Creston and Corning, IA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for the Creston and Corning, IA area
Wayne Kenfield
Apr 16, 2017
Wayne Bixler Kenfield, the son of Chester Canterbury and Blanche (Bixler) Kenfield, was born August 4, 1930, in La Porte, Indiana. Wayne died April 16, 2017 at Creston Specialty Care, Creston, Iowa, at the age of 86 years. Wayne attended the La Porte schools and was a graduate of Purdue University with a degree in microbiology. He was an educator...
Mick Landers
Apr 13, 2017
Michael Joseph Landers, the son of Michael Eugene and Linda Catherine (Ripperger) Landers, was born in Des Moines, Iowa on September 3, 1965. The family moved from the Des Moines area, when Mick was a young boy, and he was educated in the East Union Public Schools. Mick graduated from East Union High School with the Class of 1983. After...
J. Paul Downing
Apr 10, 2017
Jesse Paul Downing, the son of Earl Daniel and Cammie Marie (LeCocq) Downing, was born September 21, 1921, in Creston, Iowa. Paul was educated in the Union County Country Schools and Creston Public Schools, graduating from Creston High School. Following graduation, Paul enlisted in the United States Navy during WWII. He was stationed at the US Naval Training Station in...
Charles Lundquist
Apr 1, 2017
Charles Mannie Lundquist, the son of Mannie and Carrie (Wycoff) Lundquist, was born May 17, 1931, near Brooks, Iowa. Charles entered eternal rest with his family at his side, on April 1, 2017, at Lenox Care Center, Lenox, Iowa, at the age of eighty-five years, ten months, and fifteen days. Charles moved with his parents to a farm 3.5 miles...
Marilyn Mitchell
Mar 31, 2017
Marilyn Maxine Mitchell, the daughter of Melvin Lee and Mary Leona (Kurtz) Carson, was born May 17, 1942, in Oregon, Missouri. Marilyn entered eternal rest on March 31, 2017, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines, Iowa, at the age of 74 years, ten month, fourteen days. Marilyn attended school in Missouri until her family moved to Iowa her junior...
Julie Stewart
Mar 28, 2017
Julie Ann Stewart, the daughter of Walter Alen England and Joyce Lillian (Buzzard) England, was born March 27, 1959 in Red Oak, Iowa. She was raised in Red Oak until her family moved to Creston when Julie was 12 years old. She was educated in both the Red Oak and Creston Public Schools. Julie married Rodney Wayne Abell and the...
Louie Kennedy
Mar 27, 2017
Louis Eugene Kennedy, the son of James and Mary Berenice (Cullen) Kennedy, was born September 30, 1932 on the family farm, in southern Adams County, Iowa. Louie died on March 27, 2017 at CHI Mercy Hospital in Corning at the age of 84. He grew up in a large Irish family, with four brothers and two sisters. He went to...
Luann Lea Riepe
Mar 24, 2017
LuAnn Lea Riepe, the daughter of Robert Henry Stoll, Jr. and Arlene Lucille (Zellweger) Stoll, was born in Greenfield, Iowa on June 17, 1956. As a child, LuAnn grew up in Ames, Iowa where she attended public school. The family returned to southwest Iowa and LuAnn graduated from Orient-Macksburg High School with the Class of 1974. LuAnn went on to...
Carolyn Gillet
Mar 22, 2017
Carolyn LaVerta (Walker) Gillet, the daughter of Clarence Orin and Iva (Antley) Walker was born September 23, 1938 in Holly Ridge, Louisiana. Carolyn entered eternal rest surrounded by her family on Wednesday, March 22, 20107 at CHI Health Bergan Mercy Hospital in Omaha, at the age of seventy-eight years, five months, and twenty- seven days. She grew up and worked...
Mike Sluyter, Sr.
Mar 19, 2017
Michael “Mike” Allen Sluyter Sr., the son of Harold Eugene and Patricia Jane (Pickenpaugh) Sluyter, was born October 28, 1967 in Omaha, Nebraska. Mike passed away Sunday, March 19, 2017 at his home in Creston at the age of forty-nine years, four months, and nineteen days. Mike graduated from North High School in Omaha with the class of 1985. He...
