Richard Thomas Donovan was born October 6, 1922 to Margaret Ellen Sweeney and Harry Benjamin Donovan in Sutherland, Iowa. He was the second of four children growing up in Jefferson, Iowa.
Richard Timmerman, 79, passed away on Wednesday, November 23, 2016 from heart disease. Services have been held and he was laid to rest at Merle Hay Funeral Home Mausoleum in Des Moines.
Services for Margaret Maude Baller were held Saturday, November 26, 2016 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Jefferson with Pastor Timothy Jones provided words of comfort.
Zachary William Fox, 35, son of Daryl Fox and Mary (Gibson) Donovan, was born March 25, 1981 in Guthrie Center, Iowa. He passed away Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at his home in Scranton.
Thomas Harmon Patrick, 70, of Jefferson passed away on Saturday, November 26, 2016 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.
Donald George Sayre, 60, died the evening of November 11, 2016 at his home in Jefferson with his wife, Ann by his side. Following his wishes, he was cremated.
Maxine (Alta) Dierking Hawk, 96, a long time Jefferson resident passed away Monday, November 14, 2016, at the Regency Park Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Jefferson.
James W. Damron, 82, of Chattaroy, Wash., died Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016, at Hospice House North in Spokane, after a courageous 2 ½-year battle with cancer.
Mary Simmons of Jefferson died Friday, November 11, 2016 in the Veterans Hospital Unit in Des Moines, Iowa.
Private graveside services for Rosemary Hall were held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, November 12, 2016 at St. Josephs Cemetery in Jefferson. Father Jeff Schliesman of the St.