Mt. Pleasant News

Dale (Gene) Elmore, 82, of Mt. Pleasant, died on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016, at his home.Visitation will be held beginning after noon, at Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel, on Monday, Oct. 24, 2016, where the family will greet friends from 5 to 7 p.m., that evening. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016, at the Memorial Chapel, with Rev. Rod Lyon officiating. Burial will be in Forest ...

Jami R. Claman, 47, of Cantril, died on Wednesday, Oct., 19, 2016, at her home.Arrangements are pending at Pedrick Funeral Home, in Keosauqua.

Virgil E. Watson, 85, of Stockport, died on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016, at Sunnybrook Assisted Living, in Fairfield.Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., on Friday, Oct. 7, 2016, at Stockport United Methodist Church, with Rev. Herb Shafer and Rev. John Griffith officiating. Visitation will open at 2 p.m., on Thursday, at Pedrick Funeral Home, in Keosauqua, with family present from 5 to 7 p.m. Burial will be in ...

Charles Doug Curtis, 58, of Winfield, died on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016, at his home.The family will meet friends on Friday, Oct. 7, from 5 to 7 p.m., at the Honts Funeral Home, in Winfield, with a funeral ceremony to follow at 7 p.m. The cremation burial will take place at a later time at the Crawfordsville Cemetery.Curtis was born on March 9, 1958, the son of Charles Claire and Dorothy Walten Curtis, in Washington...

Donna Kay (Linder) Yoder, 71, of Washington, and formerly of Wayland, died on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016, at the Halcyon House, in Washington.Visitation, with the family present, will be from 5 to 8 p.m., on Monday, Oct. 3, at the United Presbyterian Church, in Washington. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 4, at 10:30 a.m., at the United Presbyterian Church, with Rev. Bob Wollenberg officiating. ...

Eldon Buskirk, 85, of Mt. Pleasant, and formerly of West Point, died on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016, at the Great River Hospice House, in West Burlington.Funeral services are pending at the Schmitz Funeral Home, in West Point.

Priscilla Ann Holtkamp, 84, of rural Mt. Hamill, died on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016, at her home.Friends may call after 2 p.m., on Monday, Oct. 3, 2016, at St. James the Less Catholic Church, in St. Paul, where the family will receive friends from 3:30 to 7 p.m. A Parish Rosary will be recited at 4 p.m., and a Christian Wake Service will be held at 7 p.m. The Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., on ...

Wilma M. Mitchell, 94, of Washington and formerly of Crawfordsville, died on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016, at the United Presbyterian Home.A funeral service for Mitchell will be held on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016, at 11:30 a.m., at the Beatty Funeral Home, in Washington, with Rev. Jason Collier officiating. Burial will follow at Elm Grove Cemetery, in Washington. Visitation will be held prior to the service from 10 to ...

Virginia Mae Steffens, 87, of Winfield, died on Monday, Sept. 26, 2016, at University of Iowa Hospital, in Iowa City.The funeral service will be held on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016, at 1 p.m., at the Honts Funeral Home, in Winfield, with Rev. Mark Youngquist officiating. Interment will follow at the Winfield-Scott Township Cemetery. Visitation will be from noon until 1 p.m., prior to the service.A memorial has ...

Jillian Elaine Dickey, 52, of New London, died on Sept. 21, 2016, at Great River Hospice House.A memorial service for Dickey will be held on Saturday, Sept. 24, at Elliott Chapel, in New London, at 11 a.m. Friends may call after 9 a.m., with the family receiving friends one hour prior to the service. Rev. Kenneth Smith will officiate. Inurnment will follow the service at Burge Cemetery, in rural New London.A ...

Amy Jones, 49, of Farmington, died on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2016, at her home.Friends may call and meet with the family from 1 to 2 p.m., on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, at the First Baptist Church, in Farmington. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, at the First Baptist Church, in Farmington, with Daniel Vance officiating. A private family burial will be held at a later date.Memorials ...

Woneta D. Stewart, 88, of Mt. Pleasant, died on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, at the Park Place Elder Living Center, in Mt. Pleasant.Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at the Murphy Funeral Home, in Mt. Pleasant, with Rev. David Forrester officiating. Burial will be in the White Oak Cemetery, in rural Rome. Friends may call after 2 p.m., on Friday, at the Murphy Funeral Home, in Mt. ...