Donna (Starlin) Tillman
Mar 17, 2017
Donna Darlene (Starlin) Tillman, the daughter of Cyril Donald and Viola Darlene (Dukes) Starlin, was born October 3, 1947 in Creston. She was educated in the Creston Public Schools and graduated with the Class of 1965. Donna married Bill Tillman in Creston and two daughters, Gentry and Nikki, were born to this union. Bill and Donna later divorced. Donna worked...
Wilma Cottrell
Mar 16, 2017
Wilma Grace Parker, the daughter of George Baker Parker and Angie Merl (Osborn) Parker, was born October 28, 1920 in Corydon, Iowa. Wilma graduated from Murray High School in 1938, where she received her Normal Training Teaching Certificate. Following graduation, she taught in Clarke County country schools for a short time. On January 14, 1939, Wilma and Glen Eldon Cottrell...
Charles Dean Stamps
Mar 10, 2017
Charles Dean Stamps, the son of Charles Ray and Reva (McCoy) Stamps was born October 14, 1929, in Taylor County Iowa. Dean entered eternal rest on March 10, 2017 at Corning Specialty Care, Corning, Iowa, at the age of eighty-seven years, four months, and twenty-four days. Dean graduated from Gravity High School, Gravity, Iowa, with the Class of 1948. Dean...
Vera Kimball
Mar 10, 2017
Vera Maxine Kimball, age 94, entered into the kingdom of heaven on March 10, 2017, surrounded by the love of her family. Vera was born on November 13, 1922 to Edward and Ollie (Parrott) Yearington. She grew up in Adams County and graduated Corning High School in 1942. Vera attended Southwestern Community College where she earned an associate’s degree and...
Hartford Cooper
Mar 7, 2017
Hartford Orville Cooper, the son of Orval Ervin and Violet Cleone (Wynn) Cooper, was born April 28, 1937, south of Carl, Adams County, Iowa. Hartford entered eternal rest on March 7, 2017, at Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, at the age of seventy-nine years, ten months, and seven days. Hartford graduated from Prescott High School with the Class of...
Charles F. Palma
Mar 3, 2017
A baby boy was born on September 24, 1926, on the Palma homestead, one mile west of Williamson, Iowa to Charles L. Palma and Mae J. (Patera) Palma. They named their only son, Charles “Chuck” Frank Palma. At the age of six, the Williamson Country School teacher paid a visit to Charles and Mae and informed them that Chuck would...
Dean H. Kester
Feb 26, 2017
Dean Harding Kester, age 95, died peacefully at Vintage Park on February 26, 2017. The son of Agnes (Kilgore) and Ernest Kester was born December 28, 1921 on the family farm by Bridgewater. He grew up attending country school, until 8th grade, along with his siblings. Dean entered CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) at the age of 16, as a caterpillar...
Lois Jane Paxton
Feb 19, 2017
Lois Jane Paxton, the daughter of Lester Hunter and Effie Louise (Wilson) Steen, was born June 7, 1925, in Union County, Iowa. Lois graduated from Lorimor High School with the Class of 1944. She was united in marriage to Dillard Ivan Paxton on September 5, 1945, in Missouri. Four children were born to bless this union: Marcha, Marlene, Melinda, and...
Rob Marxen
Feb 18, 2017
Robert Allen Marxen, the son of Donald Leroy and Norma Ruth (Brown) Marxen, was born in Greenfield, IA on September 1, 1955. Rob attended school in Creston and graduated from Creston High School with the Class of 1974. In October of 1975, Rob married Gayla Jean Clear in Creston. To this union, a daughter, Brandy Marie, was born. Rob and...
Mike Stielow
Feb 18, 2017
Mike was born January 26, 1964 to Jo Ann (Mahan) and Percy Stielow. Mike past away at Immanuel Hospital in Nebraska on February 18, 2017 at the age of 53years and 23 days surrounded by his family. Mike was born in Yankton SD. His family moved to Corning IA in 1970 where he attended Corning community schools where he graduated...
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