Obituaries

Randy Lee Parker
Dec 15, 2012
Randy Lee Parker, 57, of Mt. Pleasant, died Saturday, December 15, 2012 at his residence. A funeral service for Randy Parker will be held at 10:30 AM on Wednesday, December 19 at the Kimzey Funeral Home, 213 North Main Street. Pastor Kenneth Smith will officiate. Burial will be in the Forest Home Cemetery with a graveside flag presentation conducted by...
Donald Lee Johnson
Dec 15, 2012
Donald Lee Johnson, 66, of Mt. Pleasant, died Saturday, December 15, 2012 at his residence. A funeral service for Donald Johnson will be held at 11:00 AM on Thursday, December 20, 2012 at the First United Methodist Church, 309 North Main Street, Mt. Pleasant. The Reverend Herbert G. Shafer, Senior Pastor, will officiate. Burial will be at 2:00 PM at...
Buena Jean Messer
Nov 24, 2012
Buena J. "Boo" Messer, 81, of Mt. Pleasant, died Saturday, November 24, 2012 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA; A memorial funeral mass will be celebrated at 10:00 AM on Monday, November 26 at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, 607 South Jackson Street, Mount Pleasant. Father Ed Fitzpatrick and Fr. Joseph Phung will concelebrate the mass....
Walter Albert Begalske
Nov 18, 2012
Walter "Gus" Albert Begalske, 87, Monona, Iowa, died Sunday, November 18, 2012, at his home in Monona, Iowa. He was born January 29, 1925 in Hawkeye, Iowa to Gustav Willhelm Begalske and Ella Helena Ungerer. He was baptized on February 22, 1925 and confirmed on April 2, 1939 at the Trinity Lutheran Church, Hawkeye, Iowa. Gus graduated from the Alpha...
Ellis H Degrange
Nov 11, 2012
Ellis H. DeGrange, 86, of Mount Pleasant, died Sunday, November 11, 2012 at the Pleasant Manor Care Center in Mount Pleasant. The funeral service for Ellis DeGrange will be 1:30 PM on Friday, November 16 at the First United Methodist Church, 309 North Main Street, Mount Pleasant. The Reverend Herbert G. Shafer, Senior Pastor, will officiate. Friends are invited to...
Orville T Morris
Nov 7, 2012
Orville T. Morris, 96, of Fairfield, and formerly of Mt. Pleasant, died Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at the Parkview Care Center in Fairfield. A funeral service for Orville Morris will be held at 10:30 AM on Saturday, November 10 at the Kimzey Funeral Home, 213 North Main Street, Mt. Pleasant. Pastor Jeffrey A. McPheron of the Trenton United Methodist Church...
Connie Taylor
Nov 7, 2012
Cornelia P. "Connie" Taylor, 98, of Mt. Pleasant, died Wednesday, November 07, 2012 at Park Place in Mt. Pleasant. A celebration of life service for Connie Taylor will be held at 10:30 AM on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at the First Presbyterian Church, 902 South Walnut Street, Mount Pleasant. The Reverend Douglas Darnold, Pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in...
Marjorie Hinkley
Nov 7, 2012
Marjorie Hinkley, 91, a Mercer Island, WA resident since 1990 passed away November 7, 2012 peacefully after a battle with pancreatic cancer. The memorial service for Mrs. Hinkley was held December 22, 2012 at the home of her daughter on Mercer Island. A graveside committal service for Mrs. Hinkley will be held at 10:00 AM on Saturday, June 28, 2014...
Lulu W. Turner
Oct 7, 2012
Lulu W. Turner, 95, of Mt. Pleasant, died Sunday, October 07, 2012 at the Henry County Health Center in Mt. Pleasant. A funeral service for Mrs. Turner will be held at 1:00 PM on Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at the First Presbyterian Church, 902 South Walnut Street, Mount Pleasant. The Reverend Douglas Darnold, Pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in...
Sharon D Torres
Sep 22, 2012
Sharon D. Torres, 68, of Mt. Pleasant, and formerly of Sioux City, IA and California, died late Saturday, September 22, 2012 at her residence of natural causes. A funeral service for Sharon Torres will be held at 3:30 PM on Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at the Kimzey Funeral Home, 213 North Main Street, Mount Pleasant. The Reverend Melissa Bracht-Wagner, Director...
