Ila C. Wade

      PARNELL - Ila C. Wade, 95, of West Branch, formerly of Parnell, died Sunday, March 6, 2005, at Crestview Nursing Center in West Branch, following a lengthy illness.

      A Celebration of Life service will be held Wednesday, March 9, 2005, at 10:30 a.m., at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Parnell, with the Rev. Pat Lumsden officiating. Burial will be in St. Michael's Cemetery in Holbrook. Visitation will be today, at the church, from 4 to 8 p.m., with prayers said at 7 p.m. A memorial has been established for St. Michael's Cemetery and Friends of St. Michael's.

      Mrs. Wade was born Oct. 7, 1909, to John C. and Agnes B. (Malloy) Ford, in Parnell. She married Harley Wade in Davenport.