Florence Marlys Starck was born May 14, 1928 in rural Gladbrook, Iowa. She was the daughter of Peter and Clara (Paustian) Schlicht. Florence received most her education in Gladbrook and graduated from Reinbeck High School in 1945. On November 7, 1945, she was united in marriage to Clarence ...

Shirley Jean Crawford was born in Vinton, Iowa, on December 18, 1934, daughter of John Dorwin and Marie Rosina (Schultz) Franklin. She was raised in Belle Plaine with 7 brothers and 1 sister. All of the boys were in sports so Shirley and her family proudly attended countless track meets and ...

Sandra "Sandy" Kay Boomer was born in Geneseo Township on August 16, 1940, daughter of Carl and Florence (Speer) Stouffer. She attended schools graduating with the Geneseo High School Class of 1958 then went to the Iowa State Teachers College (UNI) to become a teacher. Sandy worked with ...

Paulette Ann Boerm was born on April 11, 1945 in Marshalltown, to her parents, Paul and Vera (Landt) Arp. She attended school in Dinsdale and graduated with the class of 1963. After her graduation, Paulette began beauty school classes and received her cosmetology license. In 1966, Paulette ...

CLUTIER-Maxine Lucille (Prusha) Kopriva, 91, a resident of Sunrise Hill Care Center in Traer, passed away Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at the care center. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Saturday, December 15, 2018 at 10:00 AM at the St. Paul Catholic Church in Traer with Father Michael ...

Loren Emil Podhajsky, age 73, passed away on December 7, 2018 at Research Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri after a 17-month valiant fight with Leukemia.A memorial service for Loren was held on Thursday, December 13, at Crosspoints Church in Shawnee Mission, Kansas.Loren was born on February 18, ...

UARY:Richard Wayne Beecher passed away Monday, December 10, 2018 at the Sunrise Care Center in Traer, Ia. at age 90. He was known as Rich, Beech, Gray Fox (his license plate) and Whitey (reference to his full head of wavy white hair) to many of his family members. Rich grew up in Dinsdale Iowa ...

Dysart- Paul E. Matthiesen, 81, of Dysart, died Wednesday, December 5th, at University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City.He was born August 27th, 1937, son of Louie and Eldora Matthiesen. Paul worked as a Dairy Farmer in Dysart and Night Watchman at Big Timber in Urbana. He was an avid fisherman ...

Ernest Joseph Pokorny of Bondurant, formerly of Traer, died on Monday, November 19, 2018 at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines at the age of 91. A visitation will be held on Sunday, December 2, 2018 at Overton Funeral Home: 714 First Street, Traer, Iowa, 50675 from 3:00-5:00 p.m. The funeral ...

Rayona M. Roszell, died November 1, 2018 at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. She was born October 24, 1933, in Cedar Rapids, IA, the daughter of Edward (Ted) and Zola (Tarvin) Bagenstos of La Porte City, IA. She graduated from La Porte City High School. She married Harold Roszell in ...