Obituaries

Robert Keating
05/09/2013 - 6:23pm
Robert P. “Bob” Keating, 85, former chief of the Iowa City Fire Department, died peacefully at his home Friday, April 26, 2013, surrounded by his family under the compassionate care of Iowa City Hospice. Funeral services were held April 30 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Iowa City. In lieu of flowers a memorial fund has been established to support a number of causes important to Bob and his family. Online condolences may be sent for his family through the web...
Dallas Cooling
04/23/2013 - 6:30pm
Dallas Myron Cooling, 71, died Thursday, April 18, 2013, at his home. A Celebration of Dallas’s life was held on April 22 at the Solon American Legion. Private family burial was at Oakland Cemetery, Solon. Dallas was born Nov. 7, 1941 in, Clemons, to Eldon and Julia (Borton) Cooling. He married Mary Carolyn Koss on June 20, 1959. He is survived by...
Keith Forbes
04/23/2013 - 6:29pm
Keith Forbes, 97, of Iowa City, passed away on Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at Pioneer Park in Lone Tree. Funeral services for Keith were held April 20 at the Lone Tree American Legion. Burial was in the Lone Tree Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established at the funeral home in memory of Keith. Online condolences for the...
Larry Hefflefinger
04/23/2013 - 6:28pm
Larry Dale Hefflefinger, 64, Solon, passed away peacefully in his home Tuesday, April 16, 2013. A funeral for immediate family was held April 20, with burial at Anderson Cemetery in Swisher. Larry was born Dec. 6, 1948, in Cedar Rapids. He married his wife, Rita, in 1969 and they had two children, Alex (Tracy) Hefflefinger and Sara (Matt) Hoskins...
Allen Graf
04/17/2013 - 5:14pm
Allen Arthur Graf, 92, formerly of Olin, passed away April 5, 2013. Memorial Service and visitation were held April 20 at Lahey Funeral Home in Olin. Burial was in Olin Cemetery. Allen was born to Walter and Christine Graf on a farm in rural Hale Township in December 1920. Allen grew up in Olin and attended a country school near Hale and Olin...
Walter Lanning
04/17/2013 - 5:13pm
Walter “Pete” Lanning, 78, of Delhi, died Wednesday, April 10, 2013, at the Good Neighbor Home. Funeral Services were held April 13 at Delhi United Methodist Church, by the Rev. Michael Druhl. Burial, with military honors, was in Evergreen Cemetery, Delhi. Pete was born April 29, 1934, in Delhi, the son of Raymond and Olga (Vigness) Lanning....