Obituaries
May 22, 2013 - 11:30 a.m.
Services are pending at the Pence-Reese Funeral Home for Edward Keller, 94, of Newton, who died Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at Careage of Newton. Online condolences may be left at www.pencefh.com.
May 22, 2013 - 11:29 a.m.
Paul H. Chrismore, 78, of rural Newton, died Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at his home.
May 21, 2013 - 12:10 p.m.
Betty Lou George, 70, of Prairie City died Saturday, May 18, 2013, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines.
May 20, 2013 - 12:15 p.m.
Ruth A. Funk, 100, of Newton died on Saturday, May 18, 2013, at Newton Healthcare.
May 17, 2013 - 11:23 a.m.
Roger Irvin Herr, 95, of Newton, formerly of Dallas Center, passed away Wednesday evening, May 15, 2013, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.
May 16, 2013 - 10:28 a.m.
A. Harold Sparks, 91, a resident of Park Centre Retirement Community, Newton, died May 13, 2013, in the Park Centre Care Center.
May 16, 2013 - 10:25 a.m.
Roger Glenn Faidley, 67, formerly of Colfax, died Sunday, May 5, 2013.
May 16, 2013 - 10:24 a.m.
Janet Marilyn Freese, 76 of Sully, passed away on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at Skiff Medical Center in Newton.
May 16, 2013 - 10:24 a.m.•By Sept. 15, 1938 –
May 11, 2013
Cleone Bresnahan Johnson, 74, of Boone and formerly of Newton, died at her home on May 11, 2013. She gifted her body to Des Moines University in Des Moines. Following the study, her body will be cremated and a graveside service and burial will be in the Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Waukon.