Obituaries

KEOTA ? Marie Britten, 98, of Kalona, died Thursday, March 8, 2012, in Pleasantview Home in Kalona.Funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 17, at Holy Trinity Parish-St. Mary Catholic Church in Keota with the Rev. Charles Fladung officiating. Burial will be at Holy Trinity Cemeteries-St. Mary Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 until 6 p.m. Friday at Powell Funeral Home in Keota, and from 9:30 a.m. ...

LONE TREE ? Martin Dale Veenker, 77, of Coralville, died Tuesday, March 6, 2012, in Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 10, at the Sorden-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Lone Tree with Carol Kaalberg, Parish Life Administrator, presiding. Burial will be in the Lone Tree Cemetery with full military honors provided by the Lone Tree American Legion Post ...

COLUMBUS JUNCTION ? Nela Jean (Solomon) Bennett, 66, of Fredonia, died Saturday, March 3, 2012, in her home Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 7, at the Indian Creek Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Memorials may be directed to the donor?s local ?no kill? animal shelter. The Stacy-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Columbus Junction is handling the arrangements.

Bess ?Bea? H. Lutz, 92, of Cedar Rapids, died Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at St. Luke?s Hospital. Teahen Funeral Home is serving the family.There will be a private family service at a later date. Online condolences may be extended at www.teahenfuneralhome.com.

KALONA ? Leah Dell Beckley, 73, of Kalona, died Saturday, March 3, 2012, in the Pleasantview Home in Kalona following a recent decline in health. A celebration of life service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 9, at the Kalona United Methodist Church in Kalona with the Rev. Gerry Kahler and John King officiating. Burial will follow at the Sharon Hill Cemetery in Kalona. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. ...

WELLMAN ? Joyce Bush Nash, 97, died Friday, March 2, 2012, in Coralville, of natural causes after a recent decline in health.Following cremation, a memorial service will be held at a later date at the Free Methodist Church in Santa Barbara, Calif., where she was a member. A private committal service will follow. Memorials may be made to her church. The Powell Funeral Home in Wellman is in charge of local ...

Calvin John Eichelberger, 85, of Wayland, died Thursday, March 1, 2012, in the Parkview Home in Wayland. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 6, at Sugar Creek Mennonite Church in Wayland with the Rev. Nathan Luitjens officiating. Burial will follow in the Sugar Creek Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon Monday at the church with family receiving friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Memorials may be ...

KALONA ? Pearl Beachy, 94, of Kalona, formerly of Wayland, died Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012, in Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 3, at the Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church in rural Kalona. Burial will be in the Bethel Cemetery near Wayland at a later date. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday at the church, where the family will greet friends from 2 to 4 and 6 ...

Milo Joseph Christopher Nelson, infant child of Joe and Jenni Runyon Nelson of Lockridge, was stillborn Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009, at Henry County Health Center in Mount Pleasant.  A graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Spencer Cemetery in rural Stockport, with the Rev. Ed Newman officiating. A memorial has been established in Milo?s memory.  Online condolences may be sent to the family at

Keith Arden Campbell, 81, of Fairfield, died Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, at Mercy Hospital Hospice in Iowa City.A funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at First Baptist Church in Fairfield, with the Rev. Jim Wotherspoon officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery.Visitation, with the family, will be from 2-4 p.m. Sunday at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield.Memorials may be made to Mercy Hospital Hospice or