Obituaries

Daniel Isaac Swartz passed away at home on May 25, 2010.A memorial service for Daniel will be held on Memorial Day, Monday, May 31 at 10:00 a.m. at the Swartz home, 3410 W. Van Buren in Fairfield. In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests donations be made to the Daniel Swartz Memorial Fund and mailed to the family?s home address.To see the full paid obituary, read the May 28, 2010, printed edition of The

Robert Lee Gerleman, 54, died Thursday, May 27, 2010, at Story County Hospital in Nevada, Iowa.A service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary Catholic Church in Fairfield, with the Rev. John Spiegel officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. A lunch will be held at Eagles Club following internment.Family visitation is from 5-8:30 p.m. today at the church, with prayers at 6 p.m.Memorials may be made to

KALONA ? Erma Amanda Miller, 81, of rural Kalona, died Friday, June 14, 2013, at her home after a series of mini strokes.Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 18, at the Philip Yoder residence at 5564 Sharon Center Rd. SW in rural Kalona. Ministers in charge are Milford Miller and Elmer T. Miller. Burial will be in the Peter Miller Cemetery. Visitation began at 1:30 p.m. Sunday and will continue ...

Helen A. Arthur, 91, of Iowa City, passed away peacefully, Friday, June 14th, 2013 at UIHC following a brief illness. A private family burial will be at Cambrian Cemetery near Cotter, IA at a later date.Helen Adele McKinney was born July 3, 1921 in Wapello, IA, the daughter of Dow and Mable (Jamison) McKinney. She graduated from Wapello High School, attended Iowa State Teachers College and later received a B.A. ...

WAYLAND, Iowa ? Don Wyse Boshart, 78, left his earthly body on Saturday, June 22, 2013 at Parkview Home in Wayland after a short battle with cancer.According to his wishes, his body has been cremated. A visitation will occur on Friday, June 28, 2013 at the Sugar Creek Mennonite Church Fellowship Hall from 3-7 PM with the family present from 5 - 7 PM. A Celebration of Life Service will be Saturday, June 29 at ...

Leonard E. Tindal, a long-time agri-businessman, formerly of Washington, Iowa, age 91, died in Bradenton, Florida, on June 29, 2013. A celebration of life service will be held Aug. 3, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. at First Assembly of God Church, 1602 East Washington Street in Washington. There will be no public cemetery service. Mr. Tindal was received into glory by his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ after a long and ...

BRIGHTON ? Dorothy E. McCracken, 96, of rural Brighton, died Wednesday, May 15, 2013, in Parkview Care Center in Fairfield following a brief illness.Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Monday, May 20, at the Pleasant Plain Friends Church with the Rev. J. ?Mac? McDonald officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Plain Friends Cemetery. Visitation will open at 3 p.m. Sunday at Gould Funeral Home in Brighton, with ...

WINFIELD ? Merlin E. Finke, 86, of Crawfordsville, died Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at his home.The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, May 18, at the United Church of Crawfordsville with the Rev. Jason Collier and Larry Fletcher officiating. Friends may call from 2 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Honts Funeral Home in Winfield. Burial will be prior to the service at the Cambrian Cemetery in rural Columbus ...

Helen Huff Hoekstra, 84, of Richland, died Sunday morning, June 2, 2013, at University Hospital in Iowa City following a brief illness.Funeral services will be held in the Richland Methodist Church at 11 A.M. Thursday June 6, 2013, with Rev. Carl Benge and Rev. Mark Clark officiating. Burial will be in Richland Friends Cemetery. Visitation will open at Gould Funeral Home in Richland at 3 P.M. Wednesday June 5, ...

Henry Joseph Greiner passed away peacefully on May 17th. Henry was born on March 16, 1943 in Keota, Iowa to Leonard and Mary (Woerdeman) Greiner.A mass of Resurrection will be held on June 22, 2013 at 11:00 AM At Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Keota IA.