Obituaries

A memorial service for Ruth M. Shields, 79, of Washington will be held Friday, December 16, 2011 at 10:30 AM at the United Methodist Church in Washington with Pastor Jim Stiles officiating. Visitation will be held Thursday, December 15 from 4-7 PM at the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington. The body has been cremated. A memorial fund has been established for Iowa City Hospice and the United Methodist Church Choir. ...

KEOTA ? Karl ?Rick? Frederick Helscher, 65, formerly of Keota, died Monday, Nov. 14, 2011. Services were held at Tahoma National Cemetery on Nov. 28. Memorial services will also be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 14, at Powell Funeral Home in Keota with the Rev. Dennis Hopes officiating. Burial will be at Keota Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until service time Wednesday at the funeral home. A ...

KALONA ? Kaitlyn Grace Miller, daughter of Ledru and Annette Miller of Kalona, was stillborn on Friday, Dec. 9, 2011, in the University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City. A memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 17, at the West Union Mennonite Church in rural Parnell with the Rev. Corey Miller and the Rev. Martha Yoder officiating. The family will greet friends following the service. The Yoder-Powell ...

NORTH ENGLISH ? Ivan Donald Gibson, 95, of North English, formerly of South English and Williamsburg, died Monday, Dec. 12, 2011, in the English Valley Care Center in North English. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 17, at the English River Church of the Brethren. Burial will be in the Brethren Cemetery near South English. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Powell Funeral Home ...

Charla Rae Mead, 57, of Washington, died Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011, in the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Iowa City.A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., Monday, Dec. 12, 2011, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Washington with President Doug Campbell officiating. The body has been cremated and the remains will be buried at a later date. A general memorial fund has been established. ...

WELLMAN ? Jonathan D. McVay, 34, of rural Wellman, died Friday, Dec. 9, 2011, at his home. Celebration of life service will be at 1 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 15, at the Powell Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Wellman. Burial will be in the Wassonville Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

RICHLAND ? Helen Baker, 94, of Fairfield, formerly of Richland, died Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011, in Sunnybrook Living Care Center in Fairfield. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 13, at Gould Funeral Home in Richland with the Rev. Harlan Van Voorst officiating. Burial will be in Richland Friends Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, immediately preceding the funeral ...

Laverne Herbert Hueholt, 75, of Wayland, died Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, in the Henry County Hospital in Mount Pleasant following a battle with lung cancer. A celebration of life will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 10, at the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington with Northeast District Superintendent Jackie Bradford officiating. Burial with military honors will follow at the Green Mound Cemetery in rural Trenton. ...

WAYLAND ? Max Wayne Roth, 82, of California, formerly of Wayland, died Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011, in Orange County, Calif., from a progressive heart condition. Memorial services will be at 4 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 11, at Sugar Creek Mennonite Church in rural Wayland. Family and friends are invited to attend and stay for a reception immediately thereafter. The family suggests memorial contributions may be directed to ...

KALONA ? Eldon G. Ropp, 79, of Kalona, died Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, in Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. Funeral services in Kalona will be at 9:30 a.m., Friday, Dec. 9, at the Elson Ropp residence, 2484 540th Street in Kalona. Visitation will be all day Thursday at the Ropp residence. Services in Bremen, Ind., will be at 9:30 a.m., Sunday, Dec. 11. Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona is assisting the family.