Obituaries

Dennis Franklin Essary, 57, of Fairfield, died Tuesday, June 7, 2011, at Ottumwa Hospice.??A memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Behner Funeral Home, with the Rev. Danny Cary officiating.??Visitation will be from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.??Memorials may be made to the Dennis Essary family. Cards and memorials may be sent to 811 W. Kirkwood Ave., Fairfield 52556.??Mr. ...

KALONA ? James Duane Swartzentruber, 62, of Richmond, died Friday, July 8, 2016, in the Pleasantview Home in Kalona.Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, July 13, at the Full Gospel Revival Center in Kalona with the Rev. Ron Breese officiating. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m., Tuesday at the Yoder-Powell Funeral Home in Kalona, where the family will greet friends from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. A ...

WESLACO, Texas ? Douglas Alan Black, 57, of Donna, Texas, died Saturday, July 2, 2016, following a six-month battle to recover from complications of multiple spider bites that occurred when he stepped down off the tractor into a nest of spiders during his daily work routine.Celebration of life will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, July 16, at the Bethel Mennonite Church on the Wayland Road south of Washington. ...

WELLMAN ? Nettie Ada Fehlberg, 96, of Wellman, died Saturday, July 9, 2016, in the LaGrange Hospital in LaGrange, Indiana.Memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, July 15, at the Wellman Mennonite Church with the Rev. Nathan Ramer and the Rev. Ron Kennel officiating. Burial will be held prior to the service, at 9:30 a.m., Friday in the Wellman Mennonite Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m., ...

Donald E. Libe, 80, of Washington, died Monday, July 11, 2016, in the Washington County Hospital in Washington. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington.

BRIGHTON ? Janet Maebelle Crosby, 76, of Pleasant Plain, died Tuesday, July 5, 2016, in Parkview Home in Wayland.She requested cremation, and a family memorial service will be held at a later time when her cremains will be buried next to her husband in the Friends Cemetery in Pleasant Plain. Memorials to Hospice of Washington County or Parkview Home in Wayland may be mailed to the family: Jim Hanshaw, 918 East ...

WEST DES MOINES ? John L. Henss, 83, of West Des Moines, died Wednesday, June 29, 2016.Services were held Friday, July 1, at Covenant Presbyterian Church, where he was a longtime member.Mr. Henss was born July 25, 1932, in Wayland, the son of J. Laurence and Velma (Wittrig) Henss.He graduated from Wayland High School with the Class of 1950. He was a graduate of the University of Iowa, and was a CPA in Des ...

Irene May Brenneman, 90, of Kalona, died Tuesday, July 5, 2016.A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, July 9, at the Kalona Mennonite Church in Kalona with the Rev. Scott Swartzendruber and Assistant Chaplain Diane Brenneman officiating. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service, Saturday at the church. A memorial fund has been established for the Pleasantview Home in Kalona, ...

RIVERSIDE ? Jean Marie Rath, 84, of Coralville, formerly of Riverside, died Sunday, July 3, 2016, in Windmill Manor in Coralville.Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Friday, July 8, at the Sorden-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Riverside. Burial will be in the Riverside Public Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m., Thursday at the funeral home. A general memorial fund has been ...

DONNA, Texas ? Douglas Alan Black, 57, of Donna, Texas, died Saturday, July 2, 2016, at his home. Funeral services are pending.