Obituaries

KALONA - Patricia Ann Smith, 61, of Iowa City, died Friday, Dec. 14, 2007, in the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City following a sudden illness.      Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18, in the Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona, with the Rev. Michael Lynch officiating. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. today in the funeral home. Burial will be in St. Vincent's Cemetery in

Jean Lucille Dean, 79, of Danville, died Saturday, Dec. 15, at Great River Medical Center Klein's Center.Visitation will be held from noon to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 18 in Lunning Chapel, where the family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19, in Lunning Chapel, with the Rev. Bob Patton officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Grove Cemetery west of

Robert J. Kisling, 78, of Keosauqua, died at 7:10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 14, 2007, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.      A service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, with the Rev. Phil Campbell officiating. Burial, with military rites by American Legion Beer-Barker Post, will be in Miller Chapel Cemetery, northeast of Keosauqua.      Open visitation began at 2 p.m.

Rosemary Joyce "Rosie" Carman, 66, of Burlington, died Thursday, Dec. 13, at Great River Hospice House in West Burlington.Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16 at Hass-Thielen Funeral Home, where the family will receive friends following a 4 p.m. rosary service. The Mass of the Resurrection will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 17, at the SS. Mary and Patrick Catholic Church of West

KALONA - Esther Ellen Beachy, 88, of Kalona, died Thursday, Dec. 13, 2007, in the Pleasantview Home in Kalona following a brief illness.      Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 17, in the Sunnyside Conservative Mennonite Church in Kalona with the Rev. Floyd Helmuth, the Rev. Floyd Yutzy, and the Rev. David Yoder officiating. Burial will be in the Fairview Mennonite Cemetery. Visitation will be held

KALONA - Erma V. Troyer, 88, of Kalona, died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007, in Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.      Celebration of Life services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 17, in the Wellman Mennonite Church in Wellman with the Rev. Marvin Hostetler officiating. Burial will be held prior to the service at 10 a.m. in the Wellman Mennonite Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday in the Yoder-Powell

Opal H. Hult, 92, of Swedesburg, died Saturday, Dec. 15, at the Washington County Hospital in Washington following a short illness.Visitation will begin at noon Tuesday, Dec. 18, at Beatty Funeral Home of Washington, where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19, at the Marion Avenue Baptist Church in Washington, with the Rev. Larry Brown

Evelyn Doris Sojka, 77, of Columbus Junction, formerly of Washington, died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007, in the Colonial Manor in Columbus Junction following a lengthy illness.      Celebration of life services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, in the Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington with the Rev. Darryl Carr officiating. Visitation will begin at noon Friday in the funeral home where the family will

R. Vaunceil Stephenson, 76, of Erie, Ill., died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2007, at home.      A service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Erie United Methodist Church. A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Maple Hill Cemetery in Birmingham.      Visitation will be from 1-4 p.m. Friday at Gibson Funeral Home in Erie.      Memorials may be made to the church.      Mrs. Stephenson was born Dec. 19, 1930, in Stockport,

Gerald C. Anderson, 85, of rural Brighton, died Monday, Dec. 10, 2007, at Park Place in Mount Pleasant.      A funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Hope Lutheran Church in Germanville, with the Rev. Wayne Wilkin officiating. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery adjacent to the church.      Open visitation will begin at 4 p.m. Friday at Gould Funeral Home in Brighton, where family will be present from 7-8:30