Creston and Corning, IA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for the Creston and Corning, IA area
Shirley Henry
Feb 27, 2019
Shirley Ann Henry was born April 12, 1929 in Shannon City, IA to A.J. and Beryl (Miller) Weber. She graduated from Shannon City High School in 1947. Shirley married John G. Henry on May 24, 1950 in Afton, IA. Shirley was an active 4-H and Cub Scout leader. She and John owned and operated the Sale Barn in Mount Ayr...
Lois Wilkinson
Feb 25, 2019
Lois Marie Wilkinson, the daughter of Cliff and Lillian (Hendrickson) Haley was born February 26, 1930 in Adams County on a farm near Strand and was raised by her grandparents, Hiram and Clara Hendrickson. She attended country school and later Corning High School. Lois was baptized and confirmed at the Strand Lutheran Church. On February 8, 1948 Lois married Harold...
Richard Dick Driskell
Feb 25, 2019
Richard Arlan Driskell was born in Creston on December 17, 1935. He was the the third of five children born to Everett Franklin Elijah and Mardell Aileen (Lombard) Driskell. Dick was raised in Creston and was educated in the Creston Public Schools and graduated from Creston High School with the Class of 1954. Dick continued his education by attending Creston...
George W. Adams
Feb 22, 2019
George Wendell Adams, the son of George Wilson and Adrian Ellen (Sibbett) Adams was born September 25, 1934, in Osceola, Iowa. He was raised and educated in Osceola, Iowa, graduating from Osceola High School with the class of 1954. George was united in marriage to Dorothy Ilene Mason on September 3, 1955, at the Christian Church in Osceola, Iowa. George...
Dick L. Bissell
Feb 13, 2019
Dickie “Dick” Lee Bissell was born to Mary Margaret (Devereaux) and Kenneth Virgil Bissell on October 15, 1942 in Adams County, Iowa. Dick entered eternal rest on February 13, 2019 at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa after suffering a stroke. He passed away at the age of 76 years, 3 months and 29 days. When Dick was two...
Lawrence Pete Peterson
Feb 3, 2019
H. Lawrence Peterson, the son of Herman Nathaniel and Velma Lorene (Hoops) Peterson, was born March 25, 1943 in Union County Iowa. Lawrence entered eternal rest Sunday, February 3, 2019 at Bergan Mercy Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska at the age of seventy-five. Lawrence was a lifelong resident of Adams County. Early in his work life he operated a 500 to 700...
Saundra Sue Lamgo
Jan 30, 2019
Saundra Sue Lamgo, the daughter of Willis Leroy and Noreen Rose (Kaufman) Scovell, was born July 14, 1942 in Wichita, Kansas. Saundra entered eternal rest on Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at Corning Specialty Care, Corning, Iowa at the age of seventy-six years. Saundra graduated from East High School, Des Moines, Iowa with the Class of 1960. She also was a...
Marilyn Blazek
Jan 29, 2019
Marilyn Jane Blazek, the daughter of Elmer Edwin and Myrtle Victoria (Westenburg) Wager, was born in Creston, Iowa on December 20, 1935. Marilyn graduated from Creston High School with the Class of 1954 and married Edward B. Blazek on December 9, 1956 at the Methodist Church in Creston. Three children were born to bless this union: Cindy, Scott and Steve....
Helen A. Harvey
Jan 17, 2019
Helen Ann Harvey was born August 14, 1934 in Creston, Iowa to Edward Thomas Harvey Sr. and Loretta Mary Howe Harvey. She was raised in Creston, Iowa with her older brother, Edward Thomas Harvey, Jr. Helen was educated at St. Malachy School in Creston and graduated from Creston High School in 1952. She graduated from Creighton University with a B.S....
Sandra Ann Schafer
Jan 12, 2019
Sandra Ann Schafer, the daughter of William Leo and Shirley Ann (Morris) Valles, was born in Los Angeles County, California on June 16, 1962. She entered eternal rest on Saturday, January 12, 2019, at her home in Corning, Iowa, at the age of fifty-six. Sandy spent most of her early youth in Buena Park, California. She moved to Nebraska and...
James Oberkamper
Jan 10, 2019
Memorial Services with Military Honors will be 11:00 AM Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at Pearson Family Funeral Service & Cremation Center in Creston.
Ida Mae Cook
Jan 10, 2019
Ida Mae Cook, the daughter of Frank and Laura (Oglesby) Cook, was born March 26, 1939, in Wicks, Arkansas. She was united in marriage to Elbert “Al” Dedrick on April 3, 1955. Al and Ida lived in California and owned and operated several bakeries for many years. Ida later worked as an assembler in a factory. She moved to Creston...
Josephine Jo Steele
Jan 7, 2019
Josephine “Jo” Steele, 94, of Creston, Iowa passed away Monday, January 7, 2019, at Greater Regional Hospital, Creston, Iowa. Mass of Christian Burial Services will be 10:00 A.M., Friday, January 11, 2019, at the Holy Spirit Catholic Church, with Fr. Kenneth Halbur Jr., Celebrant. Open visitation with family receiving friends will be 9:00 – 10:00 A.M., Friday, January 11, 2019...
Ron Fox Clinton
Jan 6, 2019
Ron “Fox” Clinton, 82, of Creston passed away Sunday, January 6, 2019 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Funeral Services will be at 11:00AM Saturday, January 12, 2019 at the First Presbyterian Church, 702 West Prairie Street, Creston, Iowa with Rev. Cynthia Ripperger officiating. Open visitation will be from 2:00PM - 7:00PM with family receiving friends from 5:00PM-...
Chester Chet Abel
Jan 5, 2019
Chester “Chet” Earl Abel, the son of Abner Earl and Gladys Olevia (Worden) Abel, was born September 11, 1935 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Chet entered eternal rest Saturday, January 5, 2019 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines, Iowa at the age of eighty-three years. Chet’s family moved from Walnut, Iowa to a farm west of Creston in 1945 where...
Virginia Virgie Routh
Dec 29, 2018
Virginia “Virgie” Doris Routh, the daughter of Albert and Jesse (Perks) Dhone, was born November 2, 1924 in Carbon, Iowa. Virgie entered eternal rest Saturday, December 29, 2018 at the Easter Star Masonic Home, Boone, Iowa, at the age of ninety-four years. Virgie graduated from Corning High School and received her Normal Training Certificate. She taught school in Carbon, Iowa,...
Rita K. Frey
Dec 28, 2018
Rita Kay Frey, the daughter of William Leonard and Ruby Vera (Hailey) Dudley, was born in Creston, Iowa on May 3, 1948. Rita was educated in the Creston Public Schools, graduating from Creston High School with the Class of 1965. Rita was united in marriage to Robert John Frey on February 27, 1965 at the United Methodist Church in Creston....
Virginia S. Boden
Dec 22, 2018
Virginia S. Boden, 93, of Creston, passed away Saturday, December 22, 2018 at the Afton Care Center. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 AM Thursday, January 3, 2019 at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Creston with Father Kenneth Halbur as celebrant. Interment will be at the Calvary Cemetery in Creston. Open visitation will be from 1:00 to 7:00 PM...
Victoria I. Woods
Dec 9, 2018
Victoria Ida Woods, the daughter of Caroll Melvin and Dorothy Isabel (Lane) Robison, was born August 30, 1945 in Creston, Iowa. Victoria entered eternal rest Sunday, December 9, 2018, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines, Iowa, at the age of seventy-three years. Victoria graduated from Prescott High School, Prescott, Iowa, with the Class of 1963. She was united in...
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