Bill Young, 91 Private Family Graveside Services for Bill Young, age 91, of Lenox, who passed away Monday, March 23,, 2020 will be held at the North Fairvuiew Cemetery in Lenox. Open visitation will be held Tuesday at the Ritchie Funeral Home from 10:00 AM until 12:00 Noon. There will be no family present during…

Bertha Purdum, 87 Private Family Celebration of Life Services for Bertha Purdum, age 87, of Lenox, who passed away Monday, March 23, 2020, was held. Open visitation was held Friday at the Ritchie Funeral Home in Lenox from 1:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Due to COVID-19 the family will not be present during visitation. Memorials…

Margaret Whipp, 98 Margaret Whipp, a resident of Elkhorn, Nebraska since 2010, left us on March 19, 2020. She was 98. For many decades, Margaret was a musical Johnny Appleseed – teaching, sharing, and spreading the joy of music. She firmly believed that everyone could sing, and could enjoy singing, and she set about to…

Dave Brown, 64 Graveside Services for Dave Brown, age 64, formerly of Lenox, who passed away Monday, March 16, 2020 in Washington, Iowa was held Saturday, March 21, 2020 at 10:30 AM at the North Fairview Cemetery in Lenox. Open visitation was held Friday from 12:00 Noon to 7:00 PM at the Ritchie Funeral Home…

David (Dave) Clarence Huber, 66, of Lenox Iowa, passed away peacefully on March 11, 2020, surrounded by friends and family. Dave was born in Creston Iowa on July 30th, 1953 the son of Duane and Thelma (Day) Huber. He attended Lenox School District during his youth and continued his education as an Emergency Medical Technician…

Douglas Dwaine Calvin, age 73, of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin passed away suddenly while at home on Monday, March 2, 2020. He is survived by his loving wife of 55 years, Lynn (nee Godden) Calvin; children, Todd (Karen) Calvin, Kristine (Rich) Ray, Mitchell (fiancé Delaney) Calvin; grandchildren, Ryan, Bradley (Elli), Ashley Calvin, Richie and Deven Ray.…

Richard Ray Grace died March 6, 2020 at his home in Diagonal from a massive heart attack at age 55. Richard was born April 4, 1964 in Creston, Iowa.  He spent his childhood living in Malvern, then moving to Lenox, Iowa, where he lived with his grandparents, Alice & Ray Long. Later, working for Perdew…

Kenneth Glen Jennett, oldest son of Glenn & Esther (Bahr) Jennett, was born July 30, 1935 in Muscatine, Iowa. Ken attended school in Muscatine and graduated from Muscatine High school in 1953. After graduation, he attended Muscatine Junior College for 1 year. Ken transferred to Iowa State University for the next 5 years of study…

Lila Mae (Tyrrel) Barker was born September 13, 1935 to Nova Vernon and Vesta (Walters) Tyrrel.  Lila graduated from Mount Ayr High School. On December 8, 1953, she was united in marriage to Lawrence Edward Barker.  To this union two sons were born: Rusty Lavernon and Lonny Lee. Lila was a member of the United…

Glen Jackson,81 Funeral Celebration of Life Services for Glen Jackson, age 81, formerly of Lenox, who passed away Sunday, February 2, 2020 in Des Moines was held Thursday, February 6, 2020 at 11:00 AM at the Ritchie Funeral Home in Lenox. Visitation was one hour prior to services. Interment at the North Fairview Cemetery in…