Graveside services with military honors were conducted Monday, Jan 16, at Caballero Rivero Woodlawn South Cemetery in Fla.

A celebration of the deceased’s  life was held at Granada Presbyterian Church  Jan 16,

Don Hurley Long

followed by a reception at the Church.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m.

LaVerda Stutzman

Tuesday, January 17,  at  Salem Mennonite Church in rural Keota. Burial will be in the Salem Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 2-8 p.m.  Monday at the Salem Mennonite Church where the family will greet friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. The Powell Funeral Home in Wellman is in charge of the arrangements.

Messages may be sent to the family at www.powellfuneralhomes.com

Sharon Hopf, 45, failed to show up for work Thursday morning (Jan. 5) at Hopf Furniture in Kalona. Later that evening, Hopf was reported missing to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office by her husband and other family members who had been looking for her throughout the day.

Hopf’s vehicle was discovered two days  later  by the Warren County, Missouri Sheriff’s Office near Wright City, Missouri, which is located approximately 30 miles West of St. Louis, Missouri on Interstate 70.  The car was located at an abandoned home located at 28566 Hwy F just outside the city limits.  The surrounding area near the location of Hopf’s car was searched, but she was not located. Hopf’s car was searched and processed for evidence. During that examination, several items were collected and examined for fingerprint and DNA evidence at the DCI’s Crime Laboratory.

The Warren County, Missouri Sheriff’s Office organized and conducted a thorough grid search of a one-mile radius in the area Wednesday where Hopf’s car was located.  Again, she was not located.

Authorities stressed there is no threat to public safety stemming from this incident in and around Washington County.

The following statement was released on behalf of the family of Sharon Hopf and read by Perry Hopf, husband of Sharon Hopf, at the press conference:

“My name is Perry Hopf and my wife is Sharon.  My family and I trust that everything that can be done to find Sharon is being done.  We want Sharon to know that we understand the stress she has recently been under and just want her to contact us and let us know that she is okay.  Sharon if you see this, please know that I love you and miss you, and that you are the most important thing to me.”

Clarence Lloyd Gingrich

A celebration of life in honor of the  deceased will be held 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, January 11, Services will be at the Kalona United Methodist Church with Pastor Gerry Kahler officiating.

Burial will be in the National Cemetery in Vining, Iowa at 2:30 p.m.  Wednesday.

Visitation will be held from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, January 10, in the Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona.

A memorial fund has been established for the Kalona United Methodist Church and Hospice of Washington County.

Joseph Nowell

Joseph Samuel Nowell Sr, 85, died Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012, in Parkview Manor, Wellman.

Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m.  Thursday, January 12, at the Powell Funeral Home in Wellman.  Chaplain Mary Arnold will officiate.  Burial will be in the Wellman Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 9:30 a.m. until service time on Thursday.  A general Memorial fund has been established.

Hopf, 45, a rural Crawfordsville resident, was reported missing after she failed to show up for work Thursday morning at Hopf Home Furnishings in Kalona.

Anyone with any  information regarding her whereabouts of Sharon Hopf may call  the Washington County Sheriff’s Office at (319) 653-2107 or (1-800) TIPS-492.

A funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 am Tuesday, January 10, at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church in Hiawatha.

Friends may call from 5-7 p.m. Monday evening at the Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home.  A private inurnment will be held at a later date.

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A memorial fund has been established.

Online condolences may be left at www.cedarmemorial.com under “obituaries”.

A celebration of her life will be held 9:30 a.m. Monday, January 9,  at the Kalona Mennonite Church in Kalona with pastors Scott Swartzendruber and Mick Murray officiating.  Burial will follow in the East Union Cemetery.

Visitation will be held 4-7 p.m. Sunday, January 8, at the Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona.  A memorial fund has been established for the Pleasantview Home Memorial Garden.

According to Washington County Sheriff Jerry Dunbar, Hopf was last seen at 7 a.m. Thursday when she left her home at 2886 280th Street, rural Crawfordsville.  A report that she was seen at a BP gas station in Washington at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, January 5, could not be verified,

Sharon Hopf

said Dunbar.

Hopf was reported driving a 1999 white Chevy Lumina with an Iowa plate, 419WXF.

Dunbar said that law enforcement and other units searched the surrounding areas for the car and for Hopf, finding no trace of either.

Her husband reported her as missing.  The Hopfs are the owners of Hopf Home Furnishing advertised as Furniture, Floors and More at 101 B Avenue (corner of B Avenue and Highway 1), Kalona.

Anyone with any possible information regarding Hopf’s whereabouts is asked to the call the sheriff’s department at 319-653-2107.

A Celebration of Life service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday January  9, 2012, at the Sunnyside Mennonite Church in Kalona.  Pastors John King, Floyd Helmuth and Floyd Yutzy will officiate.  Burial will be  in the Fairview Cemetery in rural Kalona.

Visitation will be held from 2-8 p.m.Sunday at the Sunnyside Mennonite Church where the family will greet friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. A memorial fund has been established for Sunnyside Church Missions.   The Yoder-Powell Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.