Creston and Corning, IA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for the Creston and Corning, IA area
Eric Duane Shepherd
Apr 15, 2020
Eric Duane Shepherd, 54, son of Gary Shepherd and Janice (Stuart) Shepherd, was born in Creston Iowa on July 24, 1965. Eric entered eternal rest on April 15, 2020 at Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview Texas. Celebration of life services will be 11 AM, Saturday, July 25, 2020 at Pearson Family Funeral Service Cremation Center in Creston, IA. Pastor...
Janet Kay (Goldsmith) Strong
Apr 12, 2020
Janet Kay Goldsmith Strong, daughter of Lewis and Mary Goldsmith, was born June 21, 1943, in Corning, Iowa, and entered eternal rest on April 12, 2020, at her home in Olympia, Washington, at the age of 76. She was in hospice and made comfortable with their care. After graduation in 1961, Janet moved to Seattle, Washington, to pursue a career...
Mary Ida Hendrickson
Apr 11, 2020
Mary Ida Hendrickson was born August 21, 1921 at her parents’ farm just west of Corning on old highway 34 and passed away on Saturday, April 11, 2020 at 98 years old. She attended 12 years of school at Corning and graduated with the class of 1938. She was one of the first members of the Corning High School National...
Richard Allan Bailiff
Apr 10, 2020
Richard Allan Bailiff began his life at a farm west of Carbon, Iowa on June 3rd 1936 to Paul Olen Bailiff and Viola Marie (Gebbie) Bailiff. He entered into Eternal Rest on Friday, April 10th, 2020 at Bergan Mercy Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. His wife, Darlene, and daughter, Wendi were with him when he left this life after a long...
Shirley R. Phillips
Apr 9, 2020
Shirley Phillips, 85, of Creston, entered eternal rest Thursday, April 9, 2020 at her home. Private graveside services will be 1:30 PM, Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at St. Olafs Cemetery, Fort Dodge, Iowa. Pastor Emily Sauer, Officiant. Memorial contributions may be directed to the family. Pearson Family Funeral Service & Cremation Center is in charge of arrangements. Condolences and memories...
Edward Harvey, Jr.
Apr 7, 2020
Edward Harvey, 90, entered eternal rest on Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at EveryStep Hospice House in Creston. Memorial contributions may be directed to: St. Malachy School &/or Southwestern Community College Scholarship Fund. Edward “Ed” Thomas Harvey, Jr. was born in Creston, Iowa on March 15, 1930 to Edward Thomas Harvey, Sr. and Loretta Mary (Howe) Harvey. Ed and his younger...
Joleen Nelson
Apr 3, 2020
Karen “Joleen” Nelson, 80, of Lenox, Iowa, formerly of Corning, Iowa, passed away Friday, April 3, 2020, at Vintage Park in Lenox. Memorial Services will be 11:00 A.M., Saturday, July 11, 2020, at Pearson Family Funeral Service & Cremation Center, Corning, Iowa. Pastor Tim Maxa will officiate. Family will receive friends 10:00 – 10:45 A.M., prior to the service. Social...
John Adams
Mar 27, 2020
John Franklin Adams, the son of Charles Leonard and Margaret Violet Serena (McPherren) Adams was born on November 9, 1943, in Corning, Iowa. He lived and worked on the family farm southeast of Corning until he graduated from high school in 1961. After graduation, John took a job as a surveyor for the Iowa Department of Transportation and joined the...
Edwin Graf
Mar 23, 2020
Edwin Graf was born on December 11, 1921 at his home on the farm near Tomah, Wisconsin. His education started in a one room schoolhouse known as the Graf School, graduating from Tomah High School in 1939. Edwin worked with his father on the Graf dairy farm until 1942 when he enlisted in the US Army Signal Corps. As a...
John W. Stuart
Mar 17, 2020
John Wendell Stuart was born May 6, 1943, in Shelbyville, Indiana, the son of John Clark and Katheryn Frances (Elston) Stuart. He passed away Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at CHI Bergan Mercy Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska at the age of seventy-six years. John graduated with the class of 1961 from Southport High School in Indianapolis, Indiana. He proudly served his...
