Obituaries

Virginia Hanze, 72, of Mt. Pleasant, formerly of Swedesburg, died Friday, Jan. 13, 2006, at her home.      The funeral service will be held Wednesday, Jan. 18, at 10:30 a.m. at the Swedesburg Evangelical Lutheran Church, with Rev. Philip Borleske officiating. Burial will follow at the Swedesburg Church Cemetery.      Visitation will be Tuesday, Jan. 17, from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Honts Funeral Home in Winfield, where

Charlotte Mae Gittings, 76, of Yarmouth, died Friday, Jan. 13, 2006, at the Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.      The memorial service was held at 10:30 Monday, Jan. 16, at the Hagele and Honts Funeral Home at Mediapolis, with Rev. Jeffrey McPheron officiating.      Her body has been cremated and there will be no visitation. A private family burial will take place at a later date.      Mrs. Gittings was born Sept. 12,

Lillian L. Anderson, 91, of Winfield, died Saturday, Jan. 14, 2006, at Sunrise Terrace Care Center in Winfield.      The funeral service will be Tuesday, Jan. 17, at 10:30 a.m. at the Honts Funeral Home in Winfield, with Rev. Tom Connors officiating. Burial will follow at the Winfield-Scott Township Cemetery.      Visitation will begin noon Monday, Jan. 16, from noon until 7 p.m. at the Honts Funeral Home. Family

Elsie O. Luedtke, 93, of Fairfield died Friday, January 13, 2006.      A service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 17, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Fairfield, with the Rev. Mark Brase officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.      A visitation will be from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Monday at Behner Funeral Home with the family present. Memorials may be made to Immanuel Lutheran Church.      Elsie was

Gary Lee Ehrhardt, 56, of the Tempe, Ariz., area died Friday, Dec. 30, 2005, due to pneumonia.      The funeral was Jan. 4 at Carr Tenney Mortuary in Tempe.      Mr. Ehrhardt was born in Arizona, the son of John and Erma Ehrhardt. The Ehrhardts were formerly of Jefferson County.For a complete obituary, read the Jan. 16 Fairfield Ledger.

Wilma Alice Koehler, 97, of Washington, died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, following complications of a broken hip.      Celebration of Life services will begin at 10:30 a.m., Monday, Jan. 16, at Jones-Eden Funeral Home, with the Rev. Robert Wollenberg and the Rev. Nancy Oehler officiating. Burial will be in Oregon Township Cemetery in Ainsworth. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m., Sunday,

KEOTA - Cecilia Elizabeth Smith, 97, formerly of Harper, died Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2006, at Victoria Gardens of Frisco in Frisco, Texas.      A Mass of the Resurrection will begin at 10 a.m., Monday, Jan. 16, at Holy Trinity Parish-St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Harper, with the Rev. Marty Goetz officiating. Burial will be in St. Elizabeth Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 15, at

WAYLAND - Leonard Fisher, 90, of Wayland, died Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2006, at Parkview Home in Wayland.      Funeral services will begin at 11 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 14, at Bethel Mennonite Church, with the Rev. Phil Slabaugh officiating. Burial will be in Sugar Creek Mennonite Cemetery. Family will receive friends two hours prior to the service at the church. Beatty Funeral Home of Wayland is assisting with

Regina Elizabeth Steffensmeier, 91, of St. Paul, died at 10:24 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006 at the West Point Care Center.      The Mass Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 14, at the St. James Catholic Church in St. Paul with Fr. Gary Beckman as celebrant. Burial will be in the St. James Cemetery in St. Paul.      Visitation begins at 2 p.m. Friday, at the St. James Catholic Church in St

Anna Louise DuBois, 97, died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006, in Winfield.      Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 13 at St. Mary's Catholic Church, with Father Stephen Page officiating. Burial will be at Memorial Lawn Cemetery.      Prayers for the Christian Wake will be 3:45 p.m., Friday Jan. 13, and a Rosary will be recited at 4 p.m. at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield. Visitation will continue until 6