Obituaries

COLUMBUS JUNCTION ? Mary Leafa Holmes, 98, of Columbus Junction, died Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013, in the Colonial Manor Care Center.Funeral services will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 21, at the Stacy-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Columbus Junction with Don Clark presiding. Burial will be in Cambrian Cemetery. One hour visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until service time Saturday at the ...

KEOTA ? Howard F. Herman, 86, of Harper, died Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013, in Manor House Care Center in Sigourney.Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m., Monday, Dec. 23, 2013, at Holy Trinity Parish ? St. Mary Catholic Church in Keota with the Rev. Charles Fladung officiating. Burial will be at Holy Trinity Cemeteries ? St. Elizabeth Cemetery in Harper. Visitation will be from 2 until 4 p.m. Sunday at Powell Funeral Home ...

EDGEWOOD ? Ruth Ivanelle Harbaugh, 92, of Keota, formerly of Edgewood, died Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013, in Maplewood Manor in Keota.Funeral services will be at 2 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 21, at the United Methodist Church in Edgewood with the Rev. Mike Jackson officiating. Burial will be at Edgewood City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20, at Leonard-Muller Funeral Home in Edgewood; and one ...

KALONA ? Dorothy Troyer Martin, 98, of Kalona, died Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013, in Pleasantview Home in Kalona.Funeral services will be at 2 p.m., Friday, Dec. 20, at the Wellman Mennonite Church with the Rev. Nathan Ramer and the Rev. Don Patterson officiating. Burial will be in the Wellman Cemetery in Wellman. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Yoder-Powell Funeral Home in Kalona.

Kathryn J. ?Kay? Spurlock, 61, of Riverside, died Monday, December 16, 2013 at Mercy Hospice in Iowa City.Kathryn chose to be cremated. Burial will be next spring in the Shattuck Grove Cemetery in Belvidere, Illinois. Her family will host a celebration at that time also. Memorials may be directed to The Kathryn ?Kay? Spurlock Memorial Fund. Lensing Funeral Service in Iowa City is handling arrangements.

MOUNT PLEASANT ? Glen Essley Richenberger, 86, of Mount Pleasant, died Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013, at his home.Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Monday, Dec. 23, at the Wayland Mennonite Church with the Rev. Kelly Slagel officiating. Burial will be in the North Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel in Mount Pleasant, where the family will receive ...

COLUMBUS JUNCTION ? L. Marjorie Collier, 92, of Columbus Junction, died Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013, in Colonial Manor Care Center.Memorial services will be at 1:30 p.m., Monday, Dec. 23, at the Stacy-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Columbus Junction with the Rev. Al Coffin officiating. Cremation rites will be facilitated by the Life Transition and Cremation Center located within Muscatine Memorial ...

MARENGO ? Stanley Dwain Brock, 75, of Marengo, died Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013, in University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City.Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 21, at First United Methodist Church in Marengo with the Rev. Matt German officiating. Burial will be in the Marengo Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the church. A general memorial fund has been established. ...

KALONA ? Velma Frances Brown, 99, of Iowa City, died Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013, in Oaknoll Care Center in Iowa City from complications of a stroke.Celebration of life services will be at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 18, at the Sharon Center United Methodist Church in rural Kalona. Burial will be in Memory Gardens Cemetery in Iowa City. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Peterseim Funeral Home in ...

WEST DES MOINES ? Carolyn Jean Haskins, 85, of Urbandale, died Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013.A memorial service will be held at 5:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 21, at Hamilton?s on Westown Parkway, 3601 Westown Parkway in West Des Moines.