Obituaries

Creston and Corning, IA Obituaries

Local Obituaries for the Creston and Corning, IA area

Vern Mccarty

Vern Mccarty

Mar 3, 2014

Charles Laverne (Vern) McCarty was born April 3, 1930 in the countryside north of Prescott, Iowa, the son of Nellie Mae Freeman and Charles Daniel McCarty. He graduated from Prescott High School with the class of 1947. He served his country in the Iowa National Guard after high school. On July 26, 1959, he married Veda Marie Bailey in Anita,...

Patricia Schlapia

Patricia Schlapia

Feb 26, 2014

Patricia Jane (Harvey) Schlapia, the daughter of Teresa (Bradley) and Harry Harvey, was born October 23, 1930 in Creston, Iowa. Patty entered eternal rest on February 26, 2014 at Greater Regional Hospice Home in Creston, Iowa at the age of eighty-three years, four months, and three days. Patty attended St. Malachy School and graduated from Creston High School with the...

Donald Myers

Donald Myers

Feb 25, 2014

Donald Dean Myers, son of William Arnold and June Irene (Ternahan) Myers, was born on July 1, 1957 in Corning, Iowa. Don entered eternal rest on Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at his home in Corning at the age of fifty-six years, seven months and twenty four days. Don attended Corning High School and graduated with the Class of 1976. Don...

Lorane Leonard

Lorane Leonard

Feb 13, 2014

Edith Lorane (Lynam) Leonard, daughter of Ralph and Edith Lynam, was born on August 2, 1930 in Corning, Iowa. Lorane entered eternal rest on Thursday, February 13, 2014 at Clearview Homes in Clearfield, Iowa at the age of eighty-three years, six months and eleven days. Lorane attended school in Adams County and graduated from Corning High School with a Normal...

Sandra Ketchum

Sandra Ketchum

Feb 4, 2014

Sandra Lee Ketchum, daughter of Grant Paul and Bernice Mae (Lee) Blaisure, was born on March 24, 1947 in Johnson City, New York. Sandra went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, February 4, 2014 at the Corning Nursing and Rehab Center in Corning, Iowa at the age of sixty-six years, ten months and eleven days. Sandy attended Newark Valley...

Jennifer Anne Coen

Jennifer Anne Coen

Feb 3, 2014

Jennifer Anne Coen, 41, of Creston died Monday, February 3, 2014 at her home in Creston. Mass of Christian Burial Services will be 11:00 A.M., Thursday, February 6, at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Creston. Father Kenneth Halbur, Jr. will officiate. Interment will be at Calvary Cemetery in Creston. Open Visitation will be from 1:00 – 8:00 PM Wednesday, February 5th...

Vincent Sullivan

Vincent Sullivan

Jan 31, 2014

Vincent Charles Sullivan, son of William George and Margaret Kathryn (Gross) Sullivan, was born on July 21, 1924 in Corning, Iowa. Vincent entered eternal rest on Friday, January 31, 2014 at the Greater Regional Medical Center in Creston, Iowa at the age of eighty-nine years. Vincent attended Mercer #4 Country School and Corning High School, graduating with the Class of...

William Bill Bohn

William Bill Bohn

Jan 23, 2014

William Daniel “Bill” Bohn, Jr., the son of William Daniel and Viola (Johnson) Bohn, was born on February 11, 1939 in Lamoni, Iowa. Bill passed away early Thursday morning, January 23, 2014, at Greater Regional Medical Center, Creston, Iowa at the age of seventy-four from complications of cancer. Bill graduated from Clearfield High School in 1957. Bill married Shirley Kay...

Dorothy Peterson

Dorothy Peterson

Jan 18, 2014

Dorothy Colleen Peterson, daughter of Lester Dick and Fern (Perlman) Eblen, was born on June 25, 1935 near Cumberland, Iowa in Cass County. Dorothy passed away on Saturday, January 18, 2014 at Alegent Creighton Health Mercy Hospital in Corning, Iowa at the age of seventy eight years, six months and nine days. Dorothy was united in marriage to J.W. “Bill”...

Ellen Lang

Ellen Lang

Jan 10, 2014

Ellen Ruth Lang, 75, of Beatrice, died Friday January 10, 2014 at her home surrounded by all her children. A Prayer Service for family and friends, will be held at 6:30 P.M. on Monday, January 13, 2014 at Harman-Wright Mortuary Chapel in Beatrice, NE with Pastor Cale Lang officiating. The family will greet friends from 7:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M....

