Obituaries

KALONA ? Elvira R. Yoder, 74, Kalona, died March 25, 1999 at the Pleasantview Home, Kalona, after a lengthy illness.Funeral services will be Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at the Kalona Mennonite Church, Kalona, with the Revs. Scott Swartzendruber and Mick Murry officiating. Burial will be in the Sharon Hill Cemetery, Kalona.For the rest of this obituary, see tonight's Journal.

The?ByLeRoy Edward Meyer, 59, of Wayland died at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 24, 1999, at his farm.The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 27, at Sugar Creek Mennonite Church with the Rev. Steve Good officiating. Burial will be in Sugar Creek Mennonite Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon Friday at the Wayland Mennonite Church in Wayland with family present from 6 to 8 p.m. There will be no

Funer?By Journal staffST. JOSEPH, Mo. ? Judith A. Bender, 57, Cameron, Mo., died March 17, 1999 in St. Joseph.Funeral services were held Sunday at the Poland-Thompson Funeral Home in Cameron. Burial was in the Cameron Memory Gardens Cemetery.For the rest of this obituary, see tonight's Journal

SEATTLE, Wash. ? Patricia (Brower) Reasby, a 1949 graduate of Washington High School, died Feb. 14, 1999 in Seattle, Wash.Survivors include: a son, Garth; and four sisters, Wilma, Jean, Ruth and Bonita.She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Ellen; and a brother, Frank.

Fu?By Journal staffKALONA ? Elvira R. Yoder, 74, Kalona, died March 25, 1999 at the Pleasantview Home, Kalona.Funeral services are pending at the Yoder-Powell Funeral Home, Kalona.

KALONA ? Luella Richardson, 97, Kalona, died March 23, 1999 at Pleasantview Home, Kalona, following a lengthy illness.A memorial service will be held at a later date. The body was cremated and inurnment will be in the Keota Cemetery, Keota, at a later date.For the rest of this obituary, see tonight's Journal.

WELLMAN ? Kathy Ann Young Nupp, 49, Wellman, died March 22, 1999 at her home following a lengthy illness.Funeral services will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the family home in Wellman with Pastor George Hanson and Chaplain Judy Gingerich officiating. Burial will be at a later date. There will be no visitation.For the rest of this obituary, see tonight's Journal.

A memorial service w?By Journal staffEDINA, Minn. ? Warren R. Anderson, 78, Edina, Minn., died March 13, 1999.A memorial service was held March 16 at the Bloomington Baptist Church, Bloomington, Minn. Graveside services were in Lakewood Cemetery.For the rest of this obituary, see tonight's Journal.

MOLINE, Ill. ? Clifford M. Baker, 82, Riverside, died March 18, 1999, while wintering in Donna, Texas.Funeral services will be Thursday at 1 p.m. at Trimble Funeral Home, Coal Valley, Ill. Burial with military honors will be in the National Cemetery, Rock Island Arsenal on March 26 at 1 p.m.For the rest of this obituary, see tonight's Journal.

IOWA CITY ? Mary Josephine Neff, 81, of Brighton, died March 23, 1999 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City following a brief illness.A funeral mass is scheduled for Friday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Pleasant Plain with the Rev. Paul Connolly officiating. Prayers for a Christian wake will begin at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Gould Funeral Home in Brighton. Visitation with the family will follow the prayer service. Friends