Obituaries

KALONA-Velma M. (Mrs. Lyle) Yoder, 89, of Kalona, died Friday, Dec. 26, 2003, at Pleasantview Home in Kalona, following a brief illness.      Funeral services were held this morning. Burial was in East Union Cemetery. A memorial fund has been established for East Union Mennonite Church and Pleasantview Home. Yoder-Powell Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Kalona is in charge of arrangements.      Mrs. Yoder was

RICHLAND-M. Mae Shelby, 93, of Richland, died Thursday, Dec. 25, 2003, at University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City.      Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 30, at Ollie Baptist Church in Ollie, with the Rev. Charles Comfort officiating. Burial will be in Wymore Cemetery, north of Rose Hill. Visitation will begin at 3 p.m. today, at Gould Funeral Home in Richland, with family present from

Roy Robert McFarlane, 91, of Washington, died Friday, Dec. 26, 2003, at Halcyon House Health Center in Washington, following a brief illness.      Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 30, at Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington, with the Rev. Don Hodson officiating. Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington. No visitation is scheduled. Memorials may be directed to Halcyon House Health

KEOTA-Michael Lyon McIllece, 63, of Keota, died Friday, Dec. 26, 2003, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, of cancer.      Mass of the Resurrection will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 30, at Holy Trinity Parish-St. Mary Catholic Church in Keota, with the Rev. Marty Goetz officiating. Burial with military rites accorded will be in St. Mary Cemetery in Keota. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. today, at Powell

L. Pearl Lowe, 94, of Winfield, died Sunday morning, Dec. 28, 2003, at Sunrise Terrace Care Center in Winfield.      The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 30 at the First Presbyterian Church in Winfield, with the Rev. Greg Carr officiating. Burial will be in the Winfield-Scott Township Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon today at the Honts Funeral Home in Winfield, with family present from 6

Ray Harlan Garmoe, 83, of Kirksville, Mo., died on Thursday, Dec. 25, 2003, at his home.      The funeral service was at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 28 at the Davis-Playle-Hudson-Rimer Funeral Chapel in Kirksville. Burial was today in the Salem South Cemetery in Salem.Survivors include two sons, Raymond P. and his wife Christine Garmoe of St. Louis, Mo., and Dennis Garmoe of Hillsboro; a stepson, Patrick Birdsell of

Connie Moon, 69, of Chariton, died on Dec. 28, 2003, at Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines of a stroke.      The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 30, at Fielding Funeral Home in Chariton. Burial will be at Chariton Cemetery in Chariton. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials have been established to the First Presbyterian Church in Chariton and to the

Faith E. Young, 96, of Wayland, died Saturday, Dec. 27, 2003, at Parkview Home in Wayland, following a brief illness.      Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 31, at Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington, with the Rev. Brian Gentz officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery in Washington. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, at the funeral home. Memorials may be directed to

Wayne Krehbiel, 83, of Parkview Home in Wayland, died there at 8:10 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 25, 2003.      The funeral was at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 28 at Hofbauer-Schmitz-Lynk Funeral Home in Donnellson, with the Rev. Richard Bentzinger officiating. Burial was in Zion Mennonite Cemetery in Donnellson. A memorial has been established to Parkview Home in Wayland.Survivors include his sister, Ruth and her husband Dean

Russell E. Ellinger, 83, of Kalona, died on Friday, Dec. 26, 2003, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.      The memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 30 at Shiloh church in Kalona with the Revs. Chuck Rogness, Ed Forbes and Don Gaudreau officiating. Burial of cremains will be at a later date. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona. A