Obituaries

Creston and Corning, IA Obituaries

Local Obituaries for the Creston and Corning, IA area

Radene May Rasmussen

Radene May Rasmussen

May 10, 2010

Radene May (Brown) Rasmussen was born December 28, 1926 on the farm north of Prescott to Vera (Crouse) and Francis Brown and passed away on May 10, 210 at the Corning Nursing and Rehab Center at the age of eighty-three. She attended the Miller School – Carl #8 and graduated from Prescott High School in 1944. Following high school she...

Judy Allen

Judy Allen

May 9, 2010

Judy Kay Allen, the daughter of Lester Harold and Nina Muriel (Young) McDowell, was born on September 10, 1949, in Creston, Iowa. Judy entered eternal rest on May 9, 2010, at the Colonial Manor in Anita, Iowa, at the age of sixty years. Judy graduated from Creston High School and lived most of her life in Creston. In June, 1965,...

Betty Brown

Betty Brown

May 6, 2010

Betty Jane Brown, the daughter of Wayne and Adrian (Wyckoff) Carr, was born May 6, 1922, in Cincinnati, Iowa. Betty entered eternal rest on May 6, 2010, at Greater Regional Hospice Home, in Creston, Iowa, at the age of eighty-eight years. Betty graduated from Cincinnati High School with the Class of 1938. She received a degree in Institutional Food Management...

Wayne Harvey Crill

Wayne Harvey Crill

May 3, 2010

Wayne Harvey Crill, son of James Harvey and Erma Mae (Dillon) Crill, was born on March 13, 1931 in Adams County, Iowa. Wayne entered eternal rest on Monday, May 3, 2010 at the age of seventy-nine years, one month and twenty days. Wayne attended Corning High School and graduated with the Class of 1948. Wayne began farming when he was...

Merle Holland

Merle Holland

May 3, 2010

Merle Holland, the daughter of William Perry and Dora Blanche (Caldwell) Miller, was born April 7, 1914, in Decatur, Iowa. Merle entered eternal rest on May 3, 2010, at Greater Regional Medical Center, Creston, Iowa, at the age of ninety-six years, and twenty-six days. On December 23, 1933, Merle married Elvis Herbert Miller. Elvis died April 20, 1953. On August...

Gerald Ray Griffith

Gerald Ray Griffith

May 3, 2010

Gerald Raymond Ray Griffith, the son of David Wesley and Mary Nedra (Navin) Griffith, was born on October 3, 1939, in Melrose, Iowa. Ray entered eternal rest on May 3, 2010, at the Greater Regional Hospice Home, in Creston, Iowa, at the age of seventy years, six months, and thirty-one days. Ray graduated from Dowling High School with the Class...

Alice Marie Cannell

Alice Marie Cannell

May 1, 2010

Alice Marie Cannell, daughter of Lawrence and Alice (Morrison) Cullen, was born on May 8, 1917 near Cumberland, Iowa in Cass County. Marie entered eternal rest on Saturday, May 1, 2010 at the Legacy Nursing Home in Bullhead City, Arizona at the age of ninety-two years, eleven months and twenty-nine days. Marie graduated from Cumberland High School. After graduation, Marie...

Opal Bernice Harvey

Opal Bernice Harvey

Apr 30, 2010

Opal Bernice Harvey, longtime resident of Corning, Iowa, was born to John Sherman and Emily Jane (Pont) Blakely on Monday, November 19, 1913 in Griswold, Iowa. Opal died on Friday, April 30, 2010 at the Villisca Good Samaritan Center in Villisca, Iowa at the age of ninety-six years. As a child, Opal enjoyed performing in many school plays. She also...

Nellie Weisshaar

Nellie Weisshaar

Apr 22, 2010

Nellie Antoinette Weisshaar, the daughter of Joseph and Antanetta (Rekus) Miszgaites, was born June 1, 1922, at East Moline, Illinois. Nellie entered eternal rest on April 22, 2010 at Greater Regional Hospice Home, Creston, Iowa, at the age of eighty-seven years, ten months, and twenty-one days. Nellies parents were immigrants from Lithuania and she was a first generation American. Nellie...

Frances Balius

Frances Balius

Apr 19, 2010

Frances Mae Balius, the daughter of Franklin and Eva Marie (Blair) Ritter, was born on July 15, 1922, on a farm north of Afton, in Union County, Iowa. Frances entered eternal rest on April 19, 2010, at Southern Hills Specialty Care Center, in Osceola, Iowa, at the age of eighty-seven years, nine months, and five days. Frances was raised in...

