Franklin Nichols, Creston
Franklin Nichols, 81, of Creston, formerly of Tingley, died Feb. 17, 1999, at Greater Community Hospital in Creston. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Feb. 20 at the Christian Church in Tingley. The Rev. Eydie Stephens and the Rev. Merlin Wilkins will officiate with burial in the Tingley Cemetery. There is open visitation with the family receiving friends 7 to 8 p.m. today at Wilson-Watson and Armstrong Funeral Home, 205 W. Monroe Street, Mount Ayr. Memorials may be directed to the Alzheimer's Association.

Marie West, Corning
CORNING - Leota Marie West, 83, 1125 Westgate Drive No. 31, Corning, died Feb. 18, 1999, at Alegent Health Mercy Hospital in Corning. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Feb. 22, 1999, at Roland-Powers Funeral Home, 905 Benton Avenue, Corning. The Rev. Dennis Martin, the Rev. Roy Cook and the Rev. Tim Maxa will officiate with burial in Salem Church of the Brethren Cemetery, rural Lenox. There is open visitation after noon Sunday with the family receiving friends 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home in Corning. Memorials may be directed to the family.

Mildred B. Eblen, Afton
AFTON - Mildred Blanche Eblen, 93, of Afton died Feb. 15, 1999, at Greater Community Hospital in Creston. Services will be 1:30 p.m. Feb. 20 at Powers Funeral Home, 612 N. Dodge Street, Afton. The Rev. Dwayne Henrichs of Thayer will officiate with burial in the Greenlawn Cemeteryat Afton. There is open visitation noon to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home in Afton. Memorials may be directed to the Afton Rescue Unit.

Faye Green, Mount Ayr
MOUNT AYR - Faye Green, 99, of Mount Ayr, formerly of Ellston, died April 22, 1999, at the Clearview Home in Mount Ayr. Services were 1:30 p.m. April 26 at the United Methodist Church in Ellston. The Rev. Jeff Flagg officiated with burial in the Ellston Cemetery. The Wilson-Watson and Armstrong Funeral Home, 205 W. Monroe Street, Mount Ayr, had charge of arrangements. Memorials may be directed to the United Methodist Church in Ellston or the Clearview Home in Mount Ayr.

Alonzo T. Knapp, Prescott
Alonzo Tade Knapp, 82, of Prescott died April 24, 1999, at Greater Community Hospital in Creston. Services will be 10:30 a.m. April 27 at Ritchie Funeral Home, 604 W. Adams Street. The Rev. Tim Pasma will officiate. The body will be cremated after the service. There is open visitation until 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials may be directed to the Prescott First Responders.

Carl Larson, Bedford
BEDFORD - Carl Larson, 73, of Bedford died April 24, 1999, at Alegent Health Mercy Hosptial in Corning. Services will be 2 p.m. April 27 at Ritchie Funeral Home, 1406 Madison Avenue, Bedford. The Rev. Leno Green will officiate with burial in the Mount Ayr Cemetery. There is open visitation after 1 p.m. today with the family receiving friends 7 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be directed to the Bedford Ambulance.

Lavenna M. Calvin, Creston
Lavenna Mae Calvin, 71, of Creston died April 24, 1999, at Greater Community Hospital. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. April 27 at Graceland Cemetery. Dr. Robert Pickerell will officiate. There is open visitation after noon today with the family receiving friends 7 to 8 p.m. today at Ritchie Funeral Home, 604 W. Adam Street. A memorial has been established in her name.

David Smith, Bedford
BEDFORD - David Smith, 48, of Bedford died April 23, 1999, in Bedford. Services will be 11 a.m. April 27 at the Ritchie Funeral Home, 1406 Madison Avenue, Bedford. The Rev. Jamie Mogler will officiate with burial in the Fairview Cemeteryat Bedford. Military rites will be conducted by American Legion John F. Harden Post No. 164. There is open visitation after 1 p.m. today with the family receiving friends 7 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. A memorial has been established in his name.

Lois Hayes, Topeka, Kan.
TOPEKA, Kan. - Lois Hayes, 82, of Topeka, Kan., died April 22, 1999, at Aldersgate Village in Topeka, Kan. Memorial services will be 2 p.m. April 27 in Wesley Hall at Aldersgate Village. Private family inurnment will be held at Mount Hope Cemetery. The Penwell-Gabel Mid-Town Funeral Home in Topeka, Kan., has charge of arrangements. Memorials may be directed to Lowman United Methodist Church, 15th Street and Gage Boulevard, Topeka, Kan. 66604 or Good Samaritan Fund, in care of Aldersgate Village, 7200 S.W. Asbury Drive, Topeka, Kan., 66614.

