Obituaries

WAYLAND - Dennis Lloyd Boshart, 91, of Goshen, Ind., formerly of the Wayland area, died Wednesday, March 12, 2008, in Goshen.      Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 16, in the Sugar Creek Mennonite Church in Wayland with the Rev. Nathan Luitjens officiating. Burial will be in Sugar Creek Cemetery. Beatty Funeral Home in Wayland is assisting with the arrangements. Visitation will begin at noon Saturday

ATWATER, Calif. - Roselyn Mae Nelson, 75, of Atwater, died Monday, Sept. 17, 2007, following a lengthy illness.      A memorial service was held Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007, in the United Methodist Church in Merced, Calif. Memorials may be made to the United Methodist Church of Merced Scholarship Fund.      Mrs. Nelson was born Nov. 22, 1931, in Wellman, the daughter of Paul and Freda Mayer. She married Larry Nelson.

Carl "Curly" Archibald, 91, of Keosauqua, died at 9:16 a.m. Wednesday, March 12, 2008, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.      A funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Keosauqua United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Bryon Wixom and the Rev. ellis andrews officiating. Burial, with military rites by American Legion Beer-Barker Post No. 113, will be in Fellows Cemetery in Keosauqua.      Open

Angela D. Godwin Fries, 42, of Murdock, Neb., died Thursday, March 13, 2008, at home.      A funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in rural Louisville, Neb., with the Rev. Brent Kuhlman officiating. Burial will be in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery in rural Murdock, Neb.      Visitation will be from 1-9 p.m. Sunday and 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday at Fusselman-Wymore Funeral Home in Louisville,

Sharon Smithburg, 66, of Keota, formerly of Washington, died Wednesday, March 12, 2008, in the Maplewood Manor Nursing Home in Keota after failing health for the past two years.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 15 in the Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington with the Rev. Jim Bringman officiating. Visitation will begin at noon Friday in the funeral home where the family will receive

KALONA - Monroe I. Bender, 85, of Pleasantview Home in Kalona, formerly of Washington, died Thursday, March 13, 2008, in Pleasantview Home following a short illness.      Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 16 in the Fairview Mennonite Church in Kalona with the Rev. Perry L. Miller and the Rev. John Hershberger officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Kalona. Visitation will be from 1:30 to 8

The Rev. Lewis Dysart Savage, 93, of Mt. Pleasant, died Monday, March 10, at Pleasant Manor Care Center.Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Friday, March 14, at Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel, where the family will recieve friends from 6 to 7:30 p.m. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 15, at Salem Friends Church in Salem, with the Rev. Stephen Savage officiating. Burial will be at Salem East

COLUMBUS JUNCTION - Fern Louise Howell, 82, of Washington, formerly of Columbus Junction, died Monday, March 10, 2008, in her home.      Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 13, in the Stacy-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Columbus Junction with the Rev. Ed Parker and the Rev. Bill Jamison officiating. Burial will be in the Columbus City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8

RICHLAND - Ila M. Prenger, 87, formerly of Richland, died Saturday, March 8, 2008, in Parkview Care Center in Fairfield.      Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 15, in the Gould Funeral Home in Richland with the Rev. Harlan Van Voorst officiating. Burial will be in Richland Friends Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 10 a.m. until the time of the funeral Saturday in the funeral home.

WAYLAND - Dennis Lloyd Boshart, 91, of Goshen, Ind., formerly of the Wayland area, died Wednesday, March 12, 2008, in Goshen.      Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 16, in the Sugar Creek Mennonite Church in Wayland with the Rev. Nathan Luitjens officiating. Burial will be in the Sugar Creek Cemetery. Beatty Funeral home in Wayland is assisting with the arrangements. Visitation will begin at noon