Obituaries

Hugh Henry Breuer, 81, of Salem, died Sunday, Nov. 11, at Henry County Health Center.Visitation will begin at noon Wednesday, Nov. 14, at Elliott Chapel in New London, where the family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. A funeral service will be held at Salem Congregational Church at 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, with pastor Harold Dorsey officiating. Burial will be at 2:30 p.m. at Burlington Memorial Cemetery in

RICHLAND - Clara (Smith) George, 90, of Keota, died Sunday, Nov. 4, 2007, in Maplewood Manor in Keota.      Arrangements for a memorial service are pending at Gould Funeral Home in Richland. She bequeathed her body to the University of Iowa Department of Anatomy. In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that gifts be made in her honor to the Richland United Methodist Church or the Richland Public Library.      Mrs.

Sydney F. Westerbeck, infant child of Lamoyne and Melissa Gilbert Westerbeck was stillborn at 3:41 a.m. Monday, November 12, 2007, at Great River Medical Center.A private family graveside service and burial will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15, at Greenglade Cemetery in Farmington, with pastor Charles Mitchell officiating. There will be no visitation.A memorial has been established.Lunning Chapel is in

RIVERSIDE - Milo "Mike" Stransky, 95, of Kalona, formerly of Riverside, died Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007, in Pleasantview Home in Kalona following a short illness.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, in the Sorden-Lewis Funeral and Cremation Service in Riverside with the Rev. Sue Meade officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Public Cemetery. Following the committal services there will

KALONA - Ronald Earle Hartzler, 87, of Kalona, died Friday, Nov. 9, 2007, in Parkview Manor in Wellman following a long illness.      Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, in the Lower Deer Creek Cemetery, followed by a memorial service at 11 a.m. in the Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church, near Kalona, with the Rev. Don Patterson and the Rev. Dick Swartzendruber officiating. Visitation will be held from 2

KALONA - Donald O. Hohenshell, 81, of Parkview Manor, Wellman, died Monday, Nov. 12, 2007, in Parkview Manor following a lingering illness.      The body has been cremated. Burial will be at a later date in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Joetown. There will be no visitation. Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona is in charge of the arrangements.      Mr. Hohenshell was born June 4, 1926, the son of Oat and Martha (Feldman)

Francis G. Leonard, 82, of the West Chester area, died Friday, Nov. 9, 2007, in Mercy Hospital in Iowa City following a short illness.      Funeral services have been set for 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 16, in the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington with Patrick Leonard officiating. Burial will be in the Resthaven Garden of Memory Cemetery in Wichita, Kan, with military honors at a later date. Visitation will begin at noon

Orinda B. Boring, 103, of rural Keosauqua, died at 10:55 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007, at Van Buren County Hospital in Keosauqua.      A service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, with the Rev. Jerry Caughron officiating. Burial will be Oakland Cemetery in Fort Madison.      Open visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, where family will be present from 6-8 p.m.  

Dawn A. Shacklett, 84, of Mt. Pleasant, died Thursday, Nov. 8, at Henry County Health Center in Mt. Pleasant.Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13 at Elliott Chapel in New London, where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. Burial will be at Trinity Cemetery in Mt. Union, with a graveside service at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, with Pastor Rod Cooper

Irene E. Edwards, age 85, of Fairfield, passed away Saturday, November 10, 2007 at Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield.      Friends may sign the Book of Condolence Tuesday, November 13th, from Noon to 7:00 PM. No family visitation is planned.      Funeral services will be held 10:30 AM, Wednesday, November 14, 2007 at Behner Funeral Home with Rev. Dave Peterson officiating. Cremation will follow the service.