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LYLE DEAN LEONARD
Lyle Dean Leonard was born on August 15, 1953, at Greater Community Hospital in Creston, Iowa, to Donovan and Rose Mary Higday Leonard of Clearfield, Iowa. Lyle was welcomed home by two sisters, Julaine and Jennie Jeanne, and one brother Linden, and was later joined by three more brothers; Larry, Ricky and Ronny.
Lyle grew up and attended school in Clearfield where he graduated with the class of 1971. After graduation, Lyle was engaged in farming, an occupation which he continued and enjoyed throughout his lifetime. Other work included employment with Heimke Construction, Wick Buildings and Jimmy Dean Packing.
Lyle met Vicky Fox of Mount Ayr and on November 18, 1977 they were married in Clearfield. To this union was born three sons; Lance of Clearfield, Chris whom attends Iowa State University and Daniel of the home.
Lyle and Vicky purchased the Broadway Bar and Grill in Clearfield in 1995. That same year, they purchased his parents' farm which was a third generation family farm.
Lyle hardly knew a stranger and was known by friends for miles around. He was a person of remarkable generosity and loved family gatherings and good times with friends.
Lyle was a member of the United Methodist Church where he was baptised and also a member of the Clearfield Business Club.
After being missing since July 27, 1999, Lyle's body was found on August 30, 1999. He was preceded in death by his father Donovan.
Left to cherish his memory are his wife Vicky; his sons, Lance, Christopher and Daniel; his mother Rose Mary; his sisters, Julaine Compton and husband Dan, Jennie Jeanne Stephens and husband Dick; his brothers, Linden and wife Cindy, Larry and wife Heather, Ricky and wife Bess and Ronny and wife Jari; a sister-in-law Martha Petersohn and husband Randy; a brother-in-law Rick Fox and wife Jody; and aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and many, many friends.
Services were held at the United Methodist Church in Clearfield on Friday, September 3, 1999, with Reverend Alan Rusk officiating. Maralene Longfellow and Kathy Nelson provided music. Casketbearers were Al Brammer, Bob Bailey, Gary Swank, Jerry Ewalt, Darwin Eggert and Gerald England. Honorary pallbearers were Scott Mitchell, Wendell Sollars, Dwight Matheny, Jim Parmenter, Maurice Hanson, Wayne Crittenden, Jeff Wood, Greg Powell, Cecil Smith, Max Higday, Alan Larsen, Bob McMath, Gary Smith, Larry Bowen, Brent Sobotka, Kenny Hinshaw and Marvin Shrimpton.
Interment was in the Clearfield Cemetery , Clearfield.
Wilson-Watson & Armstrong Funeral Home of Mount Ayr was in charge of the arrangements.

DAWN A. SCHWANDT
Dawn A. Schwandt was the second of three children born to Georgene (Nelson) Richardson and Robert Richardson of Duncombe, Iowa. She was born January 11, 1961 and passed away August 28, 1999.
Dawn was married on September 15, 1979 to Douglas L. Schwandt. A few months later, on December 24, 1979, they became the proud parents of twins, Heath Allen and Tiffany Lynne. On February 10, 1981, the fifth member of the family arrived, Jarrod Ryan.
Throughout her short life Dawn helped a lot of people and touched many lives. She worked as a home health aide in Boone, Iowa; then in 1991 she began work at Clearview Nursing Home of Mount Ayr, Iowa, her most recent work place, as a cook. She was a cook for about six years. She then deciced to pursue one of her dreams--to be in the field of nursing. Soon after that she became a certified nurse aide. She really enjoyed her work and liked the people she worked with.
One of her many joys in life was her pets, especially her cat, Maggie, not to mention her three dogs, Samantha Jo, Shelby Lynn and Austin Michael.
Dawn will be remembered most for the following three things: her love of the Chicago Bulls, her teddy bear collection and bargain hunting (a.k.a. garage saleing). One could tell when the Bulls were playing because you could hear her cheering them on. Anyone who came to the home could tell right away who decorated most of the house (another one of her joys in life) because of all the teddy bears around the house. Almost every weekend she could be found around town at garage sales, practically buying everything "good."
Although she loved the forementioned items, the things she loved the most were the people closest to her. Whenever someone was in a jam and needed help, she'd do everything she could.
Dawn was preceded in death by a son Heath and her grandparents.
She leaves behind her husband Douglas, daughter Tiffany and son Jarrod. Also surviving her are her parents, Robert and Georgene Richardson of Duncombe; brothers, Dwayne (Tammy) Richardson and Doyle (Lori) Richardson, both of Webster City, Iowa; and her parents-in-law, Jean Schwandt of Webster City and Dick (Margie) Schwandt of Texas. She was a wonderful person and friend. She is greatly missed and will always be loved.
