Obituaries

Creston and Corning, IA Obituaries

Local Obituaries for the Creston and Corning, IA area

James Edward Jim Peak

James Edward Jim Peak

Sep 27, 2010

James Edward Jim Peak, the son of Dorothy (Kralik) and Edward L. Peak, was born on July 8, 1943, in Creston, Iowa. Jim entered eternal rest on September 27, 2010, at Greater Regional Hospice Home, Creston, Iowa, at the age of sixty-seven years, two months, and twenty-three days. Jim attended St. Malachy School and graduated from Creston High School in...

Bernerd E. Dick Miller

Bernerd E. Dick Miller

Sep 24, 2010

Bernerd Edwin “Dick” Miller was born on his family’s farm in Adams County, Iowa on July 22, 1918 to parents Charles W. and Mary M. (Schafroth) Miller. Dick entered eternal rest on Friday, September 24, 2010 at Alegent Health Mercy Hospital in Corning, Iowa at the age of ninety-two years, two months and five days. Dick lived his entire life...

Sharon Kessler

Sharon Kessler

Sep 20, 2010

Sharon Kay Kessler, the daughter of Leonard Cecil and Virginia E. (Oshel) Bubb, was born on December 1, 1940, in Lenox, Iowa. Sharon entered eternal rest on September 20, 2010, at Taylor House Hospice, Des Moines, Iowa, at the age of sixty-nine years. Sharon lived most of her life in Creston. She moved to Runnells about six years ago. Sharon...

Vicki Connelly

Vicki Connelly

Sep 18, 2010

Vicki Lynn Connelly, the daughter of Otto and Gladys Opal (Tindle) Bird, was born on December 29, 1952, in Creston, Iowa. Vicki entered eternal rest on September 18, 2010, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines, Iowa, at the age of fifty-seven years. Vicki lived all her life in Creston. On September 26, 1970, she married Joseph William Connelly in...

Dorothy Gunter

Dorothy Gunter

Sep 13, 2010

Dorothy Gunter, 85, of Creston, died Monday, September 13, 2010, at her home in Creston. Graveside Services will be private and there will be no public viewing. Rick Titus will officiate. Interment will be at the Carl Cemetery in Adams County, Iowa. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the family. Pearson-Coen-Beaty Family Funeral Service, 809 W. Montgomery...

Eileen Siddens

Eileen Siddens

Sep 13, 2010

Eileen Mary Siddens, the daughter of Charles Peter and Frances Marie (Mitchell) Eagan, was born on January 4, 1931, south of Creston, in Union County, Iowa. Eileen entered eternal rest on September 13, 2010, at Arbor Springs of West Des Moines Nursing Home, West Des Moines, Iowa, at the age of seventy-nine years. Eileen graduated from Creston High School with...

Monson William Bill Shaver

Monson William Bill Shaver

Sep 10, 2010

Monson (Bill) William Shaver, the son of Margaret Amelia (Nixon) Shaver and Milton Arthur Shaver, 7-5-1920 to 9-10-2010, left peacefully on his final flight. He led a full life of adventure, courage and quiet mischief. Born in Lenox, Iowa, Bill went from being a farm boy behind a horse drawn plow to flying 727s. He attended NW Missouri Teachers College...

Easton Allin Werner

Easton Allin Werner

Sep 5, 2010

Easton Allin Werner, the infant son of Jerry James and Jennifer Ann (Mordock) Werner, was born July 16, 2010, at Creston, Iowa. Easton entered eternal rest on September 5, 2010, in Creston, Iowa. Left to cherish Eastons memory are his parents, Jennifer and Jerry Werner, Creston; his brother, Tyler Werner, Creston; his grandparents: Rebecca and Steve Colburn, Creston; Bobbie and...

Eula Faye Pace

Eula Faye Pace

Sep 2, 2010

Eula Faye Pace, the daughter of Lyman Benjamin and Norah Glenn (Young) Longstreth, was born on April 17, 1914, at the hospital in Creston, Union County, Iowa. Eula Faye entered eternal rest on September 2, 2010, at the Oskaloosa Care Center, Oskaloosa, Iowa, at the age of ninety-six years, four months and eighteen days. Eula Faye graduated from Afton High...

Edith Mcfee

Edith Mcfee

Aug 30, 2010

Edith Lucile McFee, the daughter of Albert Glenwood Ab and Blanche (Von Stein) McFee, was born on April 29, 1920 on a farm near Shannon City, Iowa. Edith entered eternal rest on August 30, 2010, at Greater Regional Medical Center, Creston, Iowa, at the age of ninety years, four months, and two days. The first eight grades of her education...

