Obituaries

Sandra ?Sandy? Jenine Davis, 70, of Crawfordsville, Iowa, died Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at Parkview Home, Wayland, Iowa. Funeral services will be Monday, March 13, 2017 at 10:30 am at the Marion Avenue Baptist Church in Washington, Iowa. Burial will be in Cªmbrian Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Sunday, March 12, 2017 at the Stacy-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services from 2:00 pm-5:00 pm. A memorial ...

ST. CHARLES, Mo. ? Ronald V. Simpson, 73, of Wentzville, Missouri, died Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017.A memorial service was held at 2 p.m., Saturday, March 4, at Calvary Chapel in Troy, Missouri. Cremation Society of Missouri in St. Charles, Missouri, handled the arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22478, Oklahoma City, OK 73123.Mr. Simpson was born Aug. 28, 1943, ...

KALONA ? Donna Martinez of Kalona died Thursday, March 9, 2017, at her home. Services are pending at the Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona.

KALONA ? Robert Edward Yoder, 90, of Wellman, died Thursday, March 9, 2017, in Parkview Manor in Wellman.A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m., Saturday, March 11, at the Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona with the Rev. Gerry Kahler officiating. Visitation will be from 1 to 3 p.m., Saturday at the funeral home. The body has been cremated, and a graveside service will take place at a later date. A memorial fund ...

MOLINE, Ill. ? Esther L. Hess, 97, of Washington, formerly of Rock Island, Illinois, died Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, in Washington County Hospital and Clinics in Washington.Services were held at 11 a.m., Friday, Feb. 24, at Wendt Funeral Home in Moline, Illinois, with a two-hour visitation before the service. Burial was in Moline Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials may be made to The Jewish Voice Ministries Internati...

COLUMBUS JUNCTION ? Eugene Leroy Newcomb, 64, of Letts, died Monday, Feb. 27, 2017, at his home.Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, March 2, at the Stacy-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services of Columbus Junction with Nick Goddard officiating. Burial will be in Letts Cemetery. Following the burial, a time of food and fellowship will be held at the Letts Community Center. Visitation will be ...

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 ...