Obituaries

KALONA ? Verna Weaver, 92, died Sunday, May 27, 2012, at her home near Kalona. Funeral services were at 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 29, at the Perry Bender residence in rural Kalona with the Rev. Milford Miller and the Rev. Delmar Bontrager officiating. Burial was in the Peter Miller Cemetery. Visitation began at 4 p.m. Sunday and was held all day Monday at the Perry Bender residence. The Yoder-Powell Funeral Home in ...

A memorial service for Linda Campbell will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 26, at the north end of the Elm Grove Cemetery. A lunch following the service will be held at the Bruce and Sonja Campbell farm at 2650 Larch Avenue in Washington. All friends and relatives are invited to attend. (To get to the farm, drive two miles southwest of Washington on Highway 1, take the first road south, and drive for 200 yards to ...

SIGOURNEY ? Nancy Barr, 69, of Coralville, formerly of Keota, died Tuesday, May 22, 2012, in Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 26, at the Holm Funeral Home in Sigourney. Visitation will be after 5 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. A general memorial fund has been established.

CEDAR RAPIDS ? Arylus Marie Tampir, 85, of Cedar Rapids, formerly of Shellsburg, died Thursday, May 24, 2012, in St. Luke?s Hospital in Cedar Rapids following a short illness. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 29, at the Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories in Cedar Rapids with the Rev. Dale Holloway of Living Hope Wesleyan Church officiating. Friends may call after 10:45 a.m. Tuesday at the ...

KALONA ? Gerald Deon Bender, 69, of Parnell, died Monday, May 21, 2012, in Mercy Hospital in Iowa City following a brief illness.A celebration of life will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, May 24, at the West Union Mennonite Church in rural Parnell. Burial will follow at the Bethel Cemetery in rural Parnell. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona. Memorials may be directed ...

Charles H. Schafer Jr., 90, of rural Birmingham, died at 10:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009, at his home in the Kilbourne community southwest of Birmingham.A memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, with the Rev. Bernie Weir officiating. The body has been cremated. Private burial of the cremains will follow the service.Family visitation will be from 9:30-10:30 a.m.

Marvin W. Bishop, 94, of Tyler, Texas, died Sunday, May 20, 2012, in Tyler. Mr. Bishop was born Sept. 16, 1917, in Washington County, the son of Warren L. Bishop and Mamie (White) Bishop. He had lived in Dallas, Texas, for more than 60 years, and then in Tyler, Texas, for seven years. He served in the 113th Cavalry unit of Iowa as a horse soldier, and then in the tanks when that unit was converted to an armored ...

MARENGO ? Michael R. White, 65, of Newton, formerly of Washington, died Monday, May 14, 2012, in Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines from complications of multiple myeloma. Memorial services will be at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 20, at St. Mary?s Parish Hall in Williamsburg with Deacon Dave O?Brien officiating. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at St. Mary?s Hall. A general memorial has been establish...

KALONA ? G. Deon Bender of rural Parnell died Monday, May 21, 2012, in Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, May 24, at the West Union Mennonite Cemetery in rural Wellman. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona.A full obituary will appear in the Wednesday edition of The Washington Evening Journal.

Opal Beatrice Goodwin, 93, of Washington, died Sunday, May 20, 2012, in the Washington County Hospital in Washington following a sudden illness. A celebration of life will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 24, at the First Assembly of God Church in Washington with the Rev. Jim Cluney officiating. Burial will follow at the Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington. Visitation will be from noon to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the ...