CEDAR FALLS - William Rasmus "Bill" Thode, 70, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, March 17, at Allen Hospital, Waterloo; celebration of life service noon Saturday, April 5, at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, 266-7525; memorials to Cedar Bend Humane Society, Waterloo.

CEDAR FALLS - JaNan J. McCann, 78, of Cedar Falls, died Monday, March 17, at Sartori Memorial Hospital; services 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Patrick Catholic Church, with burial in Greenwood Cemetery; visitation 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at Richardson Funeral Home, 266-3525, with a 4 p.m. rosary and a 7 p.m. Scripture service.

EVANSDALE - Ray F. Heckenlively, 87, of Greene and Evansdale, died today, March 19, at Covenant Medical Center, Waterloo; services pending with Garden View Chapel, Waterloo, 232-2222.

WATERLOO - Colin James Paydon, 88, of Waterloo, formerly of rural La Porte City, died Sunday, March 16, at Lakeview Landing of natural causes; services 11 a.m. Thursday at Geneseo United Methodist Church, rural Buckingham, with burial in the church cemetery; visitation 4 to 7 p.m. today at Parrott & Wood Chapel of Memories, an Overton Family Service, 232-3235; memorials to the church or Friendship Village.

WATERLOO - Elvice E. Rosencranz, 90, of Waterloo, died Tuesday, March 18, at Lakeview Landing; services 1:30 p.m. Friday at Waterloo Memorial Park Cemetery chapel, with burial in the cemetery; visitation an hour before services at the cemetery chapel; Parrott & Wood Chapel of Memories, an Overton Family Service, 232-3235, is in charge of arrangements; memorials to Immanuel Lutheran Church.

WATERLOO - Sandra M. Dirkes, 54, of 201 Lamont St., died Tuesday, March 18, of heart failure; services pending with Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service on South Street, 234-6274.

DENVER - Lucille V. Richards, 80, of Denver, formerly of Waterloo, died Saturday, March 15, at Allen Hospital of a heart attack; services 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Locke Funeral Home, 233-6138, with burial in Waterloo Cemetery; visitation 4 to 7 p.m. today; memorials to Cedar Valley Hospice or University of Iowa Cancer Research.

HAMPTON - Christine A. Dye Nelson, 47, of Hampton, died Monday, March 17, at Mercy Medical Center North Iowa, Mason City, from complications of pneumonia; services 10:30 a.m. Friday at First Christian Church, Hampton, with inurnment later; visitation 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Sietsema-Vogel Funeral Home, Hampton (641) 456-3232.

HOLLAND - Verdena Brower, 93, of Holland, died at home today, March 19; services pending with Doyen-Abels Funeral Home, Wellsburg, (641) 869-3336.

IOWA FALLS - Gary Olmstead, 56, of Iowa Falls, died Monday, March 17, at Ellsworth Hospital, Iowa Falls; services 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Mark's Catholic Church, Iowa Falls, with burial in the church cemetery; visitation 5 to 7:30 p.m. Friday at Linn's Funeral Home, Iowa Falls, (641) 648-2569, with a 7:30 p.m. Scripture service.

IOWA FALLS - Catherine Smalley, 76, of Iowa Falls, died Tuesday, March 18, at North Iowa Medical Center, Mason City; services pending with Linn's Funeral Home, Iowa Falls, (641) 648-2569.

NASHUA - Leland LeRoy Head, 80, of Nashua, died Monday, March 17, at Mitchell County Regional Health Center, Osage; services 10:30 a.m. Friday at United Methodist Church, with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, both in Nashua; visitation 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Hugeback & Chenoweth Funeral Home, Nashua, (641) 435-4134, and an hour before services Friday at the church; memorials to the family.