Obituaries

Loretta C. Schneider, age 88, died Friday, December 16, 2011 at Halcyon House after a lengthy illness.Memorial Mass will be held 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, December 20th at St. James Catholic Church in Washington with Fr. Troy Richmond officiating. Visitation will begin noon Monday at the Jones Eden Funeral Home. Prayer services will be held 6:00 p.m. Monday, December 19th at the Jones Eden Funeral Home. Interment will ...

WELLMAN ? Richard A. Knerr, 73, of Wellman, died Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011, at his home from lung cancer. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21, at the Powell Funeral Home in Wellman. A private graveside service will be held in the Wellman Cemetery. A memorial fund has been established for Washington County Hospice.

WELLMAN ? Amy Leona White, 98, of Kalona, died Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011, in the Pleasantview Home in Kalona.Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21, at the Powell Funeral Home in Wellman. Burial will be in the Wellman Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time Wednesday at the funeral home. A memorial fund has been established for Washington County Hospice and the Wellman Scofield ...

LANCASTER, Calif. ? Donna M. Bennett, 73, of Lancaster, Calif., died Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, in her home.Funeral services were held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Lancaster, Calif., on Friday, Dec. 12. Memorial services will also be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Dec. 30, at Holy Trinity Church-St. Mary?s in Keota with the Rev. Charles Fladung officiating. A rosary will be recited at 10 a.m. on Dec. 30, prior ...

Margaret McCall Wolf, 83, of Washington, Iowa, died December 19, 2011 at the Washington County Hospital of leukemia. To celebrate her life, a memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday at the Washington Community Theatre with services conducted by Mike Zahs. Following the service a cast party will be held at Café Dodicis Restaurant from 3:00 until 5:00 p.m. where the family will receive friends. In lieu ...

IOWA CITY ? Mary Frances Kempf, 91, of Hills, died Monday, Dec. 12, 2011, in Atrium Village in Hills following a lengthy illness. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m., Friday, Dec. 16, at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Iowa City with the Rev. Michael Phillips officiating. Burial will be at St. Joseph?s Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Lensing Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa ...

CLARENCE ? Ruth E. Warren, 42, of Clarence, died Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, in University Hospitals in Iowa City. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 8, at Chapman Funeral Home in Clarence with the Rev. Lynn Butterbrodt officiating. Burial was in Red Oak Cemetery in rural Tipton. Visitation was held before the service on Thursday.

CARLISLE ? Susan M. Bohlen, 56, of Hartford, died Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, in Mercy Hospice in Johnston. Memorial services will be at 1 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 17, at the Lutheran Church of the Cross in Altoona. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Peterson Funeral Home in Carlisle. Memorial gifts may be directed to the Susan M. Bohlen Memorial.

A memorial service for Ruth M. Shields, 79, of Washington will be held Friday, December 16, 2011 at 10:30 AM at the United Methodist Church in Washington with Pastor Jim Stiles officiating. Visitation will be held Thursday, December 15 from 4-7 PM at the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington. The body has been cremated. A memorial fund has been established for Iowa City Hospice and the United Methodist Church Choir. ...

KEOTA ? Karl ?Rick? Frederick Helscher, 65, formerly of Keota, died Monday, Nov. 14, 2011. Services were held at Tahoma National Cemetery on Nov. 28. Memorial services will also be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 14, at Powell Funeral Home in Keota with the Rev. Dennis Hopes officiating. Burial will be at Keota Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until service time Wednesday at the funeral home. A ...