Phil Gross, 86, formally of Iowa Falls, passed away, July 4, 2020, at Scottish Rite Park in Des Moines. Funeral services are pending with the Surls Funeral of Iowa Falls. A private graveside service will be in Iowa Falls due to Covid virus. The Surls Funeral Home in Iowa Falls is assisting the family. Arlene Sweedler, age 89, of Williams, passed away, July 4, 2020, at Scenic Manor in Iowa Falls.

Bill Ballard, 73, of Hampton, Iowa, passed away Monday, June 29, 2020, at Franklin General Hospital in Hampton.
  Bill was born George William Ballard, Jr. on October 12, 1946, in Louisville, Kentucky, to George William Ballard, Sr. and Ola Lorean Ballard. 

Funeral services will be held Tuesday (June 30), at 10:30 a.m., at the Sietsema Vogel Funeral Home in Hampton. Visitation will be held Monday, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., at the Sietsema Vogel Funeral Home in Hampton. Burial will take place at the Maynes Grove Cemetery rural Hampton. Margaret Angeline (Nelson) Zacharias, 93, of Hampton, passed away Monday, June 22, 2020, at MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center in Mason City.

James Anthony Cunningham, 70, of Williams, Iowa passed away June 25, 2020, at Hanson Family Hospital in Iowa Falls, Iowa. Visitation for James Cunningham will be 1:00 pm - 2 pm, Tuesday June 30, 2020, at the Linn’s Funeral Home Chapel, 1521 Washington Ave., Iowa Falls. There will be a private family graveside service at 2:30 pm following visitation at the St. Mark Cemetery in Iowa Falls.

Estelene M. Jennings, 95, of Iowa Falls, passed away on Friday, June 26, 2020 at Scenic Manor in Iowa Falls. Services are pending with the Surls Funeral Home in Iowa Falls.

Kevin Peter Chapple, 64, formerly of Hampton, died of cancer in Costa Rica on June 5, 2020.  Burial will be 10 a.m. on Friday, June 26th at the Hampton Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are under the guidance of the Sietsema-Atkinson Funeral Home in Hampton.

Billie Jean LaBass, 70, of Hampton, Iowa, passed away Friday, June 19, 2020, at Scenic Manor in Iowa Falls. Private family services will be held at a later date with burial taking place in the Lynwood Cemetery in Clarksville.

Ronald Richard “Ron” Jobe, 71, of Hampton, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, June 17, 2020, at the Rehabilitation Center of Hampton.  He was born August 25, 1948, in Hampton, to James and Margaret (Cournoyer) Jobe.

Byron Jay Buss, 69, of Hampton, passed away Sunday, June 21, 2020, at Franklin General Hospital in Hampton. No services will be held.

Kathleen Ella Nelda Dittmer, 90, of Iowa Falls, Iowa passed away June 15, 2020 at Mercy in Des Moines, Iowa. Funeral services for Kathleen Dittmer will be 10:00 am, Saturday June 27, 2020 at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Iowa Falls. There will be a time of visitation from 4:00 pm until 7:00 pm, Friday June 26, 2020, at the Linn’s Funeral Home Chapel 1521 Washington Ave.,Iowa Falls, Iowa 50126.

Kenneth Neeld, Sr., 102, of Iowa Falls, Iowa, passed away Monday, June 8, 2020, at Nora Springs Care Center, in Nora Springs, Iowa. Visitation will be 12:00 noon Friday, June 12, 2020, with Funeral services at 1:00 at Linn’s Funeral Home 1521 Washington Ave, Iowa Falls, Iowa. Burial will be at the Warren Township Cemetery, Mc Callsburg, Iowa. Paster Tim Maybe of Bethany Lutheran Church.

Kevin Peter Chapple, 64, formerly of Hampton, died of cancer in Costa Rica on June 5, 2020. Kevin was the son of The Reverend John. H. Chapple and the late Josephine. Besides his father, he leaves behind his brother John L. Chapple of Littleton, CO and his sister Karen Davis of Denver, CO. Burial will be at a later date. The Sietsema-Atkinson Funeral Home in Hampton is assisting the family.

Venita “Vicki” Stinson, 88, of Iowa Falls, passed away on Thursday, June 4, at her home in Iowa Falls. A private family funeral will be held with burial in the Alden Cemetery. A public visitation, without family present, will be on Friday, June 12, from 5-7 p.m. at the Surls Funeral Home in Iowa Falls. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the First Christian Church in Iowa Falls.

John Henry Knueppel, 84, of New York and formerly of Hampton, Iowa, passed away Monday, May 11, 2020, at St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital in Newburgh, New York. Services will take place at a later date with burial in the Hampton Cemetery. The Sietsema Vogel Funeral Home of Hampton is assisting John’s family.

Stan Griep, formerly of Ackley, Iowa, passed away on May 1st, 2020, at Scenic Manor in Iowa Falls. Memorial contributions can be made to the First Presbyterian Church in Ackley, Iowa, or the ASPCA.