Mt. Pleasant News

Mrs. Sharon Kay Borton, 73, of New London, died Thursday, July 26, 2018 at her home in New London. Services are pending at Elliott Chapel, New London.

May 19, 1920 - July 24, 2018 Ruth V. Anderson, 98, of Davenport, Iowa, formerly of Rock Island, Ill., passed away Tuesday July 24, 2018 at Bickford Senior Living, Davenport. A memorial service will be 11 a.m. Saturday, July 28, 2018 at St. James Lutheran Church, Rock Island, with visitation one hour prior to services at church. Inurnment will be 4 p.m. Saturday at Swedesburg Cemetery, Swedesburg, Iowa. ...

Sharon Kay Borton, 73, of New London, died Thursday, July 26, 2018 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born June 23, 1945 in Boise, Idaho to Glenn Richard and Kathleen Mae Shearer Sanders. On November 20, 1965, she married Thomas LeRoy Borton in Marshalltown, Iowa. She was a 1963 graduate of Jefferson High School in Independence and attended Evangelical School of Nursing, Marshalltown for one year. ...

Regina L. Ackles, 84, of Mt. Pleasant, passed away on Tuesday, July 24, 2018, at Park Place Elder Living Center in Mt. Pleasant. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Murphy Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant.

Ruth Norton, 87, Mt. Union, died Friday, July 20, 2018 at Great River Medical Center. She was born December 5, 1930 in Fairfield to Harold "Mac" and Gladys Barnett McNeese. On February 28, 1948 she married Max Duayne Norton. She attended Fairfield schools. Mrs. Norton was a farm wife and worked seasonally at Sylvania, Metromail, and Pioneer Seed. She was a member of LT Club, TTT, Linger Longer, and Night Owls ...

September 19, 1933 - July 23, 2018 Regina L. Ackles, 84, of Mt. Pleasant passed away on Monday, July 23, 2018, at Park Place Elder Living Center in Mt. Pleasant. Funeral services will be held on Friday, July 27, 2018, at 1:30 p.m. at the Murphy Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant with Pastor Bryan Katchay officiating. Friends may call after 2 p.m. on Thursday at the Murphy Funeral Home where the family will be ...

January 17, 1932 - July 19, 2018 Donna Jean Welcher, 86, of Manchester, Iowa, passed away on Thursday, July 19, 2018, at her residence in Manchester. She was born on January 17, 1932, the daughter of Cecil and Ada (Carpenter) Joy. She grew up in the Waterloo area and was a 1950 graduate of Waterloo East High School. On September 6, 1952, Donna Jean was united in marriage to Bill Welcher in Waterloo, Iowa. ...

Leroy W. Mueller, 67, of rural West Point, Iowa, passed away at 10:54 a.m. Friday, July 20, 2018 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa surrounded by his family. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Monday, July 23, 2018 at Schmitz Funeral Home in West Point where the family will receive friends from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. that evening. A Knights of Columbus Rosary will be recited at 3 p.m. and a Christian Wake Service will ...

Jerry Lee Burdette, Sr., 77, of Donnellson, Iowa, passed away at 9:36 p.m. Thursday, July 19, 2018 at his home in Donnellson. Friends were able to call after 12 noon Sunday, July 22, 2018 at Schmitz Funeral Home in Donnellson where the family received friends from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. A memorial service was held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, July 23, 2018 at Embury United Methodist Church in rural Donnellson. Burial was ...

October 24, 1943 - July 19, 2018 Ban Tang, 74, of New London, died Thursday, July 19, 2018 at his home. He was born October 24, 1943 in Vietnam, the son of Khon Tang and Hue Duong. Mr. Tang worked for 33 years as a stock handler and enjoyed working on cars and small engines and going to garage sales and auctions. He is survived by his wife, Han To of New London; one daughter, Yen (Hoang) Nguyen of Mt. ...

Rev. Paul Hughes, 92, of New London, formerly of Salem and Kansas City, passed away July 18, 2018 at Great River Hospice, West Burlington. He was born August 9, 1925, in Kansas City to Edward Paul and Lucille King Hughes. He married Frances Humphrey November 19, 1954. They had three children: Tim Hughes of McNeal, Ariz., Becky Ryan of Kansas City and Chris McCurdy of Tulsa, Okla. Frances passed in 2000. In ...

Paul D. "The Dude" Whipple, 66, of Burlington, died Saturday, July 14, 2018. Prugh~Thielen Funeral Home is caring for Paul and his family.