Obituaries

KALONA ? Jean Kauffman, 92, of Kalona, died Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, in Pleasantview Home in Kalona.Celebration of life service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, March 3, at Upper Deer Creek Mennonite Church with the Rev. Elmer Miller officiating. Burial will be in the Upper Deer Creek Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m., and from 5 to 7 p.m., Thursday at Yoder-Powell Funeral Home in Kalona. A memorial ...

WELLMAN ? Jonathan James Smithers, 31, formerly of Wellman, died Saturday March 4, 2017, in Lenexa, Kansas.Celebration of life service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, March 9, at the Powell Funeral Home in Wellman. Burial will be in the Wellman Cemetery with military rites. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m., Wednesday at the funeral home. The family requests memorial donations be made to Powell Funeral ...

Betty Louise Albright, 93, of Wellman, formerly of Washington, died Sunday, March 5, 2017, in Mercy Hospice in Iowa City.A celebration of life will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 11, at the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington with the Rev. Jerry Swanberg officiating. A graveside service will be held at 12:30 p.m., Saturday at the Taylor Cemetery near Drakesville. Visitation will be from 1 to 8 p.m., Friday at ...

KALONA ? Gilbert Lee Eaton, 41, of St. Charles, Missouri, died Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, in St. Charles.A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 25, at the Yoder-Powell Funeral Home in Kalona with the Rev. Floyd Yutzy officiating. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until service time, Saturday at the funeral home. A memorial fund has been established for Annie?s Hope: St. Louis Bereavement Center ...

John Milton Hixson, 93, of Columbus Junction, died Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, in Parkview in Wellman.Funeral services have been set for 10:30 a.m., Saturday, March 4, at the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington. Burial with military honors will follow at the Oregon Township Cemetery in Ainsworth. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m., Friday at the funeral home, with family receiving friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Memorials may be ...

A celebration of life for Marilyn J. Miller Yoder, 77, of Kalona, formerly of Wellman, will be held Friday, March 3, 2017 at 11:00 am at the West Union Mennonite Church with Pastors Firman Gingerich and Martha Yoder officiating. Burial will be held prior to the service at 9:30 am at Upper Deer Creek Mennonite Cemetery. Visitation will be held Thursday, March 2, 2017 from 4 ? 7 pm at the Peterseim Funeral Home in ...

WELLMAN ? Marie Kathryn (Stumpf) Brenneman, 91, of Wellman died Friday, Feb. 24, 2017, in Parkview Manor in Wellman.A memorial service will be at 11 a.m., Thursday, March 2, at St. Joseph?s Catholic Church in Wellman with the Rev. David Brownfield, Ph.D., officiating. There will be no visitation. The family will greet friends at a luncheon following the service at the church. A memorial fund has been established ...

Roy H. Ford, 91, longtime Milton resident, died Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011, at Crestview Manor in Crestview, Fla. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, with the Rev. Jerry Caughron officiating. The body has been cremated. Burial, with military rites by American Legion Russell-Strait Post, will be in Sunnyside Cemetery, Milton.Family visitation will be 1-2 p.m. ...

Charlotte C. Stoll, 90, of State College, died Monday, November 7, 2011, at Foxdale Village.Born May 5, 1921 in Laconia, NH, she was the daughter of the late Frank C. and Marie Philbrook Collins. On June 12, 1943 she married Wayne L. Stoll who preceded her in death on January 15, 2009.She is survived by five children, Sally Brasher and her husband, Tom, of Denver, Co, Susan Darling, of Boulder, Co, Michael ...

Ronald D. Thompson, 61, died Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011, at Ottumwa Regional Health Center in Ottumwa. Per Mr. Thompson?s request, no visitation or service is planned. The body will be cremated. Memorials may be made to the Thompson family. Cards and memorials may be sent to Martha Thompson, 103 E. Walnut St., Eldon 52554. Mr. Thompson was born Sept. 23, 1950, in Fairfield, the son of Geraldine and Rodney ...