Obituaries

KALONA ? Jody Raylene Knepp Schudel, 31, of rural Kalona, died Monday, June 6, 2011, at her home, following a 4-1/2 year battle with brain cancer. A celebration of life service will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, June 10, at the East Union Mennonite Church in rural Kalona with the Rev. Jay Miller officiating. Burial will follow in the East Union Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at ...

KALONA ? Robert ?Bob? Joseph Mercer, 90, of Kalona, died Saturday, June 4, 2011, in Kalona, following an extended illness.A celebration of life Mass will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 8, at St. Mary?s Catholic Church in Riverside with the Rev. Rich Adam officiating. Burial will follow at noon at Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Cedar Rapids. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Peterseim ...

RICHLAND ? Helen M. Baiotto, 91, former Rubio resident, died Tuesday, June 7, 2011, in Maplewood Manor in Keota. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, June 9, at Trinity Friends Church in Richland. Burial will be in Richland Friends Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Gould Funeral Home in Richland, where the family will be present from 4 to 7 p.m. Memorials may be made to Hospice ...

Louise Kay ?Louie? Wagg, 70, of Washington, died Tuesday, June 7, 2011, in the University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City. A celebration of life will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 11, at the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington. Burial will follow at the Hillcrest Cemetery in Brighton. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. to service time Saturday at the funeral home. A general memorial fund has been established.

KALONA ? Dennis John Kelso, 72, of Kalona, died Friday, June 3, 2011, in the Pleasantview Home in Kalona.Funeral services were at 11 a.m. today at the Yoder-Powell Funeral Home in Kalona with Chaplain David L. Yoder officiating. Burial was in the Lone Tree Cemetery. Visitation was held from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. A memorial fund has been established for the Church of the Nazarene in Iowa City.

LONE TREE ? Robert Jesse Chamberlain, 23, of Lone Tree, died Saturday, June 4, 2011, due to injuries suffered in an auto accident south of Lone Tree.Funeral services will be at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 8, at the Lone Tree American Legion with the Rev. Ann Rouse and the Rev. Susan Barnes officiating. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. A general memorial fund has been established.

Norma Arline White, 88, of Keosauqua, formerly of Birmingham, died Monday, March 30, 2009, at Van Buren County Hospital in Keosauqua.A graveside service will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Des Moines, with the Rev. John Griffith officiating.Open visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday at Raymond Funeral Home in Fairfield.A memorial has been established to the Birmingham Fire

KALONA ? Robert Wayne Butterbaugh, 80, formerly of Wellman, died Friday, June 3, 2011, in the Washington Care Center in Washington.His body has been cremated, and there will be no services. Burial will be at a later date. Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona is handling the arrangements.

KALONA ? Beulah Hochstedler, 86, of Kalona, died Wednesday, June 1, 2011, in Kalona.A celebration of life service was held at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 5, at the Sunnyside Mennonite Church in Kalona with the Rev. John King, Floyd Yutzy and David L. Yoder officiating. Burial was in the Fairview Cemetery in rural Kalona. A gathering of family and friends was held from 1 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the church. A memorial ...

KALONA ? Vivian Dickel, 77, of Racine, Wis., died Saturday, May 28, 2011, in WFH All Saints Hospital in Racine, Wis. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 1, at Covenant Presbyterian Church at 40 Ohio Street in Racine, Wis., with the Rev. Melanie Hammond-Clark officiating. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. today at the church. Visitation will also be held beginning at 10 a.m Wednesday at the church.