All Obituaries

Jane’s memorial service will be 11 a.m., Monday, January 21st at the First United Methodist Church, 210 N. 2nd Ave. E. in Newton. The family will greet friends from 10 a.m. until the time of service on Monday, January 21st at the church. They will also greet friends immediately following the service with a lunch at the church. Memorials to First United Methodist Church or to Progress Industries may be left at the church on the morning of the service or at the Wallace Family...

Clifford’s funeral service will be 11 a.m., Friday, January 18th at the Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton. Pastor Chad Jennings of St. Luke United Methodist Church in Newton will do the service. The family will greet friends from 4-7 p.m., Thursday, January 17th at the funeral home. A private family burial will be held at the Dunreath Cemetery in rural Monroe. Memorials to the Emerson Hough Chapter of the Izaak Walton League or to the Jasper County Historical Society may be...

 A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, January 17, 2019, at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Newton. The family will greet friends with a lunch at the church following the service. In lieu of flowers, memorials to Holy Trinity Lutheran Church or Home Instead Senior Care can be left at the church on the day of the service or at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory in Newton.  Billie Jean (Greene) Farland, the daughter of William and Florence...

Mason Levi-Tate Lucas, 7 weeks of Grinnell, died on Saturday, January 5, 2019, at Blank Children’s Hospital in Des Moines.  A memorial service will be held at 10:30 A.M., Wednesday, January 16, 2019, at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory in Newton.   Mason was born on November 15, 2018 at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines to Jesse Lucas and Courtney Goodman. Those left to survive Mason are his parents, Jesse Lucas and Courtney Goodman; siblings, Sean...

Beverly Wilkening, 87, of Newton died on Saturday, January 5, at her home.  A memorial service for both her and her husband, William “Bill” Wilkening who died in 2015, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, January 10, at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory. The family will greet friends from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service on Thursday. Beverly, the daughter of Ott and Anna Ellen (Suthers) Propst, was born on September 15, 1931 in...

Betty Lou Breckenridge, 81, of Newton died on Wednesday, January 2, 2019, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.  A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, January 7, at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory. The family will greet friends from 3-5 p.m., Sunday, January 6, at the funeral home.  Memorials to the Newton Community Schools (to be used for library resources) or to RSVP may be left at the funeral home. Betty, the daughter of Grover...

Teresa Gay Warner, 63, of Newton went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, January 1, 2019, at the Hospice Comfort House in Pella. No services are scheduled at this time. The Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory is handling the cremation. Memorials to the Hospice Comfort House in Pella may be left at the funeral home. Gay, the daughter of Eldon Howard and Maxine (Hodges) Cassady, was born December 12, 1955 at Skiff Medical Center in Newton. She lived in Newton her...

Kevin L. Mick, 62, of Kellogg, died on Tuesday, January 1, 2019, at Taylor House Hospice in Des Moines.  The family will greet friends from 5-7 p.m., Friday, January 4, at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory. Memorials to Taylor House Hospice may be left at the funeral home. Kevin, the son of Raymond Francis and Winifred Charlene (Lowe) Mick, was born on March 7, 1956 in Newton.  He grew up in Galesburg and Reasnor and attended school in Monroe and...

Teresa “Tabby” Ann Biehn, 50, of Newton died on Saturday, December 29, 2018, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., Monday, January 14, at the Newton Church of The Way. The family will greet friends from 1 p.m. until the time of service on Monday at the church. Memorials to Teresa’s family may be left at the church the day of the service or at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory. Teresa,...

Jackie’s memorial service will be 11 a.m., Friday, January 11th at the Wallace Family Funeral Home & Crematory in Newton. Pastor Chad Jennings of St. Luke United Methodist Church in Newton will be officiating. The family will greet friends immediately following the memorial service with a coffee time at the funeral home. A private family burial will be held at the Silent City Cemetery in Monroe. Memorials to the Jasper County Animal Rescue League and Humane Society may be left...