Obituaries

Creston and Corning, IA Obituaries

Local Obituaries for the Creston and Corning, IA area

Melvin H. Strait

Melvin H. Strait

Mar 1, 2016

Melvin H. Strait, 93, of Lenox passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at Greater Regional Medical Center, Creston, Iowa. No services are planned. Inurnment will be at Fairview Cemetery, Lenox, Iowa at a later date. Memorials may be directed to the Presbyterian Church in Lenox. Pearson Family Funeral Service, 809 W. Montgomery St., Creston, Iowa is in charge of the...

Evelyn Lund

Evelyn Lund

Feb 27, 2016

Evelyn Pauline Lund, the daughter of Wilfred and Agnes (Lynam) Thomas, was born August 12, 1925, in Adams County Iowa, near Corning. Evelyn entered eternal rest on February 27, 2016, at Clearview Home, in Clearfield, Iowa, at the age of ninety years, six months and fifteen days. Evelyn attended eight years of Adams County Rural School and graduated from Corning...

Richard Evans

Richard Evans

Feb 22, 2016

Richard Allen Evans, the son of John W. and Edna Jane Evans, was born April 14, 1946, in Villisca, Iowa. Richard entered eternal rest on Monday, February 22, 2016, at his home in Corning, Iowa, at the age of sixty-nine years, ten months, and eight days. Richard lived in Glenwood and Brooks, Iowa, before moving to Corning in 1966. He...

Victor Eugene Wager, Jr.

Victor Eugene Wager, Jr.

Feb 19, 2016

Victor Eugene Wager, Jr., the son of Victor Eugene Wager, Sr. and Hilda Johanna (Pedersen) Wager, was born on July 7, 1930 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Victor entered into eternal rest on February 19, 2016, at his home in Creston, Iowa, at the age of eighty-five years, seven months and twelve days. Victor graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in...

Lyle P. Steeve

Lyle P. Steeve

Feb 13, 2016

Lyle Paul Steeve, the son of Paul Louis and Edna Elizabeth Julia (Brethaur) Steeve was born February 20, 1933, in Clarinda, Iowa. Lyle entered eternal rest on Saturday, February 13, 2016, at his home in Creston, at the age eighty-two years, eleven months, and twenty-four days. He was one of nine children born to this family. Lyle attended Immanuel Lutheran...

Charles Stan Richie

Charles Stan Richie

Feb 8, 2016

Charles Stanley Richie, the son of Charles Junior and Ruth Adeline (Selby) Richie, was born March 27, 1957, in Corning, IA. Stan entered eternal rest on Monday, February 8, 2016, at CHI Health Mercy Hospital, Corning, Iowa, at the age of fifty-eight years, ten months and twelve days. Stan entered the United States Navy on December 29, 1975 and received...

Don Pottinger

Don Pottinger

Feb 7, 2016

Donovan “Don” Duane Pottinger, the son of W. H. “Dick” Pottinger and Charlesa M. Alpaugh, was born May 28, 1929, on a farm south of Prescott, IA. Later they had two girls, Janis and Katherine. Don attended a country school and then finished his education at Prescott Community Schools in 1947, as class president. That same year his parents sold...

Jeri Richmond

Jeri Richmond

Jan 25, 2016

Geraldine Eloise Richmond, the daughter of Joseph Alfred and Ethel Berniece (Wright) Moore was born June 24, 1928, in Boone, Iowa. Jeri entered eternal rest on January 25, 2016, at CHI Health Mercy Hospital, Corning, Iowa, at the age of eighty-seven years, seven months, and one day. Jeri graduated from Boone High School with the class of 1945. She worked...

Lavonne Symonds

Lavonne Symonds

Jan 25, 2016

LaVonne Symonds, the daughter of Dellmond Eldy and Iva Belle (Reed) Hadley was born April 6, 1920, at her parent’s home in rural Adair County. LaVonne entered eternal rest on January 25, 2016, at Corning Specialty Care, Corning, Iowa, at the age of ninety-five years, nine months, and nineteen days. Her family moved to Adams County in 1924 when she...

