Obituaries

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Judy Peacock Wills, loving mother of Kelly, Craig, Todd and Paige. 

John (Johan) Jacob Helmus, of Jefferson, was born on Sept. 24, 1931, to Dirk Helmus and Jantze Bakker Helmus at Middlestum, the Netherlands. He entered his heavenly home on Dec.

Marilyn Elaine (Compton) Allender, 91, died Nov. 29 at Regency Park Nursing & Rehab in Jefferson.

James “Jim” Jewett, 86, of Grand Junction, passed peacefully on Nov. 30 at Regency Park of Jefferson due to lung cancer.

On Nov. 29, William Brian Neese, loving husband and father, passed away at age 68. 

Cecil Henry Rueter, of Grand Junction, died on Nov. 26 at the Greene County Medical Center.

Carl Andrew Juergensen, the son of Conrad and Emma (Wittfoth) Juergensen, was born April 27, 1935, on the family farm north of Churdan, and departed this life Nov.

Junior Hanen, a longtime resident of Jefferson, died Nov. 26 at the age of 96 while living at The Views of Marion in Marion.