Category: Life Events

Brandon Mitchell, 34, of Jefferson. Services: Monday, July 13, at 10:30 am at Slininger-Schroeder Funeral Home, Jefferson, 515-386-2171. Visitation one hour prior to the service. Survivors: daughter Hope Mitchell of Grand Junction; father Jim (Jodi) Mitchell of Grand Junction; brother James Mitchell of West Des Moines; other relatives; and friends. Memorials suggested to Kavanagh Hospice House, Des Moines. Cindy Mason,…

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Services will be held July 1 in the Greene County High School gymnasium in Jefferson for Sean Thompson, 58, of Johnston, formerly of Ogden. Interment will be at a later time in the Jefferson Municipal Cemetery. The life journey of Sean Michael Thompson started June 20, 1968, in Iowa City. After a diagnosis in August 2025 of non-small cell lung…

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Jack Lewis died at his home in Jefferson on Tuesday, June 16, 2026. He was 86. A memorial gathering to mark his passing will be held Friday, July 3, from 5 to 8 pm at the Elks Lodge, 103 W. Harrison St., in Jefferson. John David “Jack” Lewis was born Dec. 15, 1939, at Finley Hospital in Dubuque, the only…

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Richard (Dick) H. Carstens, 75, of Jefferson, peacefully passed away June 12, 2026. He was born on December 7, 1950, in Carroll to Herman and Geniece Carstens. Dick grew up on a farm outside of Paton and graduated from Paton-Churdan Community School in 1969. He married his high school sweetheart Connie Fillman in 1971 in Farnhamville, at Holy Trinity Lutheran…

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Jo Ella (Shearman) Lawton, 90, retired her beautiful smile and caregiving soul. She was walked peacefully home into the eternal peace of the Lord from her Sun Lakes, AZ, apartment on April 28, 2026. Jo was a woman of boundless love, kindness, creativity, faith, and a champion greeting card giver. And her sister Joy provided the greatest angelic caregiving and…

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Dorla Neiderheiser, age 88, long-time Paton resident, died May 20, 2026. Funeral services will be held May 26 at Salem United Methodist Church in Paton. Interment will be in Paton Township Cemetery, Paton. Dorla Jean Neiderheiser, the daughter of Darrell and Jessie Drayer Shriver, was born on March 25, 1938, in Jefferson, and departed this life on May 20, 2026. She lived…

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Delores Darlene (Esdohr) Finch, the daughter of Romayne and Gladys (Kotas) Esdohr was born December 28, 1937, in Scranton.  She graduated from Scranton Consolidated School in 1955. On April 6, 1956, Delores married Richard Dean Finch at Trinity Lutheran Church in Jefferson. They became the parents of two sons, David and Dale. Delores worked for several years as a secretary at…

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Funeral services will be held for Jan Strawn, 89, of Jefferson May 23 at Slininger-Schroeder Funeral Home, Jefferson. Interment will be in the Greenbrier Township Cemetery, rural Jefferson, Greene County, IA. Janice Roberta (Watson) Strawn was born September 15, 1936, to Fred and R. Maxine (Bryan) Watson in Jefferson. Jan was raised in Bayard.  In 1954, she graduated from Bayard Community…

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Memorial services for Wanda Anderson will be held at Slininger-Schroeder Funeral Home in Jefferson Saturday, May 2, 2026. Private interment in the Jefferson Municipal Cemetery will be at a later time. Wanda Lee Anderson, daughter of Kenneth and Marie (Roberts) Golden, was born March 9, 1934.  Wanda attended school in Dana and graduated in 1952. After graduation, she worked at a…

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Services will be held Saturday, April 18, at Slininger-Schroeder Funeral Home for Patsy Hastings, 93, of Jefferson. Interment will be at the Jefferson Municipal Cemetery. Patsy Ann Young Hastings was born November 1, 1932, in Jefferson. She was the youngest of four children of James Hugh and Marie (Kelley) Young, growing up on farms in the Jefferson and Churdan areas. …

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Cardinal baseball fans… we’ve lost a good one. Timothy Joseph McCoy has re-tired from the Iowa playing field to the place Jesus has prepared for him in the Father’s house (John 14:1-4). He died peacefully in hospice care at Greene County Medical Center on March 30, 2026, following a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. Tim was born Aug. 31, 1950,…

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Patricia Ann Peterson, 86, of Jefferson passed away March 20, 2026, after a long battle with declining health. A graveside service will be held April 4 at 11 am at the Jefferson Cemetery. Pat was born March 25, 1939, in Morristown, NJ, to Ernest and Erma (Baynes) Peterson, the second of five children. When she was 5 years old, the family…

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