Angela Madden
Mar 2, 2020
Angela Sue Madden was taken home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on March 2, 2020. Angela was born in Creston, September 26, 1946, to Daisy L. (Fisher) and Curtis B. Alumbaugh. She graduated from Creston High School in 1964 and worked for a year as a telephone operator. Angela was united in marriage to Wayne Madden...
Stephanie Hutchings
Feb 26, 2020
Stephanie Lee Hutchings, the daughter of Francis “Bud” Eugene and Anneva Maxine (Shepherd) Hethcote, was born April 24, 1948, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Stephanie entered eternal rest Wednesday, February 26, 2020, at EveryStep Hospice House, Creston, Iowa, at the age of seventy-one years. Stephanie lived in Council Bluffs and Cedar Rapids, and moved to Prescott, Iowa in kindergarten where she...
James Joseph Schilz
Feb 22, 2020
James Schilz, the son of Edward Ludwig and Ann A. (Sardina) Schilz was born January 26, 1949, in Milwaukee, Wisconsinn. James entered eternal rest Saturday, February 22, 2020, at the Lenox Care Center, Lenox, Iowa. Left to cherish James memory is his significant other: Erin Hulse, Prescott, Iowa; sisters: Cathy Wroblewski; Sally Bacher: Susan Schilz; brothers: Gregory Schilz and Daniel...
Joy L. Mozena
Feb 9, 2020
Joy L. Mozena, 48 of Creston passed away Sunday, February 9, 2020 at Greater Regional Medical Center in Creston. A Memorial Service will be held 4:00 PM, Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at Pearson Family Funeral Service & Cremation Center, 809 W. Montgomery Street in Creston, IA. Pastor Rick Titus of St. John’s United Church of Christ will officiate. A light...
Mary Jeanne Tedrow
Feb 7, 2020
Jeanne was born in Ringsted, Iowa on August 29, 1927, the only daughter born to Edward and Helen Josephine (Paugh) Crane. Jeanne was only 2 years old when her father, Edward, passed away. At the age of 5, Jeanne’s mother Helen, married John Schilling who cared for and helped to raise Mary Jeanne. Although John never adopted Mary Jeanne, he...
Mary Lou Cooley-Hechmer
Feb 1, 2020
Mary Lou Cooley-Hechmer was born on November 22, 1933 in Cass County, Iowa and passed away February 1, 2020 at her home in rural Adams County, Iowa. The first daughter of John Martin and Mary Elizabeth (Lynam) Sullivan, she spent her early years at home. When she was a young teenager, her parents enrolled her in Ottumwa Heights Academy as...
Janice Besaw
Jan 29, 2020
Janice Kathleen (Allbaugh) Besaw, the daughter of Phillip Edgar “Jake” and Darlene Evelyn (Miller) Allbaugh, was born, March 19, 1944 in Creston, Iowa. She passed away Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at Crest Haven Care Center in Creston at the age of seventy-five years. Janice worked for Crest Haven Care Center for many years. She also worked for Trolli on the...
Martha Haberling
Jan 29, 2020
Martha Jane Haberling was born in Des Moines, IA on November 26, 1941, the only child of James Milo and Ruth Iris (Crum) Hackett. Martha was raised in Des Moines and attended public schools, graduating from East High School. Following graduation, Martha moved to St. Augustine, Florida where she met and later married Bob Bland in 1960. A son, David,...
Dora Marie (Spriggs) Coen
Jan 25, 2020
Lined all along the wood trim in Dora Coen’s hospice room were more than 100 birthday cards. She had just turned 95 when she took her last breaths on January 25, 2020, surrounded by well wishes from people who loved her and her children by her side. That’s much how Dora spent her life—surrounded by loved ones. Dora was born...
Betty Chapman
Jan 22, 2020
Betty Ann (Blazek) Chapman, the daughter of George and Esther (Vicker) Blazek, was born December 1, 1941 in Adams County. She graduated from Creston High School with the class of 1960. On November 6, 1960, Betty was united in marriage to William “Bill” Chapman in Creston. Three boys: Rick, Rod and Dan blessed this union. Betty worked at various places...
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