Obituaries

KALONA - Illa Mae Yoder, 79, of Kalona, died Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007, in Mercy Hospital, Iowa City after a lingering illness.      Funeral services were at 11 a.m. today in the Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church in Kalona with the Rev. Don Patterson and the Rev. Dick Swartzendruber officiating. Memorials may be made to the church. Peterseim Funeral home in Kalona was in charge of the arrangements.      Mrs. Yoder

KALONA - Theren T. Wyatt, 77, of Arlington, Texas, died Saturday, Sept. 22, 2007, in Arlington Memorial Hospital following a long illness.      Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, in the Sharon Center United Methodist Church in Kalona with the Rev. Doug Cue officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service in the church. Burial will be in Sharon Center Church Cemetery. Memorials may be

LONE TREE - Donald DeWayne Cerny, 88, of Iowa City, formerly of Lone Tree, died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007, in his residence in Iowa City following an extended illness.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, in the Sorden-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Lone Tree with Loren Yoder officiating. Burial will be in Lone Tree Cemetery with military rites provided by the Lone

MOLINE, Ill. - Thomas W. Sigler, 75, of Moline, died Friday, Sept. 21, 2007 in University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.      Funeral services were Monday, Sept. 24 in the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Rock Island, Ill. Burial was in National Cemetery, Rock Island, Ill., with military honors by American Legion Post No. 246, Moline, and Moline VFW Post No. 2153. Memorials may be made to Sacred Heart

PELLA - Edith May Richardson, 99, of Washington, died Friday, Sept. 21, 2007, in Halcyon House in Washington.      VanDyk-Doven Funeral home in Pella was in charge of funeral arrangements.      Miss Richardson was born April 20, 1908, in Cincinnati, Iowa, the daughter of Daniel and Margaret (Milner) Richardson.

F. Kenneth Hughes, 97, of Keosauqua, died at 4;15 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007, at Van Buren Good Samaritan Center in Keosauqua.      A funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, with the Rev. ellis andrews officiating. Burial will be in Harness Cemetery in Mount Sterling.      Family visitation will be from 2-4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.      Memorials to Harness Cemetery may

Verle Eugene Worley, 83, of Washington died Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007, in the Washington Care Center following declining health.      His body has been cremated. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 1, 2007, in the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Washington with the Rev. Brian Gentz officiating. Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery with military honors. Visitation will begin at noon Sunday with the

Eleanor Jane Cahoon Almond Cammack, 90, of Ankeny, died Friday, Sept. 21, at her daughter's home.Her body was cremated. A private family service will be held at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to Orchard Place in Des Moines.Eleanor was born Aug. 23, 1917 in Tama, the daughter of Vernon Leroy and Mildred Ames Cahoon. She married Roy Merle Almond on May 3, 1942. He preceded her in death. She later

KALONA - Nellie Magdalena Christner, 78, of Washington died Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007, in Mercy Hospital in Iowa City from complications of a heart attack.      Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 1, in the Marion Avenue Baptist Church in Washington with the Rev. Larry Brown officiating. Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington. Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday in the Yoder-Powell

DIAMONDHEAD, Miss. - Dorothy M. Lance, 85, of Sun City, Ariz., died Sept. 14, 2007, in Sun City.      Funeral services will be held Sunday, Oct. 7, 2007, in the Diamondhead United Methodist Church in Diamondhead. Memorials may be made to a charity of the donor's choice. The Riemann Family Funeral Home, Kiln-Delisle Road Chapel in Diamondhead is in charge of the arrangements.