Obituaries

Dennie William Smith, 65, of Washington, died Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016 at Washington County Hospital after failing health.A Celebration of Life service will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. at Lebowski?s Rock n Bowl in Washington Friday, Sept. 30. Memorials may be made to the family. Gould Funeral Home in Brighton is assisting the family.Smith was born April 12, 1951, in Washington, the son of Joseph Oliver and Ruth ...

Wilma M. Mitchell, 94, of Washington, died Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016, in the United Presbyterian Home in Washington.A funeral service will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, in the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington with the Rev. Jason Collier officiating. Burial will follow in Elm Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Memorials may be made to Boy Scout Pack 242 and the ...

Robert L. ?Bob? Gillesby, 88, of Elk River, Minnesota, died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016.A memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, in the Anoka Covenant Church in Anoka, Minnesota, with a visitation beginning an hour prior to the service. Thurston-Lindberg Funeral Home in Anoka is in charge of the arrangements.Surviving are his wife Sharon; children Cathy Berling and husband Jim, and Gordon ...

KALONA ? Daniel Duain Miller, 90, of Kalona, died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, in Pleasantview Home in Kalona.A celebration of life will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 27, at the East Union Mennonite Church in rural Kalona with the Rev. Joel Beachy officiating. Burial will follow at the East Union Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m., Monday, Sept. 26, at the Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona. A ...

BRIGHTON ? Erma Lucille Hoefer, 95, of rural Brighton, died Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, in Parkview Home in Wayland.Graveside funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 29, at Union Free Cemetery near her home, with the Rev. Ryan Dexter officiating. There will be no visitation. Memorials for the Brighton Volunteer First Responders may be left at the cemetery or mailed to Dennis Hoefer at 2598 Chimney ...

RIVERSIDE ? Harry Samuel McGrath, 88, of Ainsworth, died Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, in Parkview Manor in Wellman.Burial will be held at a later date in Memory Gardens Cemetery in Iowa City. There will be no visitation or funeral service at this time. The Sorden-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Riverside is handling the arrangements.Mr. McGrath was born on April 15, 1928, in Story, the son of Earl ...

Carol Louise Pilcher, 81, of Washington, died Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016, in Eagan, Minnesota.Iowa Cremation Society will be making arrangements for her cremation, and a memorial service in Washington will be held later in October, with final burial alongside her husband in Eldon. Details on the memorial service will be published later.Mrs. Pilcher was born April 10, 1935, in Eldon, the daughter of Clarence J. ...

Alice June Dickinson, 87, of Washington, formerly of Brighton, died Tuesday evening September 20, 2016, at McCreedy Home in Washington.She was born July 21, 1929, in Clay Township to George William and Vera Jeanette Woodford Statler. She graduated from Brighton High School in 1946 and from Thompson?s Rudemar Beauty School in 1947. On March 10, 1951, Alice was united in marriage to Don D. Dickinson in Brighton. ...

FAIRFIELD ? Geraldine M. Pacha, 88, of Fairfield and formerly of the Salina community, died Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, in Sunnybrook Living Care Center in Fairfield.A funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Sept. 23, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Fairfield with the Rev. Nick Adam officiating. Burial will be at St. Joseph Cemetery in East Pleasant Plain. The family will receive friends from 5 until 7 p.m., ...

KALONA ? Timothy Ray Parris, 64, of Tiffin, died Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, in Lantern Park Specialty Care in Coralville after a courageous battle with lymphoma.Celebration of life service will be at 1:30 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 25, at Asbury United Methodist Church in Wellman with the Rev. Moody Colorado officiating. Burial will be in the Wellman Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m., Saturday at the ...