Robert H. Diers

      Robert H. Diers, 73, of Wayland, died Thursday, May 8, 2008, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City following a lengthy illness.

      A funeral has been set for 10 a.m. Monday at Swedesburg Evangelical Lutheran Church in Swedesburg, with the Rev. Fran Griffeth and Bishop Philip L. Hougen officiating. Burial will be in New Sweden Lutheran Cemetery near Lockridge.

      Open visitation will be from 1-4 p.m. Saturday at Beatty Funeral Home in Wayland. Family visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Sunday at the church.

      Memorials may be designated for pulmonary fibrosis research at the University of Iowa, First Augustana Lutheran Church or diabetes education at the Henry County Health Center.

      Mr. Diers was born Nov. 14, 1934, in Washington, Iowa, the son of Harlan Julius and Edith L. Graf Diers. He married Mary Kathryn Sutton March 21, 1954, at Hope Lutheran Church in Brighton.

To see the complete obituary, read the May 9, 2008, Fairfield Ledger.