Obituaries

KALONA ? Ivan Lee Swartzentruber, 95, of Sarasota, Florida, formerly of Kalona, died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016, in the Weaver Haus in Sarasota, Florida.Celebration of life service will be at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 19, at the Fairview Mennonite Church in rural Kalona with the Rev. John Hershberger, the Rev. Perry Miller and the Rev. Leon Stutzman officiating. Burial will be in the Fairview Mennonite Cemetery. ...

Gerald ?Jerry? Benjamin, 76, of Washington, died Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, in the McCreedy Home in Washington.A memorial service will be held at 6 p.m., Monday, Jan. 18, at the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. until the time of the service, Monday at the funeral home. The body has been cremated. A memorial fund has been established for the family.Mr. Benjamin was a trucker ...

KALONA ? Richard Lewis Miller, 92, of Kalona, died Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, in the Pleasantview Home in Kalona.Funeral services will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 16, at the Kalona United Methodist Church with the Rev. Gerry Kahler officiating. Burial of the cremains will be at a later date. Visitation will be from 3 to 6 p.m., Friday at the Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona. A memorial fund has been established ...

CLARENCE ? Betty Lou Curtis, 76, of Mechanicsville, died Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, in Mechanicsville Specialty Care.Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Jan. 15, at the United Church of Crawfordsville with the Rev. Jason Collier officiating. Burial with military rites will be at Crawfordsville Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m., Thursday at Chapman Funeral Home in Clarence. Memorials may be ...

Merna Derby, age 76, of Brookfield, died Wednesday, January 6, 2016, at University Hospital in Columbia.A visitation will begin Friday, January 15, 2016, at 1:00 p.m. at Wright-Baker-Hill Funeral Home in Brookfield and the family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 in the evening. A celebration of life will be Sunday, January 17, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. at the Rubio Community Center in Rubio, Iowa. Burial will ...

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. ? Beverly ?Bev? O?Donnell, 67, of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, died Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016, in Aspirus Wausau Hospital in Wausau, Wisconsin.Funeral services will be at 11 a.m., Friday, Jan. 15, at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Church in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, with the Rev. Mark Miller officiating. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m., Thursday at Ritchay Funeral Home in Wisconsin ...

COLUMBUS JUNCTION ? Craig Alan Wheeler, 66, of Columbus City, died Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016, in the Washington County Hospital in Washington.Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 9, at the Stacy-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Columbus Junction. Burial will be in the Columbus City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m., Friday at the funeral home. A general memorial has been ...

Isabelle M. Adam, 92, of Sigourney, formerly of Richland, died Thursday January 7, 2016, at the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney following a brief illness. She was born February 12, 1923, south of Brighton to John Joseph and Agnes Gertrude Fritz Pacha. Isabelle grew up in the Brighton area and graduated from Brighton High School and married Leo N. Adam in East Pleasant Plain May 16, 1942. He died May 8, ...

Carol (Tellin) Wright of Plainfield, Illinois, died Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016, in the Joliet Area Community Hospice Home in Joliet, Illinois. Mrs. Wright was born Feb. 23, 1934, in Washington, the daughter of Vincent and Leone Tellin. She was the beloved wife of Richard Wright.

Carl R. Claman, 81, of Cantril, died at 7:57 p.m. Monday, Jan. 17, 2011, at Van Buren County Hospital in Keosauqua.A service will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, with the Rev. Jerry Caughron officiating. Burial will be in Pulaski Cemetery.Open visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with family present from 4-6 p.m.Memorials may be left at the funeral home or may be