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Hazel L. Roath (final arrangements)
Hazel L. Roath, 97, of Mt. Pleasant passed away on Monday, April 11, 2022, at Savannah Heights of Mt. Pleasant.
Graveside Services will be held on Saturday, April 23, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. at the Grant Cemetery rural Rome, with Pastor Guy Sammons officiating. Friends may call at the Murphy Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant on Friday, April 22, 2022, from 2 until 6. The family will not be present. Memorials may be directed to the Rome Baptist Church or to Grant Cemetery in her memory.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.murphyfuneralandmonuments.com
Murphy Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant is caring for the arrangements.
Verna Alma Quinlin
Verna Alma Quinlin, 87, of Mt. Pleasant, died April 15, 2022, after a short illness.
Born February 7, 1935, in San Jose, California to Perry and Alma Gard. Verna graduated from Santa Clara High, Santa Clara, California in 1952. She married LeRoy B. Quinlin on June 4, 1960, in San Jose, California and lived there until they moved to Winfield, Iowa in 1969. They had three children, Gary, Joyce, and Lisa.
She worked as an office clerk at S.H. Kress (1954-1962), and Fairchild Semiconductor Company (1967-1969), but for most of her life she was self-employed. LeRoy and Verna owned the Quinlin’s Cards and Gifts Store in Winfield, Iowa from 1971 to 1980. Verna made various crafts for The Wooden Wheel in Kalona, Iowa for 30 years. She shared her creativity with her family and the community through a passion for knitting baby blankets, gloves, scarves, and slippers. She was sure to provide quilts for all of her children and grandchildren. She enjoyed reading, puzzles, knitting, embroidering, cross stitching, and spending time with her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.
Verna will be deeply missed by her son Gary Quinlin (Leslie Johnson) of Branford, CT, daughter, Rev. Joyce Quinlin Hunsaker (Rev. Will) of Clear Lake, IA and daughter Lisa Quinlin Diener (Dan) of Mt. Pleasant, IA. She has five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her father Perry E. Gard, mother Alma I. LeDuc, husband LeRoy, two brothers, William, and Vernon, one sister, Beverly Anderson, one stepdaughter, Debra Linville, and one granddaughter, Lynelle Hunsaker.
A service will be held at 11:00 AM on Thursday, April 21, 2022, at Snyder and Hollenbaugh Funeral and Cremation Services of Winfield, 102 S. Olive Street, Winfield, Iowa. Pastor Mike Johnson will officiate. There will be a private interment for the family in the Winfield Scott Township Cemetery. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.sandhfuneralservice.com.
Verna would be heartbroken if a friend or family member became ill by attending her service. In her honor, the family strongly suggests that those in attendance wear an appropriate face covering. There will be no visitation. A general memorial fund has been set up for Verna Quinlin.
Aline G. Hesseltine
Aline G. Hesseltine, age 93, of Crawfordsville, Iowa, died Friday, April 15, 2022, at her residence following a brief illness.
Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 19, 2022, at the United Church of Crawfordsville with Pastor Jason Collier officiating. The family will receive friends following the committal service at the United Church of Crawfordsville. Interment will take place at the Crawfordsville Cemetery. Memorials have been established for the United Church of Crawfordsville. Online condolences may be sent for Aline’s family through the web at www.jonesfh.com
Aline was born May 30, 1928, in Wellman, Iowa, the daughter of Leroy and Anna (Ossman) Kelley. She attended country school in the Wellman area and graduated from Wellman High School in 1946. Aline was united in marriage to Howard Lee Hesseltine on January 14, 1949, in Fairfield, Iowa. She has lived on the same farm south of Crawfordsville since 1949. The farm became a Century Farm, in 2018.
Prior to her marriage, Aline taught at Sockum Ridge Country School. She was a homemaker and farmed with her husband for 15 years. Following the death of her husband, Aline continued to farm and raise her young family.
She was an active member of the United Church of Crawfordsville where she was an Elder, taught Sunday School and helped with Vacation Bible School. She was a member of the Rural Homemakers Club and enjoyed reading. She enjoyed listening to and later watching “The Guiding Light”. She always had a large garden and enjoyed raising pigs and chickens. She enjoyed selling the eggs and visiting with anyone that stopped by. Her motto was, “There is always work to be done if you are willing to do it”, and she was always willing.
She is survived by six children: son, Richard (Sally) Hesseltine of Iowa City, Iowa; daughter, Dianna (Rush) Brentlinger of Iowa City, Iowa; son, Glenn Hesseltine of Crawfordsville, Iowa; son, Larry Hesseltine of Crawfordsville, Iowa; daughter, Jane (Randy) Moore of Crawfordsville, Iowa; Sandra (Kevin) Smith of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa; 16 grandchildren: Chad, Angie, Rush III, Jamie, Megan, Emily, Doug, Angel, Arica, Joshua, Brandon, Rachael, Michele, Bethine, Melissa and Jason; 31 great grandchildren; three great great grandchildren; three sisters-in-law, Hazel Kelley, Donna Kelley and Dee Ulin; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
Aline was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, five brothers, Mervin, Orval, Arlo, Wayne and Cecil, and two sisters, Mildred and Bernice.
Hazel L. Roath
Hazel L. Roath, 97, of Mt. Pleasant passed away on Monday, April 11, 2022, at Savannah Heights of Mt. Pleasant.
Hazel was born on December 10, 1924, at Battleground, Washington, the daughter of Wallace and Celia Fennimore. In 1940, she was united in marriage to Winton Bush, he preceded her in death. Hazel was a loving, caring lady who always had a positive outlook on life and a smile on her face.
She is survived by her children, Lenore Kennedy of Amboy, Washington, Barbara Hutchinson of North Carolina and Jerry (Connie) Bush of Mt. Pleasant, thirteen grandchildren, many great grandchildren and several great great grandchildren.
Hazel was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one son, a daughter-in-law, a grandson and two sisters.
Graveside Services will be held on Saturday, April 23, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. at the Grant Cemetery rural Rome, with Pastor Guy Sammons officiating. Friends may call at the Murphy Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant on Friday, April 29, 2022, from 2 until 6. The family will not be present. Memorials may be directed to the Rome Baptist Church or to Grant Cemetery in her memory.
Extension Week
It’s Iowa State University Extension & Outreach Week April 18-22. During this weeklong celebration I.S.U. Extension would like to take a moment to say thank you to the many volunteers, community leaders, organizations, agencies, and other partners who support their work in Southeast Iowa. Tune in to KILJ at 8:30 each morning to hear from your local county Iowa State University Extension & Outreach offices. Monday features Louisa County, Tuesday highlights Lee County, Wednesday focuses on Henry County and Thursday we’ll round out the week spotlighting Des Moines county.
Port Louisa Transport Recognized
America’s Small Business Development Center in Iowa is pleased to announce that Port Louisa Transport of Wapello is the winner of the organization’s statewide April Small Business of the Month Award. Port Louisa Transport is a non-medical transportation service that opened in Wapello in June of 2016. The service was opened after Tammy Keller saw a need and, decided to fill that need. Tammy and her husband Kirk were having an increasingly difficult time finding reliable non-medical transport for their son to travel between Hope Haven in Burlington and his doctors’ appointments. A counselor at Hope Haven jokingly suggested Tammy start a non-medical transportation company. The Kellers decided to look into purchasing a handicapped-accessible van. The couple purchased the van, put their own car into the fleet and began their business.