Obituaries

Frances Maurine Larsen, 93, of Washington died Tuesday, May 17, 2011, at the United Presbyterian Home in Washington.Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 21, 2011, at the United Presbyterian Church with Rev, Bob Wollenberg officiating. Visitation will begin at noon Friday, May 20, 2011 at the Jones Eden Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Interment will ...

Edwin DeWitt, 93, of Stockport, died at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, March 17, 2009, at Van Buren Good Samaritan Center in Keosauqua.A Masonic service open to the public will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, with Virgil Morris presiding. Burial, with military rites by American Legion Elvin E. Cecil Post No. 147 of Stockport, will be in Spencer Cemetery, northeast of Stockport.Open visitation

Alice Mae Ames Hopper, 88, of Fairfield, died today, Thursday, March 19, 2009, at her daughter?s home in Brighton.A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Green City, Mo., with the Rev. Mike Davis officiating.Family visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield.Memorials may be made to Hospice of Central Iowa. Cards and memorials may be sent to 504

Marilyn Joyce Mercer, 74, of Salisbury, died Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at home surrounded by her family.Marilyn was born in Abingdon, Iowa, the daughter of the late Clyde A. Myers and Mildred Wilson Myers. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Richard E. Mercer on January 27th, 2006.In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions in her memory be made to Oak Ridge Baptist Church, 361 Tilghman

KALONA ? Samuel Howard Kemp, 84, of Kalona, died Wednesday, May 4, 2011, in the Pleasantview Home in Kalona following a lengthy illness.Celebration of life services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 7, at the Fairview Conservative Mennonite Church in rural Kalona with the Rev. Perry Miller, the Rev. Don Swartzentruber and the Rev. Leon Stutzman officiating. Burial will follow in the Fairview Cemetery. Visitation ...

Velma Grace Cozart Threlkeld, 86, died suddenly on Friday, May 13, 2011, at her home in rural Wellman.Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 18,2011, at the Yoder-Powell Funeral Home in Kalona. Pastor Martha Yoder will officiate. Burial will be in the Forest Cemetery in Oskaloosa. Visitation will be held from 4-7 p.m. on Tuesday at the Yoder-Powell Funeral Home. A general memorial fund has ...

COLUMBUS JUNCTION ? Ralph Timothy Cummings, 77, of Columbus Junction, died Saturday, April 30, 2011, in Colonial Manor Care Center in Columbus Junction.Cremation was facilitated by the FCS Life Transition and Cremation Center of Muscatine and the Stacy-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services of Columbus Junction. Visitation will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, May 20, at the Porter Funeral ...

CEDAR RAPIDS ? Betty Ann Sullivan ?Cutie Schneider,? 78, died Tuesday, May 10, 2011, in her home after a long illness.Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, May 16, at Brosh Chapel, 2121 Bowling St. S.W. in Cedar Rapids. Burial will follow in Cedar Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Brosh Chapel. A general memorial fund has been established.Mrs. Sullivan was a graduate of Brighton ...

RIVERSIDE ? Betty R. Kaalberg, 74, of Riverside, died Wednesday, May 4, 2011, in the University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City from complications of a stroke.Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 7, at St. Mary?s Catholic Church in Riverside with the Rev. Rich Adam officiating. Burial will be in the Mount Olivet Cemetery. After the committal services at the cemetery, a time of food and fellowship...

Myrtle Rose Ella Hendricks, 88, of Bonaparte, died at 10:45 a.m. Wednesday, March 18, 2009, at Park Place Long Term Care Unit in Mount Pleasant.A celebration of life service will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Bonaparte United Church, with the Rev. Paul Rekward officiating. Private burial will be in Bonaparte Cemetery.Memorials to Bonaparte Fire Department or Bonaparte United Church may be left at Pedrick Funeral Home