Lola Butler

Lola Butler

Aug 30, 2010

Lola Grace Ellis (Ramsey) Butler was born December 23, 1924 in Carbon, Iowa to Rolla Ralph and Gladys Rozella Fast Ellis. She entered into rest August 30, 2010 in Lenox, Iowa. Funeral services will be held Thursday, September 2, 2010 at Pearson-Coen-Beaty Family Funeral Service in Corning, Iowa. Lola helped care for her 7 brothers and sisters, her 4 step-siblings,...

Elizabeth Walsh

Elizabeth Walsh

Aug 27, 2010

Elizabeth Liz Rita Walsh, the daughter of Micheal F. and Elizabeth Henrietta (Potter) Kelley, was born on July 1, 1928, at Creston, Iowa. Liz entered eternal rest on August 27, 2010, at Crest Haven Care Centre, Creston, Iowa, at the age of eighty-two years. Liz grew up in Creston and lived the majority of her life here. She graduated from...

Rowena Gebbie

Rowena Gebbie

Aug 20, 2010

Rowena Maxine Gebbie, daughter of Neal Cornelius and Minerva Miranda (Robison) Smith, was born on April 1, 1916 in Carbon, Iowa. Rowena entered eternal rest on Friday, August 20, 2010 at the Life Care Center of Orange Park in Orange Park, Florida at the age of ninety-four years, four months and ten days. Rowena was united in marriage to Donald...

Rob Ratcliff

Rob Ratcliff

Aug 17, 2010

Robert Daniel Ratcliff, the son of Robert Vernon Ratcliff and Sharon Kay (Bubb) Kessler, was born on August 24, 1973, at Chariton, Iowa. Rob entered eternal rest on August 17, 2010, at the Bright Kavanagh House, Des Moines, Iowa, at the age of thirty-six years, eleven months and twenty-four days. Rob lived most of his life in Creston. Rob graduated...

Jule Hansen

Jule Hansen

Aug 16, 2010

Jule Leon Hansen, the son of Anna Josephine and Oscar Hansen, was born on April 9, 1932 near Arcadia, in Custer County, Nebraska. Jule entered eternal rest on August 16, 2010, at his home in Creston, Iowa, at the age of seventy-eight years, four months, and eight days. Jule lived in Creston most of his life. He graduated from Creston...

Edna Priest

Edna Priest

Aug 14, 2010

Edna Viola Priest, the daughter of Frank Andrew and Olga Elizabeth (Voss) Kessler, was born on April 21, 1921, in Union County, Iowa. Edna entered eternal rest on August 14, 2010, at Crest Haven Care Centre, Creston, Iowa, at the age of eighty-nine years, three months, and twenty-five days. On October 21, 1939, Edna married John Benjamin Priest. John passed...

Shirley Jean Wilkinson

Shirley Jean Wilkinson

Aug 12, 2010

Shirley Jean (Rechtenbach) Wilkinson was born on October 17, 1944 on the farm North of Bridgewater, Iowa to Iva Nancy (Ruch) and Harold Wayne Rechtenbach. Shirley passed away on Thursday, August 12, 2010 at the Corning Nursing and Rehab Center at the age of sixty-five years, nine months and twenty-six days. Shirley attended country school in Adair County and graduated...

Ronald Darling

Ronald Darling

Aug 7, 2010

Ronald LaNeil Darling, the son of Frank Headley and Phyllis Kathryn (Senteney) Darling, was born on May 17, 1939, in Lyons, Nebraska. Ron entered eternal rest on August 7, 2010, at his home in Clearfield, Iowa, at the age of seventy-one years. Ron lived in many places while growing up. His family moved from Lyons to Mead, Nebraska as a...

Ellen Cain

Ellen Cain

Aug 5, 2010

Ellen Cain, daughter of Nellie and Thomas Benton Cain, was born April 8, 1912 on a farm south of Corning, and passed away August 5, 2010. She was 98 years, 3 months and 28 days old. Ellen lived on a farm north of Brooks where her family moved when she was three years old. She received her early education in...

Frederick A. Mccard

Frederick A. Mccard

Aug 2, 2010

Frederick A. McCard born May 14, 1921 at his home in Upson County, Georgia, son of Homer S. McCard and Florrie (Waller) McCard. Fred passed at away on Monday, August 2, 2010 at the Corning Nursing and Rehab Center in Corning, Iowa at the age of eighty-nine years, two months and twenty-one days. Fred attended country school in Upson County...