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, ...

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 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 ...

Robert “Bob” D. Anderson was born September 2, 1933, the son of Charles B. Anderson and Lorine Anderson at home in rural Beaman. He joined older sisters Phyllis and Lorna. In his youth, Bob lived in Beaman, Garwin and Green Mountain. He returned to Beaman and graduated high school in 1952. ...

Richard “Ricky” Wheeler, 79, of Grinnell and formerly of Brooklyn and Marshalltown, passed away in the comfort of his home on Monday, October 20, 2025, in Grinnell, Iowa. A graveside service for Ricky will be held on Friday, October 24 beginning at 3:00 P.M. at the Rose Hill Memorial ...

Verlene Ann Horbach, 89, of Toledo, passed away Friday, October 17, 2025, at UnityPoint-Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Thursday, October 23, 2025, at 10:30 AM at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Tama, with Father Michael McAndrew as the ...