Obituaries

RICHLAND - Thelma Schreiner, 97, died Sunday, Dec. 30, 2001, at the Sigourney Care Center in Sigourney.      A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 3, at Prairie View United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Shirley Hoffmann officiating. Burial will be in the Ollie Cemetery. Visitation will begin Wednesday, Jan. 2, at the Gould Funeral Home in Richland, with the family present from 4 to 6 p.m. A

RIVERSIDE - Elmer Clarence Rummelhart, 71, of Riverside, died Saturday, Dec. 29, 2001, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2002, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Riverside, with the Rev. Richard Adam officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Riverside. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. this evening at Sorden-Lewis Funeral Home in

Walter Junior Ferguson, 77, of Mt. Pleasant, died at 1:05 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 23, 2001, at Mapleleaf Healthcare Center.      The funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 29, at Weir Funeral home with the Rev. Guy Sammons of the Rome Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in the White Oak Cemetery. Visitation will be from noon to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 28 at the funeral home with family present

Cindy Kay Shelnutt, 33, of Washington, died Saturday, Dec. 29, 2001, at her home near Washington, following a lengthy illness.      A Celebration of Life service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, 2002, at the United Methodist Church in Washington, with the Rev. Mark Young officiating. Burial will be in Denmark Cemetery at a later date. There will be no visitation. Memorials may be directed to Mrs. Shelnutt's

Gordon D. Carstensen, 80, of Visalia, Calif., and formerly of Washington, died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2001.      A memorial service was held on Saturday, Dec. 15, at First Presbyterian Church in Visalia, Calif.

RICHLAND - Rick Mowdy, 42, of Richland, and formerly of Washington and Ollie, died Monday, Dec. 24, 2001, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 28, at Richland United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Wilbur Morfitt officiating. Burial will be in Richland Methodist Cemetery. Open visitation will be from 4 to 6

COLUMBUS JUNCTION - Perry William Meador, 57, of Letts, died Dec. 25, 2001, at Unity Hospital in Muscatine.      Funeral services will be held Friday, Dec. 28, at 10 a.m. at the Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home in Columbus Junction. Visitation will be held Thursday at the funeral home, with the family present from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Burial will be in the Columbus City Cemetery.      A memorial has been established in his

KALONA - Marjorie Ellen Stutzman, 80, of Kalona, died Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2001, following a sudden illness.      Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 29, at the Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church near Kalona, with the Rev. Don Patterson officiating. Burial will be in the Lower Deer Creek Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Yoder-Powell Funeral Home in Kalona. The family

KALONA - Agnes E. Swartzendruber, 82, of Lone Tree, and formerly of Kalona, died Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2001, at Lone Tree Care Center in Lone Tree, following a brief illness.      Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 28, at Peterseim Funeral Chapel in Kalona. Burial will be in Frytown Cemetery in Frytown. Visitation with the family present will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. A

SUN CITY, Ariz. - John L. Yousling, 83, of Sun City, Ariz., died Dec. 3, 2001, in Good Shepherd Care Center.      Services were held for Mr. Yousling, Dec. 8, at First Presbyterian Church in Sun City, Ariz.