Richard Lee Stookesberry
Sep 18, 2012
Richard L. Stookesberry, 72, of Ft. Madison, died Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. A private family service will be held at a later date. There will be no visitation at the Kimzey Funeral Home, 213 North Main Street, Mount Pleasant, which is assisting the family with the arrangements. Online condolences may be sent...
Mary Rose Herrmann
Sep 18, 2012
Mary Rose Herrmann, 89, of Mt. Pleasant and formerly of Ottumwa, died Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at the Park Place Long Term Care Unit in Mt. Pleasant. A funeral mass for Mrs. Herrmann will be celebrated at 10:30 AM on Saturday, September 22 at the St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, 607 South Jackson Street, Mount Pleasant. Father Joseph Phung, pastor, will...
Joann "Gramsy6" Hand
Sep 16, 2012
M. JoAnn "Gramsy6" Hand, 74, of Mt. Pleasant and formerly of the Quad Cities, died Sunday, September 16, 2012 at her residence. A funeral service for JoAnn Hand will be held at 11:00 AM on Monday, September 24 at the Kimzey Funeral Home, 213 North Main Street, Mount Pleasant. The Reverend David Forrester, Pastor, Trenton Missionary Church of Trenton, IA,...
Robert L Evans
Sep 14, 2012
Robert L. Evans, 87, known to most as Coach Bob Evans, 87, longtime head football coach of Mt. Pleasant Community High School, died Friday, September 14, 2012 at the Park Place Long Term Care Unit in Mt. Pleasant. A memorial celebration of life for Coach Evans will be held at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, September 18 at the First United...
Dorothy L. Watts
Sep 6, 2012
Dorothy L. Watts, 96, of Iowa City, IA and formerly of Mount Pleasant and Salem, IA, died Thursday, September 06, 2012 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. A funeral service for Dorothy Watts will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday, September 8 at the Salem Congregational Church in Salem. The Reverend Aaron Helterbran, Pastor, will officiate. Burial will be...
H. Lorraine Jennings
Sep 3, 2012
H. Lorraine Jennings, 91, of Mt. Pleasant, died Monday, September 03, 2012 at Sunnybrook at Ashford Park in Mt. Pleasant. A funeral service for Lorraine Jennings will be held at 10:30 AM on Saturday, September 8 at the Calvary Baptist Church, 803 East Mapleleaf Drive, Mt. Pleasant. The Reverend Michael Hess, Senior Pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in the...
Delbert Dale Parker
Aug 17, 2012
Delbert D. Parker, 91, of rural Wayland, IA, died Friday, August 17, 2012 at the Great River Hospice House in West Burlington. A funeral service for Delbert Parker will be held at 10:30 AM on Monday, August 20 at the Forest Home Cemetery Chapel. The Reverend Herbert G. Shafer will officiate. Burial will be in the Forest Home Cemetery. Friends...
Myron Allen Smith
Jul 26, 2012
Myron Allen Smith, 82, of McLeansboro, Illinois and formerly of Mt. Pleasant, died Thursday, July 26, 2012 at the Hamilton Memorial Nursing Center in McLeansboro. A private family graveside service was held on Monday, July 30, 2012 at the Forest Home Cemetery in Mt. Pleasant. There was no visitation at the Kimzey Funeral Home, 213 North Main Street, Mount Pleasant,...
Mary Brombaugh
Jul 16, 2012
Mary Brombaugh, 87, of Mt. Pleasant, died Monday, July 16, 2012 at the Park Place Long Term Care Unit in Mt. Pleasant. There will be no funeral service or visitation. Interment will be in the Keokuk National Cemetery at a later date. The Kimzey Funeral Home, 213 North Main Street, Mount Pleasant, is assisting the family with the arrangements. Mrs....
Martha G Meade
Jun 25, 2012
Martha G. Meade, 55, of San Francisco, CA and formerly of Mt. Pleasant, IA, died June 25, 2012 at Gunderson Hospital in LaCrosse, Wisconsin from injuries received in an automoble accident in Houston County, Minnesota. A graveside committal service will be held at 11:00 AM on Thursday, September 20, 2012 at the St. Alphonsus Catholic Cemetery, South Walnut Street at...
