Obituaries

Obituaries in Marshalltown, State Center and Surrounding Areas in Iowa

Richard Raymond Pfantz

Richard Raymond Pfantz

Jul 7, 2014

May 16, 1926 July 7, 2014

Evelyn Ida Boyington

Evelyn Ida Boyington

Jul 6, 2014

Evelyn Ida Boyington, 97, of State Center, passed away late Sunday evening, July 6, 2014 at Westbrook Acres in Gladbrook. Funeral services for Evelyn will be held on Friday July 11, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. at State Center United Methodist Church with a visitation prior to the service from 9:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. Burial will be at Hillside...

Hazel Bonham

Hazel Bonham

Jul 5, 2014

Hazel Irene Bonham, 95 of Liscomb passed away on Saturday, July 5, 2014, at Westbrook Acres in Gladbrook. Funeral services will be held on Friday, July 11, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home in Marshalltown. Visitation will be held on Thursday, July 10, 2014 from 5:00 p.m. til 7:00 p.m. also at the funeral home....

James Doser

James Doser

Jul 5, 2014

James Louis Doser, 65, of Melbourne passed away on Saturday, July 5, 2014, at home under the care of the Iowa River Hospice Home and surrounded by his family. Memorial services will be held on Wednesday, July 9, 2014, at 1:00 p.m. at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home in Marshalltown. Visitation will be held one hour prior at 12:00...

Robert Brekke

Robert Brekke

Jul 4, 2014

The world lost a fantastic individual as Heaven gained one. Robert E Brekke of Marshalltown passed away on Friday, July 4, 2014, at the Iowa River Hospice Home in Marshalltown, surrounded by his family. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, July 10, 2014, at 11:00 a.m. at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home in Marshalltown. Public visitation will be...

Robert Fisher

Robert Fisher

Jul 4, 2014

Robert Fisher, 84, of State Center, died Friday evening, July 4th, at the MMSC. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 8th, at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in State Center with Pastor Joan Swander officiating. He will be laid to rest with military honors in the Hillside Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5-7:00 p.m....

Helen Allen

Helen Allen

Jul 2, 2014

Helen Wedgwood Allen, 97, Escanaba, Michigan, passed away on Wednesday, July 2, 2014, at Bishop Noa Home. Graveside services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 10, 2014, at Riverside Cemetery in Marshalltown. There will be no Visitation. For condolences or questions please visit; www.mitchellfh.com . Mitchell Family Funeral Home is handling local arrangements. Phone 641-844-1234. She...

Douglas Bloom

Douglas Bloom

Jul 1, 2014

Douglas Howe Bloom, 58, passed away on July 1, 2014 in Tulsa, OK. Visitation will be held from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, 2014, at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home in Marshalltown, Iowa. Family is having a private burial. For condolences or questions please visit; www.mitchellfh.com . Mitchell Family Funeral Home is handling local arrangements for...

Norma Ann Balcom

Norma Ann Balcom

Jul 1, 2014

Norma Ann (Bell) Balcom, 80, of Marshalltown passed away on July 1st 2014. Normas family will be holding a visitation at Mitchell Family Funeral Home on Sunday, July 6th from 4:00-6:00 and a funeral service to celebrate her wonderful life on Monday, July 7th at 10:30 AM at First Congregational Church. Norma was a friend to many in our...

Mildred Katzer

Mildred Katzer

Jun 30, 2014

Mildred Millie Katzer, 85 of Grandview Heights Nursing and Rehab Center formerly of rural Conrad, Iowa passed away on Monday, June 30, 2014. Millie resided in the Oakview Nursing Home for seven years previously. The family will be holding a memorial service at 10:00 a.m. at the Alice Church of God on Thursday, July 3, 2014. With a luncheon...

Beverly Ethel Stangeland

Beverly Ethel Stangeland

Jun 28, 2014

Beverly Ethel Betty Stangeland (nee MAGILTON) Former resident of LeGrand and Grinnell, Iowa, Beverly Stangeland, 93, died Saturday, June 28, 2014, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Beverly was born January 1, 1921, to James and Minnie (nee Patterson) Magilton in Manly, Iowa. A 1939 graduate of Rockford High School, she married Tilman Ivan Stangeland on November 30, 1941, in Independence, Missouri....

Kenneth Clark

Kenneth Clark

Jun 26, 2014

Kenneth Ken Clark, 83, of Eldora, passed away peacefully on the evening of Thursday, June 26th, at the Valley View Nursing Home in Eldora with family at his side. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 1st, at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 6-8:00 p.m. on Monday evening at the funeral...

Margaret Gibson

Margaret Gibson

Jun 26, 2014

Margaret Tootie Gibson, 87, lifelong resident of Green Mountain, passed away on the afternoon of Thursday, June 26th, at the Grandview Heights in Marshalltown, with her family at her side. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 1st, at the Green Mountain United Church of Christ with Dr. Kim Wilson officiating. She will be laid to...

Don Jaeger

Don Jaeger

Jun 26, 2014

Donald C. Jaeger, 90, passed away suddenly at his home on the evening of Thursday, June 26, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 2, 2014, at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 1, 2014, at the funeral home. Military Honors will be performed...

Robert Wignall

Robert Wignall

Jun 25, 2014

The laugh and life-loving spirit of Bob Wig Wignall quietly left our world to rejoin so many family and friends who have gone on before on Wednesday, June 25, 2014, with his family at his side. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, June 28th, at St. Josephs Catholic Church in State Center with...

Tim Minear

Tim Minear

Jun 24, 2014

Tim Minear, 58, of Melbourne, Iowa passed away on Tuesday, June 24, 2014, at home. Cremation rites have been accorded and the family will have a gathering at a later date. Memorials may be directed to the funeral home. For condolences or questions please visit; www.mitchellfh.com .Mitchell Family Funeral Home is caring for Tim and his family. Phone 641-844-1234....

Esther Smith

Esther Smith

Jun 24, 2014

Esther Janet (Boekhoff) Smith, 80, of Conrad, entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at her home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, June 28, 2014 at the Conrad United Methodist Church with Pastor Gene Kubli officiating. Visitation will begin at 9:30 a.m. prior to the service. For further information or to send a...

Mary 'Maxine' Finn

Mary 'Maxine' Finn

Jun 24, 2014

Maxine Finn, 86, of Glenwood Place in Marshalltown, Iowa, formerly of Emmetsburg, Iowa, passed away on Tuesday, June 24, 2014. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, June 27, 2014, at St. Henry Catholic Church in Marshalltown, Iowa. Visitation will be at 9:00 a.m. in the church. Graveside services will be held the same...

Dorothy Rider

Dorothy Rider

Jun 23, 2014

Dorothy Mae Rider, 89, of Marshalltown passed away on Monday, June 23, 2014, at the home of her daughter, Pat Jordan. Funeral services for Dorothy will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 26, 2014, at the LaMoille Congregational Church in LaMoille, Iowa. Public visitation will be held on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00...

Jerry Phillips

Jerry Phillips

Jun 20, 2014

Jerry D. Phillips, 75, of State Center, Iowa, passed away on Friday, June 20, 2014, at the Iowa River Hospice Home, with his loving family by his side. Memorial services for Jerry will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 at First Presbyterian Church located in State Center, Iowa. Pastor Keith McDonald will be officiating the...