Obituaries

WAYLAND - Elizabeth Stephens, 90, of Tucson, Ariz., and formerly of Mt. Pleasant and Wayland, died Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2000, in the Desert Life Care Center in Tucson, Ariz.Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 29, at the Beatty Funeral Home in Wayland, with the Rev. Carl Klein officiating. Burial will be in Finley Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1 to 6 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. The

Doris Jean Meyer, 88, of Wayland, died Tuesday, July 14, 2015, at Parkview Home in Wayland.A graveside service will be held Friday, July 17, 2015, at 10 a.m., at the Sugar Creek Mennonite Cemetery in rural Wayland. A memorial celebration will be held Friday, July 17, at 11 a.m., at the Sugar Creek Mennonite Church in rural Wayland with Rev. Nathan Luitjens officiating. Visitation will be held Thursday, July 16, ...

Joyce Adah Wischmeier, 73, of Fort Worth, Texas, and formerly of Mt. Pleasant and San Antonio, Texas, died Monday, Dec. 11, 2000 at a hospice house in Fort Worth after a lengthy illness.      The funeral service was Friday, Dec. 15, at the Porter Loring Funeral Home in San Antonio with the Rev. Mario Nava officiating. She was buried with her husband Jim at Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, who

KALONA - Ruby Coblentz, 59, of Kalona, died Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2000 at her home, following a sudden illness.Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 23, 2000, at the Leslie Miller home in rural Kalona, with Leslie Miller, Lloyd Hochstedler and Glen Coblentz officiating. Burial will be in the Peter Miller Cemetery in rural Kalona. Visitation will be held all day Thursday and Friday at the Miller home

KEOTA - Robert "LeRoy Tinnes," 63, of Keota, died Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2000, at University Hospitals in Iowa City, following a lengthy illness.Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 23, 2000, at Powell Funeral Home in Keota, with the Rev. Melinda Chambers officiating. Burial will be in Keota Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, where the family will receive

Robert E. Appel, 75 of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, December 20, 2000, in Mt. Pleasant.      Visitation for Mr. Appel will be held on Saturday, December 23, at the Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel in Mt. Pleasant from 12 to 8 p.m. where the family will receive friends from 3 to 6 p.m. that afternoon. Friends may also sign the register from 9-12 a.m., at the Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel on Tuesday, December

Michael Terrence McSweeney, 78, of La Quinta, Calif., died July 4, 2015, at his home.Visitation is scheduled for 9 a.m., July 15, 2015, at St. Mary?s Catholic Church, in Huntley, Ill., with a funeral mass beginning at 10 a.m. Inurnment will follow at St. Mary?s Cemetery, with a reception immediately following at the church. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in memory of Michael T. ...

Donald Billingsley, 89, of Lockridge, died Monday, July 13, 2015, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Friday, July 17, 2015, at Behner Funeral Home with Rev. Todd Holman officiating. Burial will be at Glasgow Cemetery. Visitation for family and friends will be 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, July16, at Behner Funeral.Memorials can be given to the First United Methodist Church, Fairfield...

FAIRFIELD - Clara Elizabeth Diers, 87, of Fairfield, died Saturday, Dec. 16, 2000, at Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield.Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 20, at the First Lutheran Church in Fairfield, with the Rev. Marvin Robeck officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Fairfield. Family visitation will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. this evening at the Behner Funeral Home in

YANKTON, S.D. - Lorraine Sedlacek, 81, of Tabor, S.D., died Saturday, Dec. 16, 2000, in Yankton, S.D.Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 20, at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Tabor, S.D., with the Rev. William Osborn officiating. Burial will be in St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in Tabor. Visitation will be from 2 to 7 p.m. this evening at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, where a prayer service will be