Laura M. Beattie, 85, of Mt. Pleasant, died Saturday, February 27, 2021 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.             Services for Mrs. Beattie will be Wednesday, March 3 at the First United Methodist Church, 309 N. Main St., Mt. Pleasant. The service will begin with an Order of the Eastern Star Service at 11:00 AM conducted by the New London...

               H. Lloyd Blackmon, 66, of Mt. Pleasant, died unexpectedly on Saturday, February 20, 2021 in the Henry County Health Center Emergency Room in Mt. Pleasant.              The funeral service for Mr. Blackmon will be 10:30 AM on Friday, February 26 at the Wellspring Evangelical Free Church, 2501 S. Grand Ave., Mt. Pleasant. The Reverend Tye Male will...

  Frieda I. Tolander, 86, of Mt. Pleasant, died Monday, February 8, 2021 at Arbor Court in Mt. Pleasant.  A family graveside memorial service will be held at a later date at the Forest Home Cemetery in Mt. Pleasant. There will be no visitation at the Kimzey Funeral Home, which is caring for Frieda’s family. Online condolences may be left at www.kimzeyfuneralhome.com Mrs. Tolander, the former Frieda Inga Mock, was born May 11, 1934 in Dobrich, Germany. She was the daughter...

Johanna Esther Pidgeon, 89, of Salem, died Friday, January 30, 2021, at New London Specialty Care in New London, Iowa. Family and friends may call from 12:00 PM to 7:00 PM on Tuesday at the Kimzey Funeral Home, 213 North Main Street, Mount Pleasant. Due to COVID restrictions, the family will not be present. The immediate family will have a private funeral service for Johanna at the Salem Friends Church. Interment will be in the Salem South Cemetery. Those considering an expression of...

            Richard “Dick” Wonderlich, 76, of Mt. Pleasant, died Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at Park Place Elder Living in Mt. Pleasant.             A Memorial Funeral Service will be held at 1:00 PM on Monday, January 18 at the Mt. Pleasant Masonic Temple, 206 N. Main, Mt. Pleasant. Pastor Jeffrey A. McPheron of the Trenton United Methodist Church will officiate. Burial...

    A Facebook livestreamed visitation will be held for Franklin E. "Frank" Ostby, 78, of Winfield from 10:00am till 10:30am on Tuesday, December 22 from the Kimzey Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant.  (https://www.facebook.com/KimzeyFuneralHome)  Due to COVID, a family only funeral service will also be livestreamed on the Kimzey Funeral Facebook page at 11am Tuesday. Please see separate links to each service listed below.  Pastor Jeff...

Rosemary “Rose” Smith, 79, passed away peacefully Thursday, December 11, 2020 at the New London Specialty Care Center. She was born on July 14, 1941 in Henry County to Merle Otto and Mary Marie (Todd) Scarff and had since been a lifelong resident.   Roses’ education started in Montgomery rural school near Trenton, Iowa and finished in the Mt. Pleasant school system. She married Charles Wesely, but later divorced and married James “Jim”...

Brenda D. Hand, 57, of Mt. Pleasant, died Sunday, December 6, 2020 at her residence.             A funeral procession will leave the Kimzey Funeral Home, 213 N. Main St., Mt. Pleasant at 12:30 PM on Saturday, December 12 and will travel to the Salem East Cemetery, Salem, IA, for a graveside service for Mrs. Hand at 1 PM.      Friends may call from 12PM-8 PM on Thursday, Dec. 10 at the Kimzey Funeral Home. There...

Jerry E. Wells, 84, of Mt. Pleasant, died Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at the Great River Medical Center in West Burlington.             A funeral mass for Mr. Wells will be celebrated at 10:30 AM on Wednesday, December 9 at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, 607 S. Jackson St., Mt. Pleasant. Father Paul Connolly will celebrate the mass. Burial will be in the St. Alphonsus Cemetery will military honors conducted by the US Naval Funeral Honors...

David M. Bain, 67, of Mt. Pleasant, died Monday, November 23, 2020 at his residence.             A memorial celebration of life service will be held at a later date. Those considering an expression of sympathy may direct memorials to the FFA Chapter of the Mt. Pleasant Community School District. They may be left at the Kimzey Funeral Home, Mt. Pleasant, which is assisting the family with the arrangements. Online condolences may be...