Obituaries

Neale Emery Longstreth, 81, of Mt. Pleasant, formerly of Muscatine, died Sunday, Jan. 4, at Park Place Long-Term Care Unit in Mt. Pleasant.Visitation will be held until 9 p.m. today, Jan. 6, at the Kimzey Funeral Home, 213 N. Main St., Mt. Pleasant, with family present from 6 to 8 p.m. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 7, at First United Methodist Church in Mt. Pleasant, with the Rev. Herbert

George Edward McKinney, 82, of Fairfield, died at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009, at Parkview Care Center in Fairfield.      A private service is planned. The body has been cremated.      In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to parkinsonfoundation.org or michaeljfox.org.      Arrangements are in the care of Palm Bay Funeral Home in Florida.      Mr. McKinney was born July 1, 1926, in Richford, Vt., the son of

Sherry J. Hornbaker Overstreet, 70, of Keosauqua, died at 1:50 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009, at Arbor Spring Care Center in West Des Moines.      A service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Saint Boniface Catholic Church in Farmington, with the Rev. Dennis Martin officiating. Burial will be in Thompson Cemetery, southwest of Bonaparte.      Open visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday at Pedrick Funeral Home

Eva Miller, 100, of Marshalltown, died Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009, at Villa Del Sol in Marshalltown.      A service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Hope United Methodist Church in Marshalltown. Lunch will follow, and interment will be later in the afternoon at Liscomb Cemetery.      Visitation will be from 10-11 a.m. Saturday at the church.      Mrs. Miller was born Aug. 17, 1908, in rural Douds, the daughter of Fred

George Alva Pinkerton, 73, of Red Lodge, Mont., died Monday, Dec. 29, 2008, at home.      A memorial service and burial will take place in Greenfield in the spring. Cremation has taken place.      Memorials may be sent to Vantown Community Church, 3504 E. Howell Road, Webberville, MI 48892. Condolences may be sent to the family at gapmmp@hotmail.com.      Smith-Olcott Funeral Chapel of Red Lodge, Mont., assisted

COLUMBUS JUNCTION - Ramiro Mendez III, 53, of Coralville, died Jan. 1, 2009, at his daughter's home in Conesville.      Funeral services were at 10:30 a.m. today at the Stacy-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Columbus Junction with the Rev. Concepcion Rivera officiating. Burial was in the Conesville Cemetery. A general memorial fund has been established.      Mr. Mendez was born Dec. 10, 1955, in

KALONA - George N. Yoder, 94, of Wellman, died Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009, in Mercy Hospital in Iowa City following a short illness.      Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 7, at the West Union Mennonite Church in rural Parnell. Burial will be in the Upper Deer Creek Cemetery in rural Wellman. Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona. Memorials may be made to

COLUMBUS JUNCTION - James "Bill" William Sands, 88, of Columbus Junction, died Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.      Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan 10, 2009, at the Columbus Junction United Methodist Church with the Rev. Al Coffin officiating. Burial will take place at the Columbus City Cemetery with full military rites provided by the

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - Edith Lois Canott, 83, formerly of Crawfordsville, died Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008, in West Palm Beach, Fla., after a long battle with cancer.      Funeral services will be held Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009, at Fred Hunter's Funeral Home in Hollywood, Fla., and at a later date in Washington.      Mrs. Canott was born Aug. 8, 1925, in Bloomington, Ind., the daughter of Elmer and Fern (Deckard) Hays. She

Oda Reed, 82, of Fairfield and formerly of Ollie, died at home Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009.      A rosary followed by a Scripture service will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday at St. Mary Catholic Church, with the Rev. Stephen Page officiating. Visitation will follow the Scripture service.      A funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the church, with the Rev. Stephen Page and the Rev. Richard Adam officiating. Interment will be