Donald Wayne Schaffer

Donald Wayne Schaffer

Apr 18, 2010

Donald Wayne Schaffer was born November 14, 1925 in Carbon, Iowa, the son of Carl Edward Schaffer and Esther Mariah O’Riley Schaffer. Donald passed away on Sunday, April 18, 2010 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. He had reached the age of eighty four years, five months and four days. Donald attended school in Carbon and Pierce...

Doris Brown

Doris Brown

Apr 12, 2010

Doris Leona Brown, the daughter of Ray Cecil and Bessie Blanche (Flaugh) Lake, was born on September 30, 1913, near Zion, in Adair County, Iowa. Doris entered eternal rest on April 12, 2010, at Creston Nursing and Rehab Center, Creston, Iowa, at the age of ninety-six years, six months, and thirteen days. Doris graduated from Zion High School with the...

Ed Pesik

Ed Pesik

Apr 10, 2010

Edward Anthony Pesik, the son of Anthony Joseph and Anna Urcela (Toman) Pesik, was born on April 18, 1921 in Spaulding Township, near Creston in Union County, Iowa. Ed entered eternal rest on April 10, 2010, at Crest Haven Care Centre, in Creston, Iowa, at the age of eighty-eight years, eleven months, and twenty-three days. Ed was a life-long resident...

Wanda Radene Ross

Wanda Radene Ross

Apr 4, 2010

Wanda Radene Ross (formerly of Corning), daughter of Clyde and Helen (O’Riley) Wilkie, was born October 16, 1930 in rural Union County. Wanda went to be with her Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ on April 4, 2010, at her home in West Des Moines, Iowa, with her family by her side at the age of seventy-nine years, five months, and...

Travis Michael Aaran Henry

Travis Michael Aaran Henry

Mar 23, 2010

Burial will be at Maple Hill Cemetery in Cromwell, Iowa. Memorials may be directed in Travis name for a scholarship to be determined. Travis Michael Aaran Henry, son of Michael Henry and Michelle Foland, was born on Saturday, September 17, 1994. Travis entered eternal rest on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at his home in Creston, Iowa at the age of...

Rodney Charles Rod Williamson

Rodney Charles Rod Williamson

Mar 16, 2010

Inurnment will be at a later date. Memorials may be directed to the Creston Animal Rescue Effort. Rodney Charles Williamson, the son of John Charles and Virginia Jean (Welcher) Williamson, was born on January 13, 1951, in Creston, Iowa. Rod entered eternal rest on March 16, 2010, at his home in Kent, Iowa, at the age of fifty-nine years, two...

Unity Frances Hixinbaugh

Unity Frances Hixinbaugh

Mar 16, 2010

Unity Hixinbaugh, 95, of Riverside, California, formerly of Creston, died Tuesday, March 16, 2010, at Kaiser Hospital, in Riverside. Graveside Services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Monday, March 22, at the Graceland Cemetery Chapel south of Creston. Rev. Philip Coe, First Christian Church, will officiate. No visitation is planned. Memorials can be made in her name. Unity Frances Hixinbaugh,...

Paula C. Mullinix

Paula C. Mullinix

Mar 13, 2010

Burial of cremains will be at Evergreen Cemetery in Prescott at a later date. Memorials may be directed to the Dachshund Rescue of North America and/or charity of choice. Paula Clark Mullinix, daughter of Ralph Thomas and Martha Hurd (Clark) Mullinix, was born on Friday, September 6, 1946 in Baltimore, Maryland. Paula entered eternal rest on Saturday, March 13, 2010...

Kenneth Edward Mcelroy

Kenneth Edward Mcelroy

Mar 5, 2010

Burial will be held at Calvary Cemetery. Memorials can be directed to Greater Regional Hospice Home, Creston, IA. Kenneth Edward McElroy, the son of Edward Patrick and Martha Cecelia (Roeder) McElroy, was born in Afton, Iowa, on November 22, 1922. Kenneth entered eternal rest at Greater Regional Hospice Home, Creston, Iowa, on March 5, 2010, at the age of eighty-seven...

Marcia B. Gauthier

Marcia B. Gauthier

Mar 5, 2010

Marcia will be cremated following the visitation and inurnment will take place at the Calvary Cemetery in Corning, Iowa at a later date. Memorials are suggested to the Opera House Restoration Foundation and/or the Corning Public Library and/or the Icarian Foundation. Marcia (Bliss) Gauthier, daughter of George Raymond and Carrie (Sperling) Bliss was born on Wednesday, May 11, 1921 in...