Obituaries

Creston and Corning, IA Obituaries

Local Obituaries for the Creston and Corning, IA area

Harry Becker

Harry Becker

Dec 5, 2013

Harry Frederick Becker, the son of Fred and Bertha (Rosenow) Becker, was born on January 14, 1919 in Creston, Iowa. Harry entered eternal rest on December 5, 2013 at Greater Regional Medical Center, Creston, Iowa at the age of ninety-four years. Harry attended public schools and graduated from Creston High School. Following graduation, Harry worked in Creston as an Electric...

Alice Kay Schaffer

Alice Kay Schaffer

Dec 5, 2013

Alice Kay Schaffer (née Madsen) passed away peacefully at Bergan Medical Center in Omaha, NE on December 5, 2013. Alice was born March 12, 1946 in Fort Dodge, IA, the daughter of Arnold Otto Madsen and Therma Rosalyn Madsen. The family, including Alice’s two older sisters Joan and Nancy, lived in Exira, IA before moving to Guthrie Center, IA where...

Rosemary Reed Moore

Rosemary Reed Moore

Dec 4, 2013

Rosemary (Woodin) Reed Moore was born to Carl Hiram and Blanche Etta (Cottrell) Woodin on January 16, 1926 in Essex, Iowa. Rosemary entered eternal rest on Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at the Riverside Manor South in Ames, Iowa at the age of eighty-seven years, ten months and eighteen days. Rosemary attended Goff Country School in Page County. Following her elementary...

Richard Dick Ashenfelter

Richard Dick Ashenfelter

Nov 24, 2013

Richard “Dick” Dean Ashenfelter, son of Vern Lee and Bernice Birdie (Kepner) Ashenfelter, was born on October 9, 1927 in Corning, Iowa. Dick passed away peacefully on Sunday, November 24, 2013 at the Corning Nursing and Rehab Center in Corning, Iowa at the age of eighty-six years, one month and fifteen days. On April 22, 1950, Dick was united to...

Edward Amdor

Edward Amdor

Nov 21, 2013

Edward R. Amdor, son of Bennett Nicholas and Ella Irene (Devereaux) Amdor, was born on January 29, 1929 in Corning, Iowa. Edward entered eternal rest on Thursday, November 21, 2013 at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa at the age of eighty-four years, nine months and twenty-three days. Following Ed’s graduation from Corning High School, he began his career in...

Gerald Queck

Gerald Queck

Nov 21, 2013

Gerald Eugene Queck was born on September 7, 1942 to Harold and Evelyn (Worthington) Queck at Creston, Iowa and died on Thursday, November 21, 2013 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of seventy-one years, two months and fourteen days after a battle with cancer. Gerald grew up on a farm northwest of Fontanelle and...

Jean Morris

Jean Morris

Nov 21, 2013

Leona Jean McGregor Morris was born on November 28, 1921 in Adams County, Iowa to George and Blanche (Reese) McGregor. Jean entered eternal rest on Thursday, November 21, 2013 at her home in Corning, Iowa at the age of ninety-one years, eleven months and twenty- four days. Jean attended Corning High School and graduated in the class of 1938. She...

Catherine Lamb

Catherine Lamb

Nov 19, 2013

Catherine Lamb, daughter of John Joseph and Clara Catherine (Bintner) White, was born on October 15, 1938 in Creston, Iowa. Catherine entered eternal rest on Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of seventy-five years. Catherine attended school in Creston and graduated from Creston High School with the Class of...

Norma Konkler

Norma Konkler

Nov 12, 2013

Norma Mardale Konkler, the daughter of Elza Marion and Vivian Gwendolyn (Keuter) Siddens, was born on August 5, 1927 in Afton, Iowa. Norma entered eternal rest on November 12, 2013 at Afton Care Center, Afton, Iowa at the age of eighty-six years. Norma graduated from Afton High School with the Class of 1945. After graduation, she married Richard Konkler. They...

David Benson

David Benson

Nov 1, 2013

David Eugene Benson was born to Lillian Louise and Benny Benson on August 13, 1941 in Belmond, Iowa. David entered eternal rest on Friday, November 1, 2013 at the Greater Regional Hospice House in Creston, Iowa at the age of seventy-two years. After graduating from Eagle Grove High School in 1959, he enlisted in the United States Army and served...

