Carmen VanLaw, 73, of Winnie, died Saturday, March 29, 2014. She was born on February 19, 1941, in Fort Dodge, Iowa, to Patricia Carmean and Charles Clayton Bowers. Carmen had been a resident of the Winnie area for eight years.

Survivors include sons, Duane VanLaw of Winnie and Wesley VanLaw and his wife, Susan, of Marshalltown, Iowa; daughters, Holly Blayer and her husband, Bob, of Marshalltown, Iowa; Kelly Reeves of Arcadia, Kansas; and Tracie VanLaw of Winnie; sisters, Karen Racca of Winnie; Connie Hogelucht, of Dike, Iowa; Carol Kronderger of Oregon; and brother, Paul Ocheltree of Delmar, California.