(DES MOINES) – Gov. Kim Reynolds has ordered all flags in Iowa to fly at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Saturday, July 7, 2018, to honor a fallen sailor. Seaman First Class Leon Arickx, of Mitchell County, was killed in action when the USS Oklahoma was sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. The 22-year-old’s remains were identified in January 2018 and returned to his family in Iowa for burial. He will receive full military honors.

Saturday, July 7, 2018

Graveside services for Seaman First Class Leon Arickx: Sacred Heart Cemetery, Osage – 11 a.m.