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Shirley Eakins, 78 of Milton, formerly of Eldon, died at 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, at Hospice House of Ottumwa.Arrangements are pending at Grace Funeral Care in Eldon.

Samuel T. Bailey, 97, of Paducah, Ky., and formerly of Mobile, Ala., Chicago and Griswold, died Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013, at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah.A funeral is at 1 p.m. Saturday at New Sweden Lutheran Chapel in rural Lockridge, with the Rev. Kenneth Smith officiating. Burial will be in New Sweden Lutheran Cemetery.No visitation is planned.Kimzey Funeral Home in Mount Pleasant is assisting the family.Onl...

Merriam Ilene Leazer, 74, of Fairfield, died today, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013, at Parkview Care Center in Fairfield.Arrangements are pending at Behner Funeral Home.

Jerry Plowman, 75, of Douds, died Monday, Sept. 23, 2013.A graveside service is at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at Leando Cemetery, with the Rev. Phil Campbell officiating. He is an organ donor.In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Van Buren Community School Foundation or toward a livestock wash rack to be installed at the Van Buren County Fairgrounds to be used by the 4-H members.Memorials can be sent to ...

Jerry Edward Kiger, 79, of Douds died Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013, at SunnyBrook Living Care Center in Fairfield.The body has been cremated, no local services are planned. Burial of cremains will be in West Virginia at a later date.Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua assisted the family.Mr. Kiger was born Nov. 20, 1933, in New Martinsville, W. Va., the son of Orville and Theo Adline Covert Kiger. He married Bessie ...

Earl J. Taylor, age 79 of Eldon, passed away at 12:41 p.m. Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.A graveside funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, September 15, at Iowaville Cemetery near Eldon, with Pastor Dave Bowden officiating. Visitation with the family will be held from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Sunday at Grace Funeral Care in Eldon.Earl Junior Taylor was born on ...

Larry McKeehan 74, of Mount Pleasant, formerly of Lockridge, died Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013, at home.Funeral arrangements are pending at Murphy Funeral Home in Mount Pleasant.

David L. Bittner, 46, of rural Mount Pleasant, died late Wednesday night at Jefferson County Health Center in Fairfield.Arrangements are pending at Gould Funeral Home in Brighton.

Frances D. Overstreet, 101, formerly of rural Cantril, died at 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013, at Good Samaritan Society-Van Buren in Keosauqua.A funeral is at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, with the Rev. Tiffany Austin Williams, a step great-granddaughter, officiating. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery in Cantril.Visitation opens at 2 p.m. Wednesday. An Eastern Star Service by ...

Michael J. ?Mike? Mills, 42, of Mount Pleasant, died Monday, July 8, 2013, in rural Mount Pleasant from injuries in a motor vehicle/pedestrian accident.Cremation rites have been accorded and there will be no formal funeral service.Visitation is 5-8 p.m. Friday at Kimzey Funeral Home in Mount Pleasant, where the family will receive friends.Memorials may be made to the Michael Mills Memorial Fund for his ...

Craig Darwin Sager, 66, of Fairfield, died Sunday, July 7, 2013, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.A memorial service will be conducted at a later date. Cremation has been accorded.Arrangements are in care of the Raymond Funeral Home in Fairfield.Mr. Sager was born Aug. 16, 1946, in Centerville, the son of Harold Edwin and Irene Mardell Moser Sager.He grew up in Plano and graduated from ...

Geron Robert Wright, 57, of Odessa, Texas, and formerly of Fairfield, died Monday, May 20, 2013.A funeral was Friday at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home Chapel in Odessa. Internment was at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Odessa.Mr. Wright was born May 2, 1956, in Bloomfield, the son of Robert and Gertrude Wright. He married Linda Bennett March 26, 1983, in Fairfield.He worked as an indirect account manager for Verizon ...