Obituaries

Madge B. Coder, 89, of Mt. Pleasant, died at 8:40 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 22, 2000, at Mapleleaf Healthcare Center in Mt. Pleasant.      The memorial service will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 3, in the chapel of the First United Methodist Church with Dr. Edward R. Peterson officiating. Her body was cremated and inurnment was held on Thursday, Dec. 28, at Evergreen Cemetery in Fairfield. A memorial has been established to

Donald ?Don? Swartzendruber, 64, of Wayland, died Friday, Dec. 29, 2000 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.      The funeral service will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 2, at the Pleasant View Mennonite Church in Mt. Pleasant with the Rev. Marc Hershberger officating. Visitation was from noon to 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 1, at the Beatty Funeral Home in Wayland with the family present from 4 to 6 p.m.

Joseph De Nicolo, 85, of Wayland, died Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2001, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.      The funeral service will be next week at Saranac Lake in New York with military burial in St. Paul?s Cemetery in Bloomingdale, New York. Visitation will be 3 to 7 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 7, at the Weir Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant.      Mr. De Nicolo was born June 26, 1915, on Long Island, New York,

Otis Ensminger, 81, formerly of Salem, died at 2:45 a.m. Friday, Dec. 29, 2001, at the Pleasant Manor Care Center in Mt. Pleasant.      The funeral service was 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 2, at the Beatty Funeral Home in Mount Pleasant with the Rev. Harold Dorsey officiating. Visitation was 1 to 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 1, at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Salem East Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Lewellyn

Francene Peterson, 85, of Mt. Pleasant, died Wednesday, July 29, 2015, at the Parkview Manor, in Wellman.Funeral arrangements are pending at the Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel.

DES MOINES - Wayne Lynn McCracken, 50, of Des Moines, died Thursday, Dec. 28, 2000, of complications of diabetes at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.      Funeral services were held today, at the Grace United Methodist Church in Des Moines. Burial was at the Glendale Cemetery. Caldwell-Raddatz Hickman Chapel in Urbandale handled the arrangements.      Memorial contributions may be made to Blank Park

WAYLAND - Donald "Don" Swartzendruber, 64, of Wayland, died Friday, Dec. 29, 2000, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.      Funeral services were held today at the Pleasant View Mennonite Church in Mt. Pleasant with the Rev. Marc Hershberger officiating. Burial was in the Sugar Creek Cemetery. Beatty Funeral Home of Wayland was in charge of the arrangements.

WELLMAN - Dennis (Denny) Dean Bohrofen, 77, of Wellman, died Friday, Dec. 29, 2000, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City following a lengthy illness.      A graveside service will be held at a later date in the St. Mary Catholic Cemetery in Keota. There will be no visitation. A general memorial fund has been established. The Powell Funeral Home of Wellman is in charge of the arrangements.

Maude M. Boecker, 85, of New London, died at 9:34 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 28, 2000, at Henry County Health Center, of an apparent heart attack.      Her body has been cremated. A private family inurnment service will be held at a later date. There will be no visitation or services at Weir Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant.      Mrs. Boecker was born Oct. 4, 1915, in Baltimore Township near Lowell, the daughter of Alvin and

BRIGHTON - Evelyn Grace Gevock, 77, of Brighton, died Thursday, Dec. 28, 2000, at the UP Home in Washington, following a lengthy illness.Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 2, 20001 at the St. Joseph Catholic Church in East Pleasant Plain, with the Rev. Charles J. Fladung and the Rev. Thomas Winikates officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery in East Pleasant Plain. A Christian Wake