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Creston and Corning, IA Obituaries
Local Obituaries for the Creston and Corning, IA area
Rodney Abel
Oct 30, 2022
Rodney Abel, 61 of Lee’s Summit, Misouri, formerly of Creston, Iowa passed away at home on Sunday, October 30, 2022. Private graveside services, for family and close friends, will be 11AM, Friday, November 4, 2022 at Maple Hill Cemetery in Cromwell, Iowa with Pastor Mary O’Riley officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be directed to the Cromwell United...
George Francis
Oct 29, 2022
George Allen Francis, 68 of rural Creston passed away suddenly and unexpectedly
at home October 29, 2022, of a probable cardiac event, ending a life marked by a love of music, aviation and travel. A celebration of his life will be held next spring.
Born in Creston February 3, 1954, to Donald and Norma (Lonnecker) Francis, George spent his early years on...
Charles Prescott
Oct 26, 2022
Chris Prescott, 71 of Creston, Iowa passed away at his home on October 26, 2022. Memorial services will be held at Pearson Family Funeral Service & Cremation Center at 2:00 PM, Saturday, October 29, 2022 with Rev. Mary O’Riley officiating. Inurnment will follow at Graceland Cemetery. Family will receive friends prior to the service from 12:30-1:30 PM. Memorials may be...
Theresa Johnston
Oct 24, 2022
Theresa Johnston, 58, of Villisca, Iowa, entered eternal rest on Monday, October 24, 2022 at Creighton University Medical Center-Bergan Mercy in Omaha, Nebraska. Funeral Services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at the Villisca United Methodist Church. Pastor Jenn Van Nostrand will officiate. Burial will follow at the Villisca Cemetery. Open visitation will be from 3:00...
Theresa Cruise
Oct 24, 2022
Theresa Curry Cruise, age 93 years, passed away on Monday, October 24, 2022, at Corning Specialty Care, Corning, IA. Theresa was born in Creston, IA, to parents Earl Curry and May Vanscoy Curry. Her mother died in childbirth and she was adopted by her uncle Leo Curry and his wife Loretta Huges Curry. She spent most of her life in...
Margaret "Marie" Krings
Oct 19, 2022
Margaret “Marie” Krings, 93 of Creston, Iowa peacefully passed away in her home on Wednesday, October 19, 2022 surrounded by her family. A visitation with the family receiving friends will be Sunday, October 23, 2022 from 10 AM – 12 Noon at Pearson Family Funeral Service & Cremation Center, 809 W. Montgomery Street, Creston, Iowa. A private inurnment will be...
Gaylord Wilkinson
Oct 17, 2022
Gaylord Wilkinson, 74, of Corning entered eternal rest on Monday, October 17, 2022 at his home. Funeral Services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 22, 2022 at Pearson Family Funeral Service & Cremation Center in Corning. Mr. Larry Johnson will officiate. Burial will follow at the Walnut Grove Cemetery in Corning. Open visitation will be from 3:00 p.m....
Robert Walter
Oct 15, 2022
Robert Walter, 93, of Corning, Iowa, entered eternal rest Saturday, October 15, 2022 at CHI Mercy Hospital, Corning. Funeral Services will be 10:30 A.M., Thursday, October 20, 2022 at the Grace Baptist Church, Corning, Iowa, with Pastor Tracy Elwood officiating. There will be a private burial in the Methodist Grove Cemetery, rural Adams County, Iowa. Open visitation will be 2:00...
Debra Bauer
Sep 20, 2022
Debra Bauer, 66 of Creston passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday, September 20, 2022. Funeral Services will be 10:30 AM, Sunday, September 25, 2022 at Pearson Family Funeral Service & Cremation Center, Creston, Iowa. Mr. Rob Loe will be officiating. Debra will be laid to rest in the Graceland Cemetery in Creston. Open visitation will be Saturday, September...
George Novak
Sep 17, 2022
George Novak, 95 of Creston, Iowa passed away Saturday, September 17, 2022 at Greater Regional Medical Center in Creston. Funeral services will be 11:00 AM, Saturday, September 24, 2022 at Pearson Family Funeral Service & Cremation Center in Creston. Pastor Mel Kendall will officiate. Open visitation from 3-7 PM, Friday, September 23, 2022 with family receiving friends from 5-7 PM...
