Obituaries

Jimmie L. Hora, 55, of Nichols, died Thursday, April 27, 2017, in his home.Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 3, in the Sorden-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Lone Tree. Interment will be in Conesville Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home. A memorial fund has been established.Mr. Hora was born Oct. 14, 1961, in Iowa City, the son of ...

James R. Marek, 63, of Kalona, died Wednesday, April 26, 2017, in the Washington County Hospital and Clinics.A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 2, in the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Richmond with The Rev. David Brownfield officiating. The body will be cremated following the mass. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 5 to 7 p.m. Monday in the Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona. A ...

Mickey Marie (Doyle) Bump passed away peacefully in her sleep Monday, April 24, 2017, after a brief bout of pneumonia.Celebration of life services will be held 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at the United Methodist Church in Washington with Pastor Ben Blanchard officiating. The family will receive friends from 9:00 until 11:00 a.m. at the United Methodist Church Wednesday morning. Interment will be held at ...

Maralyn Anne Curry, 86, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, died Friday, April 21, 2017, surrounded by her family.Mrs. Curry was born Nov. 14, 1930. She married Stanton Jay Curry on Aug. 22, 1950. Mr. Curry was the minister of the First Baptist Church in Washington for five years in the late 1950s.Surviving are three children, Dr. Steven Curry and wife Ann of Phoenix, Arizona, Dr. Janel Curry of Hamilton Massachusetts, ...

Brenda J. Sturm, 67, of Ainsworth, died Thursday, April 27, 2017, in her daughter?s home in Keosauqua.Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, May 1, 2017, in the Vigen Memorial Home in Kahoka, with the Rev. Andrew Bunnell officiating. Burial will be in Kahoka Cemetery. Visitation was held one hour prior to the services in the funeral home with family meeting friends at the time. Memorials may be made to the ...

Troy Allen Sievers, 49, of Fairfield, died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012, at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Iowa City.A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Behner Funeral Home, with the Rev. Danny Cary and the Rev. Dick Larson officiating. The body has been cremated.Family visitation and a meal at the Elks Lodge will follow the service.In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Mr. Sievers? family. ...

James R. Marek, 63, of Kalona, died unexpectedly Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at home.Funeral services are pending at the Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona.

WELLMAN ? Evelyn L. Brown, 88, of Wellman, died Wednesday, April 26, 2017 in Parkview Manor in Wellman.Funeral services are pending at the Powell Funeral Home in Wellman.

Paul E. Yoder, 91, of Kalona, died Wednsday, April 26, 2017 in Pleasantview Home in Kalona.Funeral services are pending at Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona.

WELLMAN ? Evelyn Lucille Brown, 88, of Wellman, died Wednesday, April 26, 2017, in Parkview Manor in Wellman.A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, May 1, in the Prairie Flower Baptist Church in rural Washington. Burial will be in the Wellman Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, April 30 in the Powell Funeral Home in Wellman.Mrs. Brown was born May 8, 1928, in Ottumwa, the ...