Obituaries

Creston and Corning, IA Obituaries

Local Obituaries for the Creston and Corning, IA area

Vivian Schwab

Vivian Schwab

Oct 3, 2012

Vivian Schwab, 90, of Creston died Wednesday, October 3, 2012, at Creston Nursing Rehab Center, Creston, Iowa. Funeral Services will be 10:30 A.M., Monday, October 8, at Pearson Family Funeral Service, 809 W. Montgomery St., Creston. A luncheon will be held at the funeral home following the service. Mary O’Riley will officiate. Interment will be at 1:00 P.M., Monday October...

Brailee Lou Armstrong

Brailee Lou Armstrong

Sep 30, 2012

Brailee Lou Armstrong, infant daughter of Storm Armstrong, passed away on Sunday, September 30, 2012 at the Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic, Iowa. Left to cherish Brailees memory is her mother, Storm Armstrong of Corning, IA; grandmother, Wannita Olson of Corning, IA; grandfather, Frankie Armstrong of Corning, IA; great-grandfather, Sam Armstrong, Sr., of Corning, IA; great-grandparents: Linda (Robert) Bolinger...

Robert H. Thomas

Robert H. Thomas

Sep 30, 2012

Robert Hiram Thomas, Jr., was born on July 30, 1937, to Robert Hiram, Sr., and Anna (Cohrs) Thomas near Conway, Iowa soon after moving to a farm east of Bushville, Iowa. Robert passed away on Sunday, September 30, 2012 at Alegent Health Mercy Hospital in Corning, Iowa at the age of seventy-five years and two months. He attended Grove #8...

Barbara Shuler

Barbara Shuler

Sep 29, 2012

Barbara Shuler, 89, of Corning entered into rest on September 29, 2012 at Parkway Village Assisted Living in Little Rock, Arkansas. Barbara Ann Shuler was born August 2, 1923 in Adams County to Bennett Nicholas Amdor Ella Irene (Devereaux) Amdor. She attended High Point Grade school in Lincoln Township (1-8 grades) and graduated from Corning High School in 1940 with...

C. Norvell Houck

C. Norvell Houck

Sep 27, 2012

Clifford Norvell Houck, son of Clifford Earl and Mary Cecelia (Quinn) Houck, was born on July 17, 1937 near Carbon, Iowa. Norvell entered eternal rest on Thursday, September 27, 2012 at Alegent Health Mercy Hospital in Corning, Iowa at the age of seventy-five years, two months and ten days. Norvell attended Corning High School and graduated with the Class of...

James Jim Klingensmith

James Jim Klingensmith

Sep 23, 2012

James “Jim” Klingensmith, 88, of Creston died Sunday, September 23, 2012, at Mercy Hospice Home, Johnston, Iowa. Memorial Mass will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday, September 29 at Holy Spirit Catholic Church. Father Ken Halbur, Jr. will officiate. Inurnment will be at the Calvary Cemetery in Creston. There will be no public viewing. Rosary will be said at 10:00 A.M., Saturday...

Darrel Allison

Darrel Allison

Sep 13, 2012

Darrel Ira Allison, son of Fred and Lula Viola (Kingery) Allison, was born on September 23, 1914 on a farm northwest of Mt. Etna in Adams County, Iowa. Darrel passed away on Thursday, September 13, 2012 at the Corning Nursing Rehab Center in Corning, Iowa at the age of ninety-seven years, eleven months and twenty-one days. Darrel attended rural schools...

Marie Curtis

Marie Curtis

Sep 13, 2012

Marie Helen Spillman Curtis, age 92, of Corning, Iowa died on Thursday, September 13, 2012. She was the daughter of Earl Spillman and Helen Cady Johnson Spillman, born on December 25, 1919 at Gordon, Nebraska. Marie was united in marriage to James Charles Curtis on October 20, 1934 in Shenandoah, Iowa. The couple first started farming in Nodaway, Iowa where...

Christopher Young

Christopher Young

Sep 7, 2012

Graveside services only.

Mary Cosaert

Mary Cosaert

Sep 7, 2012

Loving Mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother, Mary Catherine Cosaert, passed away Friday, September 7th, 2012, at the age of eighty-eight years and three days, at Lakeside Meadows in Osage Beach, Missouri where she had resided since January, 2010. Mary was born September 4, 1924, on her sister, Ednas 18th birthday, in Corning. IA, to John L. Mahr Mable Cochrane Mahr....

