Obituaries

Sandra Jean Mallory, 63, of Riverside, passed away on Sunday, November 6, 2011, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City following a brief second-round battle with breast cancer. A Celebration of Life Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 8, 2011, at St. Mary?s Catholic Church in Riverside. Burial will be in the Hampton Cemetery in Hampton, Iowa on Wednesday, November 9, at 12:00 p.m. Following the services ...

Richard Lee Pearl, 62, of Washington, died Friday, Nov. 4, 2011 in Washington County Hospital. Funeral services were at noon Monday, Nov. 7, in Brosh Chapel in Solon. Burial followed in Oaklawn Cemetery. Visitation was prior to the funeral in Brosh Chapel. A general memorial fund has been established.

Larry Dittrich, 64, of Houston, Texas, formerly of Washington, died Oct. 3, 2010, in Houston. A graveside service was held Oct. 26, 2011 in Woodlawn Cemetery in Washington with Dave Stoufer officiating. His ashes are interred in his father?s grave.

Danny LaVaun Mahan, 64, of Iowa City, died Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011, in the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City after a sudden illness. A celebration of life service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, in the Powell Funeral Home and Cremation Service in North English with the Rev. Kirk Statler officiating. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home. A general memorial ...

Eric D. Baumert, age 54, of Washington, Iowa, died Friday, November 4, 2011 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa following complications from surgery.

MT. PLEASANT ? Barbara Heaton, 62, of Mt. Pleasant, died Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011 in her home.A Christian Vigil Service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6, in St. Alphonsus Catholic Church. The family will receive friends following the Vigil service until 6 p.m. A funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 7 in the church with the Rev. Ed Fitzpatrick and the Rev. Joseph Phung officiating. Burial will ...

KEOTA ? Bernadine M. Sieren, 90, of Keota, died Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.A funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at Holy Trinity Parish ? St. Mary?s Catholic Church in Keota, with the Rev. Charles Fladung officiating. Burial will be in Holy Trinity cemeteries ? St. Elizabeth Cemetery in Harper. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4 at Powell ...

John Edward McCarty Jr., 61, of Washington, formerly of Glendale, Ariz., died Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011 in Washington following a lengthy illness.Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, in the Keota Cemetery in Keota with the Rev. Larry McCarty officiating. A general memorial fund has been established.

PEKIN ~ Nancy Ellen Schoonover, 78, of Pekin, passed away at 7:31 a.m., Monday, October 31, 2011 at her daughter?s home Born January 24, 1933 in Unionville, Missouri to Lloyd and Dovie (Ruggles) Bradshaw, she married Max Rathmel in 1951 in Washington, Iowa. She later married Glen Suiter in 1965 in Pekin. He preceded her in death on November 21, 1985. She then married Robert Schoonover on October 12, 1990 in Pekin.

Kenneth Earl Hendricks, 87, of Waterloo, died Sunday, July 5, 2009, at Allen Hospital of natural causes.A service was held July 9 at ?Kearns Funeral Service? Huisman-Schumacher Chapel in Waterloo. Burial was in Waterloo Cemetery.Memorials may be directed to the family or a charity of the donor?s choice.  Mr. Hendricks was born Dec. 3, 1921, in Fairfield, the son of Earl and Gertrude Haynes Hendricks. He married