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Creston and Corning, IA Obituaries

Local Obituaries for the Creston and Corning, IA area

Carol Paragas Evans

Carol Paragas Evans

Nov 30, 2007

Interment will be at the Graceland Cemetery in Creston. Memorials may be directed to the American Heart Association. Carol Marie Paragas Evans, the daughter of Harry and Charlotte Romine, was born on December 27, 1914, at Rensselaer, Indiana. Carol entered eternal rest on November 30, 2007, at Brighton Gardens, in Omaha, Nebraska, at the age of ninety-two. Carol graduated from...

Alice Anderson

Alice Anderson

Nov 29, 2007

Interment will be at the Graceland Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the Theodore J. Martens Post #1797. Alice May Anderson was born June 15, 1902 to J. Edgar and Mabel (Priddy) Foster. Alice entered eternal rest on November 29, 2007, at the Greater Regional Medical Center in Creston, Iowa, at the age of one hundred and five years; five...

Wayne Brown

Wayne Brown

Nov 22, 2007

Burial will be at the Oakland Cemetery in Adams County with Military Honors by the Ourcq Post #117 Corning American Legion. Memorials may be given in Waynes name. Roland Wayne Brown, the son of Roland William and Helen Laura (Moore) Brown, was born January 10, 1936 at the home of his parents, near Carbon, in Adams County, Iowa. Wayne entered...

Yvonne Mae Freeman

Yvonne Mae Freeman

Nov 14, 2007

Yvonne Mae (Mason) Freeman, the daughter of Clifton Howard and Helen Mae (Johnson) Mason, was born on February 18, 1947, at San Pedro, California. Yvonne entered eternal rest on November 14, 2007, at the Greater Regional Medical Center in Creston, Iowa, at the age of sixty years, eight months, and twenty-six days. Yvonne moved to Iowa in 1963. She graduated...

Mari E. Gardner

Mari E. Gardner

Nov 14, 2007

Mariellen (Meg) Gardner Beach, 1925 - 2007 of Lenox, Iowa A Memorial service for Mariellen Gardner Beach, 81, will be held November 16, 2007 at the Presbyterian Church in Lenox, Iowa by Rev. Tim Maxa. A Graveside service will be held in Portalis, New Mexico at a future date. Mariellen died November 14, 2007 at Greater Regional Medical Center in...

Mary Devore

Mary Devore

Nov 13, 2007

Verda Mary DeVore, daughter of Charles and Dosha Brink Drake was born in Adams County on June 23, 1921. Mary entered eternal rest on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa at the age of 86 years, Mary grew up in Adams County and attending high school in Corning, graduating with the class of 1939....

Charles E. Foster

Charles E. Foster

Nov 13, 2007

Burial will be at the Graceland Cemetery in Creston with Military Honors by Theodore J. Martens VFW Post #1797. Memorials may be directed to the Salem Lutheran Church and/or Greater Regional Hospice. Charles Ellis Foster, the son of Newton and Velda Iva (Harper) Foster, was born on June 10, 1925, at Corning, Iowa. Charles entered eternal rest on November 13,...

Dorothy M. Trost

Dorothy M. Trost

Oct 30, 2007

No public visitation is planned. Memorials may be made in Dorothys name. Dorothy Mae Trost, the daughter of the late Theodore and Grace (Brown) Selders, was born on April 26, 1928, in Sharpsburg, Iowa. On October 30, 2007, Dorothy passed away suddenly following surgery at the Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines at the age of 79. Dorothy grew up...

Frances Ireland

Frances Ireland

Oct 22, 2007

There will be no public viewing. Cremation will follow the service. Inurnment will be in Rochester, New York at a later date. Memorials may be directed to the Creston Animal Resue Effort (C.A.R.E.) Frances Lanore Ireland, the daughter of William Sidney and Frances Mazie (Parker) Bullock, was born on August 19, 1933, at Redding, Iowa. Frances entered eternal rest on...

Edward Wittwer

Edward Wittwer

Oct 19, 2007

Edward “Eddie” C. Wittwer, the son of Leroy Archer and Ica May (Summers) Wittwer, was born on October 24, 1914 in Mountain Grove, Missouri. Edward passed away October 19, 2007 at the Odyssey HealthCare Hospice in Peoria, Arizona, at the age of 92 years, 11 months and 26 days. Eddie attended several elementary schools in southwest Iowa. Eddie was a...

