Deaths 1. Herron, Ruby Green, 99, of Osceola, Iowa, died July 29, 2005 at the Osceola Nursing and Rehab Center. Funeral services were held August 1 at Kale Funeral Home in Osceola with Rev. Hugh Stone officiating. Burial was in the Maple hill cemetery, Osceola. Pic in Obit section. 2. Scott, Ronald Walter "Scotty", 73, of Leon, Iowa, died August 4, 2005 at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines. Funeral services were held Saturday, August 6 at Slade-O'[Donnell funeral home in Leon with Rev. Max Carmichael officiating. Burial will be in Garden Grove Cemetery Garden Grove, Iowa. (son of Guy Harvey and Edna Loletta (Henry) Scott) 3. Bercot, Jennifer Rose Marie, 22, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, died Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2005 in Fort Wayne. 4. Stout, Max Raymond, 76, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, formerly of Leon, Iowa. Burial was in the Leon Cemetery beside his parents. (parents were Roxie and Orville Stout) 5. Barth, Reva Ruth, 70, of Lamoni, Iowa, died August 4, 2005 at the Lamoni Nursing and Rehab Center in Lamoni. Funeral services were held at the Trinity Christian Church West of Decatur, Iowa August 7 with Rev. Terry Roberts officiating. Burial was in Early Cemetery at Mercer, MO. Arrangements were through the Slade-O'donnell Funeral home of Leon and Lamoni. 6. Cartwright, Chester Reed, 89, of Cresco, Iowa, formerly of Leon, died August 5, 2005 at the Regional Hospital of Howard County in Cresco. Graveside memorial services of both Chet and Beryl were Tuesday, August 9 at :epm Cemetery in Leon with Pastor Terry Roberts officiating with a Masonic service by Grand River Lodge #78 A.F & A.M. of Leon, The cremains of Chet and his late wife, Beryl were interred after the service in the Leon Cemetery. Arrangements were made through Slade-O;Donnell funeral home of leon. Memorials can be made to Patty Elwood Center, 21668 80th in Cresco, Iowa or the Central Decatur Community schools scholarship fund. (parents were Clarence and Mabel (Glendenning) Cartwright) (gas tank wagon operator) (DX station in Leon) 7. Payton, Clifford Leon, 94, of Lamoni, Iowa, died August 5, 2005 at the Lamoni Nursing and Rehab Center in Lamoni. Funeral services were held at Slade-O'Donnel Funeral home in Lamoni August 8 with Pastor Dorsey Derrick officiating. Burial was in the Elk Cemetery in Decatur County, Iowa. Memorial fund has been established by the family. 8. Pearson, Alice M., 80, of Lineville, Iowa, formerly of Grinnell, died August 5, 2005, at Westview Acres care center in Leon. Funeral service was held August 9 ath the Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell with the Rev. Max Carmichael officiating. Burial was in Hazelwood Cemetery in Grinnell.