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Mildred Neil
Mar 27, 2010
Mildred Neil, 100, of Mt. Pleasant, IA, died Saturday, March 27, 2010, at her home at Sunnybrook Ashford Park. Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m., on Tuesday, March 30, 2010, at the First Baptist Church with Pastors Regan Stoops and David Plooster officiating. The family will greet friends at a luncheon immediately after the service. Burial will follow in...
Betty Jean Mathews
Mar 22, 2010
Betty Jean Mathews, 73, of Mount Pleasant, died at 2:33 a.m. on Monday, March 22, 2010 at her home following the lengthy struggle with Alzheimer's disease. Visitation will be from noon to 8 p.m. Friday, at Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel in Mount Pleasant, with family receiving friends from 6 to 8 p.m. that evening. A memorial service for Mrs. Mathews will...
Marion Romine
Mar 16, 2010
Marion L. Romine, 84, of Mt. Pleasant, IA, died Tuesday, March 16, 2010, at Arbor Court. Mrs. Romine's body has been cremated. No visitation or memorial services are being planned at this time. Born December 8, 1925, in Rock Island, Illinois, Marion Lucille was the daughter of Clarence Raymond and Helen Leona (Brown) Jacobs. She spent her formative years in...
Dorothy Smith
Mar 5, 2010
Dorothy L. Smith, 86, of the Mt. Pleasant and Salem communities, died Friday, March 5, 2010 at Arbor Court. Visitation will begin after 12:00 noon on Monday, March 8th at Olson - Powell Memorial Chapel, where a rosary will be recited at 5:00 p.m. The family will receive friends following the rosary until 7:00 p.m. Funeral mass will be held...
Dorothy Hansen
Mar 4, 2010
Dorothy "Dottie" Eloise Hansen, 78, of Mt. Pleasant, IA, died Thursday, March 04, 2010, at the Pleasant Manor Care Center. Mrs. Hansen's body has been cremated. The family will receive friends from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 14, 2010, at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 2257 Highway 1 in Fairfield. A memorial service will follow at 3:00...
Vergel Heitmeier
Feb 26, 2010
Vergel L. Heitmeier, 75, of Mt. Pleasant, IA, died Friday, February 26, 2010, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. Visitation will be held on Monday, March 1, 2010 beginning after 12 noon, at the Olson - Powell Memorial Chapel in Mt. Pleasant, where the family will greet friends from 5 to 7 p.m. that evening. Services will be held at...
Shirley Henderson
Feb 24, 2010
Shirley A. Henderson, 75, of Mt. Pleasant, IA, died Wednesday, February 24, 2010, at the Banner Gardens Hospice House in Mesa, AZ. Visitation will begin at 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 3, 2010, at the Olson - Powell Memorial Chapel. A funeral services will follow at 1:30 p.m. at the Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Jeff McPheron officiating. Interment will...
Betty White
Feb 13, 2010
Betty White, 85, of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, died Saturday, February 13, 2010, at Park Place Long Term Care Unit. Visitation will begin at 2:00 p.m., on Tuesday at the Olson - Powell Memorial Chapel, where the family will receive friends from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. that evening. The Requiem Holy Eucharist will be at 10:00 a.m., on Wednesday, February 17,...
Marilyn Slobodnik
Feb 8, 2010
Marilyn Slobodnik, 74, of Mt. Pleasant, IA, died Monday, February 8, 2010, at the Park Place Long Term Care Unit in Mt. Pleasant. Visitation will begin after 2:00 p.m., on Friday, February 12, 2010, at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, where the family will greet friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. The Rosary will be recited at 7:00 p.m., followed by...
Verda Nelson
Feb 1, 2010
Verda A. Nelson, 93, died Monday, February 1, 2010, at Sunnybrook Assisted Living facility in Mt. Pleasant with family at her side. Funeral service will be at the Olson-Powell Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 2 P M with a visitation hour at 1 to 2 P M preceding the service. Interment will be at...
