James "Jim" Tylkowski, 74, of Oskaloosa, died Friday, May 10, 2013, at the Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. He was born February 19, 1939, in Farewell, Nebraska, the son of Maximillion and Anna Kizlor Tylkowski. He graduated from the Farewell Nebraska High School with the class of 1956. He entered the United States Army in 1958, and served six years as a Morse Code Interceptor. On May 4, 1968, he was united in marriage to Donna Lenox at...

Edith L. Rice Oskaloosa. Edith L. Rice, 89, of Oskaloosa, died Saturday, May 4, 2013, at the Northern Mahaska Nursing and Rehab. Center in Oskaloosa. She was born October 9, 1923, at Armstrong, Missouri, the daughter of Stephen P. and Margaret E. Black Garner. She graduated from the Oskaloosa High School with the class of 1941. Following graduation she worked as a bookkeeper at Blackford's Feed Company in Oskaloosa. On December 10, 1944,...

Terry A. McMillian, 62, of Rose Hill died Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at Mahaska Health Partnership E.R. in Oskaloosa. He was born Saturday, January 6, 1951 in Oskaloosa the son of Gentry and Rosemary Evans McMillian. Terry graduated from the Oskaloosa Senior High with the class of 1969. Following graduation he attended a tech school in Milwaukee to study drafting. On December 31, 1987, Terry was united in marriage to Caryn A. Boyles in Oskaloosa...

Mary Carter, 61, of Oskaloosa and formerly of Fremont passed away Sunday, April 28, 2013, peacefully at her home in Oskaloosa after a ten year battle with cancer. She was born Mary Jean Vandello on Thursday, November 8, 1951 in Ottumwa the daughter of Richard and Mary Hammond Vandello. Mary graduated from the Walsh High School in Ottumwa with the class of 1970. On September 23, 1972, she was united in marriage to John Carter at St. Patrick's...

Bertha "Birdie" Boyer, 101, of Grinnell and formerly of Oskaloosa died Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at the Grinnell Health Care Center in Grinnell. She was born Tuesday, June 6, 1911 in Oskaloosa, the daughter of Walter and Anna Bruinsma Dingeman. Following school see worked for a short time at a chicken farm. In 1936, Birdie was united in marriage to Raymond Boyer in Oskaloosa and he died December 9, 1959. Birdie was a lifelong baby sitter and...

Arthur Mitchell, 84, of Oskaloosa, died Monday, April 22, 2013, at the MHP Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloosa. He was born January 5, 1929, in Albia, Iowa, the son of Elmer and Rena McClean Mitchell. Art worked for Goodwin Brick and Tile in Des Moines for over 30 years. On September 14, 1976, he was united in marriage to Ruth Hoffman at Des Moines. In retirement Art worked for A.A.R.P. He attended the First Assembly of God Church in...

Charles C. Whitaker, 95, of Oskaloosa died Friday, April 19, 2013 at Oskaloosa Care Center in Oskaloosa. He was born Saturday, August 18, 1917 in the Monroe Township of Mahaska County, the son of Walter and Clara Corns Whitaker. He graduated from the Rose Hill High School. Following graduation, Charles was accepted at Central College in Pella but chose to join the Navy instead. On January 6, 1940, Charles was united in marriage to Addis "Toni"...

Mardell L. Allgood, 97, of Oskaloosa, died Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at the MHP Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloosa. She was born June 7, 1915, at Newton, Iowa, the daughter of George Clinton and Minnie Broderson Preston. On June 14, 1934, she was united in marriage to Arthur W. "Tod" Allgood, at Newton, Iowa; Tod died June 12, 1995. Mardell worked for many years as a telephone operator for several independent phone companies. Later she...

Virginia Violet Sytsma, 85, of Oskaloosa, died Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at the Northern Mahaska Care Center in Oskaloosa. She was born February 23, 1928, in Oskaloosa, the daughter of Adam Edmund Crile and Vida Violet Hawkinson Crile. Early in life, she worked at the old Continental Overall Factory in Oskaloosa. On February 20, 1947, she was united in marriage to Rodney Price Sytsma, at the home of her parents, south of Rose Hill. Rodney and...

Nina M. Current Barnes City. Nina M. Current, 95, of Barnes City, died Wednesday, April 10, 2013, at the Mahaska Health Partnership in Oskaloosa. She was born December 14, 1917, near Montezuma, Iowa, the daughter of John and Effie Tolles McKee. On December 10, 1934, she was united in marriage to Perry Current in Oskaloosa; Perry died February 12, 1990. Together they farmed near Montezuma, then Eddyville, and lastly in the New Sharon and...