Creston and Corning, IA Obituaries

Nov 25, 2014

Melba Marie Palma, 89, of Lenox, Iowa, formerly of Creston and Prescott, Iowa, passed away on November 25, 2014 surrounded by her loving family at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. On a sunny day, August 15, 1925 in Stockton, California, a tiny 2 ½ pound baby girl was born to Ruggeiro and Minnie (Krueger) Pelosi. Her name would...

Nov 21, 2014

Julia Graf, 87, of Corning, Iowa died peacefully on Friday, November 21, 2014 at the Humboldt County Memorial Hospital in Humboldt, Iowa, surrounded by family members. Julia was born on February 9, 1927 in Cornell, Wisconsin to a family of Czech descent. As a young child, she took pride in helping her mom tend to the garden and learning to...

Nov 20, 2014

Patricia Ann Oliver, the daughter of John William and Helen Esther (Young) Hudson, was born in Hutchinson, Kansas on December 13, 1951. Pat passed away on Thursday, November 20, 2014 at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines at the age of 62 years. Pat was raised in Kansas and moved to Colorado as a young adult. While living...

Nov 19, 2014

Mabel Ethel Hogan Schweers, 96, passed away on November 19, 2014 at Mercy Hospice. Funeral services will be held at St Patrick’s Catholic Church , Corning Iowa on November 25, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. Visitation in Corning will be from 9:30 a.m. for an hour before the funeral service. Burial will be at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Corning IA....

Nov 19, 2014

Dale was born at Villisca, Iowa, Montgomery County to Fred and Mabel (Johnson) Shepherd on April 29, 1929. He entered into eternal rest at Mercy Hospital, Council Bluffs, Iowa at the age of 85 years six months and twenty days. Dale grew to manhood on farms in Montgomery and Adams County. He attended rural schools at Longbranch, Rockdale, Jasper #4...

Nov 18, 2014

Genevieve “Gen” Agnes McCard, daughter of Jacob J. Potts and Josephine (Ambrose) Potts, was born July 15, 1925 in Moorhead, Minnesota. Genevieve entered into eternal rest November 18, 2014 at the Bishop Drum Retirement Center in Johnston, Iowa at the age of 89 years four months and three days. Genevieve’s mother passed away when she was a young child and...

Nov 17, 2014

Donald Mach was born on a farm in Narka, Kansas, to Bohman and Dorothy Paulicheck Mach on May 13, 1936, during the height of the Dust Bowl period in Kansas. As a small child, Don suffered a series of illnesses and his mother and he made multiple trips via train to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota to obtain treatment....

Nov 16, 2014

Brady Russell Larkin, the son of Rick Russell Spainhower and Carla Rae (Downey) Beavers, was born on May 29, 1967 in Creston, Iowa. Brady entered eternal rest on November 16, 2014 at Greater Regional Medical Center, Creston, Iowa at the age of forty-seven years. Brady graduated from Creston High School with the Class of 1985. Soon after graduation, Brady moved...

Nov 14, 2014

Helen Jean Schrodt, aged 83, joined our Lord November 14, 2014. Helen was being cared for with the assistance of Sante Hospice. Born to Erick John Erickson and Flora Edna (King) Crigger Erickson, Helen spent part of her childhood in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa. Her adult life was spent in Creston and Des Moines, Iowa, until she moved to Sun...

Nov 10, 2014

Martha Marie Baker, the daughter of Anthony Francis and Pauline Elizabeth (Thompson) Baker, was born on July 5, 1953 in Creston, Iowa. Martha entered eternal rest on November 10, 2014 at her home at Midwest Opportunities Inc. in Corning, Iowa at the age of sixty-one years, four months, and five days. Martha has lived in Creston, Red Oak, Afton, and...

Nov 3, 2014

Carrie Bernice (Melick) Williams, age 96, passed away November 3rd after a short illness. Carrie was born on May 5th, 1918 in West Liberty, Iowa. She was the third child born to Henry Barkalow Melick and Helen Catherine (Stahl) Melick. After graduating high school, from West Liberty, she attended and graduated from Eureka College in Illinois. Carrie went on to...

Nov 1, 2014

Dale E. Burich, formerly of Creston, IA, died Saturday, November 1, 2014 at his home in Deerfield, IL. Dale E. Burich, son of Charles and Ada (Kralik) Burich, was born October 19, 1930 in Creston, IA. He graduated from Prescott High School in 1948 later graduated from the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin in 1972. He...

Oct 31, 2014

Sharon Diane (Wynn) Walter, age 73, died at Clearview Home on October 31, 2014, surrounded by her loved ones, after a courageous battle with Muscular System Atrophy, a rapidly progressive neurological disease. Sharon Diane (Wynn) Walter, the daughter of Dorothy (Rhine) Wynn and Woodrow Wynn, was born July 2, 1941 on the family farm north of Prescott, Iowa. She grew...

Oct 29, 2014

Mary Elizabeth Esslinger, 71, of Creston, formerly of Afton, passed away Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at Greater Regional Medical Center, Creston, Iowa. Memorial Services will be 3:30 P.M., Friday, October 31 at Pearson Family Funeral Service, 809 W. Montgomery St., Creston. Father Kenneth Halbur, Jr., St. Edwards Catholic Church, will officiate. There will be no public viewing. Memorials may be...

Oct 29, 2014

John “Jack” Edward Craig passed away peacefully with family by his side at on October 29, 2014 at Greater Regional HCI Hospice, Creston, Iowa, at the age of ninety-two years, seven months and one day. Jack was born March 28, 1922 in New Castle, Pennsylvania to Mildred I. (Farrell) and Edward J. Craig. Jack was married in earlier years and...

Oct 27, 2014

Donna Casey was born January 30, 1948 to Lawrence and Leola (Burmeister) Query, in Atlantic, Iowa. Donna passed away on Monday, October 27, 2014 in her home in Corning, Iowa; at the age of 66 surrounded by her loving family. Donna attended Cumberland-Massena Community School. She played basketball, ran track and graduated as valedictorian with the class of 1966. She...

Oct 27, 2014

Robert “Bob” DeVore, the only son of Harrison Hayes and Millie Louisa (Madison) DeVore, was born April 13, 1923 in Adams County, Iowa. Bob passed away at the Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn, Iowa on Monday, October 27, 2014 at the age of 91 years, 6 months and 14 days. Robert attended Country Schools in Adams County and graduated...

Oct 19, 2014

Bruce Edwin Conibear, of Atlantic, Iowa, formerly of Peoria, Illinois, departed this life on October 19, 2014, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Bruce was born in Amboy, Illinois, on May 7, 1931, to Roy and Esther Conibear. He graduated from Lee Center High School in Lee Center, Illinois, and then entered Bradley University where he made the varsity...

Oct 16, 2014

Oct 13, 2014

Dorothy Marie Peak, the daughter of James J. and Vlasta Hlava (Blazek) Kralik, was born on April 1, 1914 near Nevinville in Adams County, Iowa. Dorothy entered eternal rest on October 13, 2014 at her home in Creston, Iowa at the age of one hundred years, six months, and twelve days. Dorothy graduated from Nevinville Consolidated School in 1932. She...