Obituaries

Thelma L. Barry, 90, of Oelwein, Iowa died on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 at the Oelwein Healthcare Center in Oelwein, Iowa after a brief illness.      Funeral Service: Memorial Graveside Service at 1:30 P.M. on Saturday, March 24, 2007 at the Evergreen Cemetery at Fairfield, Iowa; Visitation: from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. on Friday, March 23, 2007 at the Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home in Oelwein, Iowa.      Memorials

Athlyn Shirley Beranek, 85, of Riverside, died Wednesday, March 21, at the Washington County Hospital following a sudden illness.Celebration of life services will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 26, at the Jones Eden Funeral Home in Washington, with the Rev. Jim Beranek officiating. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. Sunday at the funeral home, where the family will receive friends from 2-4 p.m. Burial will take

Golda Marie Miller, 93, of Ottumwa, formerly of Eldridge, died Wednesday, March 21, 2007, at Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield.      A service will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Cunnick-Collins Mortuary in Davenport, where family will be present from 1-2 p.m. Monday. Burial will be in Davenport Memorial Park Cemetery.      Memorials may be made to Southeast Hospice of Mount Pleasant.      Mrs. Miller was born Nov.

The Rev. Paul R. Baiotto, 87, formerly of Rubio, died at 12:20 a.m. Thursday, March 22, 2007, at Maplewood Manor Nursing Home in Keota.      A service will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Trinity Friends Church in Richland, with the Rev. Don Collings officiating. Burial, with military honors by Richland American Legion Post No. 504, will be in Richland Friends Cemetery.      Open visitation will begin at 1 p.m. Sunday

Evelyn L. Philipp, age 73, went to be with the Lord March, 22, after a long nine-year battle with ovarian cancer.Cremation has already taken place.There will be a celebration of life service (memorial) at Ward Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Northville on March 31. Visitation with family prior to the service will begin at 10 a.m. followed by the service at 11 a.m. and then a Fellowship Luncheon. The Rev. Doug

WELLMAN-Vera Lucille Ruegsegger, 92, of Wellman, died Wednesday, March 21, 2007, at Parkview Manor in Wellman, following a brief illness.      Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 24, at the Powell Funeral Home in Wellman, with the Rev. Marlene Janssen officiating. Burial will be in the Wellman Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. memorials may be made for Iowa

KALONA-Fannie A. Schwartzendruber, 86, of Kalona, formerly of Riverside, died Wednesday, March 21, 2007, at Pleasantview Home in Kalona, after a lingering illness.      Celebration of life services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 24, a t Kalona Mennonite Church in Kalona, with the Rev. Scott Swartzendruber, the Rev. Mick Murray, and the Rev. David L. Yoder officiating. Burial will be at East Union Cemetery in

Marie Hiller, 78, of Washington, died Monday, March 19, 2007, near Polishville, from injuries suffered in a motor vehicle accident.      Celebration of life services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 24, at Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington, with the Rev. Darryl Carr officiating. Burial will be at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Washington. Visitation will begin at noon Friday at the funeral home, where the family

Mary Lou Swailes, 66, of Wayland, died Thursday, March 22, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, March 26, at the Beatty-Murphy Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant, with the Rev. Gary Vannyhuis officiating. Burial will be in the North Hill Cemetery north of Wayland. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, where the family will be present form 2-4 p.m. A memorial

L. Mildred Boyer, 83, of Bellingham, Wash., died Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007.      Memorials for a park bench or tree-planting may be mailed to Fairhaven Village Green Fund, PO Box 4357, Bellingham, WA 98225.      Mrs. Boyer was born April 22, 1923, in Dallas, the daughter of Jay Dea and Nellie Estell Davis.To see the complete obituary, read the March 22, 2007, Fairfield Ledger.