1956-1958. After his discharge from the army he worked as a carpenter; employed at the Corning Creamery;...

Robert Dean Bob Nelson

Robert Dean Bob Nelson

Jan 27, 2015

Robert Dean Nelson was born March 1, 1939 to Virgil Ernest and Laverne Rose (Wortman) Nelson in Corning, Iowa. Robert ,age 75 years 10 months and 26 days passed away suddenly at his home on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 with his wife, Joleen of 54 years by his side. Robert was raised on a farm near Carbon, Iowa and worked...

Donald Palen

Donald Palen

Jan 27, 2015

Cutler-ONeill Meyer-Woodring Funeral Home, Council Bluffs, Iowa is handling arrangements. www.cutleroneill.com 712-322-7779

Wendell Bell

Wendell Bell

Jan 25, 2015

Wendell Arthur Bell, 86, of Corning, IA died January 25, 2015 at the Oskaloosa Care Center in Oskaloosa, IA. He was born November 13, 1928 in Guss, IA to Arthur and Ruby (Maxwell) Bell. He graduated from Corning High School with the Class of 1946. He started working for Anderson Miller Oil Co. and was a partner and owner for...

Doris Irene Young

Doris Irene Young

Jan 23, 2015

Doris Irene Young, the daughter of Wendeline Vincent and Helen Irene (May) Miller, was born on February 19, 1925, in Des Moines, Iowa. Doris entered eternal rest on January 23, 2015 at Crest Haven Care Center, Creston, Iowa at the age of eighty-nine years, eleven months, and four days. On February 23, 1940, Doris married Francis Aloysious Young at Saint...

John Marquardt, Sr

John Marquardt, Sr

Jan 23, 2015

John Milton Marquardt, Sr. son of Paul and Orvilla (Cramer) Marquardt, was born January 9, 1933 in Lyons, NE and passed away peacefully January 23, 2015 at the Corning Nursing and Rehab at the age of 82 years and 9 days. In 1945 the family moved to Kennard, NE where John graduated from Kennard High School with the class of...

Ora Rex James

Ora Rex James

Jan 18, 2015

O. Rex James, age 83, Logansport, passed away at 1:35 a.m. on Sunday, January 18, 2015, in Chase Center. Born Thursday, November 5, 1931, in Corning, Iowa, he was the son of Milton Perry and Buena Elizabeth Sage James. On August 7, 1950, in Kellerton, Iowa, he was married to Sandra Gee, who survives, in Logansport. They were married for...

W.M. Tom Butrick

W.M. Tom Butrick

Jan 18, 2015

Willis Marvin Butrick, Jr. of Plattsmouth, NE formerly of Corning, IA entered into eternal rest January 18, 2015 at the Nebraska Medicine Bellevue Medical Center in Bellevue, NE. at the age of 63 years 1 month and 23 days. Willis “Tom” was born in Red Oak, Iowa to Willis Marvin and Goldie Ann (Farris) Butrick on November 26, 1951. He...

Shirley Lynn Tracy

Shirley Lynn Tracy

Jan 14, 2015

Shirley Tracy, 58, of Prescott, Iowa died Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, NE. Shirley was cremated and no services are planned. Memorial contributions may be directed to the family. Online condolences may be left at www.pearsonfuneralhomes.com. Shirley Lynn (East) Tracy was born August 6, 1956 in Santa Anna, CA to Virgil Ross and...

Forrest Hastings

Forrest Hastings

Jan 13, 2015

Forrest (Okie) Hastings, 75, of Fontanelle, Iowa passed away on Tuesday, January 13, at Good Samaritan Society, Fontanelle, Iowa. A Private Family Gathering will be held at a later date to be announced. There will be no public viewing. Pearson Family Funeral Service, 809 W. Montgomery St., Creston is assisting with the arrangements. Memorial contributions may be directed to the...

Daniel E. Lowery

Daniel E. Lowery

Jan 9, 2015

Daniel Edward Lowery, 77 of Corning, Iowa went to be with the Lord January 9, 2015 at CHI Mercy Hospital in Corning. Daniel was born January 9, 1938 in Barberton, Ohio to John Edward and Grace Helen (Eckroate) Lowery. He attended Barberton local schools until Christmas break in 1955 when he joined the U.S.A.F. He entered basic training February 17,...

Edna Page

Edna Page

Jan 4, 2015

Edna L. Page, 81, of Creston passed away on Sunday, January 4, 2015 at Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines, Iowa. Per Edna’s Request, Private Memorial Services were held at Pearson Family Funeral Service, 809 W. Montgomery St., Creston. Interment at Graceland Cemetery, Creston. The Edna Page Memorial has been established at State Savings Bank, 602 Sheldon St., Ste A, Creston,...

Verna Bailey

Verna Bailey

Dec 29, 2014

Verna Mae Bailey, the only child of George Louis and Daisy Mae (Hogenkamp) Reasland, was born February 15, 1930 at Cromwell, Iowa. Verna entered rest on December 29, 2014 at Greater Regional Medical Center, Creston, Iowa at the age of eighty-four years, ten months, and fourteen days. Verna attended school in Cromwell and graduated from Cromwell High School in 1947....

Howard Dutch Nauman

Howard Dutch Nauman

Dec 24, 2014

Howard “Dutch” Ernest Nauman, the son of Ernest August and Rita Belle (Perrigo) Nauman, was born on February 16, 1940 in Iowa City, Iowa. Dutch entered eternal rest at Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines, Iowa on December 24, 2014 at the age of seventy-four years, ten months and eight days. Dutch lived in or near Creston all of his...

Helen Preston

Helen Preston

Dec 23, 2014

Helen Marjorie Preston, the daughter of Grover and Ruby (Kerkmann) Dodge, was born December 11, 1915 in Cass County, Iowa. Helen entered eternal rest on December 23, 2014 at CHI Mercy Hospital in Corning, Iowa at the age of 99 years and 12 days. Helen was united in marriage to Fletcher Jason Preston on September 14, 1935 at Carl, Iowa....

Clarence Butch Eaton

Clarence Butch Eaton

Dec 23, 2014

Clarence “Butch” Eaton, the son of Floyd and Minnie Mae (Freeman) Eaton, was born on December 8, 1938 in Garrison, Iowa. Butch entered eternal rest on December 23, 2014 at Creston Nursing & Rehab Center, Creston, Iowa at the age of seventy-six years. Butch graduated from Garrison High School with the Class of 1957, then attended the University of Northern...

Glen Manchester

Glen Manchester

Dec 23, 2014

Memorial Services will be held at a later date.