Barbara Jean Kelly
Sep 5, 2022
Barbara Jean Kelly, 69, of Corning passed away Monday, September 5, 2022 at CHI Mercy Hospital in Corning. A private graveside service will be held at Walnut Grove Cemetery in Corning. Memorial contributions may be made in her name. Memories and condolences can be left at www.pearsonfuneralhomes.com.
Barbara Jean (Kingery) Kelly, the daughter of Ronald Chester and Margaret Louise (Churchill) Kingery,...
Justin Scott
Aug 27, 2022
Justin Scott, 40, of Altoona, Iowa, formerly of Lenox, passed away suddenly on Saturday, August 27, 2022 at Mercy One Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Funeral services will be held 11 AM, Thursday, September 1, 2022 at Pearson Family Funeral Service & Cremation Center in Creston, Iowa. Pastor Barron Geiger, officiating. Interment will be in the Graceland Cemetery, Creston....
Billy B. Mercer
Aug 21, 2022
Billy Bernard Mercer was born April 15, 1930 in Taylor County, Iowa near the town of Clearfield. He passed away on August 21, 2022 at Edencrest at Green Meadows in Johnston, Iowa. Bill was the youngest of eight children born to Orie D. and Bessie (Curry) Mercer. His siblings were Edna, Cecil, Elgin, Edwin, Nellie, Marion and a brother who...
Robert "Bob" Moreland
Aug 4, 2022
Robert “Bob” Moreland, 90 of Afton, Iowa, passed away Thursday, August 4, 2022 at Creston Specialty Care. Funeral services will be 11 AM, Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at Pearson Family Funeral Service & Cremation Center. Rev. Jim Morris will officiate. Visitation will be open to the public from 1-5 PM, Monday, August 8, 2022. Family will receive friends on Tuesday...
Jo Ann Stielow
Jul 14, 2022
Jo Ann was born on March 21, 1943, to LaVona Sprague and William Mahan in Pocatello, Idaho; she passed away on July 14, 2022, at the CHI Mercy Hospital of Corning at the age of 79. Jo Ann grew up in Yankton, South Dakota, where she attended the nursing program at Sacred Heart School of Nursing, which later became part...
Percy Stielow
Jul 12, 2022
Percy was born August 1, 1943, to Leona Bessman and Frank Stielow in Buckeye, Iowa; he passed away on July 12, 2022, at the CHI Mercy Hospital of Corning at the age of 78. Percy grew up in Eldora, Iowa, where he developed an aptitude (and love) for math and basketball. He played college basketball for Yankton College in South...
Evan (Ray) Roberts
Jul 11, 2022
Evan Raphael (Ray) Roberts passed away at his home in Ontario, Oregon on July 11, 2022 at the age of 85. Memorial Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, September 17, 2022 at Pearson Family Funeral Service & Cremation Center in Corning. Pastor LeAnn Robine will officiate. The family will greet friends from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m....
Larry Bickford
Jul 11, 2022
Larry Bickford, 62, of Corning, passed away Monday, July 11, 2022 at CHI Mercy Hospital in Corning. Private family burial will be held at a later date at the Oakland Cemetery at Quincy in rural Adams County. Memorial contributions may be directed to the family. Memories and condolences can be shared at www.pearsonfuneralhomes.com. Larry Dean Bickford, the son of Donald...
Leone Purdum
Jul 10, 2022
Leone (Sammons) Purdum, daughter of Roy and Nellie (Johnson) Sammons, was born December 21, 1924 in Kent, Iowa and entered into rest on July 10, 2022 at the age of 97. Clifford Purdum and Leone were united in marriage on June 15, 1947 at the Methodist Church in Creston. They lived on their farm southwest of Creston for nearly 67...
Raymond Reynolds
Jul 9, 2022
Raymond Reynolds, 76 of Corning, Iowa entered eternal rest Saturday, July 9, 2022 at CHI Health Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 AM, Saturday, July 16, 2022 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Corning. Open visitation from 2:30 – 7:30 PM Friday, July 15th at Pearson Family Funeral Service & Cremation Center...
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