Obituaries

Roger Philip Hyndman, 56, of Swedesburg, died Thursday, Oct. 28, 2004, at the Veteran Hospital in Iowa City.      A celebration of life will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 2 at the Beatty Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant, with Pastor Gerry Klopfenstein officiating. Military honors will be presented by the VFW Post 2561, American Legion Post 58 and AMVETS 44. Family will receive friends two hours prior to the service at the

KALONA - Donald L. Miller, 70, of Iowa City, died Thursday, Oct. 28, 2004, at his home, following a sudden illness.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 2, at Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona, with the Rev. Rich Boyd officiating. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. this evening, at the funeral home, with the family present. Burial will be at a later date in Wellman Cemetery. Memorials

KEOTA - Richard Dale "R.D." Shaffer, 66, of Keota, died Saturday, Oct. 30, 2004, at his home, of cancer.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 3, at United Church of Faith in Keota, with the Rev. Sallie Graves officiating. Burial will be in Keota Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 2, at Powell Funeral Home in Keota. A memorial fund has been established for

Pamela McCannon Horn, 56, of Holland, Mich., died Friday, Oct. 29, 2004, at her home.      The funeral service was at 1 p.m. today at Elliott Chapel in New London. Burial was in Trinity Cemetery in Mt. Union. A memorial has been established.Survivors include her husband; a son, Robert Espy of Jacksonville, Fla.; three daughters, Teri Miller of Nebraska, and Tamie Gaitan and Angela Drain, both of Holland, Mich.;

Lewis Sutton, 91, of Washington, died Thursday, Oct. 28, 2004, at Washington County Hospital in Washington.      Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 31, at Beatty Funeral Home in Washington with the Rev. Don Collings officiating. Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be from noon to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 30, at the funeral home with the family receiving friends from 4 to 6 p.m. A

KEOTA - Rosa Oswalt, 101, of Keota, died Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2004, at Maplewood Manor in Keota.      A Mass of the Resurrection will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 1, at Holy Trinity Parish - St. Mary Catholic Church in Keota, with the Rev. Marty Goetz officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery in Keota. Visitation will be from 3 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 31, at Powell Funeral Home in Keota, with an

KEOTA - Maurine Peiffer, 94, of Keota, died Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2004, at Maplewood Manor in Keota.      A Mass of the Resurrection will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 30, at Holy Trinity Parish - St. Mary Catholic Church in Keota, with the Rev. Marty Goetz officiating. Burial will be in St. Elizabeth Cemetery in Harper. Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 29, at Powell Funeral Home in Keota,

ST. IGNATIUS, Mont. - Dan Callahan, 81, of St. Ignatius, Mont., died Sunday, Oct. 24, 2004, at St. Luke's Extended Care in Ronan, Mont.      A Mass of the Resurrection will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 29, at St. Ignatius Catholic Church in St. Ignatius, Mont. A rosary will be said at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 28, at the church.      Mr. Callahan was born on Feb. 17, 1923, in Baltimore, Md., to Daniel David

KALONA - Emery Hochstetler, 86, of Kalona, died suddenly Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2004, at his home.      Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 29, at West Union Mennonite Church in rural Parnell, with the Rev. David Boshart and Deacon Helen Yoder officiating. Burial will be in West Union Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 28, at the church, with the family present from 2 to

BRIGHTON - Ernest "Ernie" Ledger, 73, of Brighton, died Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2004, at Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield.      A Mass of Resurrection will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 30, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in East Pleasant Plain, with the Rev. Charles J. Fladung officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery in East Pleasant Plain. Open visitation will begin at 1 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 29, at