Obituaries

Jerry Murl Carr, 59, of Madelia, Minn., formerly of Douds, died at 11:50 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2006, at Augustana Health Care Center in Minneapolis, Minn.      A funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Pilgrim Funeral Home in Madelia. A graveside service will be at 11:30 a.m. Monday in Leando Cemetery in Douds, with the Rev. Jerry Caughron officiating.      Family visitation will be from 10-11 a.m. Monday at Pedrick

WELLMAN - Amil Gene "A.G." Goschke, 84, of Wellman died Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2006 in the Parkview Manor in Wellman following an extended illness.      Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday in the First Baptist Church in Wellman with the Rev. Gene Carpenter officiating. A private graveside service will be held prior to the service in the Wellman Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 7 p.m. on Saturday in the

Gladys Irene Cummings Troutman, 90, of Bonaparte, died at 12:28 a.m. Tuesday Aug. 29, at the Van Buren County Hospital.Friends may call after noon Wednesday until 7 p.m. at the Schmitz-Lynk Funeral Home in Farmington. Graveside services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 31, at the Bonaparte Cemetery with Rev. Paul Rekward officiating. Memorials may be made to the Bonaparte United Church.

Brad Owen Smith, 34, of Richland, died at 10:43 p.m. Monday, Aug. 28, 2006, at Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield.      Funeral plans are yet to be decided. Arrangements are in the care of Raymond Funeral Home in Fairfield.For a complete obituary, read the August 30 Fairfield Ledger.

KALONA - Edna I. Hostetler, 93, of Kalona died Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2006 in Pleasantview Home, Kalona, after a lengthy illness.      A celebration of life service will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 4 in East Union Mennonite Church, rural Kalona, with the Rev. Jay Miiller officiating. Burial will be in East Union Cemetery, rural Kalona. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday in Peterseim Funeral

MALVERN - Elsie Vermuele, 78, of Malvern, died Thursday, Aug. 24, 2006 in her home.      Funeral was Monday, Aug 28 in Mansfield-Hertz Funeral Home in Malvern with the Rev. Duane Malloy officiating.

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. - Mary Margaret Stebelton, 77, of Independence died Saturday, Aug. 26, 2006 in Monterey Park Care Center.      Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 2 in Speaks Suburban Chapel. Visitation will begin one hour prior to the service. Cremation will follow with interment in Swan Lake Memorial Garden. Memorials may be made to Crossroads Hospice. Speaks Suburban Chapel handled the arrangements.

William Humiston Darr, 86, formerly of Fairfield, died Sunday, July 30, 2006, at his home in Missoula, Mont.      Memorials may be made to the David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness Based Education.For a complete obituary, read the August 29 Fairfield Ledger.

Gladys Troutman, 90, of Bonaparte, died at 12:28 a.m. Tuesday Aug. 29, at the Van Buren County Hospital in Keosauqua.Funeral services are pending at the Schmitz-Lynk Funeral Home in Farmington.

FAIRFIELD - Thelma F. Hadley, 86, of Fairfield died Friday, Aug. 25, 2006 in the Park View Care Center where she had been a resident for the past two weeks.      Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. Monday in the Gould Funeral Home in Richland with the Rev. Stan Van Der Horst officiating. Burial was in the Prairie Center Cemetery in Packwood. Memorials may be made to the Packwood Volunteer First Responders,