Services were at the Wilson-Watson & Armstrong Funeral Home of Mount Ayr on Wednesday, September 1, 1999 with Reverend Charles Hawkins officiating. Musical selections were "To Be Loved By You" by Wynonna Judd, and "She's All I Ever Had" by Ricky Martin. Casketbearers were Dwayne Richardson, Doyle Richardson, Adam Richardson, Kent Lowman, Doug Hymbaugh and Kevin Shelman.
Interment was in the Rose Hill Cemetery , Mount Ayr.

REX LINDEN FOLTZ
Rex Linden Foltz was born March 28, 1914 in Middle Fork township, Ringgold county, Iowa, the son of Mike J. and Clara Ferber Foltz. Rex passed away on September 17, 1999 at the Gentry County Memorial Hospital in Albany, Missouri at the age of 85 years.
Rex grew up and attended rural schools in Ringgold county.
Rex was united in marriage to Florence Drake on June 13, 1936 in Winterset, Iowa by Rev. Talley. They lived in Oregon for 17 years where Rex worked as a painter, nine years in Arizona where Rex worked on the Tom Chauncey Ranch in the hay cultivation and then moved to the Tingley, Iowa area where Rex worked for Harrison Link. Florence passed away on May 27, 1981.
Rex married Cleora Armstrong Olney on February 23, 1982 in Mound City, Missouri and they have made Albany, Missouri their home after he retired in 1984. Rex liked to be busy and he enjoyed woodworking, gardening and working in his yard. He was a good neighbor and was outgoing and friendly. Most importantly, Rex was a wonderful caregiver to his parents when he was younger and to Florence and Cleora in later years. Cleora passed away on September 17, 1998.
Rex was baptized in the Tingley Methodist Church and was a member of the Albany Christian Church. He enjoyed attending the Dorsey Christian Church in Albany.
Rex was preceded in death by his parents; his loving wives, Florence and Cleora; two brothers and their wives, Ray and Pearl and Roy and Jennie; and Roy and Jennie's children, Betty Beach and Glee Foltz.
Left to cherish his memory are his stepchildren, Norma Beauchamp and husband, Shelby and Beverly McCord and her husband Vernon, all of Albany, Missouri and Norman M. Olney and his wife Sharon of Springfield, Missouri; eight stepgrandchildren and 12 stepgreat-grandchildren; brothers-in-law Richard Drake and his wife Judy of Mount Ayr, Iowa and Glen Drake of Clovis, California; sisters-in-law Rose Findley and her husband Robert H. of Grant City, Missouri and Helen Young of Philomath, Oregon; nieces and nephews Ella Marie Trask, Mike Beach and Gary Foltz of Oregon and Fred Foltz of Idaho, as well as a host of good friends.
Graveside services were held on Monday, September 20, 1999 at Rose Hill Cemetery in Mount Ayr, Iowa with Pastor George Morey officiating. The euology was given by Robert H. Findley.
Casketbearers were Richard Drake, Ron Beauchamp, Rick Sprague, Brian Holland, Rob Beattie, Rick McCord, Keith Lawrence and Perry Shipman.
Memorials can be made to the Dorsey Christian Church in Albany, Missouri.
Funeral arrangements were made by Wilson-Watson & Armstrong Funeral Home of Mount Ayr.

ARNOLD DEAN FUGATE
Arnold Dean Fugate, the eldest child of Nellie and Ora, was born November 15, 1929 in the family home at Ellston, Iowa. He passed away September 18, 1999 at home after a year-long battle with cancer.
When Dean was a small boy, the family moved to Kellerton, Iowa where he lived for most of his life. He graduated from the Kellerton High School in 1948 and then served three years in the Reserves and the United States Air Force.
Throughout high school and after graduation, Dean worked with his father at their business, the Kellerton Oil Company. He also raised registered Polled Herford cattle for many years, which he enjoyed as well as the land he lived on. Dean's last job was as janitor at the Grand Valley grade school. He always liked the small children at the school who called him Mr. Fugate.
Dean married Rose Marie Motsinger in 1952. Together they were blessed with four children, Vickie, Tamara, Micheal and Rob. Many happy hours were spent together as a family boating and picnicking at Sun Valley Lake in Ellston, Iowa. Dean was a loving grandfather, who delighted in watching and playing with his five grandchildren. He always enjoyed his family and holiday gatherings. When asked to make a Christmas list, Dean always said all he wanted was for everyone to come home.
