Obituaries

Martin Donald ?Marty? Hellweg, 52, of rural West Point, died on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, at the Ft. Madison Community Hospital, in Ft. Madison.Friends may call after noon on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015, at the Schmitz-Lynk Funeral Home, in West Point. The family will receive friends from 2 to 5 p.m., that evening at the funeral home. Following visitation, his body will be cremated. A memorial mass will be held at ...

CHARLESTON, Ill. - Paul E. Seitsinger, 80, of Charleston, Ill., died Wednesday, March 14, 2001, at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Ill., following a lengthy illness.Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 17, at the Wesley United Methodist Church in Charleston, Ill., with the Rev. Miley Palmer and the Rev. Dale Beck officiating. Burial will be in Brethren Cemetery in South English on Sunday,

Jeffery L. Dawson, 44, of Cedar Rapids, died Wednesday, March 14, 2001, at Mercy Medical Center, in Cedar Rapids, after a sudden illness.      The funeral service will be 11 a.m. Saturday, March 17 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Cedar Rapids with the Rev. James A. Toney. officiating. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 16 at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home in Cedar Rapids. Burial will be in Linwood

Ruth Lavanda Litwiller, 90, of Kalona, died Wednesday, March 14, 2001 at Pleasant-view Home in Kalona, of cancer.      The funeral service will be 2 p.m. Sunday, March 18, at West Union Mennonite Church in rural Parnell, with the Rev. David Boshart officiating. Burial will be in West Union Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 17 at Yoder-Powell Funeral Home and Cremation Service of Kalona with

Earl Eugene Grinstead, 80, of Danville, died Thursday, March 15, 2001, at the New London Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. The funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 19, at the First Baptist Church of Danville. Visistation will begin at noon on Sunday, March 18, at Elliott Chapel in New London with the family present from 6:30 to 8 p.m. A memorial has been established.

FAIRFIELD - Harold Warren Van Ness, 77, of Fairfield, died Saturday, March 17, 2001, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 21, at the Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield, with the Rev. Jim Cecil and the Rev. Jim Sieber officiating. Burial will be in Rock Creek Cemetery near Ollie. Masonic Rites will be conducted at 7 p.m. Tuesday by the Ollie

Virginia (Ginny) Faye Olson, age 85 of Mt. Pleasant, died Tuesday November 17, 2015 at Sunnybrook Assisted Living in Mt. Pleasant. The daughter of Victor and Mattie (Lute) Olson, she was born March 8, 1930 at Mt. Pleasant. A graduate of the Olds High School, class of 1948, she went on to graduate from the University of Northern Iowa in 1952. She taught school in Cedar Rapids then attended the University of ...

Rosanna T. ?Rosie? Schinstock, 85, of Houghton, died on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015, at the West Point Care Center.Friends may call after 2:30 p.m., on Thursday, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, in Houghton, where there will be a Rosary recited at 3 p.m., and a Christian wake service at 7 p.m. The family will meet with friends from 5 until 7 p.m., at the church. The Mass of Christian Burial will be held at ...

Willis J. "Bill" Conrad, 88, of Mt. Pleasant, and formerly of Crawfordsville, died Wednesday, March 14, 2001, at the Henry County Health Center.Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 17, at the United Church of Crawfordsville, with the Rev. Jo Hoover officiating. Burial will be in the Center Cemetery east of Wayland. Visitation begins at noon on Friday at the Honts Funeral Home in Winfield, where a

Willis J. ?Bill? Conrad, 88, of Park Place Care Center in Mt. Pleasant and formerly of Crawfordsville, died Wednesday, March 14, 2001 at the Henry County Health Center.      The funeral service will be 10 a.m. Saturday, March 17, at the United Church of Crawfordsville, with the Rev. Jo Hoover officiating. Burial will follow at the Center Cemetery east of Wayland. Visitation will begin at noon Friday, March 16, at