A family and an eastern Iowa town is mourning the loss of an older couple Saturday. They were hit and killed Friday night on Highway 14 after checking their mail. According to Iowa State Patrol, Dennis and Sharron Bartels stopped to check the mail outside their Parkersburg home when their car was hit by a semi driver. According to authorities the Bartels’, who are both in their seventies, died on scene outside their home. Gaylen Mulder also of Parkersburg was driving the semi that hit the couple. The 51-year-old survived the crash.