Doris L. McCarty, 91, of Salem passed away on Thursday, August 18, 2022, at her home in Salem.
According to her wishes cremation has been entrusted to the care of Murphy Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant. No services will be held and burial will be in the Salem South Cemetery at Salem. A memorial has been established and may be mailed to the family.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.murphyfuneralandmonuments.com
Murphy Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant, is caring for her arrangements.
Jamie M. Lawrence Marr, 55, passed away in the early morning hours of Saturday, August 20, 2022 at her home in Wayland, after a long battle with lung cancer.
Cremation has been entrusted to the care of Murphy Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant. No services are planned at this time and a celebration of Jamie’s life will be held at a later date to be announced by her family on Jamie’s Facebook page. A private family burial will be held in Winchester, Illinois.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.murphyfuneralandmonuments.com
Murphy Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant, is caring for her arrangements.
Paula M. Wagner, 62, of Winfield passed away on Sunday, July 31, 2022, at her home.
Celebration of Life service will be held on Friday, August 26, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. at the Murphy Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant with Pastor Rick Brecht officiating. Burial will follow in the Salem South Cemetery. Following the graveside service the family invites everyone to the Mt. Pleasant Moose Lodge for a time of food and fellowship.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.murphyfuneralandmonuments.com
Murphy Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant, is caring for her arrangements.
Robert “Bob” Russell Oetken, 99, of Danville, died Sunday, August 21, 2022 at Savannah Heights, Mt. Pleasant.
He was born March 1, 1923 in Burlington on the family farm on Irish Ridge Road, the son of August H. and Dora Bartusch Oetken. He attended Hunter Country School. On September 23, 1952 he married Evelyn Maxine Stodgell in Burlington. She died September 5, 2014.
Bob worked at JI Case in Burlington during World War II and retired from Heatilator in Mt. Pleasant after 24 years. He was also a lifelong farmer who loved being with his family, gardening and “growing things”. He was a member of the Danville First Baptist Church.
He is survived by his sons, Gary (Pam) Oetken of Danville and Chuck (Sandee) Oetken of New London; his daughters, Mary (Scott) Sylvester of Ankeny and Sharon (Randy) Schinstock of Mt. Pleasant; grandchildren Riley Smith, Sarha (Dave) Smith, Julie Warner, Adam (Cheryl) Pulse, Samantha (Jeremy) Carter, Colton Schinstock, Grant Sylvester, Ashley Schinstock; nine great-grandchildren; sister-in-law Joanne Oetken of Burlington; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife Maxine; brothers Herbert, Raymond and Alfred; and sisters Frances and Helen.
Visitation will begin at 9:00 AM on Wednesday, August 24 at Elliott Chapel, New London with the family receiving friends one hour prior to a private family service at 11:00 AM. Rev. Jack Edmission will officiate. Burial will be held in Jaggar Cemetery, rural Danville. Memorials have been established to Southeast Iowa Regional Hospice and Tunnels to Towers. Online condolences may be left at www.elliottfuneralchapel.com
A graveside inurnment for John Waters who passed away on April 5, 2020 and Joann Gabeline Waters who passed away April 26, 2022 will be held at 11:00 am, Saturday, August 27, 2022 at Trinity Cemetery, rural Mt. Union. Pastor Mike Johnson will officiate the service. Online condolences may be left at www.elliottfuneralchapel.com.
DAVENPORT, IA – Five Burlington, Iowa men were sentenced to decades in prison for
conspiring to distribute drugs in the Burlington area. The conspiracy started by at least
December 1, 2019 and continued until November 2, 2021. Those sentenced as part of this drug
conspiracy include:
• Rudolph Sinclair Allen, age 37, was sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment and
five years of supervised release;
• Clyde Macks Stewart, Jr., age 51, was sentenced to 17 years of imprisonment and
five years of supervised release;
• Demetrius Antre Goudy, age 42, was sentenced to 18 years of imprisonment and
five years of supervised release;
• Gregory Jermain Johnson, age 36, was sentenced to approximately 14 years
(169 months) of imprisonment and five years of supervised release;
• Brian Keith Davis, Jr., age 42, was sentenced to 10 1/2 years of imprisonment and
five years of supervised release;
According to court documents, Gregory Johnson, Allen, and Marcus Johnson, age 46 of
Burlington, were the “middlemen” who received large quantities of ice methamphetamine in
Burlington from Kendric Centrall Childs, age 35 of Burlington, who served as the main drug
source, along with another individual. Gregory Johnson, Allen, and Marcus Johnson either sold
quantities of ice methamphetamine themselves or provided it to lower-level dealers such as
Goudy, Stewart, and Davis for distribution. Court documents further show that Julie Mason,
age 54 of Burlington, was one of the drug couriers for the group.
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On January 24, 2020, Mason was stopped in Arizona while transporting approximately
362 pounds of ice methamphetamine. Mason admitted the ice methamphetamine was bound for
Burlington. This traffic stop was the Arizona Department of Public Safety’s largest single seizure
of ice methamphetamine at the time.1
Mason, Childs, and Marcus Johnson have all pled guilty to drug conspiracy charges and
are scheduled to be sentenced on a later date. Mason was previously found guilty of Possession
of Drugs for Sale and Transport Drugs for Sale following a jury trial in Arizona and was sentenced
to 12 years imprisonment in the Arizona Department of Corrections.
U.S. Attorney Richard D. Westphal of the Southern District of Iowa made the
announcement. The Southeast Iowa Narcotics Task Force investigated the case
Thursday at 5 pm the Lee County Sheriff’s office was alerted to a two vehicle collision at the intersection of Highway 61 and 280th Street. Jack Kratzer of Montrose was driving a pickup and failed to obey the yield sign as he crossed the intersection. The pickup pulled out in front of another pickup driven by Lonnie Kinkeade of Keokuk. Kinkeade and a passenger in his truck were taken to the hospital for treatment of injuries. Kratzer was cited for failure to obey a stop sign and yield the right of way.
Mount Pleasant Community School District School Board Special Session Meeting
Date Monday, August 22, 2022 6:00 PM
Mount Pleasant Community School District: High School Media Center
Mount Pleasant, Iowa 52641
