Obituaries

SIGOURNEY - Daisy Earline Besser, 87, of Sigourney, died Thursday, Oct. 3, 2002, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, following a brief illness.      A Mass of Christian burial was held today at Holy Trinity Parish-St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Harper, with the Rev. Philip Ryan, the Rev. Marty Goetz, the Rev. Robert Striegel and the Rev. Robert Harness officiating. Burial was in St. Elizabeth Cemetery in Harper. A

WELLMAN - Marie Doris Huber, 76, of Wellman, died Monday, Oct. 7, 2002, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, following a brief illness.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 11, at the United Church of Faith in Keota, with the Rev. Melinda Chambers officiating. Burial will be in the Wellman Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, at the Powell Funeral Home and Cremation

Service PendingElaine "Verlee" MillerFuneral services for Elaine "Verlee" Miller, 91, of Wayland are pending at the Beatty Funeral Home. Verlee died Thursday, April 19, 2018 at Parkview Home in Wayland.

Keith D. Riley, 57, of Benson, Ariz. and formerly of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa and Commerce City, Colo., died unexpectedly on Sunday, April 15, 2018 at his residence in Benson.Funeral arrangement are pending at the Kimzey Funeral Home, 213 North Main Street, Mt. Pleasant. Online condolences may be directed to www.kimzeyfuneralhome.com.

WINFIELD - Julie Beth Buffington, 23, of Winfield, died Sunday, Oct. 6, 2002, at University of Iowa Hospitals, following an automobile accident.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, at Winfield First Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Jonna Jensen officiating. Burial will be in Winfield-Scott Township Cemetery. Closed casket visitation will be held from noon to 8 p.m. Wednesday at

Jan L. Knutson, 59, of Washington, died at his residence Saturday, Oct. 5, 2002, following a lengthy illness.      There will be no funeral services, but the family will receive friends for a Celebration of Life at the Knutson home at 716 North Avenue C from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12. Memorials may be directed to Hospice of Washington County. Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington is handling arrangements.

KALONA - Lewis E. Swantz, 72, of Mobile, Ala., died Sunday, Oct. 6, 2002 at his home, following a brief illness.      Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, at Sunnyside Conservative Mennonite Church in Kalona, with the Rev. John King and the Rev. Floyd Helmuth officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Yoder-Powell Funeral Home and Cremation

Robin Lea Elmore, 40, of Des Moines, formerly of Mt. Pleasant, died Friday Oct. 4, 2002, at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, following a sudden illness.      Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, at Faith Christian Outreach Church in Mt. Pleasant. Burial will be in Forest Home Cemetery in Mt. Pleasant. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, at Hamilton's Funeral Home in Des Moines. A

Mary Helen Mills, 97, of Tomball, Texas and former area resident passed away on Friday, April 20, 2018, at the Memorial Hermann Hospital in Tomball, Texas.Funeral arrangements are pending at the Murphy Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant.

September 25, 1946 - April 13, 2018 Roy Lee Smoot, 71, went to be with his Lord Friday, April 13, 2018 at the Forest Hills Care Center in Broken Arrow, Okla. He was born September 25, 1946 in Davenport, Iowa to Wilson and Lucille Smoot. Roy attended Salem Elementary School in Salem, Iowa and graduated from Mt. Pleasant High School in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa in 1964. He attended Burlington Junior College. He ...