Emily Brooks Roane of Burlington, IA, age 69, died December 26, 2017, at the Great River Klein Center in West Burlington, IA. Emily was born in Evanston, IL to parents Josephine and Kearney Roane. She graduated from Evanston Township High School and received her BA in education from Eastern Illinois University. She married Harry Dandelles in 1968 (div. 1981) and raised two children, Sarah and Stefan. She married Keith Schulz in 1985. She taught at Nichols Middle School and...

The memorial service for Nancy Norine Lazenby, 80, will be 10:30 AM Saturday, June 2, 2018, at First Presbyterian Church.  Visitation will be from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM Friday, June 1, 2018, at First Presbyterian Church where the family will receive friends.  In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established on behalf of P.E.O. International and First Presbyterian Church. Nancy's full obituary is pending.

We invite families to join us for our annual Butterfly Remembrance Release on Saturday June 2, 2018 at 2:00 PM here at 3940 Division Street.    After a remembrance service, families will have the chance to release a butterfly outside in our garden. We will follow the service with light refreshments in our Community...

Lisa S. "Mikki" Hines, 48, of Burlington, died at 8:37 AM Friday, May 18, 2018, at the Great River Medical Center in West Burlington. Born January 15, 1970, in Burlington, she was the daughter of Dennis and Mary Ann Schoof Schleif. She was the soulmate of Michelle "Skeeter" Arnold. Lisa worked in nutrition services at the Great River Klein Center. She was a 1988 graduate of Burlington High School.  A lot of the people who knew Lisa...

Charles R. "Bob" Perron, 87, of Burlington, died at 11:30 AM Thursday, May 17, 2018, at the Blair House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Burlington. Born August 12, 1930, in Hempstead Long Island, NY, he was the son of Leon John and Helen Loretta Harding Perron. On January 17, 1951, he married Norma J. Malcom in Oakville, IA.  He worked for 30 years at J.I. Case as a welder.  He was of Methodist Faith. He was a member of the VFW, American...

Thomas E.  Pratt , 85, of West Burlington, died at 4:08 PM Monday, May 7, 2018, at the Great River Klein Center in West Burlington. Born October 26, 1932, in Burlington, he was the son of William J. and Elsie Gillow Pratt. On September 1, 1973, he married Susan J. Weaver in Oquawka, IL.  Thomas was a pressman for Craftsman Press and New Era Printing for about 60 years.   He was a graduate of Burlington High School in 1950.  He was a...

Mitchell W. Morris, 64, of , died at 1:40 AM, Wednesday, May 15, 2018, at the Iowa City VA Medical Center in Iowa City. Born December 24, 1953, in Chattanooga, TN, he was the son of George and Dorothy "Dot" Harrison Morris.  He graduated from Orchard Farm High School in Missouri. Mitch was a Vietnam-era Veteran.  As a young man, he worked as a Heavy Equipment Operator and was a laborer on a construction crew. He liked to camp and fish, and enjoyed...

Hugh Neil Tasker, 71, of Burlington, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at his home. Hugh would give you the shirt off his back or the car in his driveway. He was a hero to his family and served his country during the Vietnam War from 1966-1968 in the US Army. He was a very proud Veteran and strived to provide for his family during his life. Hugh was born on May 7, 1947, in Anamosa, Iowa, the son of Paul Waggy Tasker and Emma Beatrice Jones Tasker. Hugh married Kay Ellen...

John Henry Elmore, 93, of Burlington, died at 1:50 PM Monday, May 7, 2018, at the Danville Care Center in Danville. Born June 17, 1924, in Kahoka, MO, he was the son of Ira Everett and Edith Blythe Elmore. On January 10, 1942, he married Doreen Brockelman. She later passed July 17, 1988. On November 26, 1988, he married his wife, Martha, at St. John's Catholic Church in Burlington.  John owned service stations and the Nira. He also worked for Burlington Municipal...

Lorraine V. Hockett, 94, formerly of Burlington, Iowa, died at 7:20 PM Sunday, May 6, 2018, in Kansas City, at the Garden Terrace at Overland Park in Shawnee Mission, Kansas. Born January 28, 1924, in Iowa, she was the daughter of Daniel and Marie (Fitzgerald) McLaughlin. On January 13, 1945, she married Lee P. Hockett in St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. He later passed May 18, 2001. She was of Catholic faith, and a member of Divine Mercy Parish-SS, Mary and Patrick...