Obituaries

Wed
04
Oct

Merna "Pat" Custer

Merna "Pat" Custer

 

Merna “Pat” Custer, 97, of Randalia, Iowa, died Friday, September 29, 2023, at her home.

Memorial Service: 2:00 P.M. Thursday, October 5, 2023, at the Randalia United Methodist Church in Randalia with Pastor Julie Ahrens officiating. Visitation: 1:00 to 2:00 P.M. Thursday at the church. Inurnment: At a later date in Dunham Grove Cemetery, Randalia. Memorials may be directed in her name to the Randalia United Methodist Church or West Central Community School. The Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home in Maynard, Iowa is assisting the family. Online obituary at www.jamisonschmitzfuneralhome.com

Wed
27
Sep

Phyllis Mae Van Sickle

Phyllis Mae Van Sickle

 

Phyllis Mae Van Sickle, 88, of Sumner, died Friday, September 22, 2023, at the Hillcrest Home in Sumner.

Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 26, 2023, at St. John Lutheran Church in Sumner with Rev. Tracy Hinkel officiating. Burial was  held at the Hawkeye Cemetery. Visitation was held from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m., Monday, September 25th at Becker & Son Funeral Home in Sumner and for one-hour preceding services at the Church on Tuesday. Memorials may be made to the family for later designation.

Wed
27
Sep

Karen Weston

Karen Weston

 

Karen L. Weston, 81, of rural Fayette, Iowa, died peacefully on Friday evening, September 22, 2023, at Maple Crest Manor in Fayette.

Funeral Service:  10:30 a.m. Thursday, September 28, 2023, at the Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home in Oelwein, with Rev. Josh Schunk officiating. Visitation:  4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Wednesday and for one hour before the service on Thursday at the funeral home. Interment:  Woodlawn Cemetery, Oelwein, Iowa. Memorials may be directed to the family at 10215 K Avenue, Fayette, Iowa 52142.

Online obituary at www.jamisonschmitzfuneralhome.com

Wed
27
Sep

Carol Guyer

Carol Guyer

 

Carol Ann Guyer, age 77, of West Union sadly passed away on September 23, 2023, at UnityPoint Health-St Luke’s Hospital-Cedar Rapids.  She was born on September 27, 1945, in Postville, IA, to Paul and Iona Welzel.  She graduated from Postville High School in 1964.  She married Russel C. Guyer on September 24, 1965.  Carol is survived by her four daughters: Cheryl (Dean) Schmitt, Linda (Darby) Jellings, Jackie (Charlie) O’Connell, and Stacy Oakland.  She is also survived by her sister Linda (Bill) Anderson, 11 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren with two on the way.  Carol was preceded in death by her son Jay Guyer and parents.

Carol was a dedicated homemaker while raising her five children on a rural farm in West Union.  Later in life she moved from the farm and settled in town where she managed her own house cleaning business. She finished her career employed in environmental services at Gundersen Palmer for eight years.  

Wed
27
Sep

Shirley Rowland

Shirley Rowland

 

 

Shirley Ann Rowland, of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, who spent the most recent thirty years in West Union and Clermont, passed away September 19, 2023 at the age of 76, at Divine Rehabilitation and Nursing at Fennimore, Wisconsin. Shirley was a beloved wife, mother, daughter, grandmother, sister, and friend.

Shirley was born on April 22, 1947 in Waterloo and was the oldest child of Rhoda (Sears) and Keith Wilkinson. She attended elementary school in Geneseo at the same school where her parents met. When the family moved to Sumner, Shirley went to country school, and then in 6th grade she attended “town school” in Sumner. When Shirley was in 9th grade, they moved outside of Oelwein where she graduated in 1965. Throughout the years, Shirley was a bookkeeper and secretary for several different companies and courthouses. She retired from the Fayette County Courthouse in the Community Services office in 2009. 

Wed
27
Sep

Willard "Bill" Paschal

Willard "Bill" Paschal

 

Willard "Bill" Paschal, 81, of McGregor, died Sunday, September 17, 2023, at Crossing Rivers Health in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. 

Visitation was held from 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. on Friday, September 22nd, 2023, at Becker & Son Funeral Home in Hawkeye. Private family burial will be at Hawkeye Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the family for later designation. Becker & Son Funeral Home in Hawkeye is assisting Bill’s family. Online condolences may be left at www.beckermilnesrettig.com.

Wed
27
Sep

Stanley Lehman

Stanley Lehman

 

 

Stanley Louis Lehman, age 86, died peacefully on September 15, 2023 in Evanston Hospital. Stan was born in Elgin, lowa on August 8, 1937 to Naomi Shupbach Lehman and Louis Lehman.

Stan was the beloved husband of Barbara Gassen Lehman, the loving father of Gregory (Andrea), LoriAnn, Leanna (Jason), and Lawrence (Karen), and the much loved grandfather of Hanna, Lukas, Grant, Ella, Kirk, Devan, Drake, and Kenzington.

Stan took great pride in his grandchildren and loved to hear of their exploits and successes.

Wed
20
Sep

Janann Seabrooke

Janaan Seabrooke

 

A beautiful and much loved lady left this world on Thursday, September 14, 2023, in the presence of family members.   Janann Marie (Mork) Seabrooke, 88, daughter of the late Kenneth Benjamin Mork and Georgia Meyer Mork, husband of Alan A. Seabrooke and mother of Jill Mack and Timothy Seabrooke passed at Stoney Brook Village in West Union, Iowa.

Jan was born in a tiny house on a creek bottom in rural Clayton County on February 8, 1935. She was joined in the young family by a sister, Nona, three years later, and a brother, Kendall, in 1949. By this time the family had moved to the farm they had acquired on the Elgin-Gunder Road. 

Wed
20
Sep

Sharon Krech

Sharon Krech

 

Wed
20
Sep

Judith Loftsgard

Judith Loftsgard

 

Judith A Loftsgard, born January 14, 1941 to Glenn and Betty(Wood) Nims, peacefully passed away on August 30th 2023 at her home after a long illness.  She is survived by her husband of 65 years Ronald E. Loftsgard, her son Drew A. Loftsgard (Kristin); sisters Shelvy Schott (Willie), Phyllis Howard (Jerry) Grandchildren Michael (Meca) Loftsgard, Kaylee Lau, Shaun Lau, Timothy (Krissy)Brainard, Ashley (James) Briggs, Abbey White, Cassidi Curry, Morgan Robinson and Nick (Taylor) Robinson and many many great grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her daughter, Debra A. Loftsgard and her son David E.Loftsgard as well as her parents Glenn and Betty Nims.

Judy was a jack of all trades, master of many. She wore many hats. Daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt, welder,  maintenance technician and she mastered them all with love and intent.

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