Marie Moon Wilson

Marie Moon Wilson

Sep 5, 2012

Marie (Moon) Wilson, 87, of Creston, died Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at her home. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 A.M., Monday, September 10, at Holy Spirit Catholic Church. Father Kenneth Halbur, Jr. will officiate. Inurnment will be at Calvary Cemetery. There will be no public viewing. Family will receive friends from 6:00 – 8:00 P.M., Sunday and Rosary...

Irene Pesik

Irene Pesik

Sep 5, 2012

Irene Pesik, 93, of Creston, died Wednesday, September 5, 2012, at Crest Haven Care Centre, Creston, Iowa. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 A.M., Saturday, September 8, at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Creston. Father Kenneth Halbur, Jr. will officiate. Interment will be at Calvary Cemetery, Creston. Open Visitation will be 1:00 – 8:00 P.M., Friday, September 7 at Pearson...

Floy Wilmarth

Floy Wilmarth

Sep 2, 2012

Floy Madden Wilmarth, daughter of Dr. George H. Madden and Wave Madden Fitch, was born in Taylor County, Iowa on August 13, 1915. She passed away at the age of ninety-seven years on Sunday, September 2, 2012 at Fairacres Manor in Greeley, Colorado. She graduated from Gravity High School in 1933 and then attended the Iowa School of Beauty Culture...

Agnes C. Fredrickson

Agnes C. Fredrickson

Aug 30, 2012

Agnes C. Fredrickson, 90, of Creston died Thursday, August 30, 2012, at Greater Regional Medical Center, Creston, Iowa. Mass of Christian Burial Services will be 10:30 A.M., Wednesday, September 5, at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Creston. Father Ken Halbur, Jr. will officiate. Following Mass, Agnes’ body will be cremated and her cremated remains will be buried at Calvary Cemetery at...

Catherine Tina Mueller

Catherine Tina Mueller

Aug 25, 2012

Catherine “Tina” Mueller, 90, of Creston, died Saturday, August 25, 2012, at Creston Nursing and Rehab Center, Creston, Iowa. Christian Wake Services will be 3:30 P.M., Saturday, September 1, 2012, at Pearson Family Funeral Service, 809 W. Montgomery St., Creston. Father Kenneth Halbur, Jr., Holy Spirit Catholic Church, will officiate. Inurnment will be private at the Summitt Cemetery in Clarinda....

Clara Knee

Clara Knee

Aug 13, 2012

Clara Eleanor Knee, daughter of Charles and Nellie Knee, was born on October 7, 1918 in Richmond, California. Clara passed away on August 13, 2012 at her home at Country Haven in Corning, Iowa at the age of ninety-three years, ten months and six days. Clara enjoyed attending church services at the Mt. Etna Church of the Brethren at Country...

Glenn Hardisty

Glenn Hardisty

Aug 2, 2012

Glenn Louis Hardisty, son of Edward Bryan and Maggie Mae (Burgett) Hardisty, was born the second of five children on September 17, 1924 in Quincy Township near Carbon in Adams County, Iowa. Glenn entered eternal rest on Thursday, August 2, 2012 at the Greater Regional Hospice House in Creston, Iowa at the age of eighty-seven years, ten months and sixteen...

Neva Nelsen

Neva Nelsen

Aug 1, 2012

Neva Louise (Gourd) Nelsen was born July 25, 1924 in Adams County, Iowa. She was the seventh of ten siblings to Jess R. and Emily Parrott Gourd. Neva passed away on Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at the Corning Nursing Rehab Center in Corning, Iowa at the age of eighty-eight years and seven days. Neva grew up on a farm near...

Mary Recoy

Mary Recoy

Jul 25, 2012

Mary Louise (Graham) Recoy was born on March 23, 1933 in Creston, Iowa to Harry and Wanda Graham. Mary entered eternal rest on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at The Cottage in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of seventy-nine years, four months and three days. Mary was united in marriage to Harold Lester Recoy-Beardsley on January 26, 1950. Mary had five...

June Myers

June Myers

Jul 24, 2012

June Irene Myers, daughter of Charley and Julia (Peterson) Ternahan, was born on May 27, 1930 on a farm near Carl, Iowa. June passed away on July 24, 2012 at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of eighty-two years, one month and twenty-seven days. June graduated from Corning High School with the Class of...