Margaret May (Gade) Fuhrman, 101, of Iowa Falls, Iowa, passed away peacefully at her son’s home in Bonham, Texas on April 11, 2022, following a brief illness. The funeral service will take place at 2:00 p.m., April 19, 2022 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Iowa Falls. The Rev. Paul Beisel will officiate. The family will receive friends at 1:00 p.m. prior to the service. Burial will follow at Northlawn Memory Gardens Cemetery.

John Joseph Baltes, age 96, of Hampton, Iowa, passed away April 8, 2022 at the Hampton Rehab Center. A celebration of life will be held on Monday, April 18th at 10:30 a.m. at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Hampton, Iowa. Funeral arrangements are under the guidance of the Sietsema-Atkinson Funeral Home in Hampton.

Arlyn Miller, 71, of Hampton passed away April 3, 2022 at his home in Mason City.  Visitation will be on Thursday, April 21 from 4-7 at Counsell Woodley Funeral Home in Hampton. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 on Friday, April 22 at Zion Reformed Church rural Sheffield with burial in the Hampton Cemetery.  Arlyn’s celebration of life will be held at Harriman’s Park shelter that afternoon to share memories and cheers.

    Thomas Joseph Crane, 83, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, formerly of Dows, Iowa, passed away on Saturday, April 2, 2022, at Cottage Grove Place, Cedar Rapids, of T-cell lymphoma, Sezary syndrome, and Parkinson’s disease. Funeral Mass: 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 23 2022, at St. Patrick Catholic Church, Hampton, Iowa. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. at the church. A luncheon will follow the mass.

Kenneth Ackerman, 86, of Ackley, passed away on Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at his home in Ackley. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. on Friday, April 8, 2022 at the Washington Reformed Church with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday from 5-7 p.m. at the Sietsema Funeral Home in Ackley.

Less than 6 months shy of her 100th birthday, Mary (Zeigler) Douglass died on March 18, 2022.
Born August 21, 1922 to Elmer and Minnie Zeigler, Mary was raised in Mason City, Iowa, never far from her identical twin Margaret. As truly twins, they had much fun switching classes and switching dates! When Margaret moved to Sioux Falls, SD, they typed letters to each other every week until Margaret passed away at the age of 80.

July 13, 1933 – March 31, 2022  
Patty Jo Woodley, 88, passed away Thursday, March 31 at Allison Health Care Center.  Patty was born July 13, 1933 to Paul and Eileen Burroughs.   On July 3, 1951 she was united in marriage to Warren Woodley at Hampton Methodist church.   
 

Thelma Peterson, 74, of Topeka, Kansas and formerly of Charles City, passed away on Thursday, March 31 in Topeka, Kansas. Funeral services are pending with the Sietsema Funeral Home in Ackley. 

Verle Beckman, 94, passed away on March 30, 2022 at Scenic Manor, Iowa Falls. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 2, 2022 at the Bethany Lutheran Church in Iowa Falls with burial in the Dayton Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are under the guidance of the Surls Funeral Home in Iowa Falls.Verle Beckman, 94, passed away on March 30, 2022 at Scenic Manor, Iowa Falls. Funeral services will be 10 a.m.

Don Clay was born June 18, 1927, in Franklin County, Iowa to Doris (Shroyer) and Lawrence Clay. He passed away at Cedar Ridge Village Care Facility in West Des Moines on Tuesday, March 22nd, 2022, just a few months shy of 95. 

Ruth Ann Pendergast-Hansen, age 84, passed away on January 20, 2022, at home in Summerville, SC. Ruth Ann was born in Hampton, Iowa on January 3, 1938, to Elvira and John Clark Patton. She married her first husband Charles V. Pendergast, who joined the Army and then Air Force. They had three children together Arlyn Todd, Belinda Sue and Craig Steven.

Marlo Westaby, 94, of Alexander, passed away Friday, March 18, 2022, at the Madrid Home.
Funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, April 9, 2022, at First Reformed Church in Alexander.  Visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30, prior to the service at the church.  Burial will take place in the Alexander Cemetery.  The Counsell Woodley Funeral Home of Hampton is caring for Marlo and his family.

Leo Bert Renberg, 90, of Sheffield, passed away peacefully on March 24, 2022 at the Sheffield Care Center following a brief illness.  Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 2, 2022, at the Richland Lutheran Church in Thornton, Iowa.  Visitation is from 9:00-10:30, prior to the service. Burial will be at Hillside Cemetery in Sheffield following the luncheon.

Joyce Boehmler Blum passed away peacefully March 11 at Bickford Senior Living Center in Iowa City, after 95 years in this world. Joyce was an amazing ray of sunshine who touched many lives with her gifts of love and happiness, which she gladly shared with others. She lived her life to the fullest and enjoyed every moment spreading the “Joy” in Joyce.

Charles E. “Chuck” Akers, 81, of Hampton, passed away Thursday, March 24, 2022, at Franklin General Hospital in Hampton. 
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, March 28, 2022, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Hampton, with burial in the Hampton Cemetery.  Visitation will be held Sunday, March 27, 2022, from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., at Trinity Lutheran Church in Hampton.