Obituaries

CEDAR RAPIDS-Norman R. Eberle, 73, of Marion, died Monday, Nov. 24, 2003, at home, following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 28, at Kenwood Park Presbyterian Church in Cedar Rapids, with the Rev. Duane Hix officiating. Burial will be at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, in Oakwood Cemetery in Monticello. Visitation will be at the Cedar Memorial Funeral Home in Cedar Rapids from

George W. DeGrange, 82, of Burlington, died Nov. 21, 2003 at his home.      Funeral services were held today at Lunning Chapel with the Rev. Forrest Krummel officiating. Burial will be at the Evangelical Cemetery in Donnellson. The Donnellson American Legion Post 474 will perform military rites. Memorials have been established for the American Heart Association and the First Presbyterian Church of Burlington.      S

Lucille Watson, 87, formerly of Richland, died at 11:15 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 21, 2003 at the Pleasant Manor Care Center in Mt. Pleasant.      Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. today at the Gould Funeral Home in Richland with the Rev. Peggy Egbert officiating. Burial will be in the Richland Friends Cemetery. A memorial has been established to the Pleasant Manor Care Center.      Survivors include one

WELLMAN-Paul Emanuel "E.M." Yoder, 87, of Wellman, died Thursday, Nov. 20, 2003, at Parkview Manor in Wellman, following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2003, at Wellman Mennonite Church, with the Rev. Marvin Hostetler officiating. Burial will be in West Union Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, at Powell Funeral Home in Wellman, with family

Mary Wenger, 94, of Wayland , died on Friday, Nov. 21, 2003, at Parkview Home in Wayland.      The funeral service will be at 11 am. on Friday, Nov. 28 a the Sugar Creek Mennonite Church with the Rev. Bob Hartzler officiating. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. at the church with family present from 7 and 8:30 p.m. A memorial has been established to Parkview Home.      Survivors include three sons, John Wenger of

Archie Melvin Christner, 90, of Washington, formerly of the White Oak Community west of Trenton, died on Friday, Nov. 21, 2003, at the Washington Care Center.      The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 26 at the Beatty Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant, with the Rev. Roy Nelson officiating. Burial will be in the White Oak Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon on Tuesday, Nov. 25 at the funeral home

Dorothy "Dottie" Mays, 83, of Donnellson, died at 4:45 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2003, at her home.      The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 26 at the Donnellson United Methodist Church, officiated by the Rev. Barb Krueger. The graveside service will be at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 26 in Nichols Cemetery in Nichols. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 25 at the Hofbauer Funeral

Glenn Honsey Widmer, 82, of Wayland, formerly of Washington, died on Friday, Nov. 21, 2003, at Parkview Home in Wayland.      The graveside memorial service with military rites will be at 2 p.m. today at the Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington, with the Rev. Charles W. Smith officiating. The family will receive friends following the service at the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington until 4 p.m. A memorial has been

Clara Alice Rathmel, 96, of Washington, died Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2003, at United Presbyterian Home in Washington, following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 21, at Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington, with the Rev. Robert McGraw officiating. Burial will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday, in Memorial Park Cemetery in Enid, Okla. Visitation will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Friday,

FAIRFIELD-Brenda Joyce Deutsch, 50, of Fairfield, died Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2003, at home.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 22, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in East Pleasant Plain, with the Rev. Gene Benda, the Rev. Charles Fladung, and the Rev. Stephen Page officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Prayers for a Christian wake will be at 7 p.m. on Friday, at the church.