Obituaries

Norma E. Ladwig, 91, of Washington, died Wednesday, April 22, 2009, in the United Presbyterian Home in Washington.    Funeral services will be at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 26, at the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington.  After the services, the body will be donated to the University of Iowa Anatomy Department.  Burial will be at a later date in Cambria, Wis.  Visitation with the family will begin two hours before the

LONE TREE ? Dorothy Louise Musser, 93, of Lone Tree, died Tuesday, April 21, 2009, in the Lone Tree Health Care Center.    Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, April 24, at the United Presbyterian Church in Lone Tree with the Rev. Debra Lind-Schmitz officiating.  Burial will be in the Lone Tree Cemetery.  After the burial, a time of food and fellowship will be held at the church.  Visitation will be from 10

COLUMBUS JUNCTION ? Mary Hafner, 78, of Davenport, formerly of Wapello, died Monday, April 20, 2009, in the Genesis East Hospital in Davenport.    Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, April 24, at the Stacy-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Columbus Junction with the Rev. Joseph Sia officiating.  Following the services, a time of food and fellowship will be held at the St. Joseph Catholic

KALONA ? Ida May Egli, 94, of Kalona, died Saturday, April 18, 2009, in Pleasantview Home in Kalona, following a lingering illness.       Funeral services were at 11 a.m. today at Kalona Mennonite Church in Kalona.  Burial will take place Wednesday, April 22, in Rose Hill Cemetery in Manson.    Miss Egli was born Dec. 6, 1914, in Manson, the daughter of C.B. and Emma (Grimm) Egli.For the full obituary, see the

KALONA ? Joseph M. Miller, 86, of Kalona, died Friday, April 17, 2009, at his home.    Funeral services will be at 9 a.m. Tuesday, April 21, at the Rudy Borntrager residence at 1213 Orange Avenue in rural Kalona with the Rev. Paul T. Miller officiating.  Burial will be in the Peter Miller Cemetery.  The Yoder-Powell Funeral Home in Kalona is in charge of the arrangements.    Mr. Miller was born June 11, 1922, in

WEST DES MOINES ? Gayle ?Shorty? Burkum, 81, of West Des Moines, formerly of Washington, died Tuesday, April 14, 2009, at his home.    Private funeral services will be held Monday, April 20, at McLaren?s Chapel in West Des Moines.  Burial will be in the Iowa Veterans Cemetery in Van Meter.  Memorials may be directed to the Parkinson?s Disease Foundation for research.For the full obituary, see the April 17 edition

KALONA ? Mark P. Swartzendruber, 87, of Kalona, died Tuesday, April 14, 2009, in the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.    Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, April 17, at Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church in rural Kalona with the Rev. Don Patterson and the Rev. Richard Swartzendruber officiating.  Burial will be in Lower Deer Creek Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. today at

SIGOURNEY ? Jeanette Adams, 70, of Mesa, Ariz., formerly of Sigourney, died Monday, Jan. 19, 2009, at her home.    Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 18, at the Holm Funeral Home in Sigourney.  Burial will be at West Bethel in rural Delta.  Visitation will begin one hour before the services Saturday at the funeral home.     A full obituary appeared in an earlier edition of The Journal.

HUMBOLDT ? Wallace Franklin Blakestad, 75, of Humboldt, died Monday, April 6, 2009, in the Humboldt Care Center South.    Funeral services were held Thursday, April 9 at Our Saviour?s Lutheran Church in Humboldt.  Burial was at Union Cemetery.  Mason-Lindhart Funeral Home in Humboldt handled the arrangements.    Mr. Blakestad was born July 5, 1933, on a farm near Otranto Station, the son of Sophus and Vera (Clark)

Helen Loretta Rotenburger, 96, of St. Michael, Minn., formerly of Washington, died Sunday, April 12, 2009, in Buffalo, Minn., following a decline in health.    Mass of the Resurrection will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday, April 17, at St. James Catholic Church in Washington with the Rev. Paul Appel officiating.  Burial will be at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Riverside.  Visitation will be from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Friday at the