Obituaries

LaVerne E. Miers, 90, of Boonville, MO, passed away Mar. 3 at his home.

Mildred Fay Liston Karber 91, of Grand Junction, passed away peacefully Feb. 19 at Israel Hospice House in Ames surrounded by her family.

Lyle John Redfern, 79, of Jefferson, passed away Feb. 22 at the Greene County Medical Center in Jefferson.

Gary Craig Peacock, 74, born at Greene County Hospital on Sept. 13, 1939 and died at the hospital on Feb. 10.

Graveside services at the Jefferson Cemetery will be held at a later date.

Edith LaVonne “Edie” Collins, 87, of Bettendorf and a former area resident, passed away peacefully Feb. 20 at the Iowa Masonic Health Facility after a long battle with COPD.

Kenneth Duane Peachey,  son of Walter Peachey and Grace (Young) Pearchey was born January 11, 1926 in Boone County and passed from this life Feb.

John Wright, 89, of rural Jefferson, passed away Feb. 17 at Westhaven Community in Boone. He had resided there since December 2011.

Richard Beaman, 70, of Jefferson, passed away on Feb.16 at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames.