Obituaries

CEDAR RAPIDS - Raymond A. Wittrig, 91, of Keystone Cedars, died Sunday, Jan. 1, 2006, following a brief illness.      Celebration of Life services will begin at 1 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 21, 2006, at the Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories in Cedar Rapids, with Mike Patterson officiating. Burial will be in Cedar Memorial Mausoleum Columbarium. Cedar Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. A memorial has been

LONE TREE - Elaine Elizabeth Frank, 83 of Riverside, died Friday, Dec. 30, 2005, at the Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, following a brief illness.      Funeral services were held today. Burial was in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Riverside. A general memorial has been established.      Mrs. Frank was born May 11, 1922, in Riverside, to Alvin and Victoria (Kiefer) Stransky. She married Robert "Jake" Frank on Aug. 17, 1944, in

WELLMAN- Alice C. Kempf, 90, of Wellman died Friday, Dec. 30, 2005, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, following a brief illness.      Funeral services were held yesterday. Burial was in Wellman Cemetery. Memorials have been established for First Baptist Church or the Wellman Senior Center.      Mrs. Kempf was born Feb. 25, 1915, in Wellman to Ralph and Kate (Colby) Fuller. She married Walter J. Kempf on July 29,

DONNELLSON - Frances Isabel Berry Mullen, 95, of Washington, formerly of Donnellson, died Saturday, Dec. 31, 2005, at Halcyon House in Washington.      The body has been cremated. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Schmitz-Lynk Funeral Home in Donnellson is handling arrangements. A general memorial has been established.      Mrs. Mullen was born July 17, 1910, to Walter and Floy Berry of Mexico, Mo.

KALONA - Opal Yoder, 87, of Kalona, died Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2006, at Pleasantview Home in Kalona, following a lengthy illness.      Celebration of Life services will begin at 10 a.m., Friday, Jan. 6, at United Christian and Baptist Church in Kalona, with the Rev. Roland Smith officiating. Burial will be in Sharon Hill Cemetery in Kalona. Visitation will be Thursday, Jan. 5, from 4 to 8 p.m. at Peterseim Funeral Home

Helene Josephine Miller, 92, of Ottumwa died at noon Friday, Dec. 30, 2005, at Hospice House in Ottumwa.      A service was held this morning at Pedrick Funeral Home in Douds, with the Rev. Jerry Caughron officiating. Burial will be in Leando Cemetery in Douds.      Memorials to the American Cancer Society or Hospice House of Ottumwa may be left at the funeral home or mailed to the family at 606 E. Pennsylvania

Harold C. Derby, 87, of Richland, died at 12:10 a.m. Friday Dec. 30, 2005, at Parkview Manor Nursing Home in Wellman.      A service was held this morning at the Richland United Methodist Church in Richland, with the Rev. Kim Gates and the Rev. Harlan Van Voorst officiating. Burial with Military Honors by American Legion Post 504 will be at Richland Friends Cemetery.      Memorials to the Richland United Methodist

Ila Lois Heckenberg, 83, of Sunnybrook Assisted Living in Fairfield, died Sunday, Jan. 1, 2006, at Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield.      A service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church in Fairfield, with the Rev. Jim Wotherspoon officiating. Burial will be in Lockridge Cemetery.      A family visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at Behner Funeral home in Fairfield. Memorials may

Arvid F. Dorothy, 92, of Batavia died at 12:20 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 29, 2005, at Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield.      A service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Raymond Funeral Home in Fairfield, with the Rev. Carl Wilhoit officiating. Burial will be in the Abingdon Cemetery with military rites by the U.S. Army.      An open visitation will begin at 8:00 a.m. Monday. Memorials have been established to

Brent LeRoy Maudlin, 46, died unexpectedly, Saturday, December 31, 2005, at his home in Fairfield, IA. His body has been cremated.      Brent was born in Oskaloosa, IA on November 22, 1959 to Lyle and Marge Maudlin. Brent married Emma Cravens and they later divorced.      Brent attended school in Burlington and Fairfield and was currently enrolled at Indian Hills Community College studying diesel mechanics. He has