Obituaries

KALONA - Christine Miller, 81, of Sarasota, Fla., formerly of Kalona, died Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007, in Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota following a brief illness.

Merrill Eugene Fleig, 72, of Fairfield died Saturday, August 25, 2007 at his home.      Merrill was born May 5, 1935 in Stockport, the son of Leonard Franklin and LaRue Jane Fischer Fleig. He married Charlotte Mae Billman on June 11, 1961 in Washington.      A memorial celebration of his life will be at 10:30 A.M. Thursday at Raymond Funeral Home in Fairfield with Pastor Danny Cary and Reverend Richard Iles of

Paul Edward Anderson Sr., 84, of Bettendorf, formerly of Huxley, died Aug. 24, 2007, at the Clarissa Cook Hospice House in Bettendorf.A funeral service will be held Monday, Aug. 27 at 2 p.m. at Fjeldberg Lutheran Church in Huxley. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.Burial with military honors will follow in Fjeldberg Church Cemetery in Huxley.Paul was born in Earlham, April 18, 1923, to Edward and

Ruth Fenton Stigge, 96, of Centerville, and formerly of Danville, died Monday, Aug. 20, 2007, at Golden Age Care Center in Centerville.Visitation will be after noon Thursday, Aug. 23, at Elliott Chapel where the family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. The funeral will be Friday, Aug. 24, at 11 a.m. at the Elliott Chapel. Interment will be in Prairie Grove Cemetery, West Burlington.Born March 18, 1911 in

C. Leroy "Lee" Johnson, 74, of Mt. Pleasant, died Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007, at his home.Visitation will begin after noon Friday, Aug. 24, at the Olson - Powell Memorial Chapel, where the family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Mt. Pleasant, with the Rev. Dr. Jerry Kelly officiating.Burial will be in the Forest Home Cemetery. In

Vivian Lucille Hobbs, 87, of Lowell, died Saturday, Aug. 18, 2007 at the Henry County Health Center.Mrs. Hobbs was born Oct. 8, 1919 in Talleyrand, the daughter of Thomas and Goldie Derby Lankford. On August 30, 1935 she married "Pete" Hobbs in Fairfield. She attended school at Richland.      The funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 22 at the Elliott Chapel in New London. Interment will be

Ernest Roy Shelangoski age 63 of Birmingham died Friday, August 24, 2007 at a hospice house in Hiawatha, Iowa.      Born August 13, 1944 at Rock Island, Illinois, he was the son of Clifford L. and Helen Heston Shelangoski.      An open visitation will be from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. Sunday at the Raymond Funeral Home in Birmingham.      Cremation will be accorded with private burial at a later time.      Memorials

Robert "Bob" Briggs, 77, of Lockridge, passed away Friday, Aug. 17 at the Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield.Family visitation will be held 6- 8 p.m., Monday, Aug. 20 at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield.The funeral service will be conducted at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Aug./ 21 at the funeral home. Interment with military rites will be held in Lockridge Cemetery.The family requests memorials be made in lieu of flowers

Hannah Irene Floyd, 19, passed away Thursday, Aug. 16 in an accident at 3 Forks Ranch in Colorado where she was working for the summer.She was born in Decatur, Ala., Dec. 10, 1987 to Donald and Mary (Hauenstien) Floyd.Hannah spent most of her life in Wayland, attending WACO and W-MU schools before moving to Alabama in 2004. She received an advanced diploma from Vinemont High School in Vinemont, Ala. in 2006. She

WAVERLY - The Rev. Walter Baird Phelps, 74, of Waverly died Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007, in the Bartels Lutheran Retirement Community in Waverly.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, in the Trinity United Methodist Church in Waverly. Burial following cremation will be at a later date. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m., Friday in the Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home in Waverly where there will