Obituaries

Jacqueline Joyce Traver, 59, of Milton, died Monday, Jan. 3, 2011, at home.A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Friday at Milton American Legion Hall. A potluck meal will follow.Memorials to the family may be taken to the service or mailed to the family at 203 W. Old Main St., Milton 52570.

Betty Ruth Wyse Farrier was born July 17, 1925, near Wayland, IA to Arthur John and Lillian Ann (Weaver) Wyse. She attended country school and graduated from Wayland High School. She attended and graduated as a Registered Nurse from Mennonite School of Nursing in Bloomington, IL. She married Howard E. Harris in the summer of 1949. They had 3 children: Dorothy Ann, Brenda Kay, and Celesta Louise. Later they were ...

RIVERSIDE ? Leroy Eugene O?Conner, 87, of Riverside, died Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015, in Oaknoll Health Center in Iowa City.Funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m., Monday, Dec. 21, at St. Mary?s Catholic Church in Riverside with the Rev. David Brownfield, Ph.D., officiating. Burial will be in the Mount Olivet Cemetery. Following committal services at the cemetery, a time of food and fellowship will be held at the St. ...

KALONA ? Bernard ?Bud? Thomann, 92, of Kalona, formerly of Riverside, died Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015, in the Pleasantview Home in Kalona.A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, Dec. 14, at St. Mary?s Catholic Church in Riverside with the Rev. David Brownfield and the Rev. Rich Adam officiating. Burial will follow at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Riverside. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m., ...

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 ...