John Taylor, Mount Ayr
MOUNT AYR - John Taylor, 82, of Mount Ayr died Jan. 10, 2000, at the Clearview Home in Mount Ayr. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Jan. 12 at Wilson-Watson and Armstrong Funeral Home, 205 W. Monroe Street, Mount Ayr. The Rev. Michael Druhl will officiate with burial in Rose Hill Cemeteryat Mount Ayr. Visitation will be 7 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home in Mount Ayr. A memorial has been established in his name.

Dr. Cleo Wilson
Dr. Cleo Wilson, 79, of Hampton, formerly of Creston, died Jan. 8, 2003, at the Hampton Health Care Center. Services are pending at Powers Funeral Home, 601 New York Ave.

Richard Motsinger
Richard Motsinger, 70, of Benton died April 20, 2003, at his home. Services are pending at Wilson-Watson and Armstrong Funeral Home, 205 W. Monroe St., Mount Ayr.

Doris Lee
Doris Lee, 86, of Afton died Jan. 9, 2003, at Greater Community Hospital in Creston. Services are pending at Powers Funeral Home, 612 N. Dodge St., Afton.

Leo W. Katzer
Leo W. Katzer, 84, of Garnett, Kan., died Dec. 18, 2002, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center in Merriam, Kan. Mass of Christian burial was 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, at Holy Angels Catholic Church in Garnet, Kan. The Rev. George Matz and the Rev. Tony Blaufuss conducted the service. Burial was in Holy Angels Cemetery. The Farris-Feuerborn Memorial Chapel, 219 S. Oak St., Garnett, Kan., had charge of arrangements. Survivors include a son, Dr. Jerry (wife Ronda) Katzer of Creston.

Chester Gibson (10-3) Kellerton
Chester "Chet" Gibson, 87, of Kellerton died Oct. 2, 2003, at the Clearview Home in Mount Ayr.

Alta Archer (10-3) Corning
Alta Archer, 100, of Corning died Oct. 2, 2003, at Corning Nursing and Rehab.

Mary Clayton (10-2) Creston
Mary Clayton, 55, of Creston died Oct. 1, 2003, at Greater Community Hospital Emergency Room.

Glen E. Dean (10-2) Beatrice, Neb.
Glen E. Dean, 79, of Beatrice, Neb., formerly of Creston, died Oct. 1, 2003 at his home.

Kenneth Hinshaw (10-2) Clearfield
Kenneth Hinshaw, 60, of Clearfield died Sept. 29, 2003, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines.

Chester Gibson (10-2) Kellerton
Chester "Chet" Gibson, 87, of Kellerton died Oct. 2, 2003, at the Clearview Home in Mount Ayr.

Leo Burg Bridgewater
Leo Burg, 80, of Bridgewater died Aug. 18, 2003, at the Good Samaritan Center in Fontanelle.

Walter Shafer Atlanta, Ga.
Walter G. Shafer, 46, of Atlanta, Ga., died July 31, 2003, at Northside Hospital in Atlanta, Ga. Stephen Briggs Greenfield
Stephen Briggs, 19, of Greenfield died Aug. 31, 2003, from injuries received in an automobile accident west of Osceola.

Verda Knisely Creston
Verda Collings Knisely, 93, of Creston died Aug. 10, 2003, at Crest Have Care Centre in Creston.

Jerry Ide Pine River, Minn.
Jerry Ide, 71, of Pine River, Minn., formerly of Creston, died Aug. 9, 2003, at his home.

Vince Sullivan Creston
Vince Sullivan, 81, of Creston died Aug. 26, 2003, at Greater Community Hospital.

Kenneth Morrow Diagonal
Kenneth Morrow, 87, of Diagonal died Aug. 25, 2003, at Maple Ridge Assisted Living in Mount Ayr.

John Cosaert Corning
John Cosaert, 83, of Corning died Aug. 26, 2003, at Alegent Health-Mercy Hospital in Corning.

James R. Todd Creston
James Robert Todd, 81, of Creston died Sept. 16, 2003, at Greater Community Hospital in Creston.

Betty Gordon Creston
Betty Gordon, 61, of Creston died Aug. 11, 2003, at her home.

Leonard Smith Blockton
Leonard Smith, 74, of Blockton died Aug. 13, 2003, at his home.

