Obituaries

Wilda Clark

Wilda Clark

May 12, 2007

Services for Wilda Clark, 94, of Lacona will be Wednesday, May 16 at 10:30 AM at the Lacona United Methodist Church. Family will receive friends from 6 to 8 PM Monday at the Pierschbacher Funeral Home in Lacona. Memorials are requested to her church or the Lacona Fire and Rescue. Condolences for the family may be left at www.pierschbacherfuneralhome.com. Wilda...

Sharon Tucker

Sharon Tucker

May 12, 2007

Sharon Kay Tucker, age 64, of Albia, Iowa died Saturday, May 12, 2007 at the Monroe County Hospital in Albia. Sharon was born September 25, 1942 in Albia, Iowa to Jack and Bertha (Frazier) Douglas. Sharon married Dallas A. Tucker on February 20, 1959 in Albia. Sharon was a wife, mother, grandmother, and worked for 32 years at the Monroe...

Katherine Overmyer

Katherine Overmyer

May 4, 2007

Katherine Louise Overmyer, age 75, of Albia, Iowa died Friday, May 4, 2007 at her home, of rural Albia. Katherine was born September 21, 1931 in Albia, Iowa to Wayne and Minerva (Hunter) Barnes. Katherine was a graduate of Albia High School, class of 1949. After graduation she moved and worked for a short time in Des Moines. She married...

George Baker

George Baker

May 1, 2007

Funeral services for George Marshall Baker, 71, of rural Lucas will be Monday, May 14 at 10:30 AM at the Pierschbacher Funeral Home in Chariton. Family will receive friends from 4 to 6 PM on Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials are requested to the Lucas Fire Department or Circle of Life Hospice. George passed away Thursday, May 10, 2007...

Alfred Pettyjohn

Alfred Pettyjohn

Apr 30, 2007

Alfred E. Pettyjohn, age 88, of Bussey, Iowa died Monday, April 30, 2007 at the V.A. Hospital in Knoxville, Iowa. He was born June 26, 1918 in Everist, a coal mining camp in Marion County, Iowa. He married Verda Hugen on August 12, 1944 in Lovilia, Iowa. She passed away June 26, 1993. Alfred was a veteran of World War...

Lavonne Chidester

Lavonne Chidester

Apr 28, 2007

LaVonne Evelyn Chidester, age 93, of Albia, Iowa died Saturday, April 28, 2007 at the Monroe Care Center in Albia, Iowa. She was born December 19, 1913 in Bussey, Iowa to William Arthur and Inez (Jewell) DeWitt. She married Basil Leo Chidester on April 11, 1936 in Unionville, Missouri. He passed away on December 2, 1986. She was a homemaker,...

Gwen Sims

Gwen Sims

Apr 26, 2007

Gwen Sims, 75, of Russell passed away Thursday, April 26, 2007 at the Lucas County Health Center in Chariton. Memorial services will be Tuesday, May 1 at 10:30 AM at the Pierschbacher Funeral Home in Chariton. Family will greet friends before the service beginning at 10 AM and after the service at a luncheon at the funeral home. Memorials are...

Fern Vance

Fern Vance

Apr 22, 2007

Fern Sarah Vance, age 93, of Bussey, Iowa died Sunday, April 22, 2007 at the Pella Regional Health Center in Pella, Iowa. She was born March 23, 1914 in Mahaska County, Iowa to James Garfield and Anna (Hughes) Smith. She married Frank Clair Vance on November 30, 1929 in Ottumwa, Iowa. He passed away in 1970. Fern was a homemaker...

Russell Schliecher

Russell Schliecher

Apr 21, 2007

Russell Harry Schliecher, age 83, of Hiteman, Iowa died Saturday morning, April 21, 2007 at the Oakwood Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Albia. He was born on August 4, 1923 in Wausau, Wisconsin to Harry Ernest and Edith Clara (Prejont) Schliecher. He married Lelah Jean Gundrum on August 4, 1988 in Clewiston, Florida. Russell was a veteran of World War...

Johnny Lepley

Johnny Lepley

Apr 20, 2007

Services for Johnny Lepley, 83, will be Saturday, April 21, 2007 at 10:00 AM at the Lacona United Methodist Church with burial in the Arnold Cemetery. Memorials may be made to his church or to the Lacona Congregate Meals. Condolences may be left for the family at www.pierschbacherfuneralhome.com. John Junior Lepley was born August 17, 1923 to John Ernest and...

