Obituaries

Willa Bea Cook Kitchen passed away January 5, 2008 at the Parkview Care Center.      Willa Bea ("Wig" or "Willie" to her friends and family) was born to Roy Raymond Cook and Nellie Jane Sammons/Simons March 14, 1929 in Fairfield, IA.      She married Clifford J. Droz. They divorced in 1958. Willa Bea later married Samuel William Kitchen.      Willa Bea Cook Kitchen will rest in Batavia Cemetery in Batavia, IA with

GOSHEN, Ind. -Dillon Joseph Graber, 88, of Goshen, died Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008, in Greencroft Healthcare.      The body was cremated. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19 in the College Mennonite Church, Goshen, with the Rev. Klaudia Smucker of the church and the Rev. Pam Gerig Unruh of the Wayland Mennonite Church officiating. Burial will be in the College Mennonite Church Memorial Garden.

KALONA - Elmer C. Miller, 97, of Kalona, died Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008, in the Pleasantview Home in Kalona after a lingering illness.      Celebration of Life services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, in the Fairview Conservative Mennonite Church with the Rev. John Hershberger and the Rev. Jerry Miller officiating. Visitation will be from noon to 8 p.m. Wednesday and from 10 a.m. until the service time

Mildred E. Fickel, 96, of Fairfield, died Friday, Jan. 4, 2008, at Parkview Care Center in Fairfield.      A funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield, with the Rev. Mike Metz officiating. Burial will be in Mount Moriah Cemetery.      Family visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.      Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church or to an organization

Marjorie A. Martin, age 88, passed away Saturday, January 5, 2008 at Community Care Center in Stuart, IA.      Open visitation will be held from noon to 7:00 PM, Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield.      Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM, Wednesday, January 9, 2008 at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield, with Rev. Dr. Richard Wallarab officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery

Mary Lou Downard, 77, of Ankeny, died Friday, Jan. 4, 2008, at Taylor House Hospice in Des Moines from complications of Endocarditis.      A graveside service will be at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at Miller Chapel Cemetery.      A visitation, with family present, will be from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua.      Memorials may be made to Taylor House Hospice in Des Moines.      Mrs.

Lucile R. Wolfe, 85, of Mount Pleasant, formerly of Germanville, died Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008, at Henry County Health Center in Mount Pleasant.      A service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Hope Lutheran Church in Germanville. Burial will be in the church cemetery.      Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Murphy Funeral Home in Mount Pleasant, where the family will be present from 6:30-8 p.m.      In lieu

George Stout Jr., 70, of Columbus Junction, died Friday, Jan. 4, 2008, in the Washington County Hospital following a sudden illness.      Celebration of Life services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 9, in the Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington with the Rev. Kitch Schatzer officiating. Visitation will begin at noon Tuesday in the funeral home where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Burial

KALONA - Keith R. King, 73, of Arlington Heights, Ill., died Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008, in Manor Care in Arlington Heights following a long illness.      A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. today in the Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church in rural Kalona with the Rev. Don Patterson officiating. Burial will be in the Lower Deer Creek Cemetery. Yoder-Powell Funeral Home in Kalona is in charge of the arrangements.   

Vera Amelia Jarvis, 87, of Washington, died Sunday, Jan. 6, 2008, in Halcyon House in Washington following a short illness.      Celebration of Life Services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10 in the Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington with the Rev. Sue Meade officiating. The family will receive friends from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Thursday. A private family interment will take place at Sandy Hook Cemetery in