OBITUARIES

Oct 21, 2018

Gene Bartachek, age 86 of Brooklyn, passed away, Sunday evening, October 21, 2018, at Brooklyn Community Estate. Funeral Services: 10:30 A.M. Thursday, October 25, 2018, First Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn with Rev. Ben Nti officiating. Burial will be in the Brooklyn Memorial Cemetery. Visitation: 4 to 7 P.M. Wednesday, October 24, 2018, Kloster Funeral Home, Brooklyn. Memorials may be contributed...

Oct 20, 2018

Robert G. Red Shaffer, 93, of Mt. Pleasant, IA, passed away Saturday, October 20, 2018, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, October 29, 2018, at Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel. Funeral services will follow at 10:30 a.m. at the Memorial Chapel with Ned H. Fry officiating. Burial with military rites by the...

Oct 15, 2018

KEOTA-M. Ardys Weber, age 88, of Keota, died Monday, October 15, 2018, at the Washington County Hospital. Ardys was born February 16, 1930, near North English, to Roy and Gail (Butler) Claypool and graduated from North English High School in 1949. She worked as an aide at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Ottumwa and the V.A. Hospital in Iowa City....

Oct 15, 2018

Theodore Siegel Setzer, age 87, of South Amana, and Prescott, Arizona, died Monday, October 15, 2018 at Colonial Manor of Amana. Funeral Services: 10:00 A.M. Friday, October 19, 2018, Middle Amana Church, Middle Amana, Iowa, with Elder Emilie Hoppe officiating. Burial will be in the South Amana Iowa Cemetery with military honors. Memorials may be directed to the family...

Oct 13, 2018

Williamsburg-Philip Morris Jones was born September 12, 1940 in Williamsburg, Iowa the son of Thomas and Mabel (Klever) Jones. He graduated from Williamsburg High School in 1959. Philip served in the U.S. Army in Germany from 1963-1965. He worked as a quality controller for Amana Refrigeration for 37 years retiring in 2003. Philip was a member of the First Presbyterian...

Oct 12, 2018

Kevin L. Wille, age 60 of Marengo, died Friday, October 12, 2018 at his home. Memorial Services: 10:30 A.M. Saturday, October 20, 2018, First United Methodist Church, Marengo with Rev. Lisa Crow officiating. The family will receive friends from 4 to 7 P.M. Friday, October 19, 2018, Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo. A memorial fund has been established in Kevin’s...

Oct 12, 2018

Wendell James Kahler, age 84 of Jacksonville, TX, passed away Friday morning, October 12, 2018, in Tyler, TX. A Mass of Christian Burial is scheduled at 10 o’clock in the morning, Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in Jacksonville. Officiant is Father Patrick Hartnett. Visitation will begin on Tuesday, October 16, 2018, at 9...

Oct 11, 2018

Kenneth Red Hummell, 88, of Mt. Pleasant, IA, passed away Thursday, October 11, 2018, at Savannah Heights. Visitation will be held from 12:00 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at the Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel, where the family will receive friends from 5:00 7:00 p.m. that evening. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, October 17th at 10:30 a.m. at the...

Oct 11, 2018

Robert J. Bob Stafford, 102, of Mt. Pleasant, IA, passed away on Thursday, October 11, 2018, at Savannah Heights. Mr. Staffords body has been cremated. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Memorials may be directed to HCI Care Services or the First United Methodist Church. Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel is assisting the family with arrangements. On line...

Oct 11, 2018

Shana Marie Petrzelka, age 48, of Garrison, passed away Thursday, October 11, 2018, after a courageous battle with cancer. Funeral services: 10:30 a.m., Monday, October 15, 2018, at Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo. Burial will be at the Calvary Cemetery, Marengo. Visitation: 2-5 p.m., Sunday, October 14, 2018, at Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo. Memorials may be given to her daughters...

Oct 10, 2018

Daniel Joseph VanErsvelde, age 17 of Huxley, died Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics from injuries suffered in a house fire. Memorial Services: 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, October 17, 2018, Ballard High School Gymnasium, 701 Ballard Drive, Huxley, Iowa 50124. Rev. Emily Peasley will officiate. Private inurnment will be at a later date. The...

Oct 9, 2018

Robert G. Shoemaker, age 61 of Marengo, passed away Tuesday, October 9, 2018, at Mercy Medical Center, in Cedar Rapids. There will be a Celebration of Life gathering at the Norway Masonic Lodge on Saturday, October 13, 2018 from 5 to 7 P.M. Memorials can be directed to the family in Robert’s name.

Robert is survived by...

Oct 8, 2018

Bruce Wilson, 72, of Mt. Pleasant, IA, died Monday, October 08, 2018, in the Emergency Room at the Henry County Health Center. Mr. Wilsons body has been cremated. No visitation or services will be held. Cards for the family may be mailed to Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel, P.O. Box 656, Mt. Pleasant, IA 52641. On line condolences may be directed to...

Oct 8, 2018

Louis Knapp Jr., age 79, of Marengo, passed away Monday, October 8, 2018, at Unity Point Health St. Lukes, Cedar Rapids. Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m., Friday, October 12, 2018, at Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo, with Pastor Andrew Gray officiating. Burial will be in the Marengo Cemetery. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m., Thursday, October 11, 2018 at Kloster Funeral Home,...

Oct 7, 2018

Brett J. VanErsvelde, age 47 of Huxley, Iowa, passed away Sunday, October 7, 2018, due to injuries suffered in a house fire. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 P.M. Thursday, October 11, 2018 at the United Methodist Church in Slater. Memorial Services will be held at 10:30 A.M. Friday, October 12, 2018, Kloster Funeral Home, Brooklyn,...

Oct 5, 2018

Nicole L. Matlick Milligan, age 39 of Marengo, died Friday, October 5, 2018 at her home. The family will receive friends from 4 to 6 P.M. Monday, October 15, 2018 at Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo. There will be no services. Inurnment will be at a later date at the Marengo Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to Nicole Matlick Memorial...

Oct 2, 2018

It is with much grief, but even greater hope in the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, that we announce that on October 2nd, 2018, Catherine Sue (nee Armbruster) Grout of Forest, Virginia fell asleep in the Lord at the age of 67 after a recent diagnosis of Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Catherine was born on April 18, 1951 in Iowa...

Oct 1, 2018

Williamsburg-Rita Dolores Shannahan was born February 9, 1944 in Iowa City, Iowa the daughter of Raymond and Dolores (Buline) Cole. She graduated from Solon High School in 1962. Rita was united in marriage to Emmett Shannahan on June 4, 1966 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Iowa City. She was a homemaker and worked as a housekeeper for 19 years...

Sep 30, 2018

Williamsburg- Wilma June (Gibbs) Witte was born to Will R. And Grace (Couchman) Gibbs on June 26, 1917 on a farm near Earlville, Iowa. She attended school in Earville and graduated from High School in 1934. For three years she attended the University of Dubuque and graduated with a B. A. Degree from the University of Iowa in 1938. For...

Sep 28, 2018

Williamsburg- Douglas "Boone" Allan Gorsh was born December 4, 1953 in Williamsburg, Iowa the son of Russell Floyd and Laurena Ann (Teggatz) Gorsh. He attended Williamsburg High School and worked in the construction field. In September 1973 Doug was united in marriage to Carol Jean Kahler. To this union they were blessed with two sons. They later divorced. Doug was...