Category Archives: Obituaries

Margie June McCuen, 88, of Colfax, passed away Friday, Feb. 25, 2022, at her home. Graveside services were held Tuesday, Mar. 1, at 1 p.m. at Waveland Cemetery in Prairie City. Following the service, the family greeted friends at Prairie City Community Room for a Tea Time beginning at 1:30 p.m. The daughter of Wilbur and...

Raymond G. Rinehart, 85, passed away Feb. 13, 2022, at his home in Victor of natural causes. Ser-vices were held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 18, at Smith Funeral Home in Victor. Burial was in Victor Memorial Cemetery. Memorials may be designated to the Raymond Rinehart Memorial Fund and mailed in care of Smith...

Alice Louise Gause, 81, passed away Feb. 13, 2022, at Wesley Acres Health Center in Des Moines. A service was held at Lynnville Cemetery on Saturday, Feb. 19, at 1 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Good Samaritan Fund at Wesley Acres or Wesley Life Hospice. Alice was born in Montezuma...

Gordon Van Donselaar, 90, of Grinnell, died Tues-day, Feb. 15, 2022, at Mayflower Com-munity Health Care Center in Grinnell. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 26, at Calvary Baptist Church in Grinnell. The service will be livestreamed beginning at 10:20 a.m. on the Smith Funeral Home and Crematory Facebook page....

  Linda G. Verhey, 76, passed away Feb. 20, 2022, sur-rounded by loved ones. Funeral service will be at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 24, at Third Church, 708 East 13th Street, Pella. Memorial donations have been designated for Hospice of Pella and Mobility Worldwide IA (P.E.T.) of Leighton. Linda was born Jan. 30, 1946, to Andrew...

Eloise Sward, 91, of Sully, passed away Feb. 9, 2022. Visitation with the family present will be 4-6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 25, at Harvest House, 7179 East 110th Street South, Sully. A Celebration of Life will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 26, at Harvest House. Private inurnment will be at Sully Cemetery....

Mark Cooper, 64, passed away on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 4, at Grinnell Friends Church.  Burial with military rites was held in the Searsboro Cemetery. A luncheon followed the burial at Searsboro Community Center. As a request...