Obituaries

MOUNT PLEASANT ? Lisa R. (Egbert) Obazee, 50, of Chicago, Illinois, formerly of Richland, died Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015, in St. Francis Hospital in Chicago.A celebration of life service will be at 1 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 19, at the Richland United Methodist Church in Richland. Memorials may be directed to the PMA/Reach and may be mailed to the Murphy Funeral Home, Box 347, Mount Pleasant, IA 52641. Murphy Funeral ...

KEOTA ? Marty ?One-Man? Hammen, 39, of rural Wellman, died Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015, at his home.Funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 17, at Holy Trinity Parish ? St. Mary Catholic Church in Keota. Burial will be in the Holy Trinity Cemeteries ? St. Mary Catholic Cemetery. A prayer service will be held at 4 p.m., Wednesday at the church, with visitation until 8 p.m. A memorial fund has been establish...

L. Marie Hill passed away in McAllen, Texas on Sunday, October 3 2010. She was born April 9, 1923 in Jackson, Michigan. She married Glen D. Hill in 1943. Graveside services will be held 11:00 AM October 11, 2010 at Drakesville Cemetery.To see the full paid obituary, read the Oct. 8, 2010, printed edition of The Fairfield Ledger.

AMES ? Richard Lee ?Dick? Holmes, 85, of Ames, died Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015, in Israel Family Hospice House in Ames.A celebration of life memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m., Monday, Sept. 14, at Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care, 414 Lincoln Way in Ames. Burial with military honors will follow at Ames Municipal Cemetery. A gathering of friends and family visitation will be held from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday at ...

Ernest Gail Zickefoose, 78, of Brighton died early Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, at the Washington County Hospital in Washington. He had been in failing health.Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, at the First Church of God in Brighton with Pastors Ryan Meader, Rick Zickefoose and Rick Hughes officiating. Burial will be in Cottonwood Cemetery near Wayland. Open visitation at the First Church of ...

BRIGHTON ? Betty Lou Ledger, 88, of Fairfield, formerly of Brighton, died Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015, in Sunnybrook Living Care Center in Fairfield.A funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 16, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in East Pleasant Plain with the Rev. Robert Striegel officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery. Visitation will be held Tuesday at the church, with family present ...

Elias ?Eli? B. Stakland, 85, of rural What Cheer, died Monday, Oct. 4, 2010, at home. A memorial service with a traditional conservative Quaker meeting for worship will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Quaker Meeting House at Nelson Pioneer Farm near Oskaloosa, followed by a reception and family visitation from 3-5 p.m.  Mr. Stakland was born April 2, 1925, on the family farm in Pipestone County, Minn., the son of Ole

KALONA ? Graveside services for Raymond and Marjorie Stockstell will be held at 11:30 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015, at Oregon Township Cemetery in Ainsworth.Marjorie Stockstell died April 6, 2012. Raymond Stockstell died May 16, 2015.Beatty Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona is handling the arrangements.

Carolyn S. Kacer, 62, of Washington, IA, passed away peacefully with her husband at her side on Sunday, September 6, 2015 at The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, following a lengthy battle with breast cancer. A Celebration of Carolyn?s life will be held at 10:30 AM on Saturday, September 12 at Lensing Funeral Home, 605 Kirkwood Avenue, Iowa City. Burial will follow at Oakland Cemetery in Iowa City. ...

KALONA ? Jeanette Grace Yoder, 90, of Kalona, died Monday, Sept. 7, 2015, in the Pleasantview Home in Kalona.Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 10, at the East Union Mennonite Church in rural Kalona with the Rev. Firman Gingerich and the Rev. Joel Beachy officiating. Burial will be in the East Union Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 7 p.m., Wednesday at the Yoder-Powell Funeral ...