Obituaries
STERLING, IL -- The Rev. Donald Matthiessen, 87, Sterling, IL, died Friday, Feb. 3 at Regency Care in Sterling. Services will be held Thursday, Feb. 16 at 10 a.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls, IL. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17 at the Elk Horn Lutheran...
URBANDALE -- Delores Lindell, Urbandale, formerly of Harlan, died Sunday, Feb. 12 at Deerfield Home in Urbandale. Services will be held Wednesday, Feb. 15 at Sellergren Lindell DeMarce Funeral Home in Red Oak. Lindell is survived by her husband, Ken.
MINDEN -- Harold “Shorty” William Bintz, 88, Minden, died February 9 at the Oakland Manor Nursing Home. Services were held Monday, Feb. 13 at 10:30 a.m. at United Church of Christ in Minden with burial in the Minden Cemetery at Minden. Bintz is survived by his wife, Sandra Bintz, of...
IRWIN -- Mary Joe Oliver, 90, Irwin, died Wednesday, Feb. 8 in Harlan. Services will be held Monday, Feb. 13 at 10 a.m. at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan with burial at 2 p.m. at the Middle Fork Cemetery in Redding. Friends may call Sunday, Feb. 12 from 1-7 p.m. with family...
HARLAN -- Margaret A. Dalbey, 85, Harlan, died February 8 at Myrtue Medical Center. Services will be Saturday, Feb. 11 at 2 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery. Visitation is Saturday from noon-2 p.m. at the church. Dalbey is survived by her...
OLATHE, KS -- Ronald Eugene Plumb, 83, Olathe, KS, died January 20 in Olathe. Services will be held Saturday, Feb. 18 at 11 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery. Visitation will be held Saturday from 10-11 a.m. at the funeral home. Plumb is...
STERLING, IL -- The Rev. Donald Matthiessen, 87, Sterling, IL, died Friday, Feb. 3 at Regency Care in Sterling. Services will be held Thursday, Feb. 16 at 10 a.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls, IL. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17 at the Elk Horn Lutheran...
HARLAN -- Elmer Wageman, 92, Harlan, died February 3 at Myrtue Medical Center. Services will be held Saturday, Feb. 25 at 11 a.m. at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance with burial in the Sts. Peter and Paul Cemetery at Defiance. A wake service will be held Friday, Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. at...
HARLAN -- Christian Frederick Johannsen, 46, Harlan, died February 2 at Myrtue Medical Center. Services were held Monday, Feb. 6 at 11 a.m. at First United Methodist Church in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery. Johannsen is survived by his mother, Cathy (Maxwell) Johannsen of...
HARLAN -- John L. Watts, Jr., 55, Harlan, died Wednesday, Jan. 25 in Harlan. Services will be held Saturday, Feb. 11 at 1 p.m. at Altamont Baptist Church in rural Harlan with burial of ashes at a later date at the Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery at Jacksonville. Watts is survived by his wife...