Obituaries

Linda Lee Keasling, 64, of Brighton, died Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2011, in the Washington County Hospital emergency room in Washington, Iowa.A funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at First Church of God in Brighton, with the Rev. Ryan Meader officiating. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery in Brighton.Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Friday at Gould Funeral Home in Brighton.Memorials have been established for ...

Louis ?Louie? Shelangouski, 87, of Rapids City, Ill., died Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, at Trinity Pathway Hospice in Bettendorf.A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Rapids City. Burial will be at St. John?s Cemetery in Rapids City, with graveside military rites conducted by the American Legion Coe-Lamb Post 421.Visitation is from 3-8 p.m. today at ...

MT. PLEASANT - James Paul ?Jim? Phren, 72, died on May 6, at his home in Mount Pleasant, with his loving wife and family by his side.Visitation will begin held from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, May 12, at Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel, where the family will great friends. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, May 13, in the Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel with Larry Pohren and L.T. Pohren officiating. Burial ...

Chong Gong Ying, known to friends as ?Ying,? died April 25, 2017 at his home in Washington, Iowa following a brief illness.A celebration honoring Ying?s life will be held in the United Presbyterian Home main dining hall May 20, beginning at 2:30 p.m.Ying was born in Lishui, China, in the province of Zhejiang, on July 22, 1933, the seventh of ten children born to Lun Yin Whang and Der Fan Ying.His family was ...

Robert A. Fisher, 76, of Lyle, Minnesota, died suddenly Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at Mayo Clinic Health System, Austin.Memorial services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 7, in Worlein Funeral Home Chapel in Austin with the Rev. Barbara Finley-Shea officiating. The Fisher family will greet friends on Sunday afternoon from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. prior to the service in the funeral home. Military honors will be given ...

Teddy R. Sprouse age 84, of Ottumwa, IA passed away on January 13, 2012 at Ridgewood Care Center in Ottumwa.Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield, IA, with Pastor Gary Axtell officiating. Burial with military rites will follow at Evergreen Cemetery in Fairfield.A celebration of life reception will be held from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Best ...

A Mass of Christian Burial for Judith Ann (Judy) Kiefer, 78, of Kalona will be held Friday, May 5, 2017 at 10:00 AM at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Richmond with Father David Brownfield officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Riverside. Visitation will be held Thursday, May 4, from 4-8 pm at the Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona with a Rosary and Prayer Vigil at 3:30PM. A memorial fund has ...

Mattie (Miller) Beachy, 95, of Kalona, died Wednesday, May 3, 2017, in the Pleasantview Home in Kalona.A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 7, in the Sunnyside Conservative Mennonite Church with the Rev. Floyd Helmuth, the Rev. Andy Shimko, and the Rev. Joel Beachy officiating. Burial will follow in the South Gingerich Cemetery in rural Kalona. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday in ...

Melba J. Stoltz, 73, of Stockport, died at 3:30 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012, at SunnyBrook Living Care Center in Fairfield.A memorial service will be held at a later date. The body has been cremated.Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua is assisting with arrangements.

Wendell Earl Nicklin, 86, formerly of rural Floris, died at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, at Hospice of Wapello-Davis Counties in Ottumwa.A funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Selma United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Ann Donat officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Lawn Cemetery in Ottumwa.Open visitation began at 2 p.m. today at Pedrick Funeral Home in Douds, with the family present from 5-7 p.m.Memori...