Jon Early

Jon Early

Jan 8, 2014

Jon Early, 57, of Creston died Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at Unity Point Health, Rock Island, Illinois after a long illness. Celebration of Life Services will be 10:00 A.M., Thursday, January 16, 2014 at Pearson Family Funeral Service, 809 W. Montgomery St., Creston. Rev. Daniel Moore, Cromwell Congregational Church, will officiate. Interment will be at Maple Hill Cemetery, Cromwell. Open...

Shirlee Deahl

Shirlee Deahl

Jan 7, 2014

Shirlee Marie Deahl, daughter of Harry Truman and Mildred Mae (Cole) Briggs, was born on March 29, 1932 in Afton, Iowa. Shirlee entered eternal rest on Tuesday, January 7, 2014 at her home in Corning, Iowa at the age of eighty-one years, nine months and nine days. Shirlee lived in Afton, Iowa until she was a young adult. She attended...

Dan L Sitzman

Dan L Sitzman

Jan 6, 2014

Dan L. Sitzman, son of Fred and Dorothy (Morgenstern) Sitzman, was born May 8, 1957 in Nebraska City, NE. Dan entered into eternal rest on Monday, January 6, 2014 at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA at the age of fifty-six years. Dan was raised in Hamburg, IA until moving to Osceola. He graduated from Clark Community High School with...

Pauline Capsey

Pauline Capsey

Jan 3, 2014

Pauline Capsey, daughter of Alvin and Louise (Buckridge) Chaney, was born April 27, 1918 on a farm near Skidmore, Missouri. Pauline entered eternal rest on Friday, January 3, 2014 at the Good Samaritan Care Center in Villisca, Iowa at the age of ninety-five years. When Pauline was a teenager, she combined wheat fields with her brother, Edman. Pauline graduated from...

Larene Schaffer

Larene Schaffer

Jan 1, 2014

Larene Doris Schaffer was born March 14, 1925 in Cumberland, Iowa, the daughter of Thomas Chester and Sophia Methilda (Behnken) Chester. Larene passed away on Wednesday, January 1, 2014 at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She had reached the age of eighty-eight years, nine months, sixteen days. Larene attended Cumberland High School, obtained a teaching certificate through Iowa State...

Vicki Ludwig

Vicki Ludwig

Dec 27, 2013

Vicki Lynne Ludwig, the daughter of Albert Lee and Carolyn Mae (Nissen) Dady, was born on June 4, 1954 in Creston, Iowa. Vicki entered eternal rest on December 27, 2013 at Creston Nursing and Rehab Center, Creston at the age of fifty-nine years, six months and twenty days. Vicki graduated from Afton High School with the Class of 1972. She...

Faye Townsend

Faye Townsend

Dec 26, 2013

Faye Marrs Townsend, daughter of Pearl (Prewitt) Marrs and Benjamin Marrs, was born December 13, 1918 at the farm home near Wolbach, Nebraska. Faye entered eternal rest on December 26, 2013 at Alegent Creighton Health Mercy Hospital in Corning, Iowa at the age of ninety-five years and thirteen days. Faye rode horse back to rural school and was Valedictorian of...

Loretta Wetzel

Loretta Wetzel

Dec 11, 2013

Loretta Sue (Lawrence) Wetzel was born November 28, 1950 to Virgil Leo and Sybil Lorraine (Proffitt) Lawrence in Maryville, Missouri. Loretta grew up on a farm South of Bedford, Iowa where she attended country school and later graduated from Bedford High School in 1969. She then graduated from The American Institute of Business (AIB) of Des Moines in 1970. On...

Irene Osborn

Irene Osborn

Dec 10, 2013

Irene Mae Osborn, the daughter of William Thorn and Edith Mae (Wilson) Madison, was born on July 13, 1920, in Creston, Iowa. Irene entered eternal rest on December 10, 2013 at Edgewater Nursing Facility, West Des Moines, Iowa at the age of ninety-three years, four months, and twenty-seven days. Irene graduated from Creston High School with the Class of 1937....

James Stargell

James Stargell

Dec 7, 2013

There will be no services for Jim, as per his own request.