All Obituaries

Carol Edith Noe, 72, of Newton; formerly of Mingo died on Wednesday, July 17, 2019, at Mercy Medical Center - West Lakes in West Des Moines.  The family will greet friends from 10-11:30 a.m., Saturday, July 27, at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory. Memorials to the Mingo American Legion may be left at the funeral home. Carol, the daughter of Oscar “Henry” and Bessie (Harris) Comer, was born on July 3, 1947 in Versailles, Missouri.  At a young...

Jeanette Darlene Grimes, 73, of Newton died on Tuesday, July 16, 2019, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.  The family will greet friends from 10-11:30 a.m., Saturday, July 20, at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory. Immediately following the visitation burial will be held at St. John’s Cemetery.  Memorials to St. John’s Cemetery may be left at the funeral home. Jeanette, the daughter of Reno and Darlene (Jacobs) Rethmeier, was born on...

 A Celebration of Troy's Life will be held from 2-4 p.m., Sunday, August 4, 2019, at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory. Memorials to the American Heart Association or to Troy’s family can be left at the funeral home.    Troy, the son of Richard and Becky (Little) Hammer, was born February 4, 1969, in Iowa City. He grew up in Newton and graduated from Newton High School in 1987. He worked as a meat cutter at Fareway for several years, before...

A memorial service for Brenda will be held at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 17, 2019, at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory in Newton.  The family will greet friends from 12-1 p.m., Wednesday, July 17, at the funeral home. Memorials to Brenda’s family can be left at the funeral home. Please make checks payable to Eileen Miller.    Brenda, the daughter of Merlin and Eileen (Pinkerton) Miller, was born October 11, 1958. She grew up in Lynnville...

Edwin Arthur “Art” Cooper, 76, of Newton died on Thursday, July 11, 2019, at Wesley Life Park Centre in Newton.  A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, July 16, at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory. The family will greet friends from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service and again immediately following the service with a lunch at the funeral home.  In lieu of flowers, memorials to the First Lutheran Church, Wesley Life Hospice, or...

Jackson Allen Walker, the son of Christopher Walker and Sierra Burtlow, was stillborn on Tuesday, July 9, 2019, at MercyOne Newton Medical Center. A private family service will be held at a later date.

Eleanor (Selby) Rhoads, 87, of Newton died on Sunday, July 7, 2019, at Park Centre.  A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, July 12, at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory. The family will greet friends from 1 p.m. until the time of service and again after the service with a light lunch at the funeral home. Memorials to the Community Heights Alliance Church may be left at the funeral home. Eleanor, the daughter of Ernest and Margurite Sarah (Harper)...

Pamela Janan Rausch, 70, of Newton died on Thursday, July 4, 2019, at her home. A funeral mass will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, July 12, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. The family will greet friends from 5-7 p.m., Thursday, July 11, at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory.  Memorials in Pam’s name may be left at the church the day of the service or at the funeral home (checks made payable to Tom Rausch). Pam, the daughter of Floyd L. and A. Alene (Clayton)...

Betty’s funeral service will be 1 p.m., Wednesday, July 3rd at the Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton. The family will greet friends from 5-7 p.m., Tuesday, July 2nd at the Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton. A Private Family Burial will be held at a later date at the Newton Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials for Betty are going to be used for several different things, please make checks payable to Myron Rhone and the memorials may be left at the Wallace Family Funeral Home. If...

Grace Janet (Fopma) Beyer, 96, of Pella; formerly of Sully, died on Thursday, June 27, 2019, at Jefferson Place in Pella.  A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, July 2, 2019, at the Sully Christian Reformed Church.  The family will greet friends from 5-7 p.m., Monday, July 1, at the church.  Memorials to the Ruth Circle or the L-S Community Education Foundation may be left at the church the day of the service or at the Wallace Family Funeral...