Services will be held August 18 at Slininger-Schroeder Funeral Home in Jefferson for Anna Josephine Eckhardt, 104, of Jefferson, formerly of Davenport. Interment will be the following day at Davenport Memorial Park Cemetery in Davenport. Memorials in honor of Anna may be directed to First Presbyterian Church in Jefferson, the Jefferson public library, or Greene County Medical Center. Anna Josephine…
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Tom Kinnan, 1945 – 2023
Funeral services for Tom Kinnan, age 77 of Churdan, will be held at 10:30am Saturday, August 12, 2023 at First Baptist Church in Churdan. Interment will be in Highland Township Cemetery in Churdan. Keith Thomas Kinnan, known by all as Tom, was born December 24, 1945, in Carroll. He was raised on a farm west of Churdan by his parents Roger…
Read MoreCharles Edward Lawson, 1941 – 2023
Funeral services will be held July 26 at First Presbyterian Church in Jefferson for Ed Lawson, 81, of Jefferson. The Rev Bill Kem, pastor of the church, will offer words of comfort. The family will share remembrances. Michael Kennedy will be soloist, accompanied by Cheryl Nailor. Honorary bearers will be Jordan Lawson, Paige Lawson, Justine Lawson, Jennifer Kennedy, Bill Kennedy,…
Read MoreViolet McClary, 1931 – 2023
Services will be held July 29 at First United Methodist Church in Jefferson for Violent McClary, 92, of Jefferson. Interment will be at Wright Cemetery in Greene County. Violet Evelyn (Baker) McClary was born April 24, 1931, in Sioux City, IA, the only child of Milo E. Baker and Frances L. (Martindale) Baker. She died July 19, 2023, in Jefferson, at…
Read MoreDr James Forbes, 1945 – 2023
Services will be held July 15 at St Joseph Catholic Church in Jefferson for Dr James E. Forbes, 78, of Jefferson. Father Bill Schreiber will be celebrant for the Mass of Christian Burial. Private interment will be at a future date at St Joseph Cemetery in Jefferson. James Eldon Forbes was born in Jefferson on February 13, 1945 to Charles…
Read MoreSandra Shaw, 1936 – 2023
Sandra Shaw, 86, of Ogden, passed away Saturday, July 8, 2023, at Israel Hospice House in Ames. Funeral services will be held July 12 at Foster Funeral and Cremation Center in Webster City. Burial will follow in Graceland Cemetery. Sandra Kay McFarland, daughter of Claire (Marjorie Bullock) and Dorothy McFarland, was born on the family farm south of Webster City…
Read MoreDoris Tipton, 1931 – 2023
A memorial service will be held July 7 at Slininger-Schroeder Funeral Home in Jefferson for Doris Pauline (Busch) Tipton, 91, of Rippey. The Rev Brian Bopp will offer words of comfort. He will also be soloist. Honorary bearers will be Jaimi Bird, Levi Tipton, Michael Larson, Jenna Larson, Wesley Tipton and Wyatt Tipton. Inurnment will be at the Franklin Township…
Read MoreHarold Osterman, 1928 – 2023
Visitation with the family of Harold Osterman, 95, of Grand Junction will be held Monday, July 3, at Slininger-Schroeder Funeral Home in Jefferson. Words of comfort will be offered by hospice chaplain Denise Lindemann of St Croix Hospice in Humboldt. A private family interment will be held at a later date at the Junction Township Cemetery. A United States Army…
Read MoreAlice Shriver, 1929 – 2023
A visitation for family and friends was held June 27 at Slininger-Schroeder Funeral Home in Jefferson for Alice Shriver, 93, of Jefferson. Commissioned pastor Wendy Pittman of First Presbyterian Church in Jefferson offered words of comfort. A private family interment was held at the Jefferson Municipal Cemetery. Alice Elizabeth Shriver, a lifelong resident of Jefferson, passed away peacefully at…
Read MoreDallas Schrader, l928 – 2023
Services will be held June 30 at Central Christian Church in Jefferson for Dallas Schrader, 94, of Jefferson. The Rev Ben Ramiriz will offer words of comfort. Gary Haupert will be soloist, accompanied by Rita Rasmussen. Dallas Eugene Schrader of Jefferson passed away June 21, 2023, at Accura Healthcare in Carroll. He was born Nov. 22, 1928, on a farm…
Read MorePhyllis Staebler, 1933 – 2023
Phyllis Mae Creamer was born June 27, 1933, at the home of her parents, Robert Lee and Ethel (Seyl) Creamer, in Laurel, NE. Phyllis died on June 22, 2023, at the Eastern Star Masonic Home in Boone, at the age of 89 years. Phyllis lived in Laurel until December of 1945, when the family moved to Grand Junction, IA. She…
Read MoreLinda Pardun, 1943 – 2023
Linda Pardun, 79, of Jamaica, passed away Wednesday, June 14, 2023, at her home. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, June 20, at Mount Olivet Lutheran Church in Perry. Burial will be in the Violet Hill Cemetery in Perry. Memorials will be given to Mount Olivet Lutheran Church and may be left at the Carris Family Funeral Home &…
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