Kevin Wayne Triplett
Mar 10, 2026
Kevin Wayne Triplett, age 59, of Red Oak, Iowa, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, at the CHI Mercy Health in Corning, Iowa. Kevin was born on October 27, 1966, in Red Oak, Iowa, the son of Wayne and Evelyn (Everett) Triplett. He lived all his life in Red Oak, Iowa. He graduated from Red Oak Community High...
Bobby H. Orr
Mar 6, 2026
Bobby H. Orr, age 79, of Red Oak, Iowa, passed away Friday, March 6, 2026, at the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital. Bobby was born January 20, 1947, in Iowa city, Iowa, the son of Harvey and Elsie (Penry) Orr. After completing high school at Red Oak Community Schools, Bobby entered the United States Army during the Vietnam War. Upon his...
Ann Louise Collier
Mar 4, 2026
Ann Louise Collier, age 84, of Red Oak, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital. Ann was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 1, 1941, the daughter of George William and Evelyn Opal (Strom) Artherholt. She was raised in Red Oak graduating from Red Oak Community High School in 1959. Ann attended Iowa State...
Joyce Elaine Spangenberg
Feb 17, 2026
Joyce Elaine Spangenberg, age 95, of Red Oak, Iowa formerly of Clarinda, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, February 17, 2026, at Arlington Place in Red Oak. Joyce was born November 4, 1930, in Oakland, Iowa, the daughter of Ernest and Mildred (Hays) LeRette. The family lived in various places throughout southwest Iowa including Wales, Iowa, where Joyce graduated from Wales Lincoln...
Mark Vaughan Gregg
Feb 13, 2026
Mark Vaughan Gregg, age 80, of Red Oak, Iowa, passed away on February 13, 2026, at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Mark was born on March 5, 1945, in Denver, Colorado, to Mark Pulliam Gregg and Novella Vaughan Gregg. He was raised in Prospect Valley, Johnstown, and Loveland, Colorado, graduating from Loveland High School in 1963. From an...
John Paul "Bud" Goddard
Feb 13, 2026
John Paul “Bud” Goddard, age 87, of Villisca, Iowa, formerly of Stanton, Iowa, passed away Friday, February 13, 2026, at University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Bud was born March 12, 1938, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the son of George and Wyona (Kinns) Goddard. The family moved to Fulton, South Dakota, where Bud graduated from Fulton High School....
Dennis R. "Denny" Wookey
Feb 3, 2026
Dennis Robert “Denny” Wookey, age78, of Red Oak, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, February 3, 2026, at his home. Denny was born November 14, 1947, in Red Oak, Iowa, the son of Robert and Eileen (Raymond) Wookey. He graduated from Red Oak Community High School in 1966 and then Universal Trade School in Omaha, Nebraska. Denny enlisted in the United States...
Edwin Basil "Ed" Foote
Feb 1, 2026
Edwin Basil “Ed” Foote, age 98, of Stanton, Iowa, passed away Sunday, February 1, 2026, at his home. Ed was born June 13, 1927, near Grant, Iowa, the son of Merrill and Estella (Curry) Foote. He attended Foote country school and graduated from Grant High School in 1945. He started farming with his dad near Grant for five years before...
Patricia "Pat" Vestal
Feb 1, 2026
Patricia “Pat” Vestal, age 82, of Emerson, Iowa, passed away Sunday, February 1, 2026, at the Good Samaritan Society in Red Oak. Patty was born June 29, 1943, in Red Oak, Iowa, the daughter of Silas and Mable (Weston) Reynolds. She was raised in the Elliott area graduating from Elliott High School in 1961. Pat worked in Omaha, Nebraska, at...
Dawn Eloise Milgrove
Jan 31, 2026
Dawn Eloise Milgrove, age 64, of Carroll, Iowa, formerly of Red Oak, Iowa, passed away Saturday, January 31, 2026, at her home. Dawn was born December 10, 1961, the youngest of five children to Darrell and Dorothy “Elaine” (Liljedahl) Wolfe. Dawn was raised on the family farm and attended Red Oak Schools. She was active in 4-H. She showed Black...
