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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Jeffrey Layne Turner was born on June 15, 1965, in Waterloo, the son of Gerald and Evelyn (Clark) Turner. Jeff graduated from Jesup High School and received a degree from DMACC to be a diesel mechanic. On July 5, 1986, he was united in marriage to Julie Torkelson. Jeff worked as a mechanic ...

Darrel Lynn Podhajsky, 72, was born January 28, 1946, to Joseph and Maxine (Konicek) Podhajsky. He passed away Thursday October 25, 2018 at his home in Oklahoma City, OK.He graduated from Traer High School with the class of 1964. He farmed with his father before enlisting in the Marine Corp ...

Herald "Sliver" Claude Mitchell was born on December 25, 1920, on the family farm near Buckingham, the son of Claude and Sara (Burr) Mitchell. He graduated from Geneseo High School with the class of 1939. On June 10, 1945, Herald was united in marriage to Elsie Lorenzen at Geneseo United ...

WATERLOO, IOWA: William J. "Bill" Scott, age 94, formerly of Sycamore, Illinois, died Monday, October 22, 2018, at Unity Point Health-Allen Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa.He was born January 31, 1924 in Des Moines, Iowa, and raised in Independence, Iowa, son of Walter and Mary Niffenegger Scott. He ...