Obituaries

KALONA - Omer L. Fountain, 75, of Kalona died Monday, May 14, 2007 in his home after several months of illness.      Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 16 in the Sharon Center Methodist Church in Kalona with the Rev. Doug Cue officiating. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. today in Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona, where the family will be present from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. A Masonic

AINSWORTH - Leo A. Holderness, 76, of Ainsworth, formerly of the Iowa City area, died Sunday, May 13, 2007 in his home.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 18, 2007 in the Gay and Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City. Burial with military honors will be held in Memory Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home. A memorial fund has been

Mary Anne Elizabeth Krebs, 59, of Fairfield, died Monday, May 14, 2007, at Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield.      No services are planned at this time. The body has been cremated.      Memorials may be made to Hospice of Central Iowa. Cards and memorials may be sent to 1000 Hillcrest Ave., Fairfield 52556.      Ms. Krebs was born May 10, 1948, in Rochester, N.Y., the daughter of Thomas F. and Wilma C. St.

Marjorie L. Hourihan, 93, of Mt. Pleasant, died Monday, May 14, at Arbor Court.Visitation will be held from 12-8 p.m. Wednesday, May 16, at the Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel, where the family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 17, at the Salem Friends Church, with Pastor Dillon Does officiating. Burial will be in the Salem South Cemetery. A memorial has been

Joanne Doran died in her home in Rock Island on Friday, May 11, 2007 at the age of 75.      Visitation will be at the Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home in Milan, IL on Monday, May 14 from 4-8pm with a prayer service immediately following. Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, May 15, at 10am at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Rock Island. Interment will immediately follow at the National Cemetery, Rock Island Arsenal.

Eugene W. Wright, 77, of Birmingham, died Saturday, May 12, 2007, at Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield.      A service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Birmingham United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Michael Renken officiating. Interment will be in Maple Hill Cemetery in Birmingham.      Family visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. today at Raymond Funeral Home in Birmingham.      Condolences may be sent to the

NEWTON, Kan.-Ronald Ray Rediger, 57, of Greensburg, Kan., died Friday, May 4, 2007, in Greensburg, during a tornado.      A memorial service will be at 4 p.m. Friday, May 11, at Shalom Mennonite Church in Newton, Kan. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 19, at Sugar Creek Mennonite Cemetery in Wayland. A memorial fund has been established for the Iroquois Center for Human Development of

KEOTA-Viola Hammes Conklin Heisdorffer, 93, of Harper, died Wednesday, May 9, 2007, at the Manor House Care Center in Sigourney, following a brief illness.      Mass of the Resurrection will be at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, May 14, at Holy Trinity Parish-St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Harper, with the Rev. Marty Goetz officiating. Burial will be at St. Elizabeth Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at

Dorothy L. Dutton, 78, of Rockville, Md., formerly of Mount Pleasant, died Wednesday, April 25, 2007, at her daughter's home.      A graveside and committal service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Forest Home Cemetery.      Visitation, with family present, will be from 9-11 a.m. Saturday at Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel in Mount Pleasant.      Mrs. Dutton was born July 23, 1928, near Mount Union, the daughter of

Sharon E. Kirkhart, 58, of rural Cantril, died at 4:55 p.m. Friday, May 11, 2007, at her mother's home near Fort Madison.      A funeral is scheduled for 11 a.m. Wednesday at Cantril Christian Church, with the Rev. Jerry Caughron and the Rev. Gerald Hoenig officiating. Burial, with military honors by American Legion Russell-Strait Post No. 483 of Milton, will be in Maple Grove Cemetery in Cantril.      Visitation