Death Notices

Lois Jean Nelson, 82, died June 5, 2025 at home.
Graveside services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Memorial Lawn Cemetery.
Reece Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
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Joyce Webb, 72, of Hayesville passed away May 26, 2025. Visitation: Thursday May 29, 2025 4:00-7:00 p.m. Holm Funeral Home. Funeral Service: Friday May 30, 2025 at 10:30 a.m. Enchanted Events near Sigourney. Burial: Pennington Cemetery

Douglas Brinegar, 58, died May 9, 2025.
Funeral services are 10 a.m. Wednesday at Reece Funeral Home.
Visitation with family present is 4-7 p.m. Tuesday
Memorials to Wapello County 4-H Expo in lieu of flowers.

Mary Ruth Jones Black, died April 21, 2025. Memorial services will be 1 p.m. Friday May 30th at Agency Community Church with family present one hour prior to greet friends. Inurnment will be in Agency Cemetery.

Jocelyn Jean Morgan, 83 of Wellman, Iowa, passed away on April 24th, 2025, at Parkview Manor Nursing Home.

D. David Boyer, 71, of Ottumwa, formerly of Franklin, passed away April 24, 2025 at the SEIR Home Health and Hospice in West Burlington.

The family will receive friends from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Sunday, May 4, 2025 at Schmitz Funeral Home in Donnellson.

Burial will be at a later date in the Evangelical...

Annette Adamson, 82, died April 20, 2025.
A Christian Wake will be 4 p.m. Tuesday at Reece Funeral Home with family present until 6 p.m.
Funeral Mass will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Patrick Catholic Church.

Robert "Bob" McCall, 89 of Ottumwa died April 18, 2025.
Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at Reece Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Reece Funeral Home with burial in Shaul Cemetery.

Larry Dean Wallace, Kimberling City, MO, son of Charles and Pauline (Wright) Wallace, born February 3, 1941, at Bonaparte, IA, and passed on April 17, 2025, at the age of 84. He was united in marriage to Mary C. Cox.

Larry Birch Sr, 86, of Ottumwa died March 9, 2025.
Graveside services and inurnment will be 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Shaul Cemetery followed by a reception from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Ottumwa Golf and Social Club.

Patricia Joan McElroy, 88, of Ottumwa, died at 12:15 p.m. March 6, 2025 at Hospice House in Ottumwa. Her body has been cremated. Memorial services will be 3 p.m. Saturday, March 22nd at Reece Funeral Home.

Theresa Fern Gullett, 68, died at 2:27 a.m. February 25, 2025 at her home.
Memorial visitation with her family present to greet friends will be 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday March 9th at Reece Funeral Home.