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Mildred Neil

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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