At 5 pm Monday Mount Pleasant Police notified KILJ of the search for two boys, a five year old and a 7 year old. At that point the children had been missing for almost 90 minutes. They were missing from the Bergdahl Court area in the Northwest part of Mount Pleasant. At about 5:30 pm KILJ received word the boys had been found.
Thomas “Tom” L. Rusk
Thomas “Tom” L. Rusk, 78, of Mt. Pleasant passed away on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, at his home surrounded by his loving family.
Tom’s family will host a Celebration of his Life on Saturday, April 23, 2022, at the Faith United Methodist Church in Libertyville, Iowa from 11:30 until 1 p.m. There will be a lunch served at 1 p.m. Private family burial will be held in the Grant Cemetery.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.murphyfuneralandmonuments.com
Murphy Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant, is assisting the family with the arrangements
Daily Jail County
Henry County Jail
In the interest of keeping Henry County residents informed, the Henry County Sheriff’s office has requested KILJ post the daily jail count. During the jail referendum campaign it was publicized that the jail would be able to house additional inmates from surrounding counties and this would generate revenue for Henry County.
Date: 04-18-2022______
27 Henry County Inmates
56 Out of County Contract Inmates
83 TOTAL
New London Woman Dies in Crash in Lee (updated)
The Lee County Sheriff’s office has released the details of a fatal crash that occurred April 15 just after 5 pm. Emergency crews were dispatched to the intersection of Highway 2 and West Point Road. A vehicle had hit a fence in a field northwest of the intersection. There was an unresponsive female behind the wheel. She was later identified as Luan Carol Schmitt of New London. Schmitt was driving west on Highway 2 when she lost control. The accident remains under investigation.
Luan Carol Schmitt (final arrangements)
Mrs. Luan Carol Schmitt, 64, of New London, died Friday, April 15, 2022 at the Fort Madison Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center Emergency Department. She was born in Burlington on November 5, 1957 to Hugh Henry and Phyllis Marie Balzer Breuer. She was a graduate of Harmony High School and Indian Hills Community College. On February 11, 1978 she married Sid Schmitt at the Salem Congregational Church. They attended Calvary Baptist Church in Mt. Pleasant since 2005.
For twenty years she was a computer programmer and IT director for Murray Turbomachinery/Coppes/Tuthill, then worked as IT director for Lee County for twenty-one years retiring March 1, 2021. Luan was a fifteen year member of the Lions club, serving as an officer, baking biscuits for the Old Threshers food tent, and was actively involved with Lions Iowa KidSight program during kindergarten roundup. She enjoyed baking, sewing, quilting, working with flowers and gardening, playing cards, games and puzzles, traveling, Friday night supper club, going to auctions and shopping at the Dutchman’s Store in Cantril. She loved having all of her family at her house and dearly loved her granddaughters.
Besides her husband, she is survived by three children; Ben (Ashley) Schmitt of West Point, Nathan (Christy) Schmitt of San Antonio, Texas, Brianne (Brandon) Buford of Mt. Pleasant; granddaughters, Anessa, Eleanor and Palmer; sister Linda (Lanny) Rowe of Screven, Georgia; brothers Alan (Darcella) Breuer of Palmyra, Missouri and Bruce (Shari) Breuer of Mt. Pleasant; nieces, nephews, and a host of friends. She was preceded in death by her father, her mother Phyllis Breuer Hughes, and her brother Brian.
The funeral service for Mrs. Schmitt will be at 10:00 am, Thursday, April 21, 2022 at Elliott Chapel, New London. Burial will follow at Burge Cemetery, rural New London. Visitation at the chapel will begin at noon on Wednesday with the family greeting friends from 5:00 – 7:00 pm. Memorials have been established for New London Lions Club and New London Masonic Lodge. Online condolences may be left at www.elliottfuneralchapel.com.
Wapello Business Chosen for Statewide SBDC Award
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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.