Obituaries

KALONA ? Jerry Dean Teets, 52, of Kalona, died Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015, at his home.A celebration of life will be held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 1, at the Kalona Mennonite Church. Visitation will be from 2 to 7 p.m., Monday at the Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona. A memorial fund for the family?s use has been established.Mr. Teets was born Jan. 2, 1963, in Iowa City, the son of Robert E. and Margaret (Bailey) ...

Kathleen (Kathy) Mattes Coleman, age 76, of Des Moines/Urbandale, passed away November 20, 2015.Her life will be celebrated at the Visitation on Tuesday, November 24 from 5 ? 7 p.m. with a special memorial service at 7 p.m. at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Des Moines. Funeral will be Wednesday, November 25 at 10:30 a.m. at Holy Trinity Catholic Church with a luncheon immediately following. Burial will be at ...

EWING, Missouri ? William ?Bill? Clifford Ferguson, 63, of Washington, formerly of Ewing, Missouri, died Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015, at his home.Funeral services were held at 11 a.m., Monday, Nov. 23, at the Ball-Davis Funeral Home in Ewing with the Rev. Elmer Hagood officiating. Burial will be in Liberty Cemetery near Williamstown, Missouri. Visitation was held from 2 until 6 p.m., Sunday at the funeral home. The ...

David Ralph Noble, 78, of Douds, died of cancer at 8:40 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010, at Good Samaritan Society-Van Buren Hospice in Keosauqua.A funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Christ United Methodist Church in Douds, with the Rev. Ann Donat, the Rev. Richard Wallarab and the Rev. Hal Noble officiating. Burial, with military rites by American Legion John Hyson Reneker Post, will be in Mount Moriah Cemetery,

KALONA ? Perry Bruce Miller, 58, died Monday, Nov. 23, 2015.Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 25, at the Gospel Light Fellowship in Kalona with Elders Ed Bateman and Lynn Helmuth officiating. Burial will be in the Sharon Bethel Cemetery. Visitation will be from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., Wednesday at Gospel Light Fellowship. A memorial fund has been established for Gospel Light Fellowship. The ...

INDIANOLA ? Matthew S. Burkhead, 32, of New Virginia, died Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015, at his home.A celebration of life memorial service will be held at noon, Saturday, Nov. 21, at the Medora United Methodist Church in Medora. Memorials may be given to the family in his name. Overton Funeral Home in Indianola is in charge of the arrangements.Surviving are his mother, Melody; four siblings, Mike Burkhead and wife ...

WELLMAN ? Tina Michelle Ewalt, 43, of Kinross, died Friday, Nov. 13, 2015, in the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.A memorial service will be held at 6 p.m., Friday, Nov. 20, at the Powell Funeral Home in Wellman. Burial will be at a later date in the Wellman Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. until time of the service, Friday at the funeral home.Mrs. Ewalt was born Jan. 27, 1972, the ...

WEST LIBERTY ? Margaret F. Richey Thomason, 98, died Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015, in the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 19, at the Henderson-Barker Funeral Home in West Liberty. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery in Iowa City. A general memorial fund has been established.Mrs. ...

Gilbert ?Gib? William Schrepfer, 92, formerly of Bonaparte, died at 8 a.m. Monday, Dec. 13, 2010, at Good Samaritan Society-Van Buren in Keosauqua.A funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, with the Rev. Jackie Thompson officiating. Burial will be in Greenglade Cemetery in Farmington.Open visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, with the family present from

Marion Conrad ?Tink? Reschly, 93, of Wayland, formerly of Crawfordsville, died Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015, in the Parkview Home in Wayland.Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 21, at the Sugar Creek Mennonite Church in Wayland with the Rev. Nathan Luitjens and the Rev. Rachelle Luitjens officiating. Burial will follow at the Sugar Creek Cemetery. Visitation will be from noon to 7 p.m., Friday at the ...