Obituaries

Chester Alvin Coleman, 83, of New London, died Friday, March 18, 2016, at Great River Medical Center, in West Burlington.Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., on Tuesday, March 22, 2016, at Elliott Chapel, in New London. Rev. Dan Dingus will officiate. Burial will be in Burge Cemetery, in New London, with military rites by the Henry County Honor Guard. Visitation began after noon on Monday, March 21, at ...

KALONA - Gerald Graf, 88, of Wellman, died Thursday, May 17, 2001, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 20, 2001, at the Wellman Baptist Church in Wellman, with the Rev. Gene Carpenter officiating. Burial will be in Wellman Cemetery. Visitation begins at noon on Saturday at the Powell Funeral Home in Kalona, where the family will

COLUMBUS JUNCTION - John Adrian Smith, 81, of Wapello, died Monday, May 14, 2001, at the Wapello Nursing Home in Wapello.      Private graveside services will be held at a later date in the Wapello Cemetery. Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home of Columbus Junction is in charge of local arrangements.

Helen Cannon, 74, of West Burlington, died at 10:35 p.m. on Wednesday, May 16, 2001, at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington.      The graveside memorial service and inurnment will be at a later date in Dreamland Cemetery in Canyon, Texas. The body has been cremated. Lunning Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Wilma V. Kelley, 84, of Washington, and formerly of Kalona, died Thursday, May 17, 2001, at Washington County Hospital following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday, May 21, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Richmond, with the Rev. Dennis Martin and the Rev. Mark Swanson officiating. Burial will be in Holy Trinity Cemetery in Richmond. Visitation will be held from 1 to 4 p.m.

Rex Norton, 69, of Mt. Pleasant, died at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 20, 2001, at Park Place Long Term Care Unit.      Funeral arrangements are pending at Beatty Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant.

Marilyn ?Mary? Slobodnik, 55, of Halvern, died of natural causes on May 20, 2001, at Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs.      The funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 23, at St. Peter?s Church in Council Bluffs with Fr. Chuck Kottas officiating. The wake service will be at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 22, at the Belford-O?Neill Funeral Home in Council Bluffs with family visitation following. Burial will be

David W. Ashby, 81, of Marion, died at his home on Monday, May 14, 2001, after a long illness.      Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 17, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Marion, with the Rev. John Gossman and the Rev. John Barnes officiating. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today Murdoch Funeral Home in Marion where a parish vigil service will be held at 5:30. Burial will be in Mt. Calvary Cemetery,

FAIRFIELD - Clair Virgil Hollander, 79, of Fairfield, died Tuesday, May 15, at University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City.Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 18, at First Lutheran Church in Fairfield, with the Rev. Marvin Robeck officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Family visitation will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield. Memorials may be

Dorothy I. Deal, 85, of Winfield and formerly of Marengo, died on Wednesday, May 16, 2001, at Sunrise Terrace Care Center in Winfield.      The memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 19, at the Winfield United Methodist Church with the Rev. Jo Hary officiating. According to her wishes, the body will be cremated and there will be no visitation at the Honts Funeral Home in Winfield. Those who desire