Mount Vernon High School Iowa Alumni Obituaries

When I am an old woman, I shall wear purpleWith a red hat which doesn't go and doesn't suit me. …– from “Warning” by Jenny JosephCharlotte Cole of Mt. Vernon, Missouri, died November 27, 2025, following a stroke and heart failure. Her once-active life was radically altered by an earlier debilitating...

Leah A. Firestone, 59 of Scottdale passed away on Thursday January 15, 2026 in UPMC Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh after fighting a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was born on September 10, 1966 in Mount Pleasant a daughter of the late Daniel and Sara Sanner Worry. Leah was a graduate ...

James W. Jackson 91 of Centralia passed away Thursday January 22 2026 at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mount Vernon. He was born on December 21 1934 in Keenes Illinois the son of Lester and Gladys Jackson. He married the love of his life Patsy Epperson on Christmas Day in 1955 at the Wayne C...

Joyce Ann Cowan age 84 from Crawfordsville Indiana passed away at 1030 am on Saturday May 14th at the home of her daughter in Crawfordsville with her family at her side. She was born on October 13 1937 in Peoria Illinois the daughter of Rudolph and Edna Harmon Smith. She is survived by Vernon Bobb...

Nicholas Danny Dubuque 87 of Bellingham WA fondly known as Nick passed away on November 23 2025 at Skagit Valley Regional Hospital in Mount Vernon WA following heart failure. Born on July 30 1938 in Auburn WA Nick was the second son of Clarence and Ilee Dubuque. His family purchased a farm just up S...

Michele Kay Nydegger 58 passed away unexpectedly on January 3 2026. A funeral will be held on January 14 at 1 p.m. at Bethlehem Lutheran Church 720 2nd St Mankato MN. Visitation will be held prior to the service from 1130 a.m. to 1 p.m. Interment at Woodland Hills Memorial Park. Rev. Jay Dahlving of...