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Barbara Clare Small
Feb 13, 2023
Barbara Clare Small, age 90, passed away on Monday February 13, 2023 at Wheatland Manor. There will be a private family service at a later date.
Barbara was born March 14, 1932 in Clinton, Iowa to William and Clara Chandler Thompson. She married Alan Small in June of 1973 in Rockton, IL. He passed away September 1,...
Shirley Kay Hoffner
Jan 28, 2023
Shirley Kay Hoffner, age 86 of Clarence, passed away on Saturday January 28, 2023. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday February 1 at 10:30 A.M at St. John's United Church of Christ in Clarence with Reverend Matt Schneider-Adams officiating. Burial will follow at the Clarence Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Tuesday January 31 from 5-7 P.M at...
Dale Eugene Wells
Jan 17, 2023
Dale Eugene Wells, 97, of Clarence, passed away on January 17, 2023 at ProMedica Senior Care Center in Cedar Rapids. Funeral services will be held Saturday January 21 at 2:30 PM at Chapman Funeral Home in Clarence with Pastor Randy Kruse officiating. Visitation will be from 1:30 until service time. Burial will be in the Greene Center Cemetery in...
Dorothy Eileen Pingel
Jan 15, 2023
Dorothy Eileen Mingst Pingel, age 96 of Lowden, passed away on January 15, 2023 at Unity Point St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids. Funeral services will be held at Chapman Funeral Home on Saturday January 21 at 10:30 AM with Pastor Scott Meyer officiating. Visitation will be from 9:30 until service time. Burial will be in Pine Hill Cemetery....
Rick Bentrott
Jan 13, 2023
Rick Bentrott, age 68 of Lowden, passed away on Friday January 13, 2023 at Genesis East Medical Center in Davenport. Funeral services will be on Tuesday January 17, 2023 at Zion United Church of Christ in Lowden at 10:30 AM with Pastor Scott Meyer officiating. Burial will follow at the Lowden Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9:00 until service...
Delores I. Anderson
Jan 12, 2023
Delores I. Anderson, age 83 of Calamus, passed away on Thursday January 12, 2023 at her home. Funeral services will be held on Monday January 16 at 10:30 A.M at Christian Free Lutheran Church in Wheatland with Pastor Martin Horn officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery in Calamus. Visitation will be held from 9:00 until service time...
Linda Lou St. John
Jan 11, 2023
Linda Lou St. John, age 72 of Stanwood, passed away suddenly on Wednesday January 11, 2023. A funeral service will be held at Chapman's in Clarence on Wednesday January 18, 2023 at 2:00 PM with Pastor Ron Lashmit officiating. Visitation will be from 12:00 until 2:00. Burial will follow in St. John's Cemetery in Clarence.
Linda was...
Everette R. Walshire
Jan 5, 2023
Everette R. Walshire, age 87 of Mechanicsville, passed away on Thursday January 5, 2023 at the Mechanicsville Specialty Care Center. Funeral Mass will be held on Monday January 9, 2023 at 10:30 A.M at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Mechanicsville with Fr. Richard Okumu officiating. Visitation will be held at the church on Sunday January 8 from 3-6 PM...
Julia A. Goedken
Dec 30, 2022
Julia A. Goedken, age 60 of Clarence, passed away on December 30, 2022. There will be a memorial service at Chapman Funeral Home in Clarence on Thursday January 5 at 3:00 PM. Visitation will be one hour before.
Julia was born February 15, 1962 to Walter and Marlene Knepper Goedken in Dubuque, Iowa.
Survivors include...
Mark W. Meyer
Dec 28, 2022
Mark W. Meyer, age 74 of Stanwood, passed away on Wednesday December 28, 2022 at Lantern Park Care Center in Coralville. Memorial services will be held on Tuesday January 3, 2023 at 10:00 AM at Chapman Funeral Home in Clarence with Pastor Ron Lashmit officiating. Visitation will be from 9:00 AM until service time. Burial will be at the...
