Obituaries

KALONA ? Menno Helmuth, 88, of Kalona, died Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010, in Pleasantview Home in Kalona following a lingering illness.    Celebration of life services were at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 22, at the East Union Mennonite Church in rural Kalona with the Rev. Floyd Helmuth and the Rev. Lloyd Helmuth officiating. Burial was in the East Union Cemetery. Visitation was held Saturday at the Peterseim Funeral Home in

KEOTA ? James Keith Mound, 73, of Keota, died Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010, at his home.    Celebration of life service will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 23, at the United Church of Faith in Keota with the Rev. Dennis Hopes officiating. Burial will be in the Keota Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the Powell Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Keota. A memorial fund has been established for the

KALONA ? Charles Roger Johnson, 85, of rural Wellman, died Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010, at his home.    Celebration of life services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7, at the Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona. Inurnment will follow in the Wellman Public Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 6, at the funeral home with a Masonic service at 7 p.m. in the funeral home. A memorial fund has been

Hattie E. Nebel, 94, of Wayland, died Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010, in the Parkview Home in Wayland.    Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 23, at the Fern Cliff Evangelical Free Church in rural Wayland with the Rev. Bob Spilger officiating. Burial will follow at the Fern Cliff Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington. A memorial fund has been established

Steven R. Embrey, 60, of Washington, died Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010, in the Washington Care Center in Washington following a lengthy illness.    Burial will be at a later date in the Graceland Cemetery in Decatur, Ill.  No services are planned at the present time.  The Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington is assisting the family with arrangements.    Mr. Embrey was born Sept. 22, 1949, in Decatur, Ill., the son of

Robert ?Bob? L. Marie, 74, of Washington, died Monday, Aug. 16, 2010, in Washington.    Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 19, at St. James Catholic Church in Washington with the Rev. Troy Richmond officiating. Burial will follow in the Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington. Visitation will begin at noon Wednesday at the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington with the family present from 5 to 8 p.m.

KALONA ? Ervin R. Schrock, 95, of rural Kalona, died Monday, Aug. 16, 2010, in Parkview Manor in Wellman.    Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 18, at the Yoder-Powell Funeral Home in Kalona. Burial will be in the Lower Deer Creek Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until service time Wednesday at the funeral home. A memorial fund has been established for Mennonite Central Committee.   

LONE TREE ? Jackie Lea Tevis, 52, of Longview, Texas, formerly of Lone Tree, died Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010, at her home following a terminal illness.    Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 20, at the Sorden-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Lone Tree with the Rev. Ron Laschmitt officiating.  Burial will be in the Lone Tree Cemetery.  Following the committal services at the cemetery, a time

COLUMBUS JUNCTION ? Geraldine Meeker Schomberg, 96, of Letts, died Friday, Aug. 6, 2010, in Trinity Hospital in Muscatine.    Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 16, at the Letts United Methodist Church in Letts with the Rev. Collette Gould officiating. Burial will be in the Greenwood Cemetery in Muscatine. Following the committal, there will be a time of food and fellowship at the Zion Lutheran

CITRUS HEIGHTS, Calif. ? Cecillia Anna Barni, 91, of Sacramento, Calif., died Sunday, July 25, 2010, in American River Care Center in Carmichael, Calif., following a period of declining health.    Following cremation, burial was at Mt. Vernon Memorial Park and Mortuary in Citrus Heights, Calif. A memorial service will be held  Saturday, Aug. 28 at Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer in Sacramento, Calif. Memorials may