Obituaries

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

Charles Earnest Beaman, 80, of Mt. Pleasant, died at 7:07 p.m. Monday, Dec. 18, at the Park Place Long Term Care Unit in Mt. Pleasant.      The funeral service will be in Stratford, Texas, at a later date. Visitation will be after 8 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 21, at Lunning Chapel of Burlington with the family present from 6 to 8 p.m. Burial will be in Stratford Cemetery in Stratford, Texas. A memorial has been established

Lila M. Pearson, 86, of Lone Tree, died Monday, Dec. 18, 2000, at University Hospitals in Iowa City, following a brief illness.Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 21, at the Sorden-Lewis Funeral Home in Lone Tree, with the Rev. Ann Rouse officiating. Burial will be in the Lone Tree Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials may be directed to the Lone Tree

KALONA - Alverda M. Allen, 81, of Wellman, died Saturday, Dec. 16, 2000, at Parkview Manor in Wellman, following a lengthy illness.The body will be cremated. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 28, at the Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona, with Chaplain Beth Miller officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home after the services. Burial will take place at a later date.

Clara Elizabeth Diers, 87, of the Long Term Care Unit at Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield, died at 9:45 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 16, 2000, at the Jefferson County Hospital.      The funeral service will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 20, at the First Lutheran Church with the Rev. Marvin Robeck officiating. Visitation will be 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 19, at the Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield with the family present.

Gladys May Remaly, 96, of Burlington, died at 6:10 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 17, 2000, at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington.      The funeral service will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 20, in the chapel of the Hass Funeral Home in Burlington with the Revs. Maurice Moore and Tyrone Henderson officiating. Visitation will be after 8 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 19, with the family present from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Burial will be in

James E. Pieper, 76, of Houghton, died at 9:50 a.m. Monday, Dec. 18, 2000, at the University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City, following a brief illness.      The funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 22, at St. John Catholic Church in Houghton with the Rev. Dennis Hoffman officiating. Visitation will begin after 2 p.m. Thursday at the church, with a Knights of Columbus rosary recited at 3 p.m. and a