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Lt. Col. Jacob E. ?Bud? Iles, 79, of St. Augustine, Fl, and formerly of Mt. Pleasant, IA, died May 23, 2014 at his residence.Services were Friday, May 30, 2014 at the First Conservative Baptist Church. Burial was in the Jacksonville, National Cemetery with Military Honors. The Craig Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.Jacob Everett ?Bud? Iles was born September 2, 1934 in Mt. Pleasant. He was the son ...

Erma M. DeRosear, 94, of Sunnybrook in Ft. Madison, formerly of Donnellson, died Thursday, March 26, 2015, at the Ft. Madison Community Hospital.Friends may call after 1 p.m., Monday, March 30, 2015, at the Schmitz-Lynk Funeral Home in Donnellson. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. that evening at the funeral home. A private family graveside service will be held at Tuesday, March 30, 2015, at the ...

Norma B. Sandburg, 85, of Washington, died Thursday, March 26, 2015, at the McCreedy Home in Washington.Funeral services have been set for 10:30 a.m., Monday, March 30, 2015, at the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington with Rev. Kelly Allard officiating. Burial will follow at the Swedesburg Cemetery. Family visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m., Sunday afternoon at the Funeral Home.

Benjamin ?Ben? Moore, 58, of Mt. Pleasant, IA, died unexpectedly in the Emergency Room of the Henry County Health Center on Thursday, February 26, 2015.A visitation will be held, Wednesday, March 4, 2015, from 12 noon to 7 p.m. at the Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel with the family receiving friends from 4-7 p.m. that evening. A funeral service will begin at 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 5 at the Calvary Baptist Church ...

Virginia K. Becker, 88, of Mt. Pleasant, died Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015, at the Pleasant Manor Care Center in Mt. Pleasant.A funeral service for Virginia Becker will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 19 at the Kimzey Funeral Home, 213 North Main Street, Mt. Pleasant. Rev. David Plooster will officiate. Burial will be at a later date in the Forest Home Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant. Friends may call from noon to 8 p.m. on ...

Michael L. Grieser 65, of Mt. Pleasant, died Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, at his home in Mt. Pleasant.A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015, at the Murphy Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant with Rev. Dean Graber officiating. Memorials may be directed to the Great River Hospice in his memory. Following the memorial services the family will receive friends for a time of fellowship at the ...

Max Chrisman, 92, of Johnson, and formerly of rural Blakesburg, died January 16, 2015, at Iowa Methodist Hospital, Des Moines.Max was born July 10, 1922 in Avery, IA, to Bert and Ruth Carlton Chrisman. He married Christina Herteen on April 19, 1944. They lived in Ottumwa, then farmed in rural Blakesburg for 44 years.Max attended school on Miller Ridge at Jake Oak and Punkin Center schools through 8th grade, ...

Arlowine Louise Brinck, 94, of the Kensington in Ft. Madison, formerly of West Point, died Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, at the Fort Madison Community Hospital.The memorial mass for Brinck will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, at St. Mary the Assumption Catholic Church in West Point with Rev. Dennis Hoffman as celebrant. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery in West Point. Friends may call after 1 p.m. ...