Louise P. Winkler

Louise P. Winkler

Oct 8, 2007

Interment will be at the Mt. Zion Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Greater Regional Medical Center Auxiliary. Louise Pauline Winkler, the daughter of Richard E. and Louise E. (Pagel) Winkler, was born on September 15, 1913, near Creston, in Union County, Iowa. Louise entered eternal rest on October 8, 2007, at Crest Haven Care...

Robert H. Manke

Robert H. Manke

Oct 5, 2007

Robert “Bob” Herman Manke, Jr., the son of Robert R. and Gladys (McLeish) Manke, was born on April 25, 1927 in Portage, Wisconsin. Robert died October 5, 2007 at the Corning Nursing Rehab Center in Corning, Iowa, at the age of eighty years. Bob attended grade school Arlington, Wisconsin and was baptized and confirmed at St. Peters Lutheran Church, also...

Darlene Whittlesey

Darlene Whittlesey

Oct 4, 2007

Burial will be at the Graceland Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the American Heart Association and/or the American Cancer Society. Eva Darlene Whittlesey, the daughter of Marion Arthur and Jesse Mabel (Swain) Brown, was born on March 21, 1926, near Lenox, in Taylor County, Iowa. Darlene entered eternal rest on October 4, 2007, at the Creston Nursing and Rehabilitation...

Leroy Waddell

Leroy Waddell

Sep 26, 2007

Burial will be at the Graceland Cemetery with Military Honors by Theodore J. Martens VFW Post #1797. Memorials may be directed to the Greater Regional Hospice Home. Alfred LeRoy Waddell, the son of Alfred Otho and Nellie May (Watts) Waddell, was born on April 6, 1922 in Knowlton, Iowa. LeRoy passed away on September 26, 2007, at Greater Regional Medical...

Eula M. Riley

Eula M. Riley

Sep 25, 2007

Eula Mae (Tindle) Riley was born on a farm southwest of Clearfield, Iowa, on May 1, 1918, the second child of George Andrew and Nettie Pearl (Routh) Tindle. She departed from this life September 25, 2007, at the age of 89 years, 4 months, and 25 days at the Greater Regional Medical Center in Creston, Iowa. Eula Mae was a...

Jessie Hill

Jessie Hill

Sep 25, 2007

The good heart of Jessie Elberta Houck, wife of the late Clifford Yardley Hill, gave way after 100 years of love and kindness on September 25, 2007 at her home in Corning, Iowa. Services will be held at the Pearson-Coen-BeatyFamily Funeral Home on September 27, 2007 followed by interment at Quincy Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the Carbon United...

Wayne Turner

Wayne Turner

Sep 22, 2007

Burial will be in the Graceland Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the Peaceful Passage Hospice House. Wayne Herschel Turner, the son of Herschel E. and Gladys Opal (Draper) Turner, was born on September 6, 1922, near Creston in Union County, Iowa. Wayne entered eternal rest on September 22, 2007, at the Greater Regional Medical Center at Creston, Iowa, at...

Dortha I. Pearson

Dortha I. Pearson

Sep 7, 2007

Burial will be at the Carl Cemetery in Adams County. Memorials may be directed to the CArl United Methodist Church. Dortha Irene Pearson, the daughter of Earl and Elva May (Hardisty) Falconer, was born on January 6, 1907, in Adams County, Iowa. Dortha entered eternal rest on September 7, 2007, in Corning, Iowa, at the age of one hundred years....

Elsie E. Cramer

Elsie E. Cramer

Aug 31, 2007

Burial will be at the Maple Hill Cemetery at Cromwell, Iowa. Memorials may be made in Elsies name. Elsie Eileen Cramer, the daughter of Royal Delano and Sarah Elizabeth (Garner) Scott, was born on April 25, 1907, on a farm near Bridgewater, in Adair County, Iowa. Elsie entered eternal rest on August 31, 2007, at the Afton Care Center, in...

Colleen Bradley

Colleen Bradley

Aug 14, 2007

Inurnment will be at Graceland Cemetery at a later date. Memorials may be directed to the American Cancer Society. Colleen Bradley, the daughter of Vernon Allen and Amanda (Alexander) Allman, was born on May 1, 1935 at Provo, Utah. Colleen entered eternal rest on August 14, 2007, at Creston Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Creston, Iowa, at the age of seventy-two...

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