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August 13, 1933 - April 10, 2018 Bill L. Hudson, 84, of Burlington and formerly of Lockridge, passed away on Tuesday, April 10, 2018, at the Great River Hospice House in West Burlington. Bill was born on August 13, 1933, in Cincinnati, Iowa the son of Jesse L. and Ruth J. (Henderson) Hudson. He was united in marriage to Dorothy Jeffrey on September 29, 1956, in Fairfield. He served his country in the United ...

Raymond Miller, 70, passed away on April 7, 2018, at home with his family by his side, after fighting a courageous battle with brain cancer.Raymond was born January 4, 1948, in Burlington, Iowa, the son of Amel and Ethyl (Smith) Miller. He was united in marriage to Deborah McCracken on August 4, 1973. She survives. Raymond grew up in Farmington, Iowa. He graduated from Harmony High School in 1966. He went to ...

Vern A. PetersonAugust 31, 1922 - March 27, 2018Vern A. Peterson, 95, of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, March 27, 2018, at Arbor Court.Open visitation will be held from 12:00 noon until 7:00 p.m. on Monday, April 2, 2018, at Olson~Powell Memorial Chapel. The family will not be present. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Tuesday, April 3, 2018, at Olson~Powell Memorial Chapel with ...

January 20, 1950 - February 19, 2018 John Lee Shield, 68, formerly of Muscatine, passed away on Monday, February 19, 2018, at Arbor Court in Mt. Pleasant.Celebration of Life Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 1, 2018, at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home, 1931 Houser Street, Muscatine. Burial will take place in Greenwood Cemetery, Muscatine. Visitation will be from 12:00-2:00 ...

Glenn Dockendorff, 96, of Danville, died Thursday, February 22, 2018 at Great River Hospice House, West Burlington. He was born December 27, 1921 to Edward and Edna Bishop Dockendorff. June 2, 1943, he married Alta Louise Garrels at Mt. Union Methodist Church. A 1939 graduate of New London High School, he then served in the U.S. Army stationed in Japan at the end of World War II. He farmed; and worked for ...

Myong Suk Smith, 76, died January 13, 2018 while under hospice care at home. She was born in North Korea in May 1941. Her mother and father died after war broke out in 1950. She fled South with other refugees that winter. U.S. Army soldiers took her to safety in Seoul and on to an orphanage in Wonju where she continued to grow up. Myong met her husband, Douglas Smith, in Soksan-ni in 1970.They were married in ...

Richard Lee Simmons, Jr., 53, of Monmouth, Ill. and formerly of the Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, area, died Sunday, January 14, 2018 at the OSF/St. Francis Hospital in Peoria, Ill. A celebration of life will be held from 2:00-4:00 p.m. on Friday, January 19, 2018 at the Kimzey Funeral Home, 213 N. Main St., Mt. Pleasant. Online condolences may be directed to www.kimzeyfuneralhome.com.

Doris K. Roland, 88, of Mt. Pleasant, formerly of Burlington and Fairfield, died Saturday, November 25, 2017 at Pleasant Manor Care Center in Mt. Pleasant.A graveside memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 16, 2017 at the Packwood Cemetery, Packwood, Iowa. Pastor Jeffrey A. McPheron of the Trenton United Methodist Church will officiate. The Kimzey Funeral Home, 213 North Main Street, ...

Loyce D. Jeffrey, 88, of Danville, died Thursday, November 16, 2017, at Great River Hospice House, West Burlington. Services are pending at Elliott Chapel, New London.

Caleb Tyler Martin, 29, New London, died Saturday, November 18, 2017. Arrangements are pending at Elliott Chapel, New London.

October 29, 1949 - October 30, 2017Gary W. Brown, 68, of Mediapolis and formerly of Mt. Pleasant, died unexpectedly at his residence on Monday, October 30, 2017. A funeral service for Gary Brown will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 4, 2017 at the Kimzey Funeral Home, 213 North Main Street, Mt. Pleasant. The Reverend David R. Plooster, Great River Health Systems Chaplain, will officiate. Burial will ...

Connie J. Bridger Connie J. Bridger, 66, of Swedesburg, formerly of Ottumwa, died October 26, 2017 at University of Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City. The family will receive friends from 3:00-5:00 p.m., November 4, 2017 at Elliott Chapel, New London. According to her wishes, cremation will follow the visitation. A memorial has been established to help with expenses. She was born June 30, 1951 in Ottumwa, the ...