Obituaries

BRIGHTON ? Betty Ruth Farrier, 90, of Brighton, died Monday, Dec. 14, 2015, at her home. Arrangements are pending at Gould Funeral Home in Brighton.

BRIGHTON ? Steven Wayne Orms, 63, of Brighton, died Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015, at his home.Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 16, at Pleasant Plain Friends Church in Pleasant Plain with the Rev. Rick Zickefoose officiating. Burial will be in Antioch Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday at the church. Gould Funeral Home of Brighton is assisting the family.Mr. Orms ...

RICHLAND ? Armena Starr, 98, of Richland, died Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, in Keota Health Care Center in Keota.Funeral services will be at noon, Tuesday, Dec. 15, at the Richland United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall with the Rev. Carl Benge and the Rev. Frosty Van Voorst officiating. Burial will be in Richland Friends Cemetery. Visitation and lunch will begin at 11 a.m., immediately preceding the service, Tuesday ...

Edith ?Ruth? Ann Foreman, 65, of Batavia, died Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010, at home.?? A funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at First Baptist Church in Fairfield, with the Rev. James Wotherspoon officiating. Burial will be in Batavia Cemetery in Batavia.?? Visitation will be from 2-4 p.m. Sunday at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield.Memorials may be made to Hospice (Wapello County) or McCreery Cancer Center in Ottumwa.

BRIGHTON ? Johnathon A. Schadt, 38, of Des Moines, formerly of Brighton, died Monday, Dec. 7, 2015, as the result of a traffic accident near Rochester, Minnesota.

KALONA ? Edwin Ray Miller, 88, of Kalona, died Sunday, Dec.6, 2015, of heart failure.Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 9, at the Norman Jay Miller residence, 2066 520th Street, SW, Kalona, with Bishop Ivan Borntrager officiating. Burial will follow in the North Gingerich Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 8, at the Norman Jay Miller residence. Visitation ...

Johnathon Allen Schadt, 38, of Des Moines, formerly of Brighton, died Monday December 7, 2015, as the result of a traffic accident near Rochester, MN. He was born December 30, 1976, in Davenport to Rodney and Stephany Chuck Schadt. Johnathon grew up in Brighton and graduated from Washington High School in 1995. During his high school years he was highly involved in FFA, serving as an officer, and worked at the ...

Richard Ballard, 69, of Coralville passed away on November 25, 2015 from complications of pneumonia.His family includes his wife, Cindy; sons, Will and his wife, Ashley and their children, Ellie and Liam, and Erik and his wife, Kelli and their son, Rohan. They would like to invite you to a Celebration of Richard?s Life on Friday, December 4th from 5:30 - 7:30 pm at the Terry Trueblood center in Iowa City. Please ...

KALONA ? Gloria Ann Bontrager, 63, of Iowa City, died Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015, after a 1 ½-year battle with breast cancer.A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, Dec. 11, at the First Mennonite Church in Iowa City. Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m., Thursday at the church. A memorial fund has been established for First Mennonite Church kitchen and Iowa City Hospice. The Yoder-Powell Funeral Home in ...

WELLMAN ? Harriet Louise Eyestone, 97, of Washington, formerly of Wellman, died Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015, in the McCreedy Home in Washington.A celebration of life service was held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 5, at Asbury United Methodist Church in Wellman with the Rev. Moody Colorado officiating. Burial was at Grace Hill Cemetery in rural West Chester. Visitation was from 4 to 7 p.m., Friday at Powell Funeral Home ...