Obituaries

Diane Louise (Souder) Higgins, 73, died peaceful at the Israel Family Hospice House in Ames on Oct. 13 surrounded by loving family and friends. 

Charles Dean Thompson, known by everyone as “Dean,” died Oct. 3 in West Des Moines at the age of 89.

Fred Bassett Hagedorn, 91, of Orlando, Fla., died Oct. 1 after a long illness.

Eugene Jerome Geisler — Jerry, as he was known to all — the son of Edward and Mary (Coan Connelly) Geisler Jr., was born Feb. 28, 1950, in Carroll and departed this life Sept.

James F. Winkelman, 70, died Sept. 27.

He was the beloved son of the late Ralph and Velma Winkelman; brother of Fred Winkelman and Donna Bales;  and cousin and friend to many.

Foster Vincent passed away peacefully at Hospice of the Valley, Surprise, Ariz., on Sept. 15.

Foster was born Dec. 23, 1929, in Jefferson to Edward and Thelma Vincent.

Elizabeth Fey, 99, of Scranton, passed away Sept. 15 at Accura Healthcare in Carroll.

Marilyn Ann (Cogley) Copeland was born on July 8, 1934, the ninth of 13 children born to John Luke and Clara Figland Cogley in Grinnell.