Obituaries

KALONA ? Susanna Gingerich, 89, of Kalona, died Tuesday, July 12, 2011, at her home from respiratory complications. Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. Friday, July 15, at the John Dale Gingerich residence at 2179 Johnson Washington Road S.W. in rural Kalona, with Bishop Vernon Yoder officiating. Burial will be in the South Gingerich Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. today at the John Dale Gingerich ...

Pauline Hymes Crull, 80, of North Lauderdale, Fla., died Tuesday, April 28, 2009.A service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Raymond Funeral Home in Fairfield. Burial will be in Prairie Center Cemetery in Packwood.Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.Mrs. Crull was born Sept. 1, 1928, in Dean. She married Berneil D. Crull.To see the full obituary, read the May 5, 2009, Fairfield

Carol Ann Smith, 73, of Chester, W.Va., formerly of Douds, died Friday, May 1, 2009, at Valley hospice Care Center North in Steubenville, Ohio.A funeral was at 11 a.m. today at Arner Funeral Chapel in Chester, with the Rev. Phil Fairchild officiating. Burial was in Mill Creek Hill Cemetery in Georgetown, Pa.Memorials to Valley Hospice Care Center may be mailed to the family at 6657 Veterans Blvd., Chester, WV

FAIRFIELD ? Ruth Ellen Sellars, 93, formerly of Fairfield, died Saturday, July 9, 2011, in the Halcyon House in Washington. Funeral services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday, July 15, at the Raymond Funeral Home in Fairfield with the Rev. Medea Saunders officiating. Burial will be at Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials may be directed to Fairfield Public ...

Wayne Ora Yargus, 79, of Hedrick, died from cancer Thursday, April 30, 2009, at home.A memorial service will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Lancaster Christian Church in Lancaster. Burial of ashes will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Fairfield.Arrangements are in the care of Holm Funeral Home in Sigourney.Mr. Yargus was born Aug. 8, 1929, in Fairfield, the son of Marion Winfield Yargus and Florence May Brown Yargus Keller.

Richard Lee ?Dick? Thomas, 73, of Fairfield, died Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2008.A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield, with the Rev. Danny Cary officiating. Inurnment, with military rites, will follow the service in Iowaville Cemetery near Selma.Family visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.Memorials may be made to Emphysema Research. Cards and memorials

BRIGHTON ? Duane P. ?Doc? Orms, 80, of Pleasant Plain, died Friday, July 8, 2011, at his home.Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 12, at Pleasant Plain Friends Church with the Rev. Stan Bauer officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at the church, immediately preceding the service. The body will be cremated following the funeral service, with burial at a later ...

KALONA ? Ellen L. Yoder, 87, of Kalona, died Saturday, July 9, 2011, in the Pleasantview Home in Kalona.Celebration of life service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 13, at the Kalona Mennonite Church with the Rev. Scott Swartzendruber officiating. Private family graveside service will be held before the service, in the Sharon Hill Cemetery in Kalona. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the ...

BRIGHTON ? Francis L. Pickering, 73, of Pleasant Plain, died Sunday, July 10, 2011, in Parkview Manor Nursing Home in Wellman.Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 13, at First Church of God in Brighton with the Rev. Ryan Meader officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Plain Friends Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the church. A memorial fund has been ...

Cedric H. Ruggles, 77, of Fairfield, died Wednesday, April 29, 2009, at home.A memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at First Methodist Church in Fairfield, with the Rev. Mike Metz officiating. The body has been cremated. Inurnment will be at a later date in Evergreen Cemetery.Family visitation will be from 2-3:30 p.m. Sunday.Cards and memorials to the family may be sent to 1902 Highway 34, ?Fairfield