Obituaries - 1972
From Adair County newspapers
Surnames marked with an asterisk (*) are a death story, funeral or probate notice, NOT an obituary.
| Last Name | First/Middle Name | Maiden Name | Paper | Date of Paper | "Comment" / (Location) | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acrea | Bea | (G) | March 29 | ||
| Anderson | Everett Earl | (G) | March 1 | ||
| Armstrong | Myrtle | (G) | May 17 | ||
| Augustin | Raymond C. | (G) | August 23 | ||
| Barger | Mary A. | Hayes | (G) | August 30 | |
| Bastian | Vernon W. | (G) | November 22 | ||
| Baudler | Paul W. | (G) | December 6 | ||
| Baudler | William Carl | (G) | January 26 | ||
| Bauer | Loren Delmo | (G) | April 12 | ||
| Bennett | Kimball | (G) | May 10 | ||
| Birt | Joe Dale | (G) | May 3 | ||
| Bishop | Allison | (G) | February 16 | ||
| Bittner | Fritz Rudolph | (G) | January 26 | ||
| Blackmer | Marie Louise | Longbehn | (G) | January 26 | |
| Bloom | Nellie J. | Stanley | (G) | February 23 | |
| Booth | Wayne | (G) | January 5 | ||
| Bowen | Ed LeRoy | (G) | November 8 | ||
| Bowen | Eva Mae | Abbott | (G) | May 24 | |
| Brawdy | Don Kenneth | (G) | August 30 | ||
| Brawdy | Ellnore | Stuhlmiller | (G) | January 12 | |
| Brown | Nelson Perry | (G) | |||
| Brown | Warren | (G) | February 16 | ||
| Brown | William G. | (G) | March 22 | ||
| Callan | Margaret Alice | Warwick | (G) | August 2 | |
| Chapman | Maude May | (G) | August 23 | ||
| Chew | Albert R. | (G) | May 3 | ||
| Coleman | Floyd | (G) | March 1 | ||
| Cooper | Dora M. | Rigg | (G) | March 22 | |
| Cooper | Mildred LaViene | Hepler | (G) | April 5 | |
| Cornelius | Fred G. | (G) | |||
| Correll | Karl S. | (G) | March 8 | ||
| Couch | Leila E. | Enright | (G) | March 1 | |
| Crouse | Besse | (G) | January 12 | ||
| Dahnk | William P. | (G) | January 12 | ||
| Dahnk | (G) | January 5 | "Mrs. William" | ||
| Davis | Elsie Adele | Carnes | (G) | January 5 | |
| Denton | Dennis Vernard | (G) | January 5 | ||
| Dickey | Celia | McQuaid | (G) | November 1 | |
| Dorsey | Arthur L. | (G) | March 8 | ||
| Dory | Willard Giilmore | (G) | May 10 | ||
| Doud | Thomas A. | (G) | May 10 | ||
| Dunbar | Eddis | (G) | February 16 | ||
| Dunn | Francis Milner | (G) | April 19 | ||
| Dwyer | James M. | (G) | November 29 | ||
| Egger | George | (G) | January 5 | ||
| Emory | Michael Dean | (G) | May 17 | ||
| Faber | John Schwab | (G) | February 23 | ||
| Fleming | Vivian Wayne | (G) | August 30 | ||
| Follmann | Ervin Richard | (G) | May 10 | ||
| Freeman | Iva A. | (G) | May 31 | ||
| Fry | Ellen Elizabeth | (G) | January 26 | ||
| Fry | Steven | (G) | January 26 | ||
| Garner | Francis Smith | (G) | |||
| Gibb | Frank L. | (G) | January 12 | ||
| Gilbertson | Clara C. | Clark | (G) | April 26 | |
| Gladson | Walker | (G) | February 16 | "Mrs. Ronald" | |
| Goetz | Burton Jacob 'Bert' | (G) | February 23 | ||
| Gross | August Hermann | (G) | April 19 | ||
| Hager | Orville | (G) | April 19 | ||
| Halder | Louise | (G) | May 3 | ||
| Handley | Mabel Edith | Zook | (G) | November 15 | |
| Hanks | Jesse W. | (G) | November 8 | ||
| Hansen | Lyle | (G) | May 3 | ||
| Hanson | John | (G) | November 1 | ||
| Hastings | Frank Howell | (G) | November 15 | ||
| Haworth | Clinton G. | (G) | November 15 | ||
| Hayden | Hilda | Jefferson | (G) | February 9 | |
| Henderson | Grace | Oldam | (G) | March 1 | |
| Heuckendorf | Mary Carolina Gustava | Lorenz | (G) | February 16 | |
| Hofmeister | Clarence | (G) | May 10 | ||
| Holmes | Burton | (G) | August 23 | ||
| Jackson | Kitty | (G) | May 17 | ||
| Jameson | James 'Jimmi' | (G) | |||
| Jenkins | Kenneth L. | (G) | May 17 | ||
| Jensen | Anton Frederick | (G) | February 23 | ||
| Jensen | Douglas Van | (G) | January 19 | ||
| Johnson | Amy E. | Bolin | (G) | February 23 | |
| Johnston | Paul E. | (G) | November 1 | ||
| Keating | John Lyle | (G) | |||
| Keltner | Bernice Edna | Hockett | (G) | February 23 | |
| Kilstrom* | Gordon | (G) | August 30 | ||
| Kinnan | Charles | (G) | January 5 | ||
