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Obituaries

Kiana “Kiki” Zamora

We come together, with heavy hearts, to remember Kiana "Kiki" Zamora, age 18, who was taken far too soon. She passed away on October 20, 2025, at the Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, surrounded by her loving family. Family and friends are invited to join us for a visitation on Sunday, ...

Patricia Klouda

Patricia Klouda, 82, of Marshalltown, passed away peacefully on September 18, 2025. She is survived by a son Dan Klouda, daughters Michelle McCord and Karen Klouda and three grandchildren. Brothers: Farl and Ron, sisters: Becky and Pam. Celebration of life will be held October 25, at Faith ...

Leon Herndon

Leon Herndon, 87, of Eldora, IA, passed away on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in Iowa City.. Visitation will be held Friday, October 31st, 4:00 - 6:00 pm at the Christian Fellowship Church, Eldora, IA. Memorial services will be held on ...

Gary Paxton

Gary C. Paxton was born on April 12, 1940, in Savannah, Missouri, to Lawrence and Louise Paxton. After high school, he followed his passion for crop dusting, moving his family to Marshalltown, Iowa, where he enjoyed a successful career in the aviation industry until his retirement. In 1992, ...

James Heddens

Captain, our captain—how we will miss you! James D. Heddens, D.P.M., Podiatrist Emeritus, crossed from this life to new life at the active age of 88 on October 14 in the beautiful Iowa River Hospice house surrounded by his children. Jim was a pioneer in the early 1960s, the first ...

Ruth McCoy

Ruth Ellen (Wilcox) McCoy, 89, of Marshalltown, Iowa, passed on Friday, October 17, 2025. Services will be at 6:00 P.M. Friday, October 24 with visitation beginning two hours prior at Mitchell Family Funeral Home in Marshalltown, Iowa. Interment at Coshocton Memorial Gardens, Ohio. For ...