Obituaries

KALONA ? Hubert Joseph Gent, 71, of Kalona, died Friday, June 19, 2015, at his home after a hard-fought battle with brain lymphoma.A funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, June 23, at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Richmond. Burial will be in St. Patrick?s Little Creek Cemetery near Kinross. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m., Monday, June 22, at the Yoder-Powell Funeral Home in Kalona, where a ...

KALONA ? Betty Kempf, 92, of Williamsburg, died Wednesday, June 17, 2015, in Highland Ridge Care Center in Williamsburg.Funeral services are scheduled for 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 23, at the Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona, where visitation will be held from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service. The body will be cremated following the service, and burial will be at a later date.Mrs. Kempf was born Feb. 9, ...

Janice Gwendolyn ?Jan? Hales, 80, of Sun City, Ariz., died from complications of Hepatitis C Sunday, July 18, 2010, in Peoria, Ariz.A service will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, with the Rev. Douglas Harding officiating. Burial will be in Center Chapel Cemetery, southeast of Keosauqua.Family visitation will be 9:30-10:30 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.Memorials to Center Chapel

Wilda Downey passed away July 20, 2010 at the Van Buren County Hospital.  Funeral Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 24, 2010, at the United Methodist Church in Fairfield with Rev. Mike Metz officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.  Visitation with family present will be from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Fairfield.  Memorials may be made to First United Methodist

KALONA ? Dorothy Stumpf, 84, of Kalona, died Saturday, June 13, 2015, in Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, June 16, at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Richmond with the Rev. David Brownfield officiating. Burial will be in the Holy Trinity Cemetery in Richmond. Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m., with prayers at 3 p.m., Monday, June 15, at the Peterseim ...

COLUMBUS JUNCTION ? Georgia Lee Kost, 72, of Columbus Junction, died Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, in Trinity Center at Luther Park in Des Moines.A celebration of life service was held at 11 a.m., Monday, Feb. 9, at the United Presbyterian Church in Columbus Junction with the Rev. Don Clark officiating. Immediately following services, a time of food and fellowship was held at the church. Burial will be in the Norwich ...

Maynard Leon Baker, 74, of Tacoma, Wash., died from cancer Tuesday, July 6, 2010, at his daughter?s home in Spanaway, Wash.Mr. Baker was born July 4, 1936, the son of Johnie and Hazel Baker.To see the full obituary, read the July 21, 2010, printed edition of The Fairfield Ledger.

Wayne R. Cox, 84, of rural Keosauqua, died at 10:50 a.m. Friday, July 16, 2010, in the emergency room at Van Buren County Hospital in Keosauqua.A funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Keosauqua United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Douglas Harding officiating. Burial, with military rites by American Legion Beer-Barker Post No. 113, will be in Kilbourne Cemetery.Open visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Monday at

KALONA ? Donald Ray Speas, 78, of Kalona, died Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014, in the University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City.His body has been cremated, and a private family burial will be held at a later date. A general memorial fund has been established. The Beatty Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona is handling the arrangements.Mr. Speas was born March 14, 1936, in Kalona, the son of Lester ?Bud? and Mabel (Hartsock)...

WAYLAND ? Arley Dean Boese, 79, of rural Richland, formerly of the Wayland area, died Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014, at his home.Graveside services will be at 1 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 3, at the Sugar Creek Mennonite Cemetery with the Rev. Robert Hartzler officiating. Visitation will be two hours prior, at the Beatty Funeral Home in Wayland. A general memorial fund in the name of Arley Dean Boese has been established.Mr...