Damiene Millard
Feb 1, 2010
Damiene R. Millard, 36, of Salem, IA, died Monday, February 1, 2010, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. Visitation will begin after 12 noon on Friday, February 5, 2010, at the Olson - Powell Memorial Chapel in Mt. Pleasant, where the family will greet friends from 5 to 7 p.m. that evening. Funeral services will...
Wesley Totemeier
Jan 9, 2010
Wesley D. Totemeier, 72, of Mt. Pleasant, IA, died Saturday, January 9, 2010, at his home. Visitation will begin after 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 14th at the Olson - Powell Memorial Chapel, where the family will receive friends from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Thursday evening. A private family service will be held. Mr. Totemeier's body has been cremated. Inurnment...
Marvin Hill
Jan 4, 2010
Marvin D. Hill, 61, of Mt. Pleasant, IA, died Monday, January 04, 2010, at Henry County Health Center. Visitation will begin after 12:00 noon on Thursday, January 7th , at the Olson - Powell Memorial Chapel, where the family will receive friends from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Thursday evening. Funeral services will be held Friday, January 8th at 1:00 p.m....
Carol (Kitch) Peterson
Dec 27, 2009
Carol Sue Kitch Peterson, 56, Indianapolis, died December 21, 2009 at home with her family and pets. She was born on February 13, 1953 in Mt. Pleasant, IA, the daughter of Earl and Ruby Kitch. Carol married her high school sweetheart, Merrill A. Peterson on December 23, 1971. Accomplished in many things, she loved to garden, was an excellent seamstress,...
Edna Roth
Dec 21, 2009
Edna M. Roth, 87, of the Parkview Home in Wayland, IA, died Monday, December 21, 2009. The family will receive friends from 1:30-2:30 p.m. on Sunday, December 27th at Sugar Creek Mennonite Church in Wayland, IA, and also following the committal at Sugar Creek Cemetery. Services will be held at 2:30 on Sunday at Sugar Creek Mennonite Church with Pastor...
Donald Thornton
Dec 18, 2009
Donald W. Thornton, 75, of Mt. Pleasant, IA, died Friday, December 18, 2009, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Visitation will be held on Monday, December 21, 2009, beginning after 1:00 p.m., at the Olson - Powell Memorial Chapel, where the family will greet friends from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. that evening. Funeral services will be at 10:30...
Marjorie Nebel
Dec 14, 2009
Marjorie J. Nebel, 78, of Mt. Pleasant, IA, died, Monday, December 14, 2009, at the Pleasant Manor Care Center. Funeral services will be held Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. at the Olson - Powell Memorial Chapel with Pastor Kendall Adams of the Burlington Baptist Church officiating. The family will receive friends from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. service...
Nona Olson
Dec 12, 2009
Nona Jane (McGohan) Olson passed away December 2, 2009 in Eldridge, IA. A memorial service will be held Saturday, December 12, 2009, at 10:30 a.m. the Swedesburg Evangelical Lutheran Church with the Rev. Steve Zittergruen officiating. Inurnment will be held in the Swedesburg Cemetery. Memorials have been established to the Swedish Heritage Museum or to Susan G. Komen for the...
Patricia "Patty" Piper
Dec 5, 2009
Patricia L. Piper, 69, of Mt. Pleasant, IA, formerly of Winfield, died Saturday, December 5, 2009, at Arbor Court. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., on Saturday, December 12, 2009, at the Olson - Powell Memorial Chapel in Mt. Pleasant with Pastor Daryl Jessup officiating. The family will greet friends for an hour prior to the service at...
Judith Oldenburg-Graf
Dec 3, 2009
Judith Ann Oldenburg - Graf, 67, of Lockridge, IA, died Thursday, December 3, 2009, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. Visitation will begin after 12:00 noon on Monday, December 7, 2009, at the Olson - Powell Memorial Chapel where the family will receive friends from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. that evening. Friends are asked to...
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