Obituaries

DAVENPORT ? Gwendolyn J. ?Gwen? Schneider, 89, of Bettendorf, died Friday, June 3, 2016, in Genesis Medical Center ? West Campus in Davenport.A memorial service in celebration of her life will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, June 8, at First Presbyterian Church at 1702 Iowa Street in Davenport. Memorial visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m., Tuesday at Weerts Funeral Home, Kimberly at Jersey Ridge Road, Davenport. ...

Ronald Dean Edwards, 80, of The Villages, FL, formerly of Brighton, passed away on Thursday, June 2, 2016, at Transitions LifeCare in Raleigh, NC. He was born in Coppock, Iowa on September 11, 1935, to William ?Roy? Edwards and Bessie Lucille McKune Edwards. He grew up in Brighton and graduated from Brighton High School in 1953. Dean married Jeanette Peiffer on June 10, 1957 in Pleasant Plain, IA. He lived his ...

KALONA ? Gladys Kathleen Fisher, 87, or Kalona, died Wednesday, June 1, 2016, in the Pleasantview Home in Kalona.Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Monday, June 6, at the Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church in rural Kalona with the Rev. Don Patterson officiating. Burial will be in the East Union Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m., Sunday at the Yoder-Powell Funeral Home in Kalona, where the family ...

KALONA ? Richard J. Horesowsky, 75, of Richmond, died Wednesday, June 1, 2016, in the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.Funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, June 4, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Richmond. Burial will be at a later date in the Mount Olivet Cemetery in Riverside. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m., Friday, June 3, at the Yoder-Powell Funeral Home in Kalona, ...

ALBIA ? Nadine Patricia (Payne) Harris, 86, of Albia, died Thursday, May 26, 2016, in the Monroe County Hospital in Albia.A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 11, at Albia Baptist Temple, at 624 A. Avenue West in Albia. Lunch will follow the memorial service. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m., Saturday at the church. A memorial will be established in her honor to Albia Baptist Temple. ...

KALONA ? Ellis Maynard Swartzendruber, 94, of Kalona, died Saturday, May 28, 2016, in Kalona.A memorial service was held at 11 a.m., Monday, May 30, at the Sunnyside Conservative Mennonite Church in Kalona. Burial was at 9:15 a.m., prior to the service, Monday at the Fairview Cemetery. Visitation was from 2 to 6 p.m., Sunday at the church. A memorial fund has been established for the Sunnyside Church and ...

DURANT ? Geraldine ?Jeri? Elizabeth Hubler, 77, of Durant, formerly of Dysart, died Wednesday, May 25, 2016, in Wilton Retirement Community in Wilton after a lengthy battle with dementia.Visitation will be held from 9 to 11 a.m., Saturday, May 28, at St. Mary?s Catholic Church in Wilton. Mass of the Christian burial will follow the visitation, Saturday at the church. Burial will be at the Durant Cemetery in ...

CHICO, Calif. ? Patricia ?Pat? Hammer, 88, of Chico, California, died Saturday, May 28, 2016, in Chico.A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, June 10, at Bidwell Presbyterian Church in Chico, California. Burial will be beside her husband?s grave at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery. All arrangements are being handled by the Neptune Society of Chico, California.Mrs. Hammer was born Feb. 3, ...

BRIGHTON ? Dolores ?Dode? Nash, 77, of Wentzville, Missouri, formerly of Brighton, died Sunday, May 22, 2016, in Parklane Care and Rehabilitation Center in Wentzville.A funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, May 26, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in East Pleasant Plain with the Rev. Robert Striegel officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery. Prayers for a Christian wake will be at 6 p.m., ...

OELWEIN ? Roberta Eileen Warner, 89, of Oelwein, died Tuesday, May 24, 2016, in Unity Point-Allen Hospital in Waterloo.Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, May 28, at Zion Lutheran Church in Oelwein with the Rev. Patricia Shaw officiating. Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m., Friday at the Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home in Oelwein, and for one hour before the service, Saturday at the church. Burial ...