Recent Obituaries

Samuel M. Peterson, 80, of Gorin died Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at his home. He was born the son of Fred M. and Edna Lee (Price) Peterson on April 30, 1940 in Gorin. He spent his life working on the farm, be it on his parents’ or working on other farms. Sam married Dorothy Boyd […]

Barbara Ann Johnson, 75, of Downing died April 24, 2020 at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics in Iowa City, IA. She was born the daughter of Kenneth Victor Millhouse and Billie Beatrice (Gilliam) Reynolds on May 24, 1944 in Ottumwa. Barbara married Paul Jerome Johnson on May 28, 1966 in Escondito, CA. They […]

Doris Marie Rife, 84, of Dallas, TX, died April 12, 2020 in Dallas. She was born July 16, 1935 in Gary, Indiana. Doris was the oldest of six siblings and during her early years was called upon to ‘parent’ some of the younger children due to her mother’s extended absence from the household while recovering […]

Alan Roy Minor, 65, of Memphis, formerly of Rutledge, died Friday, March 20, 2020 at the Scotland County Care Center. He was born the son of George Riley and Anna Lee (Wright) Minor on July 4, 1954 in Akron, OH. The family moved to California, and Alan graduated from Hawthorne (CA) High School. He moved […]

George Frederick Gerth, 84, of Branson, MO, died February 12, 2020 at his home. He was born the son of Albert Clayton and Georganna (Kirkpatrick) Gerth on October 9, 1935 in Keokuk. George was raised in Memphis and served in the United States Army. He and his wife, Joan, moved the family to Branson in […]

Leland Guy (Lee) Oliver, 91, passed away on January 24, 2020 at his home in rural Arbela, Missouri with family present. He was born the son of Adelbert and Mary (Gower) Oliver on January 8, 1929 in Scotland County. Leland graduated from Memphis High School in 1948 and joined the United States Army. He served […]

Raymond Lee Blake, age 79, of Gatesville, Texas, died Saturday, November 16, 2019 in Waco, Texas. He was born April 14, 1940 in Laconia, NH to Clyde D. Blake and Gladys E. (Grant) Blake. He was born into a large family whose brothers and sisters loved him. He worked in Laconia, NH for a foundry, […]

Lloyd Arps, 92, of Memphis, died Saturday, September 28, 2019 at the Scotland County Care Center in Memphis. He was born the son of Fred Jacob and Mabel Justena (Peterson) Arps on May 9, 1927 in Arcadia, Iowa. Lloyd graduated from Woodbine High School and enlisted in the United States Army on July 2, 1945. […]

Mary Carol Downing, 77, of Memphis, died Friday, September 27, 2019 at her home with family and friends. She was born the daughter of W. Harold and Violet Irene (Asher) Murphy on October 11, 1941 in Kirksville. Phillip Pinkerton was Mary’s stepfather in her early teens. The family included Mary, her brother, Gary Murphy, stepsisters, […]

Alice Fern Caviness, 70, of Memphis died Thursday, July 4, 2019 at Scotland County Hospital in Memphis. She was born the daughter of Merle Sherman and Virginia Lea (Lewman) Miller on December 26, 1948 in Van Buren County, Iowa. Alice married David S. Caviness in 1978. He preceded her in death on June 5, 1983. […]