Maxine Pickrell (9-3) Greenfield
Maxine Pickrell, 85, of rural Greenfield died Sept. 1, 2003, at her home.

Dean Lingle (9-3) Creston
Dean Lingle, 96, of Creston died Sept. 1, 2003, at Crest Haven Care Centre.

Ruth Juergens (9-10) Clearfield
Ruth I. Juergens, 76, of Clearfield died Sept. 8, 2003, at the Clearview Home in Clearfield.

Eva Preston 99-10) Winterset
Eva Marie Ryan Preston, 95, of Winterset, formerly of Prescott and Creston, died Sept. 9, 2003, at her daughter's home in Winterset.

Caryl Henry (9-24) Creston
Wiona Caryl Henry, 89, of Creston died Sept. 23, 2003, at Creston Nursing and Rehab Center.

Dorothy Chapman (9-22) Wichita, Kan.
Dorothy M. Chapman, 93, of Wichita, Kan., formerly of Creston, died Sept. 19, 2003, at Sunflower Meadows Care Home in Wichita, Kan.

George Nelson (11-26) Sharpsburg
George Leland Nelson, 79, of Sharpsburg died Nov. 24, 2003.

Barbara Garnett (11-26) Corning
Barbara C. Garnett, 80, of Corning died Nov. 26, 2003, at Alegent Health Mercy Hospital in Corning.

Margaret Fairgrave (11-25) Fort Myers, Fla.
Margaret Edelhiede Fairgrave, 93, of Fort Myers, Fla., formerly of Adair County, died Nov. 21, 2003, in Fort Myers, Fla.

Bernice Hanna (11-25) Ames
Bernice G. Bender Griffin Hanna of Ames, formerly of Arispe, died Sept. 26, 2003, at Mary Greeley Hospital in Ames.

Richard Marriott (11-25) Bettendorf
Richard S. Marriott, 77, of Bettendorf, formerly of Creston, died Nov. 23, 2003, at Genesis Medical Center East Campus in Davenport.

Virgil Norlund (11-25) Belleville Kan.
Virgil Melvin Norlund, 86, of Belleville, Kan., died Nov. 22, 2003, at the Belleville Health Care Center in Belleville, Kan.

Craig E. McFee (11-24) Kent
Craig E. McFee, 41, of Kent died Nov. 21, 2003, at his home.

Cheryl Lamoree (11-24) Creston
Cheryl L. Lamoree, 63, of Creston died Nov. 20, 2003, at Greater Community Hospital in Creston.

Velma L. Clark (11-24) Creston
Velma L. Clark, 93, of Creston died Nov. 22, 2003, at the Afton Care Center.

Cleo Lynch (11-24) Maloy
Cleo Lynch, 84, of Maloy died Nov. 22, 2003, at Clearview Home in Mount Ayr.

Harold Parrott (11-24) Bridgewater
Harold Parrott, 75, of Bridgewater died Nov. 21, 2003, at his home.

Helen M. Bein (11-24) Gower, Mo.
Helen Marie Bein, 86, of Gower, Mo., formerly of Maryville, Mo., and Creston, died Nov. 20, 2003, at Gower Convalescent Center in Gower, Mo.

Kenneth Capsey (11-24) Corning
Kenneth W. Capsey, 85, of Corning died Nov. 20, 2003, at Corning Nursing and Rehab Center in Corning.

Lynne Brightwell (11-24) Creston
Lynne Grace Brightwell, 65, of Creston died of cancer Nov. 15, 2003, at her home in Creston.

Leona Sadler (11-24) Winterset
Leona Sadler, 98, of Winterset, formerly of Creston, died Nov. 20, 2003, at the Winterset Care Center South in Winterset.

Virginia Hayse (11-24) Mount Ayr
Virginia Hayse, 88, of Mount Ayr died Nov. 22, 2003, at Ringgold County Hospital in Mount Ayr.

Kenneth Capsey (11-21) Corning
Services for Kenneth W. Capsey, 85, of Corning, are pending at Roland-Johnson-Ritchie Funeral Home, 905 Benton Ave., Corning.

Cheryl Lamoree (11-21) Creston
Services for Cheryl R. Lamoree, 63, of Creston are pending with Coen-Beaty-Pearson Family Funeral Service, 809 W. Montgomery St.

Billy Ewing (11-21) Cedar Rapids
Memorial services for Billy Ewing, 58, of Cedar Rapids, formerly of Creston, will be 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 30 at Eagles Club, 300 E. Montgomery St.

