Obituaries

MOUNT PLEASANT ? William ?Bill? S. Simon Jr., 78, of Wayland died Tuesday, May 23, 2017, at his home.Funeral arrangements are pending at the Murphy Funeral Home of Mount Pleasant.

HESSTON, Kan. ? Edwin Roth, 90, of Hesston, Kansas, died Wednesday, March 24, 2017, in the Schowalter Villa nursing home in Hesston, Kansas.Cremation is planned. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m., Monday, May 29, at Schowalter Villa Chapel in Hesston. Memorials may be made to Mennonite Central Committee in care of Miller-Ott Funeral Home, 107 S. Lancaster, P.O. Box 32, Hesston, KS 67062.Mr. Roth was ...

Jerry Dean Short, 23, of Brighton, died Monday, May 22, 2017, in Wayland.A celebration of life will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, May 26, at the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington. Burial will follow at the North Hill Cemetery in Wayland. Visitation will be from 2 until 7 p.m., Thursday at the funeral home, where family will greet friends from 4 to 7 p.m. A memorial fund has been established for the family?s ...

RIVERSIDE -- Nancy L. Sweet, 68, of Riverside died Wednesday, May 24, 2017, at her home in rural Riverside after a long illness.A small, private family burial ceremony was held on Wednesday, May 24, 2017, on their small farm. No memorial has been planned at this time.Mrs. Sweet was born Sept. 18, 1948, in Seattle, Washington, the daughter of Raymond B. Bower and Margret M. Bower. She married Robert A. Sweet Jr. ...

SIGOURNEY -- Thomas Allen Hesseltine, 72, of Wayland, died Saturday, May 20, 2017, in Iowa City Rehab and Health Care Center in Iowa City.Celebration of life service will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, May 27, at Cottonwood United Methodist Church in Wayland with the Rev. Nancy Sutherland officiating. Private family burial will take place at a later date. A general memorial fund has been established. Powell ...

A graveside service for Betty Hootman, 85, of Washington, will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, May 27, at Sandy Hook Cemetery near Brighton.Mrs. Hootman died Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, in Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.Beatty Peterseim Funeral Home in Washington is in charge of arrangements.

WASHINGTON, D.C. ?Dr. Marjorie Joan Heffelfinger-Juttner, 81, of Wisconsin, formerly of Washington, died Thursday, April 27, 2017.Memorial services were held Tuesday, May 16, 2017. Her cremains will be buried in the family plot in Colfax on her birthday, June 20, 2017. An additional service will be held in September at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., where she and her husband were members.Dr. ...

KALONA ? Doris Marie (Grout) Moore, 90, of Kalona, died Saturday, May 20, 2017, in the Pleasantview Home in Kalona.A celebration of life will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, May 25, at the Sharon Center United Methodist Church in rural Kalona with the Rev. Erling Shultz officiating. Burial will follow at the Sharon Center Methodist Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m., Wednesday at the Peterseim ...

Duane Douglas Hinkle, 61, of rural Lockridge, was found dead Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, at his home.A private family service is planned. The body will be cremated.A guest register may be signed from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield. It also may be signed online at www.behnerfh.com.In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Fairfield High School Athletic Department to the ...

George W. Shotten, 84, of Keosauqua, died at 11:35 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30, 2012, at Van Buren County Hospital in Keosauqua.A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Maple Grove Cemetery, Cantril, with the Rev. Jerry Caughron officiating.No visitation is planned.Memorials to Cantril Grass Roots may be left at the service or Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua or may be mailed to Ray Shotten at 519 N. ...