Obituaries

Betty J. Sempf, 72, of 309 N. Elizabeth, Mt. Pleasant died at 5:30 a.m. Sunday, April 23, 2000, at the Henry County Health Center.Funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 27, 2000, at the Church of the Open Bible, Mt. Pleasant with the Rev. Michael Johnson officiating. Interment will be held in the Forest Home Cemetery. Visitation will be held from noon to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 26, 2000 at

Emma Jane Hedges, 87, of Topeka, Kan., formerly of Mt. Pleasant died Saturday, April 22, 2000.A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 25, in Topeka, Kan. with the Rev. Rath of the Faith Lutheran Church officiating.Mrs. Hedges was born July 19, 1912, in Mt. Pleasant, the daughter of Clearence E. and Ethel Taft Smith. She married DeVon Hedges of Mt. Pleasant on July 6, 1934. They moved to St.

Kenneth L. McCabe, 86, of Salem died April 22, 2000, at the Henry County Hospital.Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 25, 2000, from the Hillsboro Christian Church. The Rev. Millard White will officiate. Interment will be in the Hillsboro Cemetery. Visitation will be until 8 p.m. this evening at the Beatty Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant. The family will be present from 7 to 8 p.m. this evening at

Cecil E. Nichols, 88, of 1428 Old Highway 34, Mt. Pleasant died at 10:10 a.m. Friday, April 21, 2000 at the Pleasant Manor Care Center.The funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 25, at the Weir Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant with the Rev. Edward R. Peterson officiating. Interment will be held at 2:45 p.m. Tuesday, April 25 at the Kahoka Cemetery in Kahoka, Mo. with the Rev. Earnest Deatrick officiating.

COLUMBUS JUNCTION ? Thomas Martinus Friis, 69, of Edgewood, formerly of Columbus Junction, died Thursday, April 20, 2000.A funeral mass will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, April 24, at the St. Joseph?s Catholic Church in Columbus Junction.

Lois E. Baxter, 73, of Winfield died Wednesday, April 19, 2000, at the Henry County Health Center.The funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 22, at the Open Bible Church in Winfield with the Rev. Greg Carr officiating. Interment will follow at the Winfield-Scott Township Cemetery. Friends may call until 7 p.m. this evening at the Honts Funeral Home in Winfield, where the family will receive

Betty J. Sempf, 72, of 309 N. Elizabeth, Mt. Pleasant died at 5:30 a.m. Sunday, April 23, 2000, at the Henry County Health Center.Funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 27, 2000, at the Church of the Open Bible, Mt. Pleasant with the Rev. Michael Johnson officiating. Interment will be held in Forest Home Cemetery. Visitation will be held from noon to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 26, 2000 at Weir

Harold ?Hal? James Harper, 54, passed away November 30, 2014.Hal worked as a lab technician at DuPont Pioneer in Clive.Hal is survived by his children, Tasha of Ft. Dodge and Erica and Benjamin of Des Moines; his special partner, Christy Church of Des Moines; mother, Marie Moran of Grand Junction; brothers, Richard (Rob) of Whitmore Lake, MI and Michael (Jean) of Lawton, OK; sister, Kris Harper of Des Moines; ...

WELLMAN ? Kristofer Loren Copeland, 22, of Wellman, died Tuesday, April 18, 2000, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, following a lengthy illness.Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Friday, April 21, at the Kalona Christian Fellowship, in Kalona, with the Rev. Larry Rediger officiating.

Charles P. Thompson, 86, of DeWitt died Tuesday, April 18, 2000, at Crestridge in Maquoketa.The Mass of Christian Burial will be at noon Monday, April 24, at the St. Joseph Catholic Church in DeWitt with the Rev. H. Robert Harness celebrating the funeral mass. Burial will be in the St. Alphonsus Cemetery in Mt. Pleasant. Graveside services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 25 at the St. Alphonsus Catholic