Obituaries

Mikel E. Denton, 59, of Wickenburg, Ariz., died Thursday, Sept. 30, 1999, after a long battle with cancer.The graveside service for her cremains will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 11, at Forest Home Cemetery with the Rev. Wayne Kamm officiating. Friends and family will gather at Beatty Funeral Home at 10 a.m. Monday. Memorials can be made to the American Cancer Society.A complete obituary is printed in today's

Howard Emry, of Yuma, Ariz., formerly of Brighton, died Monday, Oct. 4, 1999, in San Diego, Calif.

Logan E. Reif, 86, of Sun City, Ariz., formerly of Kalona, died Monday, Oct. 4, 1999, following a brief illness.

Gerald Marvin Cox, 82, of Sigourney, died Saturday, Oct. 3, 1999, at the Sigourney Care Center.

Mary Wolf, 88, of Kalona, died Tuesday, Oct. 5, 1999, at the Pleasantview Home in Kalona following a lengthy illness.

Gladys G. Schooley, 97, of Brighton, died Monday, Oct. 4, 1999.

Clara Elizabeth Todd, 84, of Ainsworth, died Saturday, Oct.2, 1999, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.

Ida May Ridinger, 103, formerly of the White Oak-Trenton community, died at 2:15 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 30, 1999, at the home of her granddaughter Martha Widmer, west of Wayland.The funeral service was at 2 p.m. today, Monday, Oct. 4, at Beatty Funeral Home in Wayland with the Rev. Ruben Chupp and the Rev. Roger Farmer officiating. Burial was in Green Mound Cemetery, west of Trenton. Memorials can be made to Green

Richard John "Rocky" Specketer, 48, of rural Yarmouth died at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 1, 1999, at his home.The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 5, at First Baptist Church in Danville with the Rev. Harry Hollingsworth officiating. Burial will be in Shinar Cumberland Cemetery of Pleasant Grove. Visitation began this morning, Monday, at Lunning Chapel in Burlington with family present from 7 to 8:30 p.m. A

Ida M. Ridinger, 103, of Wayland, died Thursday, Sept. 30, 1999.