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WATERLOO — Lester Tyler, 50, of Waterloo, died Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008, at Parkview Nursing and Rehab Center of cancer; no services or visitation, his body was cremated; Parrott & Wood Chapel of Memories, an Overton Family Service, 232-3235, is in charge of arrangements.
WATERLOO — Ester P. Westendorf, 88, formerly of Waterloo, died Dec. 17, 2008, at the Cedar Falls Lutheran Home; memorial services 2 p.m. Monday at Nazareth Lutheran Church, preceded by an hour of visitation; arrangements by Locke Funeral Home, 233-6138; memorials to Cedar Valley Hospice or Billy Graham’s “Samaritan’s Purse” ministry.
WATERLOO — Ada N. Joy, 99, of Manchester, formerly of Waterloo, died Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008, at the Good Neighbor Home, Manchester, of natural causes; services 11 a.m. Friday at Kearns, Huisman-Schumacher Chapel on Kimball, 233-3146, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery; visitation for an hour before services Friday at the funeral home; memorials to Manchester United Methodist Church, 413 E. Butler St.
WATERLOO — Charles Weidman, 73, of Waterloo, died Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home; no services or visitation, his body was cremated; Kearns, Huisman-Schumacher Chapel on Kimball, 233-3146, is in charge of arrangements.
WATERLOO — Lester Tyler, 50, of Waterloo, died Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008, at Parkview Nursing and Rehab Center; services pending with Parrott & Wood Chapel of Memories, an Overton Family Service, 232-3235.
WATERLOO — Jane Ann Timmerman, 68, of Waterloo, died Monday, Dec. 29, 2008, at Cedar Valley Hospice House of cancer; services 10:30 a.m. Friday at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Waterloo, with burial at 2:30 p.m. in New Oregon Cemetery, Cresco; visitation 4 to 8 p.m. today at Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service on South Street, 234-6174, with a 4 p.m. rosary; visitation also an hour before services Friday at the church; memorials to Cedar Valley Hospice House.
WATERLOO — Leroy Denton, 67, of Waterloo, died Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008, at Allen Hospital of natural causes; services pending with Sanders Funeral Service, 232-5667.
CHARLES CITY — Thomas J. Squier, 60, of Charles City, died Wednesday, Dec. 31, at his home; memorial services 1:30 p.m. Saturday at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Charles City, with inurnment at a later date in Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City; visitation for an hour before services Saturday at the church; Hauser Funeral Home, Charles City, (641) 228-2323, is in charge of arrangements; memorials to the church or Hospice of North Iowa, Charles City.
ELDORA — Marlene J. Blaeske, 76, of Eldora, died Monday, Dec. 29, 2008, at St. Elizabeth Hospital, Belleville, Ill.; services 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Eldora, with burial in Jackson Township Cemetery, near Owasa; visitation 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Creps-Abels Funeral Home, Eldora, (641) 858-2181; memorials to St. Paul LWML, Lutheran Hour Ministries, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo., or Bethesda Lutheran Home, Watertown, Wis.
ELGIN — Louise Jeannette Lantz, 87, Elgin, died Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008, at Maple Crest Manor, Fayette, following a long illness; services 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Elgin, with burial in Elgin Cemetery; Leonard-Grau Funeral Home, Elgin, (800) 698-2806, is in charge of arrangements.
FREDERICKSBURG — Edna E. Speicher, 88, of Fredericksburg, died Monday, Dec. 31, 2008, at her sister’s home; services pending with Hugeback & Chenoweth Funeral Home, Fredericksburg, (641) 435-4134.
HAMPTON — Geraldine Ruth Blankenship, 95, of Hampton, died Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008, at Franklin General Hospital, Hampton; services 10 a.m. Saturday at Hampton United Methodist Church, with burial in Hampton Cemetery; visitation 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Sietsema Vogel Funeral Home, Hampton, (641) 456-3232; memorials to the family.
IOWA FALLS — Edwin Potgeter, 81, of Iowa Falls, died Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008, at Scenic Manor Nursing Home, Iowa Falls; services 10:30 a.m. Saturday at First Congregational United Church of Christ, Eldora, with burial in Eldora Cemetery; visitation 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Surls Funeral Home, Iowa Falls, (641) 648-9554; memorial fund has been established.
IOWA FALLS — Donald Musson, 85, of Iowa Falls, died Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008, at Ellsworth Municipal Hospital, Iowa Falls; services 2 p.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church, with burial in Union Cemetery, both in Iowa Falls; visitation an hour before services Saturday at the church; Surls Funeral Home, Iowa Falls, (641) 648-9554, is in charge of arrangements.
OELWEIN — Leo Keller Oren, 84, of Decatur, Ga., formerly of Oelwein and Waterloo, died Dec. 25, 2008, at VA Hospital, Decatur, after a short illness; services 11 a.m. Friday at Geilenfeld Funeral Home, Oelwein, (319) 283-4653, with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery, both in Oelwein; full military rites at the funeral home by American Legion Ross Reid Post 9 following the service; visitation 3 to 6 p.m. today at the funeral home; memorial fund has been established in his name.
WAVERLY — Charles “Chuck” Louis Leslie Jr., 56, of Shreveport, La., formerly of Waverly, died Saturday, Dec. 27, at the Willis-Knighton Pierremont Medical Center, Shreveport; services 9 a.m. Jan. 10 at St. Mary Catholic Church, with burial in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, both in Waverly; visitation from 8:30 a.m. until service time at the church; Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home, Waverly, 352-1187, is in charge of arrangements.
WEST UNION — Lavonne Osmundson, 78, of West Union, died Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008, at Palmer Lutheran Church, West Union; services pending with Burnham-Wood Funeral Home, West Union, (563) 422-3615.
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