CEDAR FALLS - Larry Eimers, 57, of Cedar Falls, died at home Sunday, Aug. 31, of natural causes; services pending with Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service on West Ridgeway, Waterloo, 233-3393.

JESUP - Marie C. Gaffney, 83, of Jesup, died Monday, Sept. 1, at East Towne Care Center, Independence, following a lengthy illness; services pending with White Funeral Home, Jesup, (319) 827-3695.

WATERLOO - Donald W. Schmadeke, 77, of Coon Rapids, Minn., formerly of Waterloo, died Monday, Sept. 1, at North Memorial Hospice; visitation 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Locke Funeral Home, 233-6138; family committal service at Mount Olivet Cemetery.

WATERLOO - Ann V. Murray, 90, of Waterloo, died Friday, Aug. 29, at Allen Hospital; services 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, with burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery; visitation 4 to 8 p.m. today at Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service on South Street, 234-6274, with a 7 p.m. vigil; visitation also an hour before services Wednesday at the church.

DENVER - Lt. Col. James Stephens, 63, of Denver, died Friday, Aug. 29, at Allen Hospital, Waterloo; services 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home, Denver, (319) 352-1187, with burial in Washington Chapel Cemetery, rural Cedar Falls; military honors by Denver American Legion; visitation 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home; memorials to Denver American Legion Post 653.

DENVER - Melvin Bond, 85, of Denver, died Friday, Aug. 29, at Rochester Methodist Hospital, Rochester, Minn.; services 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. John's Lutheran Church Maxfield, rural Denver, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery, Waterloo; visitation 6 to 8 p.m. today at Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home, Denver, (319) 352-1187; memorials to the church.

HAMPTON - Elmer F. Nolte, 86, of Hampton, formerly of Dumont, died Monday, Sept. 1, at Franklin General Hospital, Hampton; services 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Hampton United Methodist Church, with burial in Hampton Cemetery; visitation 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Sietsema Vogel Funeral Home, Hampton, (641) 456-3232.

INDEPENDENCE - Richard L. Kimball, 82, of Independence, died Monday, Sept. 1, at Allen Hospital, Waterloo, following a long illness; services pending with White Funeral Home, Independence, (319) 334-2595.

NASHUA - Alicia Burkle, 36, of North Liberty formerly of Nashua, died Monday, Sept. 1, at Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, of cancer; services pending with Hugeback & Chenoweth Funeral Home, Nashua, (641) 435-4134.

NEW HAMPTON - Jean Meirick, 90, of New Hampton, died Monday, Sept. 1, at Mercy Medical Center, New Hampton; services pending with Conway-Kolbet Funeral Home, New Hampton, (641) 394-4331.

OELWEIN - George A. Yount, 88, of Oelwein, died Sunday, Aug. 31, at Oak Crest Manor, Dyersville; services pending with Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home, Oelwein, (319) 283-4922.

WAVERLY - William J. Schrage, 83, of Waverly, died Sunday, Aug. 31, at Bartels Lutheran Retirement Community, Waverly; services 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Good Shepherd Chapel, Bartels, with burial in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, both in Waverly; visitation 4 to 8 p.m. today at Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home, Waverly, 352-1187, and for an hour before services Wednesday at the Good Shepherd Chapel; memorials to Cedar-Valley Hospice-Waverly.

WAVERLY - E. Irene Krutsinger Van Zee, 91, of Waverly, formerly of Ames and Nevada, died Aug. 26 at Bartels Lutheran Retirement Community, Waverly, from Alzheimer's Disease; services 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Good Shepherd Chapel of Bartels Lutheran Retirement Community, with burial at 1 p.m. Sept. 8 at Chariton Cemetery, Chariton; visitation 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. Saturday at the Good Shepherd Chapel; Kaiser-Corson Funeral Homes, Waverly, 352-1187, is assisting the family; memorials to Bartels Lutheran Retirement Community or Mayo Foundation for its Alzheimer's Disease Research Center.

WELLSBURG - Grace Bettenga, 96, of Wellsburg, died Monday, Sept. 1, at Grundy Care Center, Grundy Center; services pending with Doyen-Abels Funeral Home, Wellsburg, (641) 869-3336.