Kenneth Wayne "Ken" Anderson
Jan 24, 2026
Kenneth Wayne “Ken” Anderson, age 73, of Villisca, Iowa, passed away Saturday, January 24, 2026, at his home. Ken was born June 14, 1952, in Red Oak, Iowa, the son of Carl “Hugo” and Neva (Kempton) Anderson. He was raised on the family farm and graduated from Villisca High School in 1970. He then attended Faith Baptist Bible College and...
Nathan Ray Johnson
Jan 20, 2026
Nathan Ray Johnson, age 46, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, January 20, 2026, at Nebraska Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska. Nathan was born August 3, 1979, in Atlantic, Iowa, the son of Larry and Diane (Bates) Johnson. Nathan was raised in southwest Iowa and was currently working for Omni Engineering. Over the years, he worked for Henningsen Construction, Grimes Asphalt...
Margaret Morgan
Jan 16, 2026
Margaret Morgan, age 90, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, formerly Emerson, Iowa, passed away Friday, January 16, 2026, at the Heritage at Fox Run. Margaret was born April 10, 1935, in Mound City, Missouri where she was raised. Margaret graduated from Mound City High School in 1953 and attended Northwest Missouri State University. While in Maryville, Margaret was hired as the...
Fred Pilecki
Jan 15, 2026
Fred Pilecki, age 77, of Red Oak, Iowa, passed away Thursday, January 15, 2026, at the Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Fred was born January 5, 1949, in Highland Park, Michigan, the son of Joseph and Emma (Edwards) Pilecki. He was raised in Highland Park where he graduated high school in 1967. Over the years, he was an...
Janis Sue "Susie" Enarson
Jan 14, 2026
Janis Sue Enarson, (Susie), was born June 27, 1940, to Arvin and Esther (Howard) Hedstrom in a Montgomery County farmhouse northeast of Villisca, Iowa. She entered into rest on January 14, 2026, at Eiler Senior Living in Clarinda, Iowa.
Susie spent her early years living on farms in Montgomery and Page Counties and attending country school, including years as a student...
Teresa Fern Durbin
Jan 14, 2026
Teresa Fern Durbin, age 90, of Emerson, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, January 14, 2026, at Arlington Place in Red Oak. Teresa was born May 7, 1935, in Beardstown, Illinois, the daughter of Ruth (Spry) Ackerman. She was raised in Illinois and was united in marriage to Benjamin Bristow in 1952 in Illinois. Two sons were born to this union: David...
Linda Vargas Rasmussen
Jan 12, 2026
Levina “Linda” Vargas Rasmussen, age 83, of Elliott, Iowa, passed away Monday, January 12, 2026, at the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital. Linda was born March 19, 1942, in Puraran, Barasa, Contanduenes, Republic of the Philippines, the daughter of Crispin Tejada and Josefina Vargas Tejada. Linda started working at a very young age, after her father passed away. She worked on...
Velma Mae Wheeler
Jan 10, 2026
Velma Mae Wheeler, age 102, passed away Saturday, January 10, 2026, at Arlington Place in Red Oak, Iowa. Velma was born January 23, 1923, the daughter of Elmer and Elsie Cook. Velma was united in marriage to Robert M. “Bob” Wheeler on November 17, 1950. Through the years, Velma lived in Atlantic before she and Bob moved to the farm...
Neil Edward Barnhart
Jan 9, 2026
Neil Edward Barnhart, age 72, of Red Oak, Iowa, passed away Friday, January 9, 2026, at the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital. Neil was born September 21, 1953, in Farragut, Iowa, the son of Clifford Floyd and Pauline L. (Gardner) Barnhart.
Neil was a mechanic for many years and most recently worked for Travis Iron and Metal in Corning, Iowa.
Survivors are his...
Janet Ruth Viles
Jan 7, 2026
Janet Ruth Viles, age 83, of Red Oak, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, January 7, 2026, at Good Samaritan Society. Janet was born November 5, 1942, in Albion, Nebraska, the daughter of Steve and Elaine Maurer. She was raised in western Nebraska and graduated from Albin, Wyoming High School in 1961. She served in the United States Army from 1964 until...
