Obituaries

WAPELLO-Virgetta Rose "Jett" Dawley, 40, of Grandview and formerly of the Ainsworth area, died Saturday, Dec. 9, 2006, at her home.      The funeral ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 13, at Grandview Community Bible Church in Grandview, with the Rev. Darryl Erickson officiating. Burial will follow at Grandview Cemetery. After the burial, the family will gather with friends in Fellowship Hall in the

Ralph H. Herman, 82, formerly of Sigourney, died on Dec. 8, at Rowley Memorial Masonic Home in Perry, where he had resided for the last five years.Masonic services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at the Reece Funeral Home in Ottumwa. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Shirley Will officiating. Burial will be in the Blue Point Cemetery southwest of Richland. Military services

KEOTA - Mary J. Berg, 89, of Keota died Saturday, Dec. 9, 2006 in Maplewood Manor in Keota of declining health with her family by her side.      Mass of Resurrection will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 13 in the Holy Trinity Parish-St. Mary Catholic Church in Keota with the Rev. Marty Goetz officiating. Burial will be in the Holy Trinity Cemeteries-St. Elizabeth Catholic Cemetery in Harper. Visitation will be from

Madeline "Maxine" Turner Parker, 82, of Fairfield, died Sunday, Dec. 10, 2006, at home.      A service will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Suburban Heights Baptist Church in Fairfield, with the Rev. Ed Parker officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Lawn Cemetery in Fairfield.      Visitation, with the family present, will be from 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield.      Memorials may be

Anna Pearl Grimes Wiley, 93, of Cantril, died Friday, Dec. 8, 2006, at Henry County Health Center in Mount Pleasant.      A funeral is scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday at Cantril United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Paul Rekward and the Rev. Jerry Caughron officiating. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery in Cantril.      Open visitation began at 2 p.m. today at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, where the family

KALONA - John Henry Miller, 82, of Kalona died Saturday, Dec. 9, 2006 in the home of his daughter Mattie Ann Schrock after a lingering illness.      Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 12, in the Eldon T. Miller residence in Kalona with Eldon T. Miller officiating. Burial will be in Brenneman Cemetery, rural Kalona. Visitation will be today beginning at 1 p.m. at the Eldon T. Miller residence.

MUSCATINE - Hazel D. Raymond, 80, of Muscatine died Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006 after a sudden illness.      Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 11 in the Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona with the Rev. Lynn Patrick officiating. Burial will be in Sharon Hill Cemetery in Kalona. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home. A general memorial fund has been established.      Mrs. Raymond

Helen V. Dickman, 91, of Mt. Pleasant, and formerly of Danville and West Burlington, died on Wednesday, Dec. 6, at the Park Place Long Term Care Unit.Open visitation will be held on Monday, Dec. 11, from 2-6 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 12, at 10:30 a.m. at the Olson - Powell Memorial Chapel, 709 Mapleleaf Drive, Mt. Pleasant, with the Rev. Bill Salzmann officiating. The family will receive

Sharon Kay Evans, 63, of Washington died Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006 in her residence after a lengthy battle with emphysema.      Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 11, in the Marion Avenue Baptist Church with the Rev. Larry Brown officiating. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday in the Jones-Eden Funeral Home, where the family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday. Burial will be in

Cecelia M. Judy, 91, of Donnellson, and formerly of West Point, died on Wednesday, Dec. 6, at the Donnellson Health Center.Friends may call onSunday, Dec. 10, at the Schmitz-Lynk Funeral Home in West Point, with the family present from 5-7 p.m. A Daughters of Isabella rosary will be at 3 p.m. The wake service will be at 6 p.m. The Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 11, at St Mary's