Obituaries

COLUMBUS JUNCTION ? Mildred Mae Smith, 97, of Columbus Junction died Monday, May 15, 2000, at the Colonial Manor Care Center in Columbus Junction.Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 18 at the Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home in Columbus Junction.

MERIDIAN, Idaho ? Eugene R. Hotle, 74, of Meridian, Idaho, and formerly of Washington, died April 26, 2000.A funeral Mass was held April 29, at Holy Apostle Catholic Church in Meridian, Idaho.

Irene Pearl O'Connor, 78, of 3301 Sterling Drive in Burlington died at 9:32 p.m. Thursday, May 11, 2000, at the Great River Medical Center in West Burlington.The funeral service was at 9 a.m. today at the St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Mt. Pleasant with the Rev. Nick Adam officiating. Burial was in the St. Alphonsus Catholic Cemetery in Mt. Pleasant.Mrs. O'Connor was born April 22, 1922, in Morning Sun, the

Orville W. Allender, 84, of Mt. Pleasant died of an apparent heart attack on Friday, May 12, 2000, at his home.The Masonic funeral service will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 18, at the Masonic Temple on North Main Street in Mt. Pleasant. The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 19, at the First United Methodist Church in Mt. Pleasant. Interment with full military honors will be held in Old Richwoods

Mary Kathryn Ratcliff, 81, of Fulton died Sunday, April 30, 2000, at the University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City.A memorial service was held Thursday, May 4, at the Fulton Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Dennis Carr officiating. There was no visitation. A memorial fund has been established.Mrs. Ratcliff was born Aug. 17, 1918, in Olds, the daughter of Arch and Marie Reed Huston. She married Maurice Floyd

Orville W. Allender, 84, a former bank officer and community leader in Mt. Pleasant died Friday, May 12, 2000, of an apparent heart attack at his home in Mt. Pleasant.Funeral arrangements are pending at the Weir Funeral Home for the arrival of his children from the east coast.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. ? Donald Marek, Sr., 80, of Lake St. Louis, Mo., died Monday, May 8, 2000.A memorial will be held at St. Patrick?s Catholic Church in Wentzville, Mo., at 10 a.m. Monday, May 15, 2000. Memorials may be directed to the KiwanisWyman Trust Memorial for Donald J. Marek.

WELLMAN ? Mary Ellen Maher, 82, of Wellman, died Wednesday, May 10, 2000, at Parkview Manor, in Wellman, following a lenthy illness..There will be no funeral services or visitation.

KALONA ? K. Ward Ehrenfelt, 83, of Kalona, died Thursday, May 11, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, of congestive heart failure.Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 13, at Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona, with the Rev. Mark Swanson officiating.

Ardith J. Ingmanson, 86, of rural Winfield, died Sunday, May 7, 2000, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 10, at the Swedesburg Evangelical Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Philip Borleske officiating.