Creston and Corning, IA Obituaries

Oct 31, 2018

LaDoris Fayrene Moffitt, the daughter of Chester Orville and Peggy Madge Marie (Jones) Abell, was born in Creston on November 13, 1937. LaDoris was one of 12 siblings born to Chester and Peggy and was educated in Country Schools. Fayrene was united in marriage to Charles Mac Moffitt on July 3, 1959. She devoted her life to caring for her...

Oct 25, 2018

Gerald “Jerry” Dwayne Evans, the son of Roland Evans and Julia Mahoney was born October 21, 1942 in Illinois. Jerry entered eternal rest Thursday, October 25, 2018, at the Lenox Care Center, Lenox, Iowa, at the age of seventy-six years. Jerry received his high school and college education in New Jersey. He served his country in the United States Marine...

Oct 21, 2018

Esther Mable Huddleson was born on June 19, 1925 in Lincoln Twp. in Cass County Iowa, to George A. and Wilma Margaret (Maas) Huddleson. Esther was called home to be with our Lord and Savior on Sunday, October 21, 2018, there to be reunited with her husband of 49 years, Kenneth, and her sons, Kennie Dean and Burdette Lee. At...

Oct 20, 2018

Oct 16, 2018

John Martin Nevius Jr. was born at home, corner of 5th street and Loomis, in Corning, Iowa on May 25, 1930 to Bertha (Gillet) and John Martin Nevius Sr. He passed away on October 16, 2018. John was a lifelong resident of Corning and graduated with the class of 1948. He married Jean Pembrook Warner on June 26, 1965 and...

Oct 15, 2018

Barbara Savage, the youngest of three daughters, was born to Peter and Mable Kastrenos on July 16, 1932 in Gloucester, Massachusetts. As a young girl, her family moved from Massachusetts to Lincoln, California. Barbara was raised there and attended school in Lincoln, California where she graduated from Lincoln High School with the Class of 1950. On December 16, 1956, Barbara...

Oct 9, 2018

Edith Henrietta DeBord, the daugher of Robert J. and Blanche Belle (Chappell) Karg, was born on October 17, 1915 in Pleasant Hill, Missouri. As a young girl she enjoyed being active in 4-H. She attended country school, Pleasant Hill High School and Fedora graduating in May of 1933. In the fall of 1933, Edith moved to Iowa and settled in...

Oct 9, 2018

Larry Leon “Tiz” Antisdel, the son of Leon Junior and Vina Mae (Gourley) Antisdel, was born September 13, 1945, in Creston Iowa. Tiz entered eternal rest on Tuesday, October 9, 2018, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, at the age of seventy-three years. Tiz started his life at Carl, Iowa, where he spent many hours as a...

Oct 6, 2018

Malcolm “Bruce” Hodge was born in Creston on September 14, 1951 to Malcolm Elbridge and Mary Maxine (Walker) Hodge. Bruce was raised in Creston and attended the Creston Public Schools. He graduated from Creston High School with the Class of 1969. In his youth, Bruce and his family attended the Salem Lutheran Church in Creston. He also served on the...

Oct 4, 2018

Ramona Nadine Johnson, the daughter of Leland and Grace Elizabeth (McMorran) Carter was born in Adams County January 30, 1936. Ramona went to live with the Lord, Thursday, October 4, 2018, at Bergen Mercy Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska, at the age of eighty-two years. Ramona grew up the youngest of four girls in the Carbon and Corning area, as well as...

Sep 23, 2018

Margie Joyce McMurray was born January 25, 1934 to parents Grover Cleveland and Mamie Ellen (Vest) Ulmer. Margie went to meet her Lord, Sunday, September 23, 2018, at the age of eighty-four years. Margie graduated from Greenwood High School in Arkansas. She was raised in Arkansas and then lived 20 years in California. Margie married Robert McMurray on January 29,...

Sep 23, 2018

Craig Nauman, 55, of Kent, passed away Sunday, September 23, 2018 at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, IA. Craig Allen Nauman, son of Ronald “Ronnie” Dean Nauman and Vesper Kaye (Sackett) Nauman was born on May 29, 1963 in Creston, IA. Craig lived most of his life in Creston and attended Creston Public Schools. He also resided...

Sep 22, 2018

Steven Ray, 64, passed away Saturday, September 22, 2018 at the Winterset Care Center North in Winterset, Iowa. Memorial Services will be held at 3:00 PM Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at Pearson Family Funeral Service Cremation Center, 809 W. Montgomery Street, Creston, Iowa. Pastor Rick Titus, Officiating. The family will receive friends from 2:00 – 3:00 PM Wednesday, prior to...

Sep 19, 2018

Beryl Twyla (Randol) Booth was born June 2, 1923 in Clarke County Iowa to George Herbert Randol and Irene Ulabelle (Waugh) Randol. Beryl entered eternal rest Wednesday, September 19, 2018, at the Afton Care Center, Afton, Iowa, at the age of ninety-three years. Beryl attended Wildcat School and loved to tell stories of her time spent there. Later, Beryl graduated...

Sep 12, 2018

Dorothy Lola Ambrose, daughter of Clara (Johannes) and Mose D. Wilson was born January 4th, 1920 on a farm near Mount Etna Iowa. Dorothy entered eternal rest Wednesday, September 12, 2018, at the Greater Regional Hospice House, Creston, Iowa, at the age of ninety-eight years. Dorothy graduated from Corning High School in 1938. Dorothy taught school in a one room...

Sep 12, 2018

Loraine Elizabeth Johnson Evans was born in Wanette, OK on September 18, 1920 to Booty P. Johnson and Elizabeth Renfro Johnson. Loraine entered eternal rest Wednesday, September 12, 2018, at Arbor Springs in West Des Moines, Iowa, at the age of ninety-seven years. Loraine grew up on the family farm and was the ninth of eleven children. She graduated from...

Sep 11, 2018

Carole Ruth (Rogers) Rayhons, 70, of Lenox, entered into peace Tuesday, September 11, 2018, at CHI Mercy Hospital in Corning. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 A.M. Friday, September 14, 2018 at St. Patricks Catholic Church in Lenox, with family receiving friends from 10:00 – 11:00 A.M. in the church fellowship hall. Burial will be at the Nebo Baptist...

Sep 4, 2018

John Anthony Giefing, the son of George and Florence Mae (Mahurin) Giefing, was born November 6, 1941, in Kansas City, Missouri. John entered eternal rest Tuesday, September 4, 2018, at his home in Grant, Iowa, at the age of seventy-six years. John attended Center High School in Kansas City, Missouri, through the eleventh grade and would later receive his G.E.D....

Aug 26, 2018

Ricky (Rick) Nauman, 58, of Creston, passed away Sunday, August 26, 2018 at Greater Regional Hospice House in Creston. A celebration of Rick’s life will be held at a later date. Memorial donations may be made in Ricks honor to Greater Regional Hospice House, 1111 Country Club Dr., Creston, IA 50801. Ricky Dean Nauman, son of Howard Nauman and Barbara...

Aug 13, 2018

Jack Reese Butler, the son of Thomas Edwin and Hazel Marie (Reese) Butler, was born February 29, 1928, in Kent, Iowa. Jack entered eternal rest Monday, August 13, 2018, at the Lenox Care Center, Lenox, Iowa, at the age of ninety years. Jack attended the Platte #9 Prairie Star Country School in Union County, Iowa. He rode his horse “Twinkle”...