Obituaries

Lila Lee Mueller, 79, of Mt. Pleasant, died at 3:20 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 11, 2004, at New London Nursing and Rehab Center in New London.      The funeral Mass will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 15 at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Mt. Pleasant, with the Rev. Nicholas J. Adam officiating. Burial will be in St. Alphonsus Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 14 at Weir and Kimzey Funeral Home in

MT. PLEASANT - Nellie O. Boese, 86, of Lockridge, died Thursday, Dec. 9, 2004, of cancer, at her apartment in Wayland.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 13, at Lockridge Baptist Church, with the Rev. Edward Newman officiating. Burial will be in Lockridge Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 12, at Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel, with the family receiving friends

SHOW LOW, Ariz. - Franceine Pinneo, 75, of Show Low, Ariz., died Friday, Dec. 3, 2004, in Show Low.      Funeral services were held Thursday, Dec. 9 at Owens Mortuary in Show Low.      Mrs. Pinneo was born in 1929 in Burlington. In 1950, she married Jim Pinneo in McNary, Ariz.      Mrs. Pinneo graduated from Washington High School and attended business college

KALONA - Gladys M. Fisher, 86, of Wellman, formerly of Kalona, died Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2004, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, following a brief illness.      Celebration of Life services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 11, at Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona, with the Rev. Beth Miller officiating. Burial will be in Sharon Hill Cemetery in Kalona. Family visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec.

Nellie O. Boese, 86, of Wayland, formerly of Lockridge, died Thursday, Dec. 9, 2004, from cancer, at her home.      The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 13, at the Lockridge Baptist Church with the Rev. Edward Newman officiating. Burial will be in the Lockridge Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 12, at the Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel with family present from 6 to 8 p.m.

MT. PLEASANT - Lloyd Edward Hinkle, 75, of rural Trenton, died Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2004, at the New London Nursing and Rehab Center in New London.      Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 11, at Trenton Missionary Church, with the Rev. Stephen Ortmann, the Rev. Larry Secor, the Rev. Gary Hinkle and the Rev. Don Johanson officiating. Burial will be in Green Mound Cemetery. Visitation will begin

Lloyd Edward Hinkle, 75, of rural Wayland, died Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2004, at New London Nursing and Rehab Center.      The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 11 at Trenton Missionary Church with the Revs. Stephen Ortmann, Larry Secor, Gary Hinkle and Pastor Don Johanson officiating. Burial will be in Green Mound Cemetery, west of Trenton. Visitation will be from noon to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10 at Beatty

KALONA - Rozetta Miller, 93, of Kalona, died Friday, Dec. 3, 2004, at Pleasantview Home in Kalona, following a brief illness.      Celebration of Life services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 7, at Kalona Mennonite Church, with the Rev. Scott Swartzendruber and the Rev. Mick Murray officiating. Burial will be in Sharon Hill Cemetery in Kalona. Visitation began this afternoon and will continue until 8

TISKILWA, Ill. - Leah Eichelberger Bachman, 102, of Tiskilwa, Ill., formerly of Wayland, died Friday, Dec. 3, 2004, at Colonial Hall Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Princeton, Ill.      Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 8, at Sugar Creek Mennonite Church, south of Wayland, with the Rev. Nathan Luitjens officiating. Burial will be in Sugar Creek Mennonite Cemetery. Visitation will begin

KALONA - Vernon S. Zook, 90, of Kalona died Monday, Dec. 6, 2004, at Pleasantview Home in Kalona, following a brief illness.      Celebration of Life services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 10, at East Union Mennonite Church in rural Kalona, with the Rev. Jay Miiller officiating. Burial will be in East Union Cemetery in Kalona. Visitation will be Thursday, Dec. 9, at Peterseim Funeral Home, with the