Obituaries

Rev. Denley Harold Ganfield, age 93, of Washington, Iowa, died Saturday December 30, 2006 at the United Presbyterian Home following a short illness.      Memorial services were held 10:30 am Wednesday, January 3, 2007 at the United Presbyterian Church with Rev. Robert Wollenberg and Rev. Kitch Shatzer officiating. Visitation began 12:00 pm Tuesday at the Jones - Eden Funeral Home where the family received friends

Richard Joseph Burke, 60, of Franklin, died on Wednesday, Jan. 3, at his home.Friends may call after 1 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 5, at the Schmitz-Lynk Funeral Home in Donnellson, with the family meeting friends from 6:30-8 p.m. Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 6, at the Schmitz-Lynk Funeral Home in Donnellson, with Fr. Apo Mpanda officiating. Burial will be in the String Prairie Cemetery in

Arline C. Walljasper, 86, of West Point, passed away at 12:45 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 3, at the West Point Care Center.Friends may call after 1 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 5, at the Schmitz-Lynk Funeral Home in West Point, with the family receiving friends from 6-8 p.m. A Daughters of Isabella rosary will be recited at 3 p.m. and a wake service will be held at 7 p.m. that evening.The Mass of Christian Burial will be held

Jorene A. Snyder Wood, 48, of Mt. Union, died on Tuesday, Jan. 2, at her home.Visitation will be held from 12-8 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 5, at the Olson - Powell Memorial Chapel, where the family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 6, at the Olson - Powell Memorial Chapel, with Pastor Paul Hooks officiating. Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery. In

Jorene Wood, 48, of Mt. Union, died on Tuesday, Jan. 2, at her home.Visitation will be held on Friday, Jan. 5, from 12-8 p.m. at the Olson - Powell Memorial Chapel, where the family will receive friends from 6- 8 p.m. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 6, at the chapel, with Pastor Paul Hooks officiating. Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery.

Arline C. Walljasper, 86, of West Point, died on Wednesday, Jan. 3, at the West Point Care Center.Funeral services are pending at the Schmitz-Lynk Funeral Home in West Point.

Russell K. Remick, 65, of rural Hillsboro, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 28, at the Henry County Health Center in Mt. Pleasant.A funeral service was held on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2007, at 10 a.m at the Sharon Presbyterian Church in rural Farmington. Rev. Daniel Hemken and Rev. David Doerr officiated.Burial was in Salem East Cemetery. Friends called from noon to 7 p.m. on Monday Jan. 1, 2007 at the Beatty-Murphy Funeral

KALONA - Raymond (Bart) Yotty, 81, of Kalona died Thursday, Dec. 28, 2006 in University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City of renal failure.      Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 4, in the Kalona United Methodist Church in Kalona with the Rev. Lynn Patrick officiating. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. today with the family present from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m., and Wednesday from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

AINSWORTH - Kenneth Arnold Paisley, 55, of Ainsworth died Saturday, Dec. 30, 2006 in his residence following a battle with cancer.      Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 3 in the Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington with the Rev. Jean Wollenberg officiating. Visitation began at noon today in the funeral home where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Burial will take place at a

Jan. 20, 1920 - Dec. 27, 2006Major William F. Leeper, USAF, (Ret.), 86, went to be with the Lord on Dec. 27, 2006, in San Antonio, Texas. He was born Jan. 20, 1920, in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, to Joseph Edwin and Gratice Dold Leeper.He was known as Bill or "Wild Bill" (from his early flying days) to his family and friends. Bill served his country faithfully and with honor, beginning in August 1941, when he enlisted in