Gary Mitchell

Gary Mitchell

Jan 25, 2016

Gary Alvin Mitchell, the son of Alvin Lawrence and Lois Darlene (Ridnour) Mitchell, was born March 30, 1942, in Creston, Iowa. Gary entered eternal rest on January 25, 2016, at his home, at the age of seventy-three years, nine months, and twenty-six days. Gary graduated from Corning High School with the class of 1960. He was united in marriage to...

William Bill Preston, Sr.

William Bill Preston, Sr.

Jan 25, 2016

William Lee Preston Sr., the son of John Lowell and Luella F (Heeren) Preston was born October 29, 1939, in Cass County Iowa. Bill entered eternal rest on January 25, 2016, at Immanuel Medical Center, Omaha, NE., at the age of seventy-six years, two months, and twenty-seven days. Bill graduated from Prescott High School with the class of 1957. He...

Maxine Bashor

Maxine Bashor

Jan 24, 2016

Mabel Maxine Bashor, the daughter of Walter Ernest and Mabel Marie (Campbell) Blakslee, was born May 1, 1922 on a farm in Alexandria, South Dakota. Maxine entered eternal rest on January 24, 2016 at the age of ninety-three years, eight months, and twenty-three days. Maxine attended school in New Market, Iowa, and graduated in 1940. She then taught in rural...

Rosalie Mary Hamilton

Rosalie Mary Hamilton

Jan 22, 2016

Rosalie “Rose” Mary Hamilton was born May 23, 1936 to Roth and Ruth (Cole) Nevill. Rosalie entered her eternal home, January 22, 2016, at Creston Specialty Care in Creston, Iowa due to complications of Alzheimer’s at the age of seventy-nine years, seven months, and thirty days. She grew up in Clearfield with her parents and two older sisters, Eula Jean...

Peggy Freemyer

Peggy Freemyer

Jan 22, 2016

Peggy Ann Freemyer, the daughter of Forest Lee and Vera Pearl (Vroman) Foster, was born in Canova, South Dakota on January 9, 1933. Peggy passed away in Omaha, Nebraska on January 22, 2016, at the age of eighty-three years. Peggy graduated from Creston High School with the class of 1951. Peggy married Gene J. Freemyer on July 25, 1952, and...

Dolores Slight

Dolores Slight

Jan 20, 2016

Dolores Slight, 79, of Clearfield passed away Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at Clearview Home in Clearfield. No Services are planned.

Margaret James

Margaret James

Jan 15, 2016

Margaret Mae James, the daughter of Henry and Karen Marie Elizabeth (Jensen) Roed, was born December 26, 1932, in Anita, Iowa. Margaret entered eternal rest on January 15, 2016 at Twin Pines Adult Care Center, Kirksville, Missouri, at the age of eighty-three years and twenty days. Margaret attended school in Anita and graduated from Anita High School. She married Ivan...

Norman Borrall

Norman Borrall

Jan 15, 2016

A Graveside Service will be held at a later date in Lucas County, Iowa.

Richard Dick Luther

Richard Dick Luther

Jan 14, 2016

Richard Max Luther entered this world on March 7, 1929 on a farm in Page County to the parents of Marion Glen and Erma Esther (Ridnour) Luther. He spent his early years of life in Trenton, Nebraska before moving back to New Market, Iowa. He attended country school in New Market and high school in Corning and New Market. Dick...

Vonda Long

Vonda Long

Jan 14, 2016

Vonda LaVera (Stradley) Long, the daughter of Robert Ira and Stella Blanche (Wilson) Stradley, was born on September 9, 1922 in Sand Creek Township near Shannon City in Union County, Iowa. Vonda entered eternal rest on January 14, 2016 at Crest Haven Care Centre, Creston, Iowa at the age of ninety-three years, four months and five days. Vonda grew up...

Bobbi Ronfeldt

Bobbi Ronfeldt

Jan 13, 2016

Roberta Jean “Bobbi” Ronfeldt, the daughter of Ralph Merton and Donna Ilene (Craig) Miller was born on December 14, 1961 in Concordia, Kansas. Bobbi entered eternal rest on Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at CHI Health Mercy Hospital in Corning, Iowa, at the age of fifty-four years and 30 days. Bobbi attended Northern Heights High School in Allen, Kansas, and later...