Obituaries

Connie L. Barr, 63, of Newton, died Friday, Nov. 20 at the Hospice of Jasper County Monarch Wing at Skiff Medical Center.

Bev “Jo” Van Drimmelen, 77, of Newton, died Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, at her home. 

Richard L. “Dick” Thompson, 76, died on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, at the Hospice of Jasper County Monarch Wing in Newton.

Robert “Robbie” Rogers, 47, died on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.

Brian W. Lippert, 51, of Pleasant Hill died on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, in Centerville, Iowa.

Lawrence F. Collum, 73, of 813 E. 14th St. N. in Newton died on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, at the Careage Center in Newton.

Richard L. Thompson, 76, of Newton died on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, at the Hospice of Jasper County’s Monarch Wing in Newton.

Beverly “Jo” Van Drimmelen, 77, of Newton died Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, at her home in Newton.

Mary “Betty” Green, 89, of Newton died Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, at Careage of Newton in Newton.

Larry L. DeVore, 69, of Monroe, formerly of Newton, died Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009, at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.

Mary “Betty” Green, 89, of Newton died on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, at Careage of Newton in Newton.

Marlys (Poortinga) Lee, 61, of Glendale, Ariz., died Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, after years of suffering, first from cancer, then from effects of damage done by radiation treatments.

Charles Winter Burkland, 93, of Newton died on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009, at the Skiff Medical Center in Newton.

Larry L. DeVore, 69, of Monroe died on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009, at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.