Obituaries

RICHLAND-Flossie Lucile Long, 100, of Richland, died Sunday, June 12, 2005, at Jefferson County Hospital Living Care Center.      Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 15, at Gould Funeral Home in Richland, with the Rev. Harlan Van Voorst officiating. Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington. Open visitation will begin at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, with the family present from 6:30 to 8

KALONA-Raymond J. Kron, 86, of Kalona, formerly of Riverside, died Saturday, June 11, 2005, at Pleasantview Home in Kalona, following a lengthy illness.      Celebration of Life services will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 14, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Riverside. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Riverside. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m., today, at Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona, with a

GLENDALE, Ariz.-Myrtle M. Harland, 86 , of Glendale, Ariz., died Friday, June 3, in Arizona.      Services were held last week in Arizona. Bethany Chapel of Phoenix, Ariz., was in charge of arrangements.      Mrs. Harland was born in Wayland to Mr. and Mrs. Will Wenger. She married Lawrence Harland in 1945, in Wayland.

RICHLAND-Beverly J. Hoskins, 73, of Richland, died Saturday, June 11, 2005, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, following an accident in her home.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 14, at Woolson Friends Church, south of Richland, with the Rev. Angela Hancock and the Rev. Naomi Lock officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Plain Friends Cemetery. Open visitation

KALONA-Fannie Bender, 100, of Kalona, died Friday, June 10, 2005, at Pleasantview Home in Kalona, following a brief illness.      Funeral services were held this morning at Yoder-Powell Funeral Home in Kalona, with the Rev. Elmer Miller and the Rev. David L. Yoder officiating. Burial was in Upper Deer Creek Cemetery in rural Wellman. Memorials may be directed to Pleasantview Home.      Miss Bender was born on March

KEOTA-Carmelita Elizabeth Sieren, 90, of Keota, died Friday, June 10, 2005, at Maplewood Manor in Keota, following complications of a stroke.      A Mass of the Resurrection was held this morning at Holy Trinity Parish-St. Mary Catholic Church in Keota, with the Rev. Marty Goetz officiating. Burial was in St. Elizabeth Cemetery in Harper. A general memorial fund has been established. Powell Funeral Home and

KALONA-Nancy K. Sleichter, 67, of rural Riverside, died Thursday, June 9, 2005, at Israel Family Hospice House in Ames, following a brief illness.      Celebration of Life services were held this morning at Kalona United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Lynn Patrick and the Rev. Leslie Miller officiating. Burial was in South Sharon Cemetery in rural Riverside. Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona is in charge of the

COLUMBUS JUNCTION - Mart Woodrow Wilson, 87, of Muscatine, died Tuesday, June 7, 2005, at Muscatine Care Center in Muscatine.      Funeral services will begin at 2 p.m., Friday, June 10, 2005, at Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home in Columbus Junction, with the Rev. Lloyd Mansfield officiating. Visitation will be held on Thursday, from 4 to 7 p.m., at the funeral home. A general memorial has been established. Burial will be

LONETREE - Helen Imogene Rife, 98, of Lone Tree died Wednesday, June 8, 2005, at Lone Tree Health Care Center in Lone Tree, following a brief illness.      Funeral services will begin at 10:30 a.m.. Saturday, June 11, 2005 at United Presbyterian Church in Lone Tree, with Loren Yoder officiating. Burial will be in Lone Tree Cemetery. Following the committal services at the cemetery, a time of food and fellowship will

WASHINGTON - Helen M. Crile, 89, of Washington, died Thursday, June 9, 2005 at Halcyon House in Washington, following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services will begin at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 15, 2005, at United Methodist Church in Washington, with the Rev. Julia Poulsen and the Rev. Dennis Fox officiating. Visitation will begin Tuesday at 9 a.m. at Jones-Eden Funeral Home, where the family will receive