Obituaries

Creston and Corning, IA Obituaries

Local Obituaries for the Creston and Corning, IA area

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...

Betty L. Thomas

Betty L. Thomas

Feb 28, 2011

Betty Lee Thomas, the daughter of Ernest and Sarah (Hamilton) Baker, was born on April 8, 1927, in St. Joseph, Missouri. Betty entered eternal rest on February 28, 2011, at the Greater Regional Medical Center, in Creston, Iowa, at the age of eighty-three years. Betty graduated from Lafayette High School in St. Joseph. On October 12, 1946, she married Irvin...

Patrick Allen Connelly

Patrick Allen Connelly

Feb 27, 2011

Patrick Allen Connelly, the son of Leo William and Darlene Janon Martha (Schmidt-Smith) Connelly, was born on July 20, 1958, in Creston, Iowa. Patrick entered eternal rest on February 27, 2011, at Harlingen Memorial Hospital, Harlingen, Texas, at the age of fifty-two years. Patrick graduated from East Union High School with the Class of 1976. He also graduated from Lincoln...

Charles Junior Richie

Charles Junior Richie

Jan 31, 2011

Charles Junior Richie, son of Charles and Hazel Irene (Pond) Richie, was born on Sunday, August 13, 1922 in Carbon, Iowa. Charles entered eternal rest on Monday, January 31, 2011 at the Corning Nursing Rehab Center in Corning, Iowa at the age of eighty-eight years, five months and eighteen days. Junior attended country school prior to graduating from Corning High...

Mary Lou Ethington

Mary Lou Ethington

Jan 27, 2011

Mary Lou Ethington, the daughter of Edward Albert and Gertrude (Lewellen) Taddicken, was born on September 12, 1922, in Creston, Iowa. Mary Lou entered eternal rest on January 27, 2011, at the Greater Regional Hospice Home in Creston, Iowa, at the age of eighty-eight years, four months, and seventeen days. Mary Lou lived her entire life in Union County, mostly...

Phyllis Ann Craig

Phyllis Ann Craig

Jan 26, 2011

Phyllis Ann Craig passed away peacefully, with her family by her side, at her home at 1100 S. Cherry, Creston, Iowa, at the age of eighty two years, nine months, and twenty-seven days. Phyllis was born March 30, 1928 in Diagonal, Iowa, one of eight children born to James Franklin and Virgie May (Kieser) Ethington. Phyllis married in earlier years...

Paul Cain

Paul Cain

Jan 23, 2011

Paul Cain, 85, of Lenox, died Sunday, January 23, 2011, at Alegent Health Mercy Hospital, Corning, Iowa. The family of Paul Cain invite you to attend a Memorial Service at 2:00 P.M., Saturday, January 29, at Sunrise Apartments in Lenox. Pastor Shurmaine McAlpine will officiate. Inurnment will be at West Fairview Cemetery in Lenox at a later date. In lieu...

Irene Edwards

Irene Edwards

Jan 17, 2011

Irene May Edwards died on Monday, January 17, 2011 at the age of 90 at the Crest Haven Care Centre in Creston. Irene had been waging a valiant battle against breast cancer which had metastasized into bone cancer for more than two years. Irene was born in Afton, Iowa to George and Mary Pratt on February 4, 1920. She graduated...

Ronald E. Young

Ronald E. Young

Jan 11, 2011

Ronald E. Young was born on August 18, 1949, in Creston, Iowa, the son of Harold L. and Mary Catherine (Kennedy) Young. Ron died on January 11, 2011, at his home in Sacramento, California following complications from strokes at the age of 61 years. Ron attended Mount Zion #7 grade school in rural Adams County and was graduated from Prescott...

John Mcmahon

John Mcmahon

Jan 9, 2011

John Daniel McMahon was born on October 17, 1953, to Richard and Marjorie McMahon. He met his wife Beverly at Corning High School where they both graduated in 1971. They moved for a short time to Ames and then Iowa City where he received his pharmaceutical degree from the University of Iowa. They returned to Corning to carry on the...

C. Wayne Wilson

C. Wayne Wilson

Jan 9, 2011

Charles Wayne Wilson, the son of Leland James and Margie Lorraine (Hunt) Wilson, was born on October 14, 1944, in Creston, Iowa. Wayne entered eternal rest on Sunday, January 9, 2011, at the Greater Regional Medical Center, Creston, Iowa, at the age of sixty-six years, two months, and twenty-seven days. Wayne lived all of his life in and around the...

C.R. Dick Miller

C.R. Dick Miller

Jan 1, 2011

Charles Richard “Dick” Miller, son of Charlie C. and Mary Irene (Curry) Miller, was born on Monday, February 11, 1935 in Adams County, Iowa near Quincy. Dick entered eternal rest on Saturday, January 1, 2011 at the Corning Nursing and Rehab Center in Corning, Iowa at the age of seventy-five years, ten months and twenty days. Dick attended country school...