Mt. Pleasant News

Michael L. Grieser 65, of Mt. Pleasant, died Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, at his home in Mt. Pleasant.A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015, at the Murphy Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant with Rev. Dean Graber officiating. Memorials may be directed to the Great River Hospice in his memory. Following the memorial services the family will receive friends for a time of fellowship at the ...

Max Chrisman, 92, of Johnson, and formerly of rural Blakesburg, died January 16, 2015, at Iowa Methodist Hospital, Des Moines.Max was born July 10, 1922 in Avery, IA, to Bert and Ruth Carlton Chrisman. He married Christina Herteen on April 19, 1944. They lived in Ottumwa, then farmed in rural Blakesburg for 44 years.Max attended school on Miller Ridge at Jake Oak and Punkin Center schools through 8th grade, ...

Arlowine Louise Brinck, 94, of the Kensington in Ft. Madison, formerly of West Point, died Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, at the Fort Madison Community Hospital.The memorial mass for Brinck will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, at St. Mary the Assumption Catholic Church in West Point with Rev. Dennis Hoffman as celebrant. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery in West Point. Friends may call after 1 p.m. ...

Arline W. Sampson, 94, of Mt. Pleasant, died Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, at the Pleasant Manor Care Center in Mt. Pleasant.A funeral service for Sampson will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 10 at the Kimzey Funeral Home, 213 North Main Street, Mt. Pleasant. Rev. Shirley Spray of the Community of Christ Church, Mt. Pleasant, will officiate. Burial will be in the Oakland Mills Cemetery, rural Mt. Pleasant. Friends ...

Theresa Marie Abdo, died Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014.Funeral services were held Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014, at 11:30 a.m. at Mathewson-Forani Funeral Home, Inc., 206 Kinne St., East Syracuse, N.Y. Calling hours were from 10 to 11:30 a.m., prior to the service.Abdo spent time as a child in Mt. Pleasant. She worked at her family business, Abdo?s Garden Market and as a Doula.Abdo is survived by her husband, Richard S. ...

Joan E. Boeding, 88, of St Paul, died Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014, at the Donnellson Health Center following a lengthy battle with Alzheimer?s disease.Burial will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 19, 2014, at St. James the Less Catholic Church in St. Paul with Rev. Bruce DeRammelaere as celebrant. Burial will be in the St. James Church Cemetery in St. Paul. Friends may call and meet with the family from 2:30 to 7 ...

Laurence M. Marshall, Sr., passed away, Monday, December 15, 2014.Beloved husband of Patricia T. Marshall (nee Long). Father of Mike (Judy), Steve (Tracy) and Rob (Cathy) Marshall. Grandfather of Lance, Austin, Kate, Lauren, Claire and Riley Marshall. Dear brother of Bob (Dorothy) Marshall. Brother-in-law of Charlotte ?Busk? and the late Joan Dowell. Uncle, cousin and friend to many.Laurence was a loyal member ...

Michael R. ?Mike? Smith, 55, of rural West Point, died Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014, at the Donnellson Health Center.A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 19, 2014, at the Schmitz-Lynk Funeral Home in Donnellson with Rev. Dean Moberg officiating. Burial will be in the Evangelical Cemetery near Donnellson.Friends may call after 1 p.m. Thursday at the Schmitz-Lynk Funeral Home in Donnellson where the ...

Martha Woodsmall, 83, of Mt. Pleasant, died Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014, at the Great River Klein Center in West Burlington.A funeral service for Woodsmall will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014, at the Kimzey Funeral Home, 213 North Main Street, Mt. Pleasant. Rev. Kenneth Smith will officiate. Burial will be in the Burge Cemetery, New London. Friends may call from noon to 8 p.m. on Friday at the ...

Don I. Stukerjurgen, of rural Salem, died Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014, at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, in Iowa City.Friends may call after 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Houghton where the family will meet with friends from 5 to 7 p.m. that evening. A Knights of Columbus rosary will be recited at 3 p.m., and a Christian Wake service will be held at 7 p.m. that ...

Ronald B. Bailey, 80, passed away Saturday, December 6, in Grand Island, NE, surrounded by his wife and family. He had suffered from kidney disease for some time, yet maintained a life full of family, friends and activities until the very end.Visitation will be held on Friday, December 12, from 5 ? 7 p.m., at Resurrection Catholic Church in Grand Island, with a Scriptural and Rosary service at 7 p.m. A Funeral ...

Harold ?Hal? James Harper, 54, passed away November 30, 2014.Hal worked as a lab technician at DuPont Pioneer in Clive.Hal is survived by his children, Tasha of Ft. Dodge and Erica and Benjamin of Des Moines; his special partner, Christy Church of Des Moines; mother, Marie Moran of Grand Junction; brothers, Richard (Rob) of Whitmore Lake, MI and Michael (Jean) of Lawton, OK; sister, Kris Harper of Des Moines; ...