Obituaries

Kenneth L. "Kenny" Johnson, 76, of Plattsmouth, Neb., formerly of Bellevue, Neb., died Thursday, April 24, at Golden Living Center in Plattsmouth.A funeral service was held this morning at Fusselman-Wymore Funeral Home in Plattsmouth, Neb., with the Rev. Michael McGregor officiating. Burial followed at Pleasant Ridge Cemetery in Plattsmouth.A memorial has been established for a beneficiary of the family's choice.He

ELKHORN, Neb. - Lily Elizabeth Leyden, 4, of Omaha, died Saturday, April 26, 2008, in her home in Omaha of Acute Myeloid Leukemia.      Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 30, in the Bethany Lutheran Church in Elkhorn with the Rev. Mark Fry officiating. Interment will be in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Elkhorn. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today in the church, where the family will receive

Grace Louise Kaufman, 86, of Washington, formerly of Ainsworth, died Wednesday, April 30, 2008, in the United Presbyterian Home after failing in health.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 3, in the Oregon Township Cemetery with the Rev. Kitch Shatzer officiating. The family will receive friends from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the Ainsworth Community Church in Ainsworth. Interment will

Gerald 'Garry' Dean Myers, 50, of Keosauqua, passed away Tuesday, April 22, 2008 in Keosauqua.Visitation with the family will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 25, at First Baptist Church in Fairfield. A funeral service will be held 2 p.m., Saturday, April 26, at First Baptist Church in Fairfield with the Rev. Danny Cary officiating. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery.The family requests memorials be

WINFIELD - Wilma Louise Dillon, 92, of Winfield, died Friday, April 25, 2008, in Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.      A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 30, in the Honts Funeral Home in Winfield with the Rev. Jo Grossheim officiating. The body has been cremated. Inurnment will be in the Keota Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 9 to 10 a.m. Wednesday in the funeral home. A general

George Robert Hanson, 34, of Washington, died Friday, April 25, 2008, in his home in Washington.      Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. today in the Beatty Funeral home in Washington with the Rev. James Cluney officiating. Burial will be in the Sandy Hook Cemetery near Brighton. Visitation was Sunday. Memorials may be made to the family.      Mr. Hanson was born Jan. 23, 1974, in Miami, Fla., the son of Irwin

SIGOURNEY - Glen Baumert, 72, of Sigourney, died Monday, April 21, 2008, in Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.      Funeral services were Thursday, April 24, in the Holm Funeral Home in Sigourney with the Rev. Jim Bringman officiating. Military honors were given by Sigourney veterans. Burial was in Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Sigourney.      Mr. Baumert was born Sept. 4, 1935 near Keota, the son of Floyd and Pearl (Brock)

Jeanne Thoma, age 100, passed away Thursday morning, April 24, at Parkview Care Center in Fairfield.      The family will receive friends from 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM, Monday, April 28, 2008 at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield.      Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM, Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at the First Presbyterian Church in Fairfield with Rev. Robert Koepcke and Rev. Richard Wallarab officiating. Interment will

Barbara A. Kounelis, a loving wife and cherished mother and grandmother, died April 22, 2008 at the Bronson Adult Medical Unit in Kalamazoo. Wife of John M. Kounelis for 43 years, Barbara was born March 25, 1930 in Ottumwa, IA to the late Eugene and Rowena (Carter) Billeter. A memorial service will take place, Friday the 25th, 12:00 noon, at the Langeland Family Funeral Homes, Portage Chapel, 411 E. Centre Ave.,

Daniel Leo Brutsche, 66, of Coon Rapids, died Monday, April 21, 2008, at St. Anthony Hospital in Carroll.      A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Annunciation Church in Coon Rapids, with the Rev. Anthony Pick and Deacon Louie Meiners officiating.      Mr. Brutsche was born Nov. 18, 1941, in Des Moines, the son of Paul and Rita Howe Brutsche. He married Nancy Pevestorf June 17, 1967, at