Obituaries

Ethel Pauline Ranck, 89, of New London, died on Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, in the Emergency Room at Henry County Health Center.Funeral services for Ranck will be held at 3 p.m., on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, at Elliott Chapel, in New London. Pastor Aimee Goldmeyer will officiate. According to her wishes, she will be cremated following the service, with inurnment to be held at a later date. Visitation will begin at 9 ...

James D. ?Dan? Simpson, 47, of Lockridge, and formerly of Argyle, died on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, at Great River Hospice House, in West Burlington.Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., on Feb. 17, 2017, at Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel, in Mt. Pleasant. Visitation will be held that same day, beginning at 10 a.m., where the family will greet friends for one hour prior to the service.Memorials may be given to ...

Patricia Crabtree, 72, of Vernon, died on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, at her home.Her body has been entrusted to Schmitz Funeral Homes for cremation. Per her wishes, there will be no services.A memorial has been established in her memory and may be mailed to the family at: Schmitz Funeral Homes, P.O. Box 56, Donnellson, Iowa 52625. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.schmitzlfuneralhomes.com. The ...

Marty Eugene Swailes, 62, of New London, died on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, at Great River Medical Center, in West Burlington.Family and friends will meet at Elliott Chapel, in New London, at 10:30 a.m., on Monday, Feb. 13, and proceed to the Lowell Cemetery. There will be no visitation.A memorial has been established.Swailes was born on April 24, 1954, in Mt. Pleasant, the son of John Eshelman and Inez Louise ...

Kenneth R. Wenger, 58, of Mt. Pleasant, died Monday, Jan. 21, 2002, at the Henry County Health Center.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, at Bethel Mennonite Church, with the Rev. Marc Hershberger and the Rev. Phil Slaubaugh officiating. Burial will be in Bethel Mennonite Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday at Beatty Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant and from 6 to 8

Kenneth Wenger, 58, of Mt. Pleasant, died on Monday, Jan. 21, 2002, at the Henry County Health Center.      The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 24, at Bethel Mennonite Church with the Rev. Marc Hershberger of Pleasant View Mennonite Church and the Rev. Phil Slabaugh of Bethel Mennonite Church officiating. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 23, at the Beatty Funeral Home in

Geneva I. Chorpening, 95, of Wayland, died on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2002, at Washington County Hospital, of a sudden illness.      The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 26, at Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington with the Revs. Jim Cluney and Robert Wolf officiating. Visitation will begin after 9 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 25, at the funeral home with the family present from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Burial will

BRIGHTON - Joyce Marietta Mineart, 66, of Kennewick, Wash., and formerly of Richland and Brighton, died Thursday, Jan. 17, 2002, in Spokane, Wash.      A memorial Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in East Pleasant Plain, with the Rev. Charles J. Fladung officiating. Burial of ashes will be in St. Joseph Cemetery in East Pleasant Plain. A memorial has been

Zola Irene Swarts, 89, of Winfield, died on Friday, Jan. 18, 2002, at the Washington County Hospital in Washington.      The funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 22, at the Honts Funeral Home in Winfield, with the Rev. Beth Briggs officiating. Burial will follow at the Finley Cemetery in rural Wayland. Visitation will begin after 11 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 21 at the funeral home with family present

WINFIELD - Zola Irene Swarts, 89, of Winfield, died Friday, Jan. 18, 2002, at Washington County Hospital in Washington.      Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, at Honts Funeral Home in Winfield, with the Rev. Beth Briggs officiating. Burial will be in Finley Cemetery in rural Wayland. Visitation began this morning at the funeral home, where the family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. A