Dean was involved in community activities throughout his life. He was a member of the Kellerton Christian Church serving as an elder at the time of his death. He was an active member of the Kellerton American Legion Post and was county commander, as well as local commander. Dean belonged to the Masonic Lodge and was a past master. In his younger years, he was a member of the Kellerton Volunteer Fire Department and emergency squad. He also enjoyed music and collecting antique tools.
Dean is survived by his wife Rose; four children and their families: Vickie, Robert and Brian Lewis of Marshalltown; Scott Lewis and family of Ackworth, Georgia; Jeremy Lewis of Union; Tamara Fugate of Katy, Texas; Micheal, Cindy, Mackenzie and Tyler Fugate of Des Moines; and Rob Fugate of West Des Moines; his sister Judith Ann and Larry Kaestner of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; his mother Nellie Fugate of Mount Ayr; and many in-laws, nieces and nephews.
Dean was preceded in death by his father, Ora Fugate.
Memorial services were held on Tuesday, September 21, 1999 at the Christian Church in Kellerton with Rev. Terry Roberts officiating. Marie Murphy provided the music.
Casketbearers were Kenneth Mickael, Chester Munyon, Sam Merrill, Steve Norris, Myron Ingram and Clarence Greimann.
Honorary pallbearers were Bob Roe, Randy Johnson, Tom Giles, Russell Norris, Rod Smith, Howard Brown and Bill Fifer.
Dean was laid to rest in Maple Row Cemetery at Kellerton, Iowa. Military graveside rites were performed by the Kellerton Post #676 American Legion.
Funeral arrangements were made by Wilson-Watson & Armstrong Funeral Home in Mount Ayr.

REV. PHILIP LEE KINTON
Phil Kinton was born at the home of his parents, Russell John and Esther Ruth (Gibbs) Kinton, May 2, 1933, in Brunswick, Ohio. He died Friday, September 10, 1999 at 10 a.m. at Mercy Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa.
Phil attended Brunswick Community Schools. It was here he acquired his love of music, which continued throughout his life. He was a member of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), in which his great-grandfather Gibbs was a pioneer preacher. He was active in 4-H and scouting. His love of camping began at scout camp, at 4-H camp and, above all, Camp Christian, where he dedicated his life to the ministry.
He attended Hiram College and received a degree in music education. It was there in a freshman English class that he met his future wife, Doris. They modeled a new style of ministry even then as "a clergy couple" when they served the Congregational Church in Mecca, Ohio. Following graduation, they married on August 28, 1955, and came to Drake University to attend seminary. They served the Deep River Christian Church while in seminary.
Other pastorates included: Pierson and Cleghorn Christian Church, Zearing Christian Church and then a "joint call" to the Mount Ayr First Christian Church, Mount Ayr, IA in 1976. Five years ago Phil developed a heart problem. Doris continued serving the parish until retirement in 1997.
Phil's was a teaching ministry--he counseled or directed Chi Rho Camp over 80 some weeks (with the weeks that others in the family shared, the Kinton family counseled 122 weeks of Church camping) either at the State Parks or at the Christian Conference Center at Newton. He taught Church School Class, was a member of the choir, led the children's bell choir, inventing a color note method for young children who could not read music. An elected Elder at Mount Ayr, he loved to work on the property of the church and felt blessed to lead the congregation to build a new house of worship after two fires.
His love of cooking helped the congregation to raise a large sum of money to help pay for the new building by cooking meals at the State Fair for the 4-H exhibitors, FFA and State Fair Singers for several years.
He was a member of the Ringgold County Ministerial Association, serving as president and later secretary. He headed up the Potato Project which brought tons of potatoes to dispense to families in a six county area in southern Iowa and northern Missouri.
Phil was a Scout Master or Cub Scout Leader in several communities in which he lived. He was the leader of the Owl Patrol of the Order of the Arrow. He was also a member of the Lions Club, serving as president. He was a Master Gardener and designed the Chalice Garden at the regional office of the Christian Church in the Upper Midwest.
Phil will be remembered for his love of nature, his kind spirit, willingness to treat all people with love and respect, and his sharing of a new experience with someone. He was open to new ideas, loved to attend sporting events, loved to travel, whether through the back roads of Ringgold county, or Nova Scotia, Paris, or most recently, (a retirement gift), a trip to the Holy Land.
He is survived by his wife Doris; son Tom and his wife Vanessa of Columbia, SC; daughter Lorinda, her husband Jim Parker of Blue Springs, MO; daughter Karla of Urbandale, IA; three grandchildren, Issac and Tommy Kinton of Columbia, SC, McKenna Parker of Blue Springs, MO; a sister, Carolyn and family of Detroit, MI; and several aunts and cousins. Preceding him in death were his parents and a younger brother Edward, all of Ohio.