| Kintigh | J. H. | (G) | |||
| Kirkpatrick | Steven R. | (G) | March 8 | ||
| Kirlin | Albert Beals | (G) | May 10 | ||
| Kirlin | Archie Ervin | (G) | April 5 | ||
| Klein | Joseph | (G) | January 19 | ||
| Klemme | Harley | (G) | December 6 | ||
| Kralik | Edward Mike | (G) | November 29 | ||
| Kralik | Helen H. | (G) | May 31 | ||
| Kromrie | Helen | Drest | (G) | August 2 | |
| Lambi | Anna O. | Kneip | (G) | February 9 | |
| Leach | Lela | (G) | February 16 | ||
| Lee | Ida Alice | Arnold | (G) | March 8 | |
| Lemke* | Hattie | (G) | December 6 | ||
| Lewis | Nellie Byron | Perry | (G) | August 2 | |
| Ludwig | Ronald Oran | (G) | August 9 | ||
| Lund | Harold | (G) | February 23 | ||
| Maas | Jean | Gohler | (G) | January 12 | |
| Mangels | Carl John | (G) | November 22 | ||
| Mannetter | Velma | Clark | (G) | March 8 | |
| Mansfield | (G) | November 8 | "Mrs. Carl" | ||
| Martin | Maude | (G) | November 1 | ||
| Mason | Floyd Gifford | (G) | February 2 | ||
| McCants | Hubert LeRoy | (G) | August 2 | ||
| McClain | Everett Harrison | (G) | May 24 | ||
| McClure | Edgar | (G) | February 16 | ||
| McCumber | Naomi | (G) | May 10 | ||
| McDermott | Clayton C. | (G) | March 15 | ||
| McKikbban | Nelson J. | (G) | November 1 | ||
| McNelly | Walla Ray | (G) | February 9 | ||
| Means | Douglas Michael | (G) | November 15 | ||
| Metzger | Viola Gladys | (G) | April 12 | ||
| Miller | Margaret | Tracy | (G) | January 5 | |
| Mills | (G) | May 31 | "Mrs. Ora" | ||
| Morton | Samuel | (G) | February 9 | ||
| Nelson | George James | (G) | April 19 | ||
| Nelson | Ray | (G) | March 22 | ||
| Newbury | Clifford | (G) | March 29 | ||
| Nichols | Wayne Everett | (G) | November 29 | ||
| O'Leary | (Monsignor) Peter J. | (G) | November 1 | ||
| Otis | Nellie A. | (G) | March 29 | ||
| Parlee | Cecil Irwin | (G) | February 2 | ||
| Parrish | Ray Snyder | (G) | August 30 | ||
| Patera | Antonia Rose | Duben | (G) | May 24 | |
| Patterson | Frank | (G) | August 9 | ||
| Patterson | Frost P. | (G) | May 24 | ||
| Peterson | Andrew E. | (G) | March 22 | ||
| Peterson | Augusta Louise | Richman | (G) | February 2 | |
| Peterson | Hans F. | (G) | May 10 | ||
| Piper | Dale E. | (G) | May 17 | ||
| Plagman | Anna Belle | Vaughn | (G) | February 9 | |
| Porter | Mertie Belle | Williams | (G) | April 9 | |
| Porter | Wayne D. | (G) | April 26 | ||
| Porter | Wayne Dallas | (G) | May 3 | ||
| Queck | Maude L. | Jensen | (G) | August 23 | |
| Raasch | Lloyd G. | (G) | January 13 | ||
| Ray | Leona Vea | Mason | (G) | May 17 | |
| Reason | Alice Irene | Speedling | (G) | August 2 | |
| Rechtenbach | Lucy Rose | Glade | (G) | January 12 | |
| Rice | Zana | (G) | February 2 | ||
| Richards | Clay Vernon | (G) | February 9 | ||
| Robison | Verda | Tucker | (G) | February 23 | |
| Rostat | Hazel Marie | Silverthorne | (G) | February 9 | |
| Ruby | Helen | Young | (G) | February 2 | |
| Ruliffson | Marjorie | Rhodes | (G) | December 6 | |
| Schmeling | Jack | (G) | March 15 | ||
| Seley | Jess Ernest | (G) | December 6 | ||
| Silverthorn | Ray C. | (G) | May 10 | ||
| Smith | Carrie L. | Langfitt | (G) | April 12 | |
| Smith | Hazel E. | Gordon | (G) | May 7 | "Mrs. Lee" | 
| Smith | Mel | (G) | February 19 | ||
| Spaulding | Gertie | Bolger | (G) | May 31 | |
| Steepy | Alice | (G) | January 19 | ||
| Stevens | Mabel | Burkey | (G) | April 12 | |
| Stewart | Ernest | (G) | November 22 | ||
| Stewart | Ernest 'Dutch' | (G) | |||
| Stewart | Richard Bradshaw | (G) | January 12 | ||
| Stewart* | Dorothy | (G) | February 16 | ||
| Stewart* | Earl | (G) | February 16 | ||
| Sullivan | D. C. 'Dick' | (G) | May 17 | ||
| Tobias | Clyde Brenton | (G) | January 19 | ||
| Vedebeck | (Rev) | (G) | April 26 | ||
| Wallace | Rex Albert | (G) | April 12 | ||
| Wehrspann | Harold | (G) | November 8 | ||
| Wichman | Gertrude | (G) | March 22 | ||
| Williams | Hallie O. | Oshel | (G) | January 5 | |
| Williams | Maryjane | Johnston | (G) | November 15 | |