Obituaries

Julie Beth Buffington, 23, of Winfield, died Sunday, Oct. 6, 2002 at University Hospital in Iowa City, following an auto accident.      The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 10 at the Winfield Presbyterian Church in Winfield with the Rev. Jonna Jensen officiating. Burial will be in the Winfield-Scott Township Cemetery. Friends may call at Honts Funeral Home in Winfield from noon to 8 p.m.

Ruth E. Caris of Minneapolis, Minn. and formerly of Mt. Pleasant passed away on Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at the Mt. Olivet Nursing Home in Minneapolis.Funeral arrangements are pending at the Murphy Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant.

September 1, 1965 - May 8, 2018 Dan E. White, 52, of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, died unexpectedly in the Emergency Room at Henry County Health Center on Tuesday, May 8, 2018. Visitation will begin after 12 noon on Thursday, May 10, 2018, at Olson~Powell Memorial Chapel, where the family will greet friends from 4-7 p.m., that evening. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m., on Friday, May 11, 2018, at First ...

August 18, 1933 - April 25, 2018B. Allen Payne, 84, of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, April 25, 2018, at the Henry County Health Center.The Payne family will host a memorial service at 3:30 p.m., on Sunday, May 13, 2018, at Kingdom Hall in Burlington with Ken Tipton, officiating. The Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel assisted with the arrangements. On-line condolences may be directed to www.olsonpowell.co...

Kyle Elijah Tobin, a newborn, died Saturday, Oct. 12, 2002, of complications following birth at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.      There will be private family services at a later date. A general memorial has been established, and Jones-Eden Funeral Home of Washington is in charge of the arrangements.

Kevin Gary Swart, 37, of Ainsworth, died Friday, Oct. 18, 2002 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident near Iowa City.      The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 23 at the United Presbyterian Church in Lone Tree, with the Rev. Ann Rouse officiating. The burial will be in the Lone Tree Cemetery, and following the services at the cemetery, a luncheon will be held at United Presbyterian

Russell 'Speedy' Carruthers, 83, of Keosauqua died Tuesday afternoon, September 24, 2002 at Van Buren Good Samaritan Center where he had been a resident for the past 4 months.      Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 28, 2002 at the Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua with the Rev. Connie Markle officiating. Following the cremation, burial will be at Forest Home Cemetery in Mt. Pleasant at 9:30 a.m.

December 22, 1925 - May 4, 2018Hope L. Cockayne, age 92, of Winfield, died Friday May 4, 2018 at Sunrise Terrace Care and Rehab Center in Winfield.The daughter of Joseph Earl and Dot Marie (Duenbostle) Swartzendruber, she was born December 22, 1925 in Davenport. On March 10, 1946 she married Warren Cockayne in Davenport; he died April 17, 2010.She was a 1944 graduate of the Davenport High School. She was a ...

November 28, 1918 - May 4, 2018Florence Inez Martin, 99, of Mt. Pleasant, died Friday, May 4, 2018 at New London Specialty Care.She was born November 28, 1918 in Lowell, the daughter of William Lee and Laura Veronica Thornburg Pickle, the oldest of 12 children. She attended Bethany Country School. On February 26, 1938, she married George William Martin in Mt. Pleasant. He died November 5, 2005.Florence was a ...

Emma Jane Watts, 89, of Salem passed away on Thursday, May 3, 2018, at Arbor Court in Mt. Pleasant.Funeral arrangements are pending at the Murphy Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant.