Obituaries

KALONA - Lydia Miller, 97, of Kalona, died Thursday, Sept. 12, 2002, at Pleasantview Home in Kalona, following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 15, at Kalona Mennonite Church, with the Rev. Scott Swartzendruber, the Rev. Mick Murray and the Rev. David L. Yoder officiating. Burial will be in Upper Deer Creek Cemetery in rural Wellman. Visitation will be held from 2 to 8

Marvin Michael Dean Comstock, 45, of Iowa City, died on September 6, 2002, at his home as a result of complications of AIDS.      There will be no funeral service or visitation. Fry Funeral and Cremation Service of Tipton is in charge of arrangements.

January 20, 1950 - February 19, 2018 John Lee Shield, 68, formerly of Muscatine, passed away on Monday, February 19, 2018, at Arbor Court in Mt. Pleasant.Celebration of Life Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 1, 2018, at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home, 1931 Houser Street, Muscatine. Burial will take place in Greenwood Cemetery, Muscatine. Visitation will be from 12:00-2:00 ...

Harold Haller, 102, of Ottumwa, died Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2002, at the United Presbyterian Home Brownlee Health Center in Washington.      The body has been cremated. Graveside services are pending at Ottumwa Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Memorials may be directed to the First Presbyterian Church in Ottumwa or the United Presbyterian Home in Washington.

KALONA - Joe H. Kauffman, 85, of Kalona, died Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2002, at Washington County Hospital in Washington, following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 13, at the Sunnyside Conservative Mennonite Church in Kalona with the Rev. Floyd Helmuth, the Rev. David L. Yoder and the Rev. Leon Stutzman officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery near Kalona. Visitation

KALONA - Wesley "Wes" Freel, 67, of rural Wellman, died Monday, Sept. 9, 2002, in Longview, Wash., following a sudden illness.      Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at First Baptist Church in Wellman, with the Rev. Gene Carpenter officiating. Burial will be in Wellman Public Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and all day Friday at Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona,

RIVERSIDE - Robert Gerot, 88, of Riverside, died Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2002, at his home in Riverside, following a brief illness.      Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13, at Sorden-Lewis Funeral Home in Riverside, with the Rev. Jack Gallagher officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Public Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the funeral home from 4 to 7 p.m. this evening. A memorial fund has been

Glenn E. Dockendorff, 96, of Danville, died Thursday, February 22, 2018 at the Great River Hospice House, West Burlington. Services are pending at Elliott Chapel, New London.

Randy L. Bailey, 71, of Indialantic, Fla., formerly New London, died February 16, 2018.Born October 27, 1946 in Burlington, he was the son of Tim and Shirley LaRue Williams Bailey. He was a graduate of Danville High School and University of Iowa, receiving a BA in Foreign Languages. He attended Iowa Wesleyan College becoming certified to teach K-12 and Special Education. In 1972 he married Alexandra Francis ...

Glenn Dockendorff, 96, of Danville, died Thursday, February 22, 2018 at Great River Hospice House, West Burlington. He was born December 27, 1921 to Edward and Edna Bishop Dockendorff. June 2, 1943, he married Alta Louise Garrels at Mt. Union Methodist Church. A 1939 graduate of New London High School, he then served in the U.S. Army stationed in Japan at the end of World War II. He farmed; and worked for ...