All Obituaries

Maureen (Renie) Elizabeth Brown was born on October 10, 1952 to Ira Edwin and Mary Marcelene Glastow Brown.  She left us on September 14th at the age of 66 years the youngest of eight children. She was united in marriage to Gary Dean Kittle on November 21, 1969 and to this union one son Daniel eugene was welcomed. She was in Colorado with Gary while he served his country in the Army.  After his discharge they returned home to Chariton.  She worked at the telephone company...

Steve was born on December 4, 1944 to Wilmer LeRoy and Glendola Rasmus. He attended country school then high school in town and graduated from Chariton High School in 1963. He poured basement walls and drove truck for years. He married Wilma Heidman and they had two daughters, Terry and Tammy. He purchased the Hurribak Club in the early 80's. Wilma passed away in 1991. He later met Nola Beenken and they were married in 1993 in Las Vegas.  Steve adopted Nola's son Brady and...

Grace Maxine (Moore) McDonald April 1st 1932 – August 17th 2019 On April 1st 1932 Grace was born to William and Edna Moore. She was 1 of the 9 children. She grew up around the Russell area and attended Hawkeye Country School until 8th grade. She met Wayne Parrish and were married April 3rd 1949 and to this union two children were born Debra and Linda. Grace loved being on the farm and spending time with family, gardening, cooking, and mowing the yard. Her husband Wayne of 31 years...

March 31, 1931 – August 14, 2019 Robert (Bob) Neil Shanks, 88, passed away on August 14, 2019, at the VA Hospital in Des Moines, IA. Bob, the third child of Ralph and Opal (Anderson) Shanks was born in Lucas County, IA at the family farm on March 31, 1931. The snowy roads had to be cleared for the day of his birth. Bob joined two older siblings, Walter and Juanita. Bob attended country schools and Derby High School. He served in the US Marines 1952 –1954 and was stationed in...

Ruth Margaret (Hoch) Amos April 20, 1936 – August 11,2019 Ruth was the 4th child of Norbert and Josephine (Metz) Hoch, born in a farm house between Locona and Bauer. Ruth completed the 8th grade at the Bauer Catholic School in Rural Iowa. She loved to tell stories of the nuns of the school and her brothers as they walk to school. At the age of 15 she would hire out to help out families after the birth of a child or just to help out where needed. Meeting the love of her life Fred Thiel...

Linda Kathleen Allen, 67, passed away July 20, 2019 at Methodist Medical Center with her husband by her side. She was born in Sioux City, Iowa to Clarence and Violet Marshall. She graduated from Central High School in 1970 and attended the University of Northern Iowa where she met her future husband. Linda started her career as a grant writer in Evansdale, Iowa. She then went to work for the City of Waterloo, as the Assistant Director of Community Development. She wrote and administered...

Dollie Mae (Pat) Bahr, the daughter of William and Dolly (Robison) Patterson was born April 16 1929 in Hocking, Iowa. Pat passed away July 19, 2019 at the Legacy Lodge Hospice in Chariton, Iowa at the age of 90 years. Pat grew up in Chariton and graduated from Chariton High School. Pat married Joseph R. Bahr on September 23, 1951. They lived on a farm north of Lucas until 2014. They were happily married for 64 years raising four boys. Pat worked as a secretary at Lucas Elementary School,...

A Life Remembered and Cherished…   Shirley Louise Bishop Kent was born on a farm south of Woodburn, Iowa on December 25, 1928 to Dave and Nora Bishop. Shirley passed away on Thursday, July 18, 2019 surrounded by her loving family. She was one of twelve children. Shirley attended Redwing Rural School through eighth grade and graduated from Lacona High School as part of the Class of 1948. While in high school Shirley worked as a waitress and a rural telephone operator to help...

Tony Ray Shriver, 48, of Williamson IA passed away on Sunday, July 7, 2019 at his home in Chariton. Tony was born on December 7th, 1970 in Chariton, the son of Jerry Wayne Sr “Tub” And Sandra Diane (Briggs) Shriver. Tony as a 1989 graduate of Chariton Community High School. He worked in the construction industry for most of his life and was a proud union member of laborers local 177 in Des Moines. Tony was a die hard Steelers and Iowa Hawkeyes fan. He loved to mushroom hunt and...

Paul Nathan Hutchison, 62, passed away peacefully on Sunday July 7, 2019 at Mercy One Medical Center in Des Moines, IA. Paul was born on June 12, 1957 in Long Beach, CA to Charles Everett Hutchison Sr. and Lillian Mae Maloy. Paul graduated from Paramount High School in Southern California. Then he later became a truck driver and took his retirement in 2018. He spent his early years of an adult life in Paramount, CA, and then Missouri and the last few years of his life was in Iowa. Paul was...