Carlene Losh

Carlene Losh

Apr 15, 2007

Carlene Kaye Losh, age 69, of Albia, Iowa died Sunday, April 15, 2007 at the Monroe Care Center in Albia. She was born December 1, 1937 in Albia, Iowa to Henry and Mary Elizabeth (Plum) Lennie. Carlene had attended Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa and had worked as a Nurses Assistant at the V.A. Hospital, psychiatric unit, in Knoxville,...

Wanda Murdy

Wanda Murdy

Apr 13, 2007

Wanda Virginia Murdy, age 89, of Albia, Iowa died Friday, April 13, 2007 at Benton Place Apartments in Albia. She was born September 1, 1917 in Monroe County, Iowa to, Ben and Louisa (McCoy) Jones. She married Wendell ?Buzz? Murdy on May 19, 1940 in Monroe County. He passed away September 11, 2002. She was a graduate of Moravia High...

Mary Van Syoc

Mary Van Syoc

Apr 11, 2007

Mary Van Syoc, 74, passed away Wednesday, April 11 at the Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Mary was born June 4, 1932 in Chariton, Iowa to John Willard and Dorothy Vickroy Reeves. She attended elementary and middle school in Chariton until moving to Milo where she played High School Basketball. She was married to Willard B. Van Syoc in...

Dale Derby

Dale Derby

Apr 8, 2007

Dale A. Derby, age 83, of Albia, Iowa died Sunday, April 8, 2007 at the Monroe County Hospital in Albia. He was born June 25, 1923 in Exline, Iowa to Carl W. and Zella M. (Davis) Derby. He married Bernice Madeline Johnson on January 20, 1945 in Centerville, Iowa. She passed away March 17, 2004. He was a graduate of...

Robert Gibb

Robert Gibb

Apr 6, 2007

Robert Roy Gibb, age 91, of Albia, Iowa died Friday, April 6, 2007 at the Monroe Care Center in Albia. He was born March 3, 1916 in Hiteman, Iowa to William and Eva (Brissie) Gibb. He married Helen Kristof on November 28, 1940 in Albia. She passed away on April 23, 1999. Robert was a graduate of Albia High School,...

Darrel Herold

Darrel Herold

Apr 5, 2007

Funeral services for Darrel Herold, 76, formerly of Lacona will be Tuesday, April 10, 2007 at 10AM at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in rural Lacona. Family will receive friends from 6 to 8 PM Monday at the Pierschbacher Funeral Home in Lacona. Darrel passed away Thursday, April 5 in Frankfort, KS. He was preceded in death by his parents...

Larry Morrow

Larry Morrow

Apr 1, 2007

Larry Lee Morrow, age 68, died Sunday, April 1, 2007 at the VA Medical Center in Knoxville, Iowa. He was born June 1, 1938 in Ottumwa, Iowa to Keith and Edith (Elkins) Morrow. He married Nancy J. Bates January 1, 1985 in Centerville Iowa. Larry was Veteran, serving in the Unites States Navy. After the service he worked as a...

John Sullivan

John Sullivan

Mar 30, 2007

John Francis Sullivan John Francis Sullivan, age 69, died Friday March 30, 2007 at his residence in Albia. He was born December 12, 1937 in Russell, Iowa to Francis and Mary (Conway) Sullivan. He married Louise Raymie June 7, 1958. John worked for John Deere in Ottumwa for 30 years. John is survived by his wife, Louise of Albia; Three...

Lloyd LaRue

Lloyd LaRue

Mar 30, 2007

Lloyd Reno LaRue Chariton, Iowa Lloyd Reno LaRue, age 98, of Chariton went home to be with his Lord Friday, March 30, 2007 at Chariton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was born April 16, 1908 in Lucas County to Harry Cooper (H.C.) LaRue and Sarah Estell (Stella) Campbell LaRue. He attended Highland School east of Chariton through eighth grade and...

Dwight Miller

Dwight Miller

Mar 29, 2007

Dwight C. Miller, 58, of Ina, Illinois died Friday, March 29, 2007 after an extended battle with cancer. Memorial services will be held Saturday, April 7 at the Pierschbacher Funeral Home in Melcher-Dallas, Iowa at 2:00 PM. Dwight was born in Knoxville, Iowa to Mervin and Alberta Shupe Miller. He was a decorated veteran serving his country in the Air...

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