Jerry Brown

Jerry Brown

Oct 30, 2013

Jerry was cremated and no services are planned at this time. Jerrold Timothy Brown, son of Martin and Bonnie (Duggins) Brown, was born on January 17, 1942 in Protem, Missouri. Jerry passed away on Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at his daughter’s residence in Villisca, Iowa at the age of seventy-one years, nine months and thirteen days. Jerry grew up an...

Donald Dean Miller

Donald Dean Miller

Oct 26, 2013

Donald Dean Miller, 84, of Lenox died Saturday, October 26, 2013 at the Lenox Care Center in Lenox. Funeral Services will be 10:30 A.M., Wednesday, October 30, at the Lenox United Methodist Church. Pastor Shurmaine McAlpine will officiate. Interment will be in the West Fairview Cemetery in Lenox. Open visitation with the family receiving friends will be from 6:00 P.M....

Mary Josephine Cihak

Mary Josephine Cihak

Oct 11, 2013

Mary Josephine Cihak, the daughter of James Vincent and Josephine Mary (Deholien) Cihak, was born on January 3, 1923 in Creston, Iowa. Mary Josephine entered eternal rest on October 11, 2013 at Creston Nursing and Rehab. in Creston, Iowa at the age of ninety years, nine months, and eight days. Mary Josephine graduated from Creston High School with the Class...

Robert L. Beach

Robert L. Beach

Oct 9, 2013

Robert L. “Sarge” Beach, Jr., 82, of Lenox died Wednesday, October 9, 2013, at Greater Regional Hospice Home in Creston, Iowa. No local services are planned. Interment will be at the Iowa Veterans Cemetery in Van Meter at a later date. Pearson Family Funeral Service, 809 W. Montgomery St., Creston is assisting with the arrangements. On-line condolences may be left...

Marion Gildsig

Marion Gildsig

Oct 4, 2013

Marion Duane Gildsig, the son of Nels Andrew and Laura Alice (Woods) Gildsig, was born on October 22, 1943 in Creston, Iowa. Marion entered eternal rest on October 4, 2013, at his home near Creston, Iowa at the age of sixty-nine years. Marion lived his entire life in Creston. He graduated from Creston High School with the Class of 1961....

Don Mullin

Don Mullin

Oct 3, 2013

Don was born on February 19, 1928 in Jewell County, Kansas to Don and Merle Fulton. After losing both his parents at an early age, Don and his three sisters were adopted by Tom and Gertrude Mullin of Creston. His brother was raised by Arnold and Irene Parks of Maloy, Iowa. Don entered eternal rest on October 3, 2013, at...

William T. Brownrigg

William T. Brownrigg

Sep 23, 2013

William “Bill” Thomas Brownrigg, the son of William E. and Dorothy I. (Looney) Brownrigg, was born on July 30, 1933 at the home of his parents, near Cromwell, in Union County, Iowa. Bill entered eternal rest on September 23, 2013 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines, Iowa at the age of eighty years, one month and twenty-four days. Bill...

Alice Bridgeman Grout

Alice Bridgeman Grout

Sep 21, 2013

Alice Mae Bridgeman Grout of Corning, Iowa, passed away on September 21, 2013 at Alegent Creighton Health Mercy Hospital in Corning, Iowa at the age of eighty-two years, one month and nineteen days. Alice was born on August 2, 1931 in Corning, Iowa to Glenn and Etha Pauline (Ogburn) Shearburn. She grew up on the family farm south of Corning....

Verlyn Rice

Verlyn Rice

Sep 12, 2013

Verlyn Clifford Rice, the son of Clifford Allen and Clara Gladys (Vicker) Rice, was born on April 3, 1927 in Nevinville, Iowa. Verlyn entered eternal rest on September 12, 2013 at Greater Regional Medical Center in Creston, Iowa at the age of eighty six years, five months, and nine days. Verlyn attended school at Colony #4, then attended Nevinville High...

Geraldine Jenn Emerson

Geraldine Jenn Emerson

Sep 11, 2013

Geraldine Jenn Emerson, daughter of Bard Weaver and Margaret Irene (Madole) Goodale, was born on June 9, 1921 in Diagonal, Iowa. Geraldine entered eternal rest on Thursday, September 11, 2013 at the Corning Nursing Rehab Center in Corning, Iowa at the age of ninety-two years, three months and two days. Geraldine attended Diagonal High School and graduated with the Class...