Obituaries

Dec 1, 2007

Karen Bown, 53, of 514 South 4th Street, died Saturday morning, December 1st, at the Marshalltown Medical and Surgical Center. Services celebrating Karens life will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 5th, at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home. She will be laid to rest at a later date. There will be no visitation. For condolences, please visit www.mitchellfh.com....

Dec 1, 2007

Mr. Richard Carter, 74, of 602 Arlington Drive, Marshalltown, died Saturday morning, December 1st, at the Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines. Conjoined Memorial services for Richard and his son, Rik, will be held in the spring of 2008. They will be laid to rest in the Rose Hill Memorial Gardens in Marshalltown. For condolences, please visit www.mitchellfh.com. The...

Dec 1, 2007

Ethel G. Bethel, 88, a longtime resident of Highland Park/Des Moines, Iowa, currently residing in Overland Park, Kansas, died Saturday morning, December 1st, at the Overland Park Regional Medical Center. Funeral services celebrating her life will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, December 7th, at the Highland Park Christian Church in Des Moines with Reverend John Holcombe officiating. Visitation...

Dec 1, 2007

Katherine Gersdorf, 84, of the Villa del Sol in Marshalltown, died there early Saturday morning, December 1. Memorial services celebrating Katherines life will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, December 7th, at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home with interment rites at a later date in the Marietta Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home one-hour prior to the...

Nov 30, 2007

Maxine Max Randall, 85, of Marshalltown, died on Friday, November 30, 2007 at the Grandview Heights Care Center while in the care of her loving family and the Iowa River Hospice. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, December 4, 2007, at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home. Immediately following will be a time of fellowship and...

Nov 28, 2007

Sandy Schlesinger, 84, of Marshalltown, Iowa died Wednesday, November 28, 2007 at his home.Memorial Services will be announced at a later time. Memorials may be directed to the Marshalltown Community Theater or the Iowa River Hospice Building Fund. The family requests no flowers. The Mitchell Family Funeral Home is caring for Sandy and his family. ph 844-1234. For condolences,...

Nov 27, 2007

Doran D. Sauer, 69, of Conrad, died on November 27, 2007 at Marshalltown Medical and Surgical Center. Funeral services are pending at the Reiff Funeral Chapel in Quasqueton, Iowa.

Nov 25, 2007

Mike Rhoades, 31, of Marshalltown, died early Sunday morning, November 25th, at his home that he made with his grandmother on their century farm. Memorial services celebrating Mikes life will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 1st, at the LaMoille Congregational Church with Pastor Harlan Nuss officiating. Family interment rites will be at the Elmwood Cemetery at LaMoille...

Nov 25, 2007

Harold Aringdale, 77, of the Iowa Veterans Home, Marshalltown, formerly of Chalres City and Marathon, Iowa, died early Sunday morning, November 25th, at the IVH where he has resided since 1979.Harold was born on April 27th, 1930, in Mitchell, South Dakota, and served our country honorably in the United STates Army in the Korean War. He received his honorable...

Nov 19, 2007

John Stangl, 79, of Marshalltown, died suddenly on Monday morning, November 19th, at his home. Funeral services celebrating his life will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, November 24th, at the Center Street Baptist Church. He will be laid to rest in the Center School Cemetery near Marshalltown with full military honors by the VFW Harry C. Harter Post...

Nov 18, 2007

Thomas Shepard, 55, of Marshalltown, died Sunday, November 18th, at the Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames. Memorial services celebrating his life will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 21st, at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home in Marshalltown with private burial at a later date. A time of fellowship and refreshments with the family will immediately follow. Friends...

Nov 16, 2007

Erma (Kelsey) Paxton, 84, died November 16, 2007 in Marshalltown.Services will be Tuesday, June 24 at 10:00 a.m. at Hope United Methodist Church. She will be laid to rest in the Riverside Cemetery. There will be no visitation. For condolences, visit www.mitchellfh.com. Mitchell Family Funeral Home is caring for Erma and her family.Born on February 27, 1923, in Marshalltown,...

Nov 16, 2007

Willie Leytham, 64, of Albion, died Friday afternoon, November 16th, at his home while in care of his loving family and the Iowa River Hospice. Funeral services celebrating his life will be held at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 20th, at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home with Pastor Bobby Shomo, chaplain of the Iowa River Hospice officiating. He will be...

Nov 15, 2007

Lucille B. Hughes, 99, of Marshalltown, died Thursday morning, November 15, at Grandview Heights Nursing Home. She was in the care of her loving family, nurses and staff of Grandview Heights, and the Iowa River Hospice.Funeral services celebrating her life will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, November 19, 2007 at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home in Marshalltown. She...

Nov 11, 2007

Nov 10, 2007

Donald W. Beane, 87, of LeGrand, passed away on November 10, 2007 after two days at the Marshalltown Medical and Surgical Center, while under the care of Iowa River Hospice. Memorial services celebrating Donalds life will be held at LeGrand Friends Church (LeGrand) at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, November 17, 2007 with Pastor Alan Mullikin and Rev. Francis Beyea...

Nov 5, 2007

Colleen (Mrs. Rodger) Christensen, 78, of 102 Kearney Street, Union, died early Monday morning, November 5th, at the Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo. Funeral services celebrating Colleens life will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, November 9th, at the Union Community Church with Pastor Rick Schill officiating. She will be laid to rest in Nora Springs, Iowa at a...

Nov 5, 2007

Verlin McAllister, 72, of Whitten, died Monday, November 5th, at the Mercy Hospital in Des Moines. Funeral services celebrating Verlins life will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, November 9th, at the Whitten Community Church in Whitten with Pastor Jim Hartman officiating. He will be laid to rest in the Benson Cemetery at Whitten with military honors by the...

Nov 5, 2007

Eugene Papa Gene Brennick, 80, of Dunbar, died early Monday morning, November 5th, at the Marshalltown Medical and Surgical Center. Funeral services celebrating Genes life will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, November 8th, at the Trinity Lutheran Church of Dillon with Pastor Fred Berry officiating. He will be laid to rest in the Trinity Lutheran Cemetery at Dillon...

Nov 4, 2007

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