It is hard to sum up his life in these few memories. May your own memories of Phil be a blessing to you, as he was to us, his family.
"Dearest family and friends, we love you all and thank you for so much love towards us through many years. P and D."
Memorial services were held Thursday, September 16, 1999 at the First Christian Church in Mount Ayr. Reverends John and Ainslee Brillo, Dr. Donald McCord and Dr. Richard Guentert officiated. Music was provided by Mrs. Steve Trullinger and the First Christian Church Choir. Congregational hymns "Holy Ground," " In This Very Room," "Here I Am, Lord" and "That Cause Can Never Be Lost or Strayed" were sung.
Casketbearers were Jim Parker, Pat McNulty, Robert Price, Jerry Crenshaw, Jack Burright and Fred Gee. Honorary pallbearers were Dick Sparrow, Dean McWilliams, Jarred Trullinger, John Galvin, Jim Smith, Richard Gibbs, Carl Gordon, Jim Bruce, Clinton Wolf, John and Carmen Zeitler and the staff of the Christian Church Upper Midwest.
Funeral arrangements were made by Wilson-Watson & Armstrong Funeral Home.

ELGIN BISBEY SHIDLER
Elgin Bisbey Shidler was born on July 16, 1913 near Clearfield, Iowa and departed this life on Friday, September 17, 1999 at Clearview Home in Mount Ayr, Iowa at the age of 86. She was the third child of seven born to Orie Danford and Bessie (Curry) Mercer and was named Elgin Pauline.
Elgin received her education in rural schools in Taylor county and graduated from Clearfield High School in 1931 with a Teachers Certificate. She began teaching in the country schools of Ringggold county in 1934 and continued for twenty-two years until the "one-room" country schools closed. She then taught fifth grade at Diagonal, Iowa for another twenty-five years.
While teaching, she continued her own education and received her degree from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. For nearly half a century she dedicated her life to education, teaching three generations of some families.
On May 10, 1938 Elgin was united in marriage to Harry E. Bisbey and they established their home in Mount Ayr, Iowa. They enjoyed 31 years together before his death on April 7, 1969.
On February 14, 1981 Elgin married William F. Shidler at Creston, Iowa and they continued to make their home in Mount Ayr until his untimely death on July 16, 1983.
Elgin has been a member of the First Christian Church in Clearfield and Mount Ayr since 1929. She served as Sunday School teacher and Church Historian for a number of years. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, several Education Associations and a former member of the Monday Club.
Family was always an important part of Elgin's life and she showered them with love, devotion and gifts. Her nieces and nephews were dear to her heart and she was known by her family simply and affectionately as "Auntie".
Elgin raised a garden and maintained her own home until the fall of 1997 when some health problems forced her to move to the Clearview Home in Mount Ayr, Iowa.
Left to cherish her memory are a brother, Billy B. and wife Norma Mercer of Creston, Iowa; sisters, Marion Jeter of Wichita, Kansas and Nellie Snethen of Joplin, Missouri; sisters-in-law Helen Mercer of Mount Ayr, Iowa and Rosalee Mercer of Grand River, Iowa; stepchildren George and wife Rachel Shidler of Ankeny, Iowa, Sam and wife Bobbye Shidler of Cummings, Iowa and Sue and husband Carl Schumacher of Fayetteville, Arkansas; six stepgrandchildren; 13 nieces and nephews; many other extended family members; and a host of friends.
Those preceding her in death besides her husbands were her parents; her sister Edna May Mercer; her brothers Cecil C. and Edwin C. Mercer; and brothers-in-law Paul Jeter and Jack Snethen.
Funeral services were held on Monday, September 20 at the First Christian Church in Mount Ayr, Iowa with Rev. John Brillo officiating. Margaret Bishop gave the eulogy. Music was provided by Mrs. Keith Sackett, Mary Webb and Margaret Bickers.
Casketbearers were Mark Sickels, Daryl Leffler, Alvin Sickels, Hugh Terwilliger, Scott Schumacher, David Shidler and Brad Shidler.
Honorary pallbearers were Laurence Bishop, Max Buckner, Frank Mason, John Rychnovsky, Lee Routh, Wayne Buchner and Richard Hammond.
Elgin was laid to rest in the Rose Hill Cemetery at Mount Ayr, Iowa.
Funeral arrangements were made by Wilson-Watson & Armstrong Funeral Home of Mount Ayr.

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