Harold 'Mike' Joseph Mineart

      Harold "Mike" Joseph Mineart, 81, of Washington, Iowa, died Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.

      A Mass of the Resurrection will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Saints Joseph and Cabrini Church in East Pleasant Plain, with the Rev. Charles J. Fladung and the Rev. Robert Striegel officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery in East Pleasant Plain.

      Visitation with the family will be from 3-5 p.m. Sunday at the church, followed by Prayers for a Christian Wake at 5 p.m.

      Memorials for the Brighton Volunteer First Responders, Saints Joseph and Cabrini Church in East Pleasant Plain or United Presbyterian Home/UP with Kids Daycare in Washington may be left at the church or may be mailed to the family at 1454 Hwy 1 and 78, Brighton 52540.

      Gould Funeral Home of Brighton is in charge of arrangements.

      Mr. Mineart was born Sept. 16, 1927, on the family farm in rural Brighton, the son of Henry W. and C. Grace Lamansky Mineart. He married Georgia Wise Aug. 16, 1955, in Denver, Colo.

For the full obituary, read the Jan. 22, 2009, Fairfield Ledger.