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Local Obituaries for the Creston and Corning, IA area

Rosalie Pesik

Rosalie Pesik

Jun 5, 2011

Rosalie A. Pesik, the daughter of Anthony Joseph and Anna (Tomann) Pesik, was born on June 10, 1924, in Spaulding Township in Union County, Iowa. Rosalie entered eternal rest on June 5, 2011, at Crest Haven Care Centre, in Creston, Iowa, at the age of eighty-six years, eleven months, and twenty-six days. Rosalie lived in the Creston/Union County area her...

Sandra Shirk

Sandra Shirk

Jun 5, 2011

Sandra Mae Shirk, 57, a resident of Gonzales, LA, died on Sunday, June 5, 2011. Celebration of Life Services will be 2:00 P.M., Monday, June 13, at Pearson-Coen-Beaty Family Funeral Service, 809 W. Montgomery St., Creston, Iowa. Rev. Dave Tebbenkamp, First Baptist Church, will officiate. Interment will be at Graceland Cemetery, Creston. Family will receive friends from 6:00 - 8:00...

Kathryn Clark Bennett Cody

Kathryn Clark Bennett Cody

Jun 1, 2011

Kathryn Clark Bennett Cody passed away on June 1st in Dayton, Tennessee at the age of 93. Kathryn was born March 31, 1918, in Creston, Iowa. She graduated from Creston High School in 1937. Kathryn married H.R. (Bob) Bennett and they had two sons, Gary Bennett and Phil Bennett who presently live in Spring City and Chattanooga, Tennessee. Kathryn has...

Lorraine Zimmerman

Lorraine Zimmerman

May 27, 2011

Kathryn Lorraine Wells Zimmerman died on Friday, May 27, 2011, at the age of 99, at the Corning Nursing and Rehab Center. Lorraine was born March 23, 1912 in the family home in Tabor, Iowa. She graduated from Tabor High School and Simpson College, majoring in English, where she was also a member of the Pi Beta Phi Sorority, She...

Richard R. Dick Loonan

Richard R. Dick Loonan

May 14, 2011

Richard Raymond (Dick) Loonan was born November 7, 1927 in Waterloo, Iowa, the son of George V. and Betty Loonan. Dick entered eternal rest on Saturday, May 14, 2011 at Alegent Health Mercy Hospital in Corning, Iowa at the age of eighty-three years. Dick graduated from high school at Hudson Consolidated School in 1945. He received a BS degree in...

Imogene Miller

Imogene Miller

May 2, 2011

Nora “ Imogene “ Miller, daughter of Perry James and Nora Elizabeth (Mason) Reynolds, was born on July 16, 1916 in Carbon, Iowa. Imogene entered eternal rest on Monday, May 2, 2011 at the Lenox Care Center in Lenox, Iowa at the age of ninety-four years, nine months and sixteen days. As the eighth child of eleven, Imogene grew up...

Clark Peterson

Clark Peterson

May 2, 2011

Clark Merle Peterson, second son of Herman and Velma (Hoops) Peterson was born on the Peterson homestead at Strand, Iowa, on January 24, 1923. Clark entered into eternal rest on Monday, May 2, 2011, at his home in Corning at the age of eighty-eight years, three months and nine days. Clark attended country school and helped his parents on the...

Della Cooper

Della Cooper

May 2, 2011

Della Irene Hackett Cooper passed away May 2, 2011 at the age of 98 years, 7 months and 2 days at the Corning Nursing Rehab Center in Corning, Iowa. Della was born in Corning, Iowa, the daughter of John A. and Sophia Hackett. She was united in marriage to Orma Thomas Cooper on September 29th, 1941. Della was a member...

Cleofa Dalton

Cleofa Dalton

Apr 26, 2011

Cleofa Dalton, 100, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, died Tuesday, April 26, 2011, at Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Cleofa Pauline Dalton was born on May 24, 1910, in Ft. Collins, Colorado. She grew up in Dodge Township in Union County. On December 24, 1927, she married Harold Dalton in Des Moines, Iowa. Cleofa was a wife and homemaker....

Ethel Calkins

Ethel Calkins

Apr 26, 2011

Ethel Chambers Calkins was born February 27, 1912 in Massena, Iowa to Rollie Henry and Sadie Amelia Denham Chambers. Ethel entered eternal rest on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at Alegent Health Mercy Hospital in Corning, Iowa at the age of ninety-nine years. As a child Ethel attended rural schools in Massena Township Pine Grove neighborhood. She graduated from Massena High...

