Obituaries

KEOTA ? Aurelia Bernadette Leinen Adam, 90, of Keota, died Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016, at her home.Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 27, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Keota. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery in Keota. The Altar and Rosary Society will lead the rosary at 4 p.m., Friday at Powell Funeral Home in Keota. Prayer service will immediately follow, with visitation ...

Thomas M. Howell, 85, died Friday, March 4, 2011, at Park Place in Mount Pleasant.A funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church in Fairfield, with the Rev. Mike Metz officiating. Burial will be in Glasgow Cemetery.Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield.Memorials may be made to Fairfield First United Methodist Church or Glasgow Cemetery. Cards and

Patricia Ann (Timmins) Sinn, 53, of Washington, died Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016.A funeral service was held at 11:30 a.m., Friday, Feb. 26, at the United Methodist Church in Washington with the Rev. Ben Blanchard officiating. Burial was at Cottonwood Cemetery in Wayland. Memorials have been established for Hospice of Washington County and for Ovarian Cancer Research at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.Mrs...

NOWATA, Okla. ? Carlene Dotson Hindman Porter Jones, 58, of Nowata, Oklahoma, died Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, in Nowata.Services are pending.Mrs. Jones was born May 17, 1958, in Nowata, Oklahoma, the daughter of Carl Dotson and Linda (Grovenburg) Dotson.She married Donald Porter, and they had a son, Patrick. The couple later divorced.She moved to Iowa and married Richard Jones. The couple lived in Washington ...

Constance J. Lewis, 86, of Columbus Junction, passed away on Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Funeral services will be held on Friday, February 26, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. at the Stacy-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services. Casket bearers will be Connie?s sons and grandsons. Interment will be in the Columbus City Cemetery. Following the interment, a time of food and ...

James Hotle, 73, of Washington, died Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016, in the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington.

Esther L. Horak, 95, of Washington, died Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016, in the M.L. McCreedy Home in Washington.Mass of the Resurrection will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, Feb. 29, at St. James Catholic Church in Washington with the Rev. Bernie Weir officiating. Burial will be at Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington. Memorials have been established for the Alzheimer?s Association and for Hospice of Washington County.Mrs. ...

James Douglas Hotle, 73, of Washington, died Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016, in the University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City.A celebration of life will be held at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 27, at Washington United Methodist Church with the Rev. Ben Blanchard officiating. Burial will follow at Fern Cliff Cemetery in rural Wayland. Visitation will be from noon to 7 p.m., Friday at the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington, ...

James Elza Dunbar, 87, of rural Washington, died Tuesday afternoon February 16, 2016, at the Washington County Hospital in Washington. He was born May 18, 1928, north of Brighton to Robert L. ?Dutch? and Nina E. Hole Dunbar. Jim grew up and lived all of his life north of Brighton near the Skunk River, attended Indian Creek Country School and graduated from Brighton High School in 1947. He married Juanita Jean ...

KALONA ? Samuel Edwin Williams, 51, of Kalona, died Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, in Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, Feb. 22, at the Kalona Mennonite Church in Kalona with the Rev. Scott Swartzendruber, the Rev. Randy Detweiler and the Rev. Howard Keim officiating. Visitation was held from 2 to 8 p.m., Sunday at the church, where the family greeted friends from 2 to 4 ...