Obituaries

MOUNT PLEASANT ? Josephine ?Jo? Ellen Sutter, 86, of Mount Pleasant, died Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, in Park Place Elder Care in Mount Pleasant.Visitation will begin after noon, Monday, Aug. 3, at the Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel in Mount Pleasant, where the family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 4, at Sugar Creek Mennonite Church in rural Wayland with the ...

KALONA ? Mary Elva (Swartzendruber) Ropp, 80, of Kalona, died Thursday, July 30, 2015, in the University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City.A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, Aug. 3, at Sunnyside Conservative Mennonite Church in Kalona with the Rev. Floyd Helmuth and Chaplain John King officiating. A private burial will be held prior to the service. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m., Sunday at ...

COLUMBUS JUNCTION ? Edward Sylvanus Massey, 90, of Columbus Junction, died Monday, July 27, 2015, in Cedar Manor Nursing Home in Tipton.Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 1, at the Columbus Junction United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Columbus City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m., Friday, July 31, at the Stacy-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Columbus ...

KALONA ? Carol Sue (Bowles) Davis, 65, of Kalona, formerly of Wayland, died Wednesday, July 29, 2015, in the University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City.A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 8, at the Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona. The family will greet friends from 9 to 10 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 8 at the funeral home. A graveside service will be held at 3 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 8, at the ...

Cecil Abram Zehr, age 85 of Fairfield, passed away at 6:10 a.m. August 19, 2010 at the Jefferson County Health Center.Funeral Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, August 21, 2010 at First United Methodist Church with Pastor Frances Baumert officiating. Military Rites will be held at the church, with Jeff Six as the bugler. The body will be cremated.Masonic Rites will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday, August 20, 2010 at

KALONA ? Kenneth D. ?Kenny? Hochstedler, 80, of Kalona, died Thursday, July 23, 2015, in Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.Celebration of life service will be at 11 a.m., Monday, July 27, at the Kalona Methodist Church in Kalona. Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Joetown. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m., Saturday, and from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sunday at the Yoder-Powell Funeral Home in Kalona. The ...

DES MOINES ? Jeane Crawford Brush, 93, of Des Moines, formerly of Ainsworth, died Sunday, July 19, 2015.Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C. Memorials may be directed to VFW, Eureka College, Iowa Public Television or Christ in the Desert Monastery.Mrs. Brush was born July 13, 1922, at Evergreen Farm near Flanagan, Ill., the daughter of Martha Jane Bane and Iven George Crawford. She ...

Vera Mary Sorensen, beloved mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, sister and aunt died peacefully in her sleep on July 17, 2015 at the age of 90.She was born on the family farm in Riverside, IA, the second child and first daughter of Wilford and Anna Simon Thomann. She grew up on the family farm with her eight siblings, three of whom survive (Bernard Thomann, Marjorie Hora and Doris Yeggy, all of Riverside, ...

Dorothy Rita McLain, 93, died Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010, at Sunrise Terrace Care in Winfield.A service will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield, with the Rev. Peggy Egbert officiating. Burial will be in New Sweden United Methodist Cemetery.Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.Memorials may be made to the New Sweden United Methodist Church building fund and sent to Dianne

KEOTA ? Voncile Henderson, 95, of Apple Valley, Minn., formerly of Keota, died Monday, July 20, 2015, in Ecumen Seasons at Apple Valley.A celebration of life service will be at 10:30 a.m., Friday, July 24, at Powell Funeral Home in Keota. Burial will be at Keota Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 until 7 p.m., Thursday at the funeral home. A memorial fund has been established for River Hills United Methodist ...