Pauline Parrott

Pauline Parrott

Apr 22, 2011

Ethel Pauline Parrott, the daughter of John E. and Ethel Maude (Alley) Young, was born on December 26, 1911, in Adair County near Greenfield, Iowa. Pauline entered eternal rest on April 22, at Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa, at the age of ninety-nine years. Pauline was raised on a farm five miles north of Afton. She graduated from Afton High...

Paul Bailey

Paul Bailey

Apr 15, 2011

Paul Vincent Bailey, the son of Gale Austin and Neva Muriel (Owens) Bailey, was born on May 3, 1925, in St. Joseph, Missouri. Paul entered eternal rest on April 15, 2011, at his home near Creston, Iowa at the age of eighty-five years. Paul lived in Adams and Union County most of his life. He graduated from Cromwell High School...

Ellen L. Hipsley

Ellen L. Hipsley

Apr 13, 2011

Ellen Louise Hipsley, the daughter of Lewis Glenn and Helen Lorraine (Kelley) Hipsley, was born on August 30, 1955, in Clarinda, Iowa. Ellen entered eternal rest on April 13, 2011, at the Greater Regional Hospice Home, Creston, Iowa, at the age of fifty-five years, seven months, and fourteen days. Ellens father was transferred by GTE from Clarinda, Iowa to Creston,...

Richard Hance

Richard Hance

Apr 12, 2011

Richard Marvin Hance, the son of Marvin Lester and Eleanor Iola (Decker) Hance, was born on April 6, 1952, in Creston, Iowa. Richard entered eternal rest on April 12, 2011, at his home in Creston, Iowa, at the age of fifty-nine years. Richard lived in Creston most of his life. Richard graduated from Creston High School with the Class of...

Wayne Weight

Wayne Weight

Mar 31, 2011

Wayne Vernon Weight, the son of H. Vernon Weight and Wava Jean (Curtis) (Weight) Pierce, was born on September 29, 1949, in Hamburg, Iowa. Wayne entered eternal rest on March 31, 2011, at Trinity Center Luther Park, in Des Moines, Iowa, at the age of sixty-one years, six months, and two days. Wayne graduated from Sidney High School with the...

Virginia Westlake

Virginia Westlake

Mar 26, 2011

Virginia Lee Westlake, daughter of Daisy Ruth (Burns) and Glen Phillip Sturdevant, was born on August 3, 1946 in Percival, Iowa. Virginia passed away at her home in Brooks, Iowa on Saturday, March 26, 2011 after a year-long battle with lung cancer. Virginia lived in Corning and attended country school in Douglas Township prior to graduating from Corning High School...

Vera L. Stream

Vera L. Stream

Mar 22, 2011

Vera Lois (Ray) Stream passed away at Legacy Lodge in Chariton, Iowa, at the age of 91. Vera was born August 20, 1919, in Clarke county to Joe and Essie Leona (Onie) Ray, one of seven children. She attended school in Thayer, Iowa, and graduated at age 16. Her lifelong dream was to be a teacher. Growing up, she would...

Lois Evelyn Young

Lois Evelyn Young

Mar 19, 2011

Lois Evelyn (Roberts) Young, daughter of Jesse Elwell and Mabel Linda (Probst) Roberts, was born on January 20, 1917 on a farm in Washington Township, Mt. Etna, Iowa. Lois passed away at the Vintage Park Apartments on Saturday, March 19, 2011 at the age of ninety-four years, one month and twenty-seven days. Lois attended country school and graduated from Corning...

Lucile M. Davis

Lucile M. Davis

Mar 18, 2011

Lucile Marie Davis, the daughter of William Everett and Jenny (Edmindston) Keever, was born on July 19, 1911, in Prescott, Iowa. Lucile entered eternal rest on March 18, 2011, at the Creston Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Creston, Iowa, at the age of ninety-nine years, seven months and twenty-seven days. Lucile lived in Prescott all of her life. She graduated from...

John Grant Saxton

John Grant Saxton

Mar 14, 2011

John Grant Saxton Jr. was born on April 21, 1959 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. John passed away on Monday, March 14, 2011 at his home in Prescott, Iowa at the age of fifty-one years and eleven months. John attended and graduated from Shawnee High School in Medford, New Jersey. Following high school, John entered into the National Guard Reserve, serving our...

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