Jack FETTY was born in a farm house near Diagonal, Iowa, December 11, 1936, the youngest of six children. He grew up in Ringgold County and graduated from Mount Ayr High School in 1955. The son of a tenant farmer, FETTY graduated from Southern College of Optometry in 1960 with a Doctors' Degree of Optometry. The father of four sons, Jack and his wife, Mary, current reside in Clive, Iowa, after the author's retirement from practicing optometry for 33 years in Vinton, Iowa.

Jack wrote Rings of Gold, a book containing Ringgold County success stories of men and women, spanning eight decades, in 2007.

Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, July 16, 2015, Page 9

Late word has been received that the [Mount Ayr Public] library will host author Jack Fetty from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. [during Ayr Days] for a signing of his newest book, "Wind Spirit." He has also written "Rings of Gold: Successes from Ringgold County" and "Muddy Creek."

SOURCE: FETTY, Jack. Rings of Gold Palindrome Pub. Co. Iowa. 2007.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, June of 2010; updated October of 2015