Obituaries
Frances Jean Woodworth, 85, passed away Monday July 7, 2023.Frances Jean Green was the daughter of Harold and Evelyn (Deal) Green and was born on Nov. 10, 1937 in their home in Ames. Fran is preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her husband, Scott, Tacoma, Wash.; five children, Klay...
Retired author, publisher, and graphic advertising artist John David (J.D.) Walker, 80, of Red Oak, went to be with Jesus on Monday, July 3, 2023. He died at the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital, Red Oak.Born Nov. 2, 1942, in Winfield, Kansas, to Kenneth Coral and Josephine Elizabeth (Wells)...
Richard Eugene “Dick” Adams, 87, Red Oak, passed away Saturday, July 1, 2023, at the Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs.Dick was born Nov. 24, 1935, in Montgomery County near Villisca, the son of Leonard and Adeline (Livengood) Adams. The family lived many different places when Dick was...
Cora Travis, 87, Corning, passed away Sunday, June 25, 2023, at Corning Specialty Care.Cora Delores (Petty) Travis was born on the 4th of July in 1935 in Audubon County, near Gray, Iowa. She was the youngest of seven children born to Albert and Madeline (Bills) Petty. Cora was raised and educated...
Joseph Gene Sampson, 67, Elliott, passed away Sunday, June 25, 2023, at the Clarinda Regional Medical Center in Clarinda.To some he was known as “Joe” and others knew him as “Pete.” He was born Oct. 16, 1955, in Atlantic, the son of LeRoy and Edna (Thies) Sampson. He grew up in Walnut, graduating...
Scott Hartman, 65, Corning, formerly of Creston, died Wednesday, June 28, 2023, at his home in Corning.Scott Alan Hartman was born May 17, 1958, in Omaha, Neb., to Maxine Donna (Bolinger) Hartman and Dale Dean Hartman.He was preceded in death by his parents.Scott is survived by his wife, Angela...
Lincoln “Linc” Morse, 88, Red Oak, passed away Thursday, June 22, 2023, at his home in Red Oak.Lincoln Bennett Morse, son of John Bennett Morse and Eleanor (Young) Morse, was born on Jan. 12, 1935, in Littleton, N.H. He attended Lisbon High School in Lisbon, N.H. and graduated with the Class of...
Lois Jean Jamison, 73, Elliott, passed away Tuesday, June 27, 2023, at the Griswold Care Center in Griswold.Lois was born Feb. 8, 1950, in Red Oak, the daughter of Miles M. and Francis (Wolf) Jamison. Lois grew up on the family acreage north of Elliott with her parents and sisters, Ruth and Betty....
Cathryn Ann Meyer, 85, Coralville, died on May 8, 2023, at The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics after a short illness.Ann is survived by four daughters, Lori Gaudineer, Hampton; Susan Murphy, Clinton; Jennifer Bristow, Des Moines; and Mary Jo Pina, Cedar Rapids; and step-children, Tina...
Richard Bryan “Rick” Jenkins, 52, Red Oak, passed away Thursday, June 22, 2023.Rick was born Aug. 10, 1970, the son of Darry and Susan (Cary) Jenkins.Preceding him in death was his father, Darry Jenkins.Survivors include his mother, Sue Jenkins; and daughters, Ashley Valentine; Chloey Adams-Ritzman...