Obituaries

Mary Ardith McGuire, 85, of Washington, died Sunday, May 30, 2010, in the Washington County Hospital in Washington after failing in health the past two months.    Celebration of life services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, June 3, at the Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington with the Rev. Don Collings officiating.  Burial will be at the Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington.  Visitation will begin at noon Wednesday at

WEST LIBERTY ? Cletus J. Kaska, 80, of West Liberty, died Sunday, May 23, 2010, in the Simpson Memorial Home in West Liberty.    Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 26, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in West Liberty.  Burial will be in the Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington.  The family will greet friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the Henderson-Barker Funeral Home in West Liberty, where a vigil service

KALONA ? Richard ?Dick? Conklin, 82, of Wickenburg, Ariz., died Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009.    He was an organ donor.  According to his wishes, the body was cremated.  A celebration of life service was held in Wickenburg, Ariz.    A visitation in Kalona will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, May 30, at the Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona.  Inurnment will be in the Sharon Hill Cemetery in Kalona.    Mr. Conklin was

LONE TREE ? Robert ?Bob? C. Ramer, 93, of Iowa City, died Tuesday, May 25, 2010, in the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. A time of remembrance will be at 11 a.m. Friday, May 28, at the Sorden-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Lone Tree. Burial will be at the Lone Tree Cemetery with full military rites provided by the Lone Tree American Legion Post 457. A time of food ...

BOONE ? Kay Jorgensen, 68, of Glendale, Ariz., near Phoenix, Ariz., and formerly of Washington and of the greater Chicago area, died Saturday, May 22, 2010, at her home.    The body has been cremated.  A memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 1, at the Walter-Schroeder Funeral Home in Boone with the Rev. Paul A. Peebler officiating.  Following the memorial service, you are invited to join the family at

WELLMAN ? Bertha Durst, 92, of Wellman, died Sunday, May 23, 2010, in the United Presbyterian Home in Washington.    Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 27, at the Powell Funeral Home in Wellman with the Rev. Rich Pippert officiating.  Burial will be in the Wellman Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home where the family will greet friends from 6 to 8 p.m.  A

KALONA ? Richard ?Dick? Conklin, 82, of Wickenburg, Ariz., died Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009.    He was an organ donor.  According to his wishes, the body was cremated.  A celebration of life service was held in Wickenburg, Ariz.    A visitation in Kalona will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, May 30, at Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona.  Inurnment will be in the Sharon Hill Cemetery in Kalona.    Mr. Conklin was born

KALONA ? Ferne Mary Troyer, 87, died Tuesday, May 18, 2010, in the Pleasantview Home in Kalona.    Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 22, at the Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church in rural Kalona with the Rev. Don Patterson officiating.  Burial will be in the Lower Deer Creek Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Yoder-Powell Funeral Home in Kalona where the family will greet

RIVERSIDE ? Lois Catherine Armbruster, 89, of Riverside, died Wednesday, May 19, 2010, at her home following a brief illness.    Mass of the Resurrection will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 22, at St. Mary?s Catholic Church in Riverside with the Rev. Rich Adam officiating.  Burial will be in the Mount Olivet Cemetery.  Following the committal service at the cemetery, there will be a time of refreshments and

KALONA ? Ralph Jr. Young, 77, of rural Oxford, died Friday, May 14, 2010, in University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, from heart complications.Celebration of life services were at 10 a.m. today at St. Peter?s Catholic Church in Cosgrove. Burial was in St. Vincent?s Cemetery. Visitation was held Sunday at the Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona.Mr. Young was born June 21, 1932, in Ainsworth, the son of