Obituaries

Obituaries in Marshalltown, State Center and Surrounding Areas in Iowa

Joyce Byers

Joyce Byers

Jun 24, 2009

Joyce L. Byers, 77, of LeGrand, died June 24, 2009, at the University of Iowa Hospital. Funeral services will be at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, June 27, 2009, at LeGrand Friends Church. Burial will be in LeGrand Friends Cemetery. Visitation will be on Friday evening from 4:00-7:00 p.m. at Mitchell Family Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the family...

Doris Yilek

Doris Yilek

Jun 24, 2009

Doris Mae Yilek, 79, of Grandview Heights Nursing and Rehab, died early Wednesday morning June 24, 2009, surrounded by her loving family and while under the care of Iowa River Hospice. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, June 27th, 2009, at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home in Marshalltown, Iowa. There will be no visitation. Memorials...

Elwain Diser

Elwain Diser

Jun 24, 2009

Elwain L. Diser, 67, of State Center, died Wednesday, June 24, 2009, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. A memorial visitation will be held from 1:00-3:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 27, 2009, at Mitchell Family Funeral Home. A Masonic funeral service will take place at 3:00 p.m. Burial will be at a future date. Memorials may be directed...

Christopher Perry

Christopher Perry

Jun 23, 2009

Christopher John Perry, 44, of Marshalltown, died Tuesday, June 23, 2009, at his home. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, June 29, 2009, at Mitchell Family Funeral Home. Burial will be at a future date. Visitation will be on Sunday afternoon from 2:00-4:00 at the funeral home. Please wear comfortable, casual clothing to the visitation and funeral....

Bill Thompson

Bill Thompson

Jun 21, 2009

William H. Bill Thompson, 74, of Marshalltown, died Sunday, June 21, 2009, at Grandview Heights while in the care of his loving family and Iowa River Hospice. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 24, 2009, at Mitchell Family Funeral Home. Burial will be in Rose Hill Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be on Tuesday evening from 6:00-8:00...

Raymond Stevens

Raymond Stevens

Jun 20, 2009

Raymond (Ray) Earl Stevens, 79, of State Center died June, 20, 2009, at Hampton Health Care Center in Hampton, Iowa. A memorial service will be held 1:00 p.m.Thursday, June 25, 2009, at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home in Marshalltown, Iowa. There will be no visitation. Memorials may be directed to the family. For condolences please visit www.mitchellfh.com. The Mitchell...

Ruth Wilkening

Ruth Wilkening

Jun 19, 2009

Ruth M. Wilkening, 87, of Marshalltown, died June 19, 2009, at MMSC. Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 24, 2009, at Mitchell Family Funeral Home. Burial will be in Rose Hill Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be on Tuesday evening from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be directed to 1st Presbyterian Church in Albion...

Margaret Wolf

Margaret Wolf

Jun 19, 2009

Margaret Elizabeth Wolf, 84, formerly of Marshalltown passed away on June 19, 2009 in West Des Moines Iowa. Graveside funeral services will be Wednesday June 24, 2009 at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens at 11:00 am with Pastor Me of the Beaman United Methodist Church officiating. Visitation will be at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home from 10:00 to 10:45 before...

Gary Stafford

Gary Stafford

Jun 17, 2009

Gary R. Stafford, 65, of the Iowa Veterans Home, died June 17, 2009. Services have been entrusted with Crawford-Marshall Funeral Chapel in Sidney, Iowa.712-374-2233

Joseph Hammer

Joseph Hammer

Jun 17, 2009

Joseph Hammer, 41, of Marshalltown, died Wednesday night, June 17th, at the MMSC while in care of his loving family and the Iowa River Hospice. Funeral services and a celebration of his life will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 23rd, at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home with Bobby Shomo, Chaplain of the Iowa River Hospice officiating. He...

Lynette Johnson

Lynette Johnson

Jun 17, 2009

Lynette (Lynn) Lorraine Magdaline Johnson, 54, of rural Melbourne, Iowa, died Wednesday, June 17, 2009, at her home surrounded by her family and under the care of Iowa River Hospice. A memorial service will be held at 4:00 p.m. Saturday, June 20th, 2009, at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home in Marshalltown. There will be no visitation. Memorials may be...

Ethel Buck

Ethel Buck

Jun 17, 2009

Ethel Buck, 98, of Marshalltown, formerly of Rhodes, died late Wednesday night, June 17th, while in the care of Villa del Sol, her loving family and the Iowa River Hospice. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, June 22, at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home with Rev. Dr. Rich King of the 1st Presbyterian Church officiating. Immediately...

Sidney E. Paulsen

Sidney E. Paulsen

Jun 16, 2009

Sidney E. Paulsen, 88, of the Iowa Veterans Home, died Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at the Iowa Veterans Home. Services are entrusted to the professional care of Hamilton Funeral Home in Des Moines, Iowa.515-243-5521

Dorothy Horn

Dorothy Horn

Jun 13, 2009

Dorothy Horn, 96, of Marshalltown, formerly of Dillon, died early Saturday morning, June 13th, at the Villa del Sol in Marshalltown while in their care, her loving family and the Iowa River Hospice. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 17th, at the Trinity Lutheran Church of Dillon with Pastor Fred Berry officiating. She will be...

Margaret Levis

Margaret Levis

Jun 13, 2009

Margaret (Mrs. Max) Levis, 80, of Marshalltown, died late Saturday night, June 13th, while in care of the Grandview Heights, her loving family and the Iowa River Hospice. Her family wishes to thank the Grandview Heights and Iowa River Hospice for becoming adopted families to Margaret. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 16th, at the...

Terrance Clavin

Terrance Clavin

Jun 12, 2009

Terrance Clavin, 82, of the Iowa Veterans Home, formerly of Long Prairie, MN, died Friday, June 12th, at the IVH. Funeral services are pending with the Stein-Dingmann Funeral Home in Long Prairie. Burial will be in the Long Prairie Cemetery. The Mitchell Family Funeral Home is caring for local arrangements. Terrance was born on March 13th, 1927, in Minneapolis,...

Ellen T. Gummert

Ellen T. Gummert

Jun 10, 2009

Ellen R. Thompson Gummert, 97, of Marshalltown, died Wednesday, June 10, 2009. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at Mitchell Family Funeral Home. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery. Visitation will be on Monday evening from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be directed to Marshalltown Animal Rescue League or Iowa River...

Brian W. Weitzell

Brian W. Weitzell

Jun 7, 2009

Mr. Brian Weitzell, 50, of rural Gladbrook, died suddenly on Sunday, June 7th, at the MMSC Emergency Room. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, June 11th, at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home with Pastor Harry Wach of the Gladbrook Chapel United Methodist Church officiating. He will be laid to rest in the Chapel Hill Cemetery. Visitation...

Chris Rickett

Chris Rickett

Jun 4, 2009

Chris Rickett, 53, of Marshalltown, died early Thursday morning, June 4th, at the MMSC with his family at his side. His death came peacefully at 3:55 a.m. while in care of the hospital, his loving family and the Iowa River Hospice. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, June 8th, at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home. He...

Marie Dannen

Marie Dannen

Jun 1, 2009

C. MarieDannen, 82, of Ames, formerly of Melbourne and Van Cleve, died Monday morning, June 1, at the Madrid Home for the Aging. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, June 4th, at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home in Marshalltown. She will be laid to rest in the Melbourne Cemetery at Melbourne. Visitation 5-7:00 p.m. Wednesday at...