Obituaries

KALONA ? Brian James Miller, 51, of Kalona, died Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017, at his home.A celebration of life will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 17, at the Kalona Mennonite Church with the Rev. Doug Cue and the Rev. Gerry Kahler officiating. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m., Monday, Jan. 16, at the church, with the family present to greet friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m., ...

LONE TREE ? Shirley Ann Eden, 86, of Lone Tree, died Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, in Pioneer Park in Lone Tree.A celebration of life will be held from 4 to 7 p.m., Friday, Jan. 20, at the Sorden-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Lone Tree.Mrs. Eden was born Dec. 13, 1930, in Iowa City, the daughter of Charles and Caroline (Villhauer) Mills. She married James Edwin Eden on June 19, 1949, in Iowa ...

Geraldine ?Geri? Hidy, age 73 of Batavia, passed away at 5:04 AM, Thursday, October 13 at University Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 AM, Thursday, October 20, 2011 at Kremer Funeral Home in Batavia, with Rev. Gary Cradic officiating. Burial will be in Batavia Cemetery. Friends may call after noon on Wednesday, October 19 at Kremer Funeral Home in Batavia, where the ...

COLUMBUS JUNCTION ? Patricia Marie Bass, 68, of Conesville, died Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, in Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.A celebration of life service will be held from 2 to 5 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 22, at the Conesville Community Center. A general memorial fund has been established. The Stacy-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Columbus Junction is in charge of arrangements.Mrs. Bass was born Oct. 17, ...

COLUMBUS JUNCTION ? Donna Lee Smith, 85, of Columbus Junction, formerly of Des Moines, died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs.Funeral services will be at 2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 14, at the Stacy-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Columbus Junction. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m., Monday, Jan. 16, in the Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Des Moines. Visitation will ...

E. Maxine Kelly, age 96, of Washington, Iowa, died Friday, January 13, 2017, at the Lutheran Homes Society in Muscatine, Iowa.Celebration of life services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 14, 2017, at the Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington, Iowa, with Pastor Ben Blanchard officiating. Interment will take place at the Elm Grove Cemetery. Online condolences may be sent for Maxine?s family through the web ...

KALONA ? Edith Maxine Nisly, 97, of Kalona, died Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in the Pleasantview Home in Kalona.Graveside service will be at 9:30 a.m., Monday, Jan. 16, at the Upper Deer Creek Cemetery in rural Wellman, followed by a celebration of life service at 11 a.m., Monday at Sunnyside Mennonite Church in Kalona with the Rev. Floyd Helmuth and the Rev. John King officiating. Visitation will be from noon to 6 ...

Clarence Edward Wenger, 92, of Wayland, died Monday January 9, 2017 at the home he was born and resided at for his entire life.Celebration of life services will be at 10:30AM Saturday, January 14, 2017 at Bethel Mennonite Church 3 miles north of Wayland with the Reverend Curt Kuhns officiating. Visitation will be held from 4-7:00PM on Friday, January 13, 2017 also at Bethel Mennonite Church. Private family ...

Monte J. ?Joe? Sedore, 46, of Vernon, died at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011, at home.A funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, with the Rev. Andy Bunnell officiating. Burial will be in Vernon Cemetery.Open visitation will begin at 3 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, where the family will be present 5-7 p.m.Memorials to the family may be left at the funeral home or ...

Josephine ?Jo? Wiley Kellam, 88, died Monday, Oct. 10, 2011, in Virginia Beach, Va.Mrs. Kellam was born May 23, 1923, in Lebanon, Iowa, the daughter of Samuel and Isabella Wiley. She married William ?Bill? Page Kellam. He died in 2005.Survivors include three children: Mary Jo Freer, William G. Kellam and wife Lynn and Douglas P. Kellam and wife Claire Ann; one sister, Isabelle Johnson of Fairfield; seven ...