Obituaries in Marshalltown, State Center and Surrounding Areas in Iowa

Shelia Kay Thatcher
Nov 29, 2015
Sheila Kay Thatcher, 66 passed away on Sunday, November 29, 2015. Cremation rites will be accorded and no services will be held at this time.

Deborah Ann Tapps
Nov 28, 2015
Deborah Ann "Debbie" Tapps, 59, passed away on Saturday, November 28, 2015. Cremation Rites will be accorded and a memorial service will be held at a later date.
Christina Hand
Nov 28, 2015
Christina Hand (64) of Marshalltown, Iowa, passed away on November 28, 2015 at Grandview Heights Rehab and Healthcare. A memorial service will be held at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home on Saturday, January 2nd, 2016, at 4:00 pm. Memorials may be directed to the family to be designated at a later date. For more information or to send a...
Lois Smith
Nov 27, 2015
Ethel Lois Smith, loving mom and grandma, went to heaven November 27, 2015, at 4:00 p.m. She was admitted to Central Iowa Health Care Wednesday morning, November 25, 2015. Lois, as she was better known her whole life, was born in Marshalltown, Iowa on April 4, 1920. She was the daughter of Mary and William Mace. She was raised...
Elmer Bern
Nov 26, 2015
Elmer Bern, 100, of Lincoln, Iowa passed away in Grundy Center Hospital and under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. at Salem Church of Lincoln in Lincoln, Iowa, on Monday, November 30, 2015. There will be no visitation. Memorials may be directed to Salem Church in Lincoln or American Legion in Reinbeck,...

Frank Jones
Nov 26, 2015
Pending under the professional care of Hamilton's Funeral Home in Des Moines, Iowa.
Ramona Coyle
Nov 25, 2015
Ramona L Coyle, 82, of Conrad, Iowa passed away at Oakview Nursing Home under the care of hospice Compassus and surrounded by the love of her family on Wednesday, November 25, 2015. A heartfelt thank you to all the Oakview and Hospice staff for your wonderful care for her. Her generous heart and living spirit drew not only family...
Ruth Ann Buck
Nov 25, 2015
Ruth Ann Buck (88) of State Center, Iowa, passed away on Wednesday, November 25th, 2015, in the care of Iowa River Hospice. Funeral services will be held on Monday, November, 30th, 2015, at the United Methodist Church, in Rhodes, Iowa, at 10:30am. Visitation will be held from 5:00pm until 7:00pm on Sunday, November, 29th, 2015, at the Mitchell Family...
Faye Zimmerman
Nov 25, 2015
Faye E. Zimmerman, 78, Stratford, died on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at her home in the Town of McMillan with her family by her side. A visitation will be held on Sunday, November 29, 2015 from 4:00 pm until 8:00 pm at Rembs Funeral Home, Marshfield and on Tuesday, December 1, 2015 from 10:00 am until 1:00 pm at...
Jimmy Dale Roberts
Nov 25, 2015
Jimmy Roberts, 61, of Marshalltown, Iowa passed away on Wednesday, November 25, 2015, at the Iowa River Hospice Home. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, December 2, 2015, at 1:00 p.m. at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home in Marshalltown, Iowa. Visitation will be from 12:00 p.m. until the service. Memorials may be directed to the family. For condolences...

John A. Fisher
Nov 25, 2015
John A. Fisher, a longtime Earlham, Iowa resident, died November 25, 2015, at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown, Iowa following an extended illness. He was 69 years old. Born in Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania to Henry A. and Mary E. (Simpson) Fisher, John was the youngest of nine siblings. In his early teens, John and his family moved to...
Dorothy Marion Cripps
Nov 24, 2015
Dorothy Marion Cripps (92), of Mason City (formerly of Marshalltown), Iowa, passed away on November 24th, 2015, under the care of Hospice of North Iowa, in Mason City, Iowa. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, December 1st, 2015, at Elim Lutheran Church in Marshalltown, Iowa, at 1:30 pm. Memorial contributions may be made to the family to...
Ruby Richeson
Nov 23, 2015
Funeral services will be held for Ruby Walker Richeson at 11:00 a.m. on November 28, 2015 at Rhodes United Methodist Church in Rhodes with Reverend Karen Garrison officiating. Ruby will be laid to rest in the Eden Cemetery at Rhodes. Ruby was born in LaPorte, Iowa to John and Hattie Walker. On May 16, 1936 she married Gerald (Pete)...

Linda Berg
Nov 23, 2015
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, November 28th, at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home for 69 year old Linda Lee Berg of Marshalltown. Visitation will be held from 5-7:00 p.m. on Friday also at the funeral home. Her services are under the direction of Linn's funeral home of Iowa Falls. Iowa.
Vernon Bein
Nov 23, 2015
Vernon Bein, 90, of West Des Moines, formerly of Beaman and Marshalltown, joined his Lord and Savior on November 23, 2015, in West Des Moines, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. at the Beaman United Methodist Church on Friday, November 27, 2015. Visitation for friends and family will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m....
Edward Spickert
Nov 23, 2015
Edward J. Spickert, 76, of Marshalltown, departed this life on the afternoon of Monday, November 23rd, at the Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, November 28th, at St. Henrys Catholic Church with Fr. Don Czapla officiating. He will be laid to rest in the Riverside Cemetery with full...
Bill Tomlinson
Nov 23, 2015
Bill Tomlinson 61, of St. Anthony, Iowa passed away on Monday, November 23, 2015, at his home. Funeral Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 29, 2015, at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home in Marshalltown, Iowa. Visitation will be from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 28, 2015, at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home in...

Marybelle Day
Nov 22, 2015
MaryBelle Day, 88, passed away on Sunday, November 22, 2015 at the Hawkeye Care Center in Marshalltown. Funeral services are currently pending under the care of Bertrand Funeral Home in Knoxville, Iowa. Mitchell Family Funeral Home was entrusted in the local arrangements for MaryBelle.

Gary L Gulbranson
Nov 19, 2015
Gary Gus Gulbranson, 72, of Marshalltown, Iowa, passed away on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at his home. Cremation rites have been accorded and Guss family is planning to hold a celebration of his life this spring. Memorial contributions may be directed in Guss name to his family. For further information or to send a condolence please visit www.mitchellfh.com or...
Darla Burns
Nov 17, 2015
Darla Burns, 62, of Marshalltown passed away on Tuesday, November 17, 2015, at her home surrounded by her family. Memorial services for Darla will be held at 6:00 p.m. November 21, 2015 at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home in Marshalltown. Visitation will take place prior to the service at 4:00 p.m. Memorials may be directed to the family for...