Obituaries

WELLMAN-Clarence "Butch" Miller, 97, of Wellman, died Saturday, March 24, 2007, at Parkview Manor in Wellman, after a brief illness.      Graveside services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 27, at the Wellman Cemetery, with military rites. Visitation will be today from 2 to 8 p.m. at the Powell Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Wellman. Memorials may be made for the Wellman Fire Department.      Mr.

Bonnie Jean McFarland, age 66, of Ainsworth died Monday, March 26, 2007 at her residence following a sudden illness.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 am Friday March 30, 2007 at the Jones - Eden Funeral Home in Washington with Rev. Scott Nesbitt officiating. Interment will take place at Oregon Township Cemetery in Ainsworth. Visitation will be held from 9:00 am until 8:00 pm on Thursday at the Jones -

NORA SPRINGS - Donald Paul Harden, 76, of Rudd died Friday, March 23, 2007 in the Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City after a year-long struggle with cancer.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 28 in the Eden Presbyterian Church in Rudd with the Rev. John Bates and Dr. Bill McElroy officiating. Burial will be in the Evergreen Cemetery in Rudd. Visitation will be from 4:30

KEOTA - Dorothy M. Heisdorffer, 83, of Keota died Monday, March 26, 2007 as the result of an automobile accident.      Mass of the Resurrection will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 29 in the Holy Trinity Parish-Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Clear Creek Township with the Rev. Marty Goetz officiating. Burial will be in Ss. Peter and Paul Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in the

KALONA-Wayne E. Geyer, 75, of Oxford, died Tuesday, March 20, 2007, near Holbrook, from injuries suffered in a tractor accident.      Celebration of life services were held at 10:30 a.m. today at West Union Mennonite Church in Parnell, with the Rev. Mark Jagnow officiating. Burial took place prior to the services at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Joetown. Memorials may be made for Wyndham Community Church, Parnell

COLUMBUS JUNCTION-Eileen Marie McDonald, 67, of Fredonia, died Friday, March 23, 2007, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, following a courageous battle with cancer.      Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 27, at the Stacy-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Columbus Junction, with the Rev. Betsey Neipert officiating. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today

Almeta L. Simkin, 96, of Salem, died Monday, March 26, at the Henry County Health Center in Mt. Pleasant.Funeral services are pending at the Beatty-Murphy Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant.

Ruth Starr Hunt, age 91, of Fairfield, passed away Friday, March 23, 2007 at Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield.      Visitation with the family present will be held 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM, Monday, March 26, 2007 at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield.      Following her wishes, the body will be cremated. A memorial service will be held 10:30 AM, Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield. Pastor Gary

RICHLAND-Paul R. Baiotto, 87, of Keota, formerly of Rubio, died Thursday, March 22, 2007, at Maplewood Manor Nursing Home in Keota.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 26, at Trinity Friends Church in Richland, with the Rev. Don Collings officiating. Burial will be in Richland Friends Cemetery, with military honors by Richland American Legion Post No. 504. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m.

Elouise Schultz, 91, of Olathe, Kan., and formerly of Farmington, died Thursday, March 22, in Spring Valley, Calif.In accordance with her wishes her body has been cremated. A memorial service will be held over Memorial Day weekend at Acklam Cemetery in Farmington. Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children's Hospital, Disabled American Veterans, or the Jean Wilkinson Foundation in McAllen, Texas. Schmitz-Lynk