Obituaries

KALONA - Ralph Schlabaugh, 90, of Pleasantview Home in Kalona died Sunday, July 29, 2007 in the home after a lingering illness.      Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 1 in the Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church in rural Kalona with the Rev. Richard Swartzendruber and the Rev. David L. Yoder officiating. Visitation will be from 2:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona. Burial will

Douglas S. Johnson, 59, of Fairfield, died Thursday afternoon, July 26, 2007.      A service will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at First Lutheran Church in Fairfield, with the Rev. Marvin Robeck officiating. Interment will be in Bethesda Cemetery east of Fairfield.      Family visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. today at Raymond Funeral Home in Fairfield.      Memorials have been established to First Lutheran Church in

Myrtle M. Carmichael, 104, of Fairfield, died Wednesday, July 25, 2007, at Nelson Nursing Home in Fairfield.      A funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Raymond Funeral Home in Fairfield. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Fairfield.      Family visitation will be from 7-8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.      A memorial has been established to the American Cancer Society.      Mrs. Carmichael was born

Joyce Ann Carroll, 68, of Brighton, died Sunday, July 22, on the family farm where she was born.Family visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m. Friday, July 27, at the Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 28, at Hope Lutheran Church in Germanville, with the Rev. Wayne Wilken and Fr. Charles Fladung officiating. Burial will follow in Union Cemetery. Memorials may

Fairfield - Joyce Ann Carroll, 68, of Brighton died Sunday, July 22, 2007 at her family farm.      Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 28 in Hope Lutheran Church in Germanville with the Rev. Wayne Wilken and The Rev. Charles Fladung officiating. Interment will follow in Union Cemetery. A family visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday in Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield. Memorials may be made

Douglas S. Johnson, 59, of Fairfield, died Thursday.Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 31, at the First Lutheran Church in Fairfield, with Pastor Marvin Robeck officiating. Burial will be in the Bethesda Cemetery, east of Fairfield. The family will receive friends Monday, July 30, from 6-8 p.m. at the Raymond Funeral Home in Fairfield. Memorials have been established to the First Lutheran Church in

Joyce Ann Carroll, 68, of Brighton, died Sunday, July 22, 2007, on the family farm where she was born.      A funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Hope Lutheran Church in Germanville, with the Rev. Wayne Wilken and the Rev. Charles Fladung officiating. Interment will follow in Union Cemetery.      Family visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield.      Memorials may be made to

Grace M. Chapman, 89, of Eldon, died Saturday, July 21, 2007, at Parkview Care Center in Fairfield.      A memorial service is being planned at a later date in Flagler Beach, Fla., with inurnment in St. Mary's Cemetery in Korona, Fla. The body has been cremated.      Memorials may be directed to the Welcoming Family of Faith building fund at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Fairfield or Iowa Heritage Foundation of the

Melba Nixon, 66, of Bloomfield, formerly of Fairfield, died Monday, July 23, 2007, at Davis Center in Davis County.      A service will be held at a later date. The body has been cremated.      Online condolences may be sent via www.waglerfuneralhome.com.      Arrangements are in the care of Wagler Funeral Home of Bloomfield.      Mrs. Nixon was born Nov. 1, 1940, the daughter of Vern and Mary Ann Nixon.To see

DUBUQUE - Robert Howard Mace, 48, of Dubuque, died Saturday, July 21, 2007 in San Angelo Community Medical Center in San Angelo, Texas.      Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 27 in Old Paths Baptist Church in Dubuque. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday in the church where there will be a Testimony service at 7 p.m. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Branson Cemetery, Loveland. White