Lavena Kuhns (11-20) Nevada, Iowa
Lavena Blanche Kuhns, 88, of Nevada, Iowa, died Nov. 13, 203, at Story County Long Term Care in Nevada.

Ethel Worthington (11-19) Muscatine
Ethel Worthington, 74, of Muscatine, formerly of Adams County, died of cancer Nov. 17, 2003, at her home.

Silas M. Allen (11-19) Lincoln, Neb.
Silas Merwyn Allen, 91, of Lincoln, Neb., formerly of Creston, died Nov. 14, 2003, in Lincoln, Neb.

Virginia Jackson (1-30) Creston
Virginia P. Jackson, 80, of Creston, died Jan. 29, 2004, at Greater Community Hospital in Creston. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 2, at....missing

Frances Hoskinson (1-30) Prescott
Frances "Fran" Hoskinson, 60, of Prescott died Jan. 28, 2004, at Greater Community Hospital in Creston. Services will be 1 p.m. Monday, Feb. 2, at the....missing

Pearl F. Beck (1-30) Lenox
Pearl F. Beck, 98, of Lenox, died Jan. 28, 2004, at Clearview Home in Clearfield. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 2, at the United Methodist....missing

Daniel Hall (1-30) Massena
Daniel Hall, 71, of Massena died Jan. 28, 2004, at his home. Services are pending at Steen Funeral Home, 205 W. Fifth St., Massena..missing

Editha Obermeier (1-30) Mount Ayr
Editha A. Obermeier, 98, of Mount Ayr died Jan. 29, 2004, at the Mount Ayr Health Care Center. Services are pending at Wilson-Watson and Armstrong....missing

Edna Wallace (1-30) Greenfield
Edna Wallace, 101, of Greenfield died Jan. 29, 2004, at the Greenfield Manor. Services are pending at Steen Funeral Home, 101 S.E. Fourth St.,....missing

Leila J. Smith (1-30) Mount Ayr
Leila J. Smith, 91, of Mount Ayr died Jan. 29, 2004, at Clearview Home in Mount Ayr. Services are pending at Wilson-Watson and Armstrong Funeral Home,....missing

Rodger Cannon (1-30) Mount Ayr
Rodger Cannon, 61, of Mount Ayr died Jan. 30, 2004, at his home. Services are pending at Wilson-Watson and Armstrong Funeral Home, 205 W. Monroe St.,....missing

Lawrence Combs Mount Ayr 6/3/04
Lawrence Combs, 90, of Mount Ayr died June 2, 2004, at Mount Ayr Health Care Center. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 5, at Wilson-Watson....missing

Bernard Stroup Springfield, Mo. 6/3/04
Burial service for Bernard Lee Stroup of Springfield, Mo., will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, June 5, at Greenlawn Cemeteryat Afton. Mr. Stroup died Feb.....missing

Leila Stinman Greenfield 6/2/04
Leila Stinman, 91, of Greenfield died May 25, 2004, at her home. Services will be 1 p.m. Thursday, June 3, at the United Methodist Church in....missing

Dale Dwyer Fontanelle 6/2/04
Dale Eugene Dwyer, 78, of Fontanelle died May 27, 2004, at the Good Samaritan Home in Fontanelle. Memorial services were 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 1, at....missing

William Hohn Sr. Mount Ayr 6/2/04
William Dean "Dean" Hohn Sr., 83, of Mount Ayr died June 1, 2004, at the Clearview Home in Mount Ayr. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, June 4, at....missing

Robert Hardman Creston 10/8/04
Robert Oliver "Bob" Hardman, 82, of Creston died of pneumonia Oct. 6, 2004, at Greater Community Hospital. Services and Masonic services will be 2....missing

Virgie Quinn Creston 10/8/04
Virgie Quinn, 57, of Creston died Oct. 7, 2004, at her home. Services will be 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 11, at Powers Funeral Home, 601 New York Ave. The....missing

Dean Hoffman Shannon City 2/7/05
Dean F. Hoffman, 79, of Shannon City, died Feb. 4, 2005, at his home. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8, at Wilson-Watson and Armstrong....missing

Patricia Milleson Corning 2/7/05
Patricia "Pat" Milleson, 78, of Corning, died Feb. 7, 2005, at Alegent Health Mercy Hospital in Corning. Services are pending at Coen-Beaty-Pearson....missing

Mildred Ranney Orient 2/7/05
Mildred Ranney, 91, of rural Orient, formerly of Massena, died Feb. 6, 2005, at her home. Services are pending at Steen Funeral Home, 205 W. Fifth....missing