All Obituaries

We are sad to announce the passing of our dear sister, Dawn Marie Watsabaugh Simon. Dawn went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on January 26, 2022. Dawn lost a short battle with Covid 19 and died with her sister and brother by her side. She was 62 at the time of her death.   Dawn was born October 14, 1959 to Frank and Beverly Watsabaugh and lived her childhood on the family farm in Lucas County. She graduated from Wayne Community High School in 1978. Music was her...

“This was to be  “My Life’s Story”…..”   I was born at our Warren County, IA home just south of Medora at about midnight on January 7, 1923 to Horace and Cleo (Manley) Henry.  Dr. Jardene drove out with her horse and buggy to help with the delivery.  I came along only eight months after my big brother, Hollis, who was born north of Liberty Center on May 14, 1922. We both walked about a mile to start school at Hawkeye, and then we...

          Mary Jo Polo, 90, of Kearney, Missouri passed away July 29 at Oak Pointe of Kearney. She was born March 14, 1932 to James Cooper and Charlotte Teal Cooper in Newton, Iowa. Her parents both passed away when she was young and she lived several years in the home of an aunt and uncle near Russell along with two other siblings. As a junior in high school she went to live with her grandmother in Chariton. She graduated from Chariton High...

Troy Douglas Cavin, age 58, was born July 25, 1963 to Doug Cavin and Chery Woolsey, in Atlantic, Iowa. He grew up in Lewis, Iowa and graduated from Griswold High School in 1982. In Troy’s younger years he learned the trade of a carpentry and a cabinet maker from his grandfathers and father.  He continued his work journey as a carpenter , culvert construction, Clevite Bearing Factory and more carpentry work until moving to Chariton, Iowa in 2010.  After to moving to Chariton,...

Gary Edwin Mason, age 69, of Pinetop, Arizona, passed away suddenly July 12, 2022 at Summit Regional Hospital in Show Low, Arizona. Celebration of Life will be held 5-7:00 p.m., Thursday, July 21, 2022 at Fielding Funeral Home Inc. in Chariton, Iowa.  Interment will be held at the Chariton Cemetery. Gary was born July 19, 1952, to Lyle and Norma (Davis) Mason at Yocom Hospital in Chariton, Iowa.  Gary was 1970 graduate of Chariton High School and attended Northwest Missouri State...

Gary E. Hines was born October 17, 1984 to Judith Shultz in Greenville, TX.  He was raised in Chariton, Iowa by Judith and Allen Shultz. Gary worked as the head mechanic for the fork lifts at Hy-Vee.  Gary loved to help people when he could so he became a firefighter for the Lucas Fire Department in Lucas, Iowa.  Anyone that knew Gary knows how generous, kind-hearted, all around a great guy.  If anyone needed help, he would be the first person to be there.  He had a...

Joyce Captolia (Gee) Grove passed away at her home on Friday, March 4, 2022, at the age of 83. She was born on September 29, 1938 to Gerald Gee and Pearl (Casey) Gee. She attended Painted Post High School. In 1962, she married Charles Richard Grove. Joyce was a homemaker during her twenty years as a military wife. She was an excellent seamstress and quickly made any home, apartment, or quonset seem like a stylish retreat as she followed wherever her husband’s career took them....