Obituaries

MARION ? Anita Marie Kaalberg Leatherman, 88, a resident of Linn Manor Care Center in Marion, died Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. A funeral Mass was held at 10:30 a.m. today at St. Joseph?s Catholic Church in Marion. Visitation was held yesterday at Murdoch Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Marion, with a Parish Vigil service at 5 p.m. Visitation was also held for one hour prior to the funeral Mass today at the ...

STOW, Ohio - Karen Jennice Cave Carter, 46 of Kent, Ohio, died Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, after a brief battle with cancer. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Redmon Funeral Home in Stow, Ohio, with the Rev. Dan Sudlow officiating. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m.m Monday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Standing Rock Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.

Loretta C. Schneider, age 88, died Friday, December 16, 2011 at Halcyon House after a lengthy illness.Memorial Mass will be held 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, December 20th at St. James Catholic Church in Washington with Fr. Troy Richmond officiating. Visitation will begin noon Monday at the Jones Eden Funeral Home. Prayer services will be held 6:00 p.m. Monday, December 19th at the Jones Eden Funeral Home. Interment will ...

WELLMAN ? Richard A. Knerr, 73, of Wellman, died Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011, at his home from lung cancer. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21, at the Powell Funeral Home in Wellman. A private graveside service will be held in the Wellman Cemetery. A memorial fund has been established for Washington County Hospice.

WELLMAN ? Amy Leona White, 98, of Kalona, died Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011, in the Pleasantview Home in Kalona.Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21, at the Powell Funeral Home in Wellman. Burial will be in the Wellman Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time Wednesday at the funeral home. A memorial fund has been established for Washington County Hospice and the Wellman Scofield ...

LANCASTER, Calif. ? Donna M. Bennett, 73, of Lancaster, Calif., died Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, in her home.Funeral services were held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Lancaster, Calif., on Friday, Dec. 12. Memorial services will also be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Dec. 30, at Holy Trinity Church-St. Mary?s in Keota with the Rev. Charles Fladung officiating. A rosary will be recited at 10 a.m. on Dec. 30, prior ...

Margaret McCall Wolf, 83, of Washington, Iowa, died December 19, 2011 at the Washington County Hospital of leukemia. To celebrate her life, a memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday at the Washington Community Theatre with services conducted by Mike Zahs. Following the service a cast party will be held at Café Dodicis Restaurant from 3:00 until 5:00 p.m. where the family will receive friends. In lieu ...

IOWA CITY ? Mary Frances Kempf, 91, of Hills, died Monday, Dec. 12, 2011, in Atrium Village in Hills following a lengthy illness. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m., Friday, Dec. 16, at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Iowa City with the Rev. Michael Phillips officiating. Burial will be at St. Joseph?s Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Lensing Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa ...

CLARENCE ? Ruth E. Warren, 42, of Clarence, died Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011, in University Hospitals in Iowa City. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 8, at Chapman Funeral Home in Clarence with the Rev. Lynn Butterbrodt officiating. Burial was in Red Oak Cemetery in rural Tipton. Visitation was held before the service on Thursday.

CARLISLE ? Susan M. Bohlen, 56, of Hartford, died Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, in Mercy Hospice in Johnston. Memorial services will be at 1 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 17, at the Lutheran Church of the Cross in Altoona. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Peterson Funeral Home in Carlisle. Memorial gifts may be directed to the Susan M. Bohlen Memorial.