NEWTON -- Stephanie Sue McCumber, 46, Newton died Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, at MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, Sept. 10, at the Community Heights Alliance Church in Newton. The family greeted friends from 5-7 p.m., Thursday, Sept.

    WEBSTER CITY -- Dale Lauritsen, 87, Webster City, formerly of Exira and Harlan, died Saturday, Sept. 4 at Iowa Specialty Hospital in Clarion.    Services will be held Saturday, Sept. 11 at 11 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Webster City with burial at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept.

    PERSIA -- Barbara J. Plambeck, 73, Persia, died September 5 at Jennie Edmundson Hospital.    Services will be held Thursday, Sept. 9 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Church in Portsmouth with burial in the St. Mary’s Cemetery at Portsmouth.  A wake service will be held Wednesday, Sept. 8 at 7 p.m. at the church.  Visitation is Wednesday from 4-7 p.m.

    ATLANTIC -- Frank Dargy, 75, Atlantic, died Sunday, Sept. 5 in Atlantic.    Services will be held Friday, Sept. 10 at 10:30 a.m.

    ELK HORN -- Irene Marie Larsen, 96, Elk Horn, died Thursday, Sept. 2 in Elk Horn.    Services will be held Wednesday, Sept. 8 at 1 p.m. at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church with burial in the Elk Horn Lutheran Cemetery.  Friends may call Wednesday from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

    AVOCA -- Marvin Allen Piittmann, 86, Avoca, died August 30 at Myrtue Medical Center.    Services were held Saturday, Sept. 4 at 2 p.m.

    AVOCA -- Tim Pieken, 63, Avoca, died August 25 at his home.    A private family service will be held at the Graceland Cemetery in Avoca.    Pieken is survived by his mother, Joyce (Barker) Piken-True of Avoca; wife Linda (Maher) Pieken of Avoca; sons Ryan (Robyn) Pieken of Harlan, Nathan (Becky) Pieken of Avoca, and Dustin (Ali) Pieken of Atlantic; grandchildren Cyrus Pieken, Rosalyn Pieken, Ashyr Pieken, Eleanor Pieken, Emma Pieken, Fiinl

    DECATUR, TX -- Nancy June Laver, 72, Decatur, TX, died August 23 at her home.    Services were held Wednesday, Sept. 1 at 11 a.m.

    HARLAN -- Dale Clark, 53, Harlan, died August 26 at his home.    A graveside service will be held Friday, Sept. 3 at 2 p.m. at the Harlan Cemetery.    Clark is survived by brother Robert Clark of Harlan; and sisters Sherry Cook of Harlan and Patricia (Carl) Woodward.    Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan is in charge of arrangements.

    HARLAN -- Grace M.

    TOPEKA, KS -- Kathren Susan Messenger, 65, Topeka, KS, formerly of Walnut, died Thursday, Aug.

    COUNCIL BLUFFS --  Robert P. Everhart, 85, Council Bluffs, died August 20.    Robert is survived by wife, Sheila Everhart; daughter, Bobbie Lhea Everhart; brother, Don (June) Everhart; and a host of other family and friends.    A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. at Hoy Kilnoski Funeral Home, Council Bluffs, on Monday, Sept. 6.

    LINCOLN, NE -- Rosalie L. Horlivy, 98, Lincoln, NE, formerly of Shelby, died August 29.      Family members include children Tom (Kathryn) Weyer, Tim Weyer, Jerry Weyer and Kimberly (Bob) Horlivy; 15 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren; Preceded in death by her parents, husbands Thomas Weyer, Sr.

    IRWIN -- James H. Brace, 83, Irwin, died August 23 at his home.    Services will be held Saturday, Sept. 4 at 11 a.m. at Grace Baptist Church in Harlan.  Visitation will be at 10 a.m.

    Nolan Parker, 27, died Monday, Aug. 23 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, NE.    Visitation was held Friday, Aug. 27 at 10:30 a.m.