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02/22/2026
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02/19/2026

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Marie De Boef, 96, passed away Wednesday, February 18, 2026, at the Oskaloosa Care Center. Marie Ellen De Boef was born ...
02/18/2026

Marie De Boef, 96, passed away Wednesday, February 18, 2026, at the Oskaloosa Care Center. Marie Ellen De Boef was born to Peter and Jennie (Swank) Van Kooten on September 25, 1929, near Sully, Iowa. She attended country schools in the Sully and Rose Hill areas through the eighth grade. Early in lif...

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02/18/2026

Most of us have heard some amazing survival stories in our lives -- people living after hours trapped under an avalanche or amputating their own limbs to get free of traps. Check out some true survival stories.

Services for Beth Engelhoven will be Friday, February 20, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. in the Central Church in Oskaloosa with Rev...
02/17/2026

Services for Beth Engelhoven will be Friday, February 20, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. in the Central Church in Oskaloosa with Reverend Jon Nelson officiating. Burial will be in the Evergreen Cemetery in Leighton, Iowa. The Bates Funeral Chapel is in charge of the arrangements. Visitation will be in the Bates...

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Marilyn Stigers, age 87, of Rose Hill, Iowa, passed away on Sunday, February 15, 2026 at the MHP Serenity Hospice House ...
02/15/2026

Marilyn Stigers, age 87, of Rose Hill, Iowa, passed away on Sunday, February 15, 2026 at the MHP Serenity Hospice House surrounded by her loving family. She was born on October 3, 1938, in Oskaloosa, Iowa, the son of Archie and Maxine (Meyers) Hickey. She attended Rose Hill High School and graduated...

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Joyce KleinOskaloosa. Joyce Delaine Klein died Thursday, February 12, 2026, at the MHP Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloo...
02/13/2026

Joyce Klein
Oskaloosa. Joyce Delaine Klein died Thursday, February 12, 2026, at the MHP Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloosa. She was born April 22, 1947, in Oskaloosa, the daughter of William Lester and Helen Bernice (Piersel) Hite. She attended and graduated from North Mahaska High School with th...

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"I am no one special. Just a common man with common thoughts. I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated t...
02/13/2026

"I am no one special. Just a common man with common thoughts. I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but in one respect I've succeeded as gloriously as anyone who ever lived. I've loved another with all my heart and soul and for me that has always been enough." - Duke (James Garner)

- Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

Mary Louise (Franklin) Drost, of Republic, Missouri, passed away on Feb. 10, 2026, in Republic, Mo.  Mary was born on Ju...
02/12/2026

Mary Louise (Franklin) Drost, of Republic, Missouri, passed away on Feb. 10, 2026, in Republic, Mo. Mary was born on July 25,1928, in Mahaska County, Iowa. She was the daughter of Ray and Gertrude (Voss) Franklin. Mary graduated from Oskaloosa High School in 1946. She was united in marriage to Shir...

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02/11/2026

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Steve HuntOskaloosa. Steve Hunt, 71, of Oskaloosa died Sunday, February 8, 2026, at his home in Oskaloosa. He was born o...
02/11/2026

Steve Hunt
Oskaloosa. Steve Hunt, 71, of Oskaloosa died Sunday, February 8, 2026, at his home in Oskaloosa. He was born on November 16, 1954, in Oskaloosa, the son of Chelsea Lee Hunt and Shirley Ann Cameron Hunt (Boomershine). From the age of 5 on, he was raised by his stepfather (dad) Gerald Boo...

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