Donald R. Wadsworth
Dec 27, 2022
Donald R. Wadsworth, age 81 of Princeton and formerly of Clarence, passed away unexpectedly on December 27, 2022 at his home. Funeral services will be held on Thursday December 29 at 11:00 A.M at Chapman Funeral Home in Clarence with Pastor Carol Mart officiating. Visitation will be held from 9:30 until service time at the funeral home. The family...
Kirk Jon Hein
Dec 19, 2022
Kirk Jon Hein, age 72, of Lowden, passed away on Monday, December 19, 2022, at the Guttenberg Municipal Hospital & Clinics. There will be a private service with immediate family in the spring.
Kirk was born July 6, 1950, in Cedar Rapids to William and Caroline (Strackbein) Hein. He married Carol Wulf in 1971. They later divorced...
Steven W. Jackson
Dec 13, 2022
Steven W. Jackson, age 69 of Lowden, passed away on Tuesday December 13, 2022 at Cedar Manor in Tipton. Funeral services will be held at Calvary Foursquare Church in Tipton at 12:00 P.M on Saturday December 17 with Pastor Cynthia Ryssemus officiating. Burial will follow at Woodbridge Cemetery in Buchanan. Visitation will be held on Friday December 16 from...
Lisa Jane Severin
Dec 12, 2022
Lisa Jane Severin, age 67 of Peoria, IL, passed away suddenly on Monday December 12, 2022 at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, with her family by her side. Services will be private with burial in the Clarence Cemetery.
Lisa was born on June 7, 1955 to Robert and Patricia (Dircks) Severin in Cedar Rapids, Iowa....
Wilbert F. Wendt
Dec 2, 2022
Wilbert F. Wendt, age 85 of Clarence, passed away at Unity Point St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids on Friday December 2, 2022. Funeral services will be held on Thursday December 8 at 10:30 AM at St. John's United Church of Christ in Clarence with Rev. Matt Schneider-Adams officiating. Visitation will be on Tuesday December 6 from 4-7 PM...
William Danny Walters
Nov 18, 2022
William Danny "Dan" Walters, age 75 of Clarence (formerly of Thor, Iowa), passed into life eternal on Friday, November 18, 2022 under the care of hospice at Clarence Nursing Home. There will be a private memorial service at St. John's United Church of Christ in Clarence with Pastor Matt Schneider-Adams officiating. Friends are welcome to join the family at...
Beverly J. Mente
Oct 25, 2022
Beverly J. Mente, age 88 of Wheatland, passed away on Tuesday October 25, 2022 at Wheatland Manor. Private memorial services will be held at St. Paul's United Church of Christ in Wheatland with Pastor Tessa Cavey officiating. Burial will be at a later date in Pine Hill Cemetery in rural Wheatland. There will be a celebration of Joe and...
Lara L. Burkhead
Oct 12, 2022
Lara L. Burkhead, age 50 of Muscatine, passed away at her home on Wednesday October 12, 2022. There will be a visitation to celebrate Lara on Saturday October 22 from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM at Chapman Funeral Home in Clarence. The family requests that casual attire be worn.
Lara was born February 8, 1972 in Muscatine,...
Brenda K. Esbaum
Oct 11, 2022
Brenda K. Esbaum, age 80 of Lowden, passed away on October 11, 2022 at St. Luke's Unity Point Hospital in Cedar Rapids. Funeral services will be held on Saturday October 15 at 11:00 A.M at Zion United Church of Christ in Lowden with Pastor Susan Schneider-Adams officiating. Burial will follow in the Lowden Cemetery. Visitation will be held from...
Joe H. Mente
Oct 4, 2022
Joe H. Mente, age 88 of Wheatland, passed away on Tuesday October 4, 2022 at Wheatland Manor. There will be a private memorial service at St. Paul's United Church of Christ in Wheatland with Pastor Tessa Cavey officiating. Burial will be at a later date in Pine Hill Cemetery in rural Wheatland.
Joe was born on June...
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