Obituaries

Gary Eugene Doak, 60, of Oak Hills, Calif., formerly of Westminster, Colo., Mt. Pleasant, and Washington, died Sept. 14, 2001, in San Diego, Calif.      The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Sept. 20, at Highland Mortuary in Thornton, Colo. The body has been cremated. Memorials have been established to Children's Shrine Hospital or Ducks Unlimited - Westminster Chapter.

Rebecca ?Becky? Johnson, 62, of Mt. Pleasant, died on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016, at Park Place Elder Living.Visitation will begin after noon until 6 p.m., on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016, at Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel, where the family will greet friends from 2 to 4 p.m., that afternoon. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., on Monday, Aug. 29, 2016, at Olson Powell Memorial Chapel, with Rev. Jim Luder officiating...

Several local banks, including Firstar and Henry County Bank, are collecting donations to assist the victims of the New York and Washington terrorist bombings.      Firstar, part of the US Bancorp national banking chain, has a number of locations in southeast Iowa, including Mt. Pleasant. Henry County Bank has locations in Mt. Pleasant, Hillsboro, and New London.      Both banks are collecting funds for the

KALONA - Jim A. Yoder, 50, of Kalona, died Monday, Sept. 17, 2001, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, following a brief illness.Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 21, at Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church, with the Rev. Merv Miller and the Rev. Orie Wenger officiating. Burial will be in Lower Deer Creek Cemetery in rural Wellman. Visitation will begin at 7 a.m. Thursday at Peterseim Funeral Home

James L. Russell, 79, formerly of Mt. Pleasant, died Friday, Sept. 14, 2001, in Arlington, Texas.      The funeral was at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18 at the Northern Christian Church in Arlington. A memorial has been established to the Northern Christian Church, 1113 Wright, Arlington, Texas.

Paula Jane Andersen, 50, of Altoona, died of cancer Sept. 15, 2001, at Mercy Hospice in Johnston.      The Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 19 at St. John and Paul Catholic Church in Altoona. Burial will be in the Altoona Cemetery in Altoona. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 18 at the church with a Vigil Service to be held there at 7 p.m. Memorials have been

William V. Canby, 39, of Farley and formerly of Winfield, died on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2001, at his home in Farley.      The funeral service will be at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 20, at the Reiff Funeral Home in Farley, with military honors by the 389th Engineer Batallion of Dubuque. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until the time of the funeral on Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be at 11 a.m. on Friday, Sept.

Phyllis J. Swink, 87, of Mt. Pleasant, died on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016, at Great River Hospice House, in West Burlington.Visitation will begin after noon on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016, at Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel, where the family will greet friends from 5 to 7 p.m., that evening. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016, at Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel, with Rev. Mike Hess officiating. ...

Area churches surveyed saw increased attendance Sunday as people sought guidance in dealing with the fear and pain from last week?s terrorist attack.      Dr. Jerry Kelly, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Mt. Pleasant, says that numbers were definitely up for Sunday services yesterday.      ?I would say probably 10 to 15 percent higher attendance than normal,? said Kelly.      Kelly shared with his

At its Thursday evening annual meeting, the Henry County Farm Bureau re-elected its president, Charlotte Scott, and vice-president, Harold Pollmeier. The organization also adopted a number of resolutions based on responses to member surveys, one of which expressed concerns about actions by the Henry County Board of Supervisors.      According to the resolution, ?the Henry County Farm Bureau does not believe the