CEDAR FALLS - Orphia Marie Dumler, 97, of Cedar Falls, formerly of Waterloo, died Saturday, April 4, at Cedar Falls Lutheran Home of natural causes; services 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Immanuel Lutheran Church, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery; visitation 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Kearns, Huisman-Schumacher Chapel on Kimball, 233-3146, and for an hour before services Wednesday at the church; memorials to the family.

LA PORTE CITY - Merlyn W. Gahring, 89, of Newhall, formerly of La Porte City and Independence, died Saturday, April 4, at Rock Ridge Residential Care Center, Shellsburg, after an extended illness; services 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. John Lutheran Church, Newhall, with burial in the church cemetery, rural Newhall; visitation 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Phillips Family Center, Vinton, (319) 472-2388.

WATERLOO - Esther M. Kreb, 88, of Waterloo, died Sunday, April 5, at Cedar Valley Hospice Home of natural causes; services pending with Serenity Funeral & Cremation Society, (888) 682-7002.

WATERLOO - Myrtle G. Schoel, 81, of Waterloo, died Sunday, April 5, at Covenant Medical Center; services pending with Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service, 234-6274.

CEDAR FALLS - Heidi G. Kramer, 83, of Cedar Falls, died Sunday, April 5, at Cedar Valley Hospice Home, Waterloo; services pending with Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, 266-7525.

FAYETTE - Matthew "Matt" Porter, 92, of Fayette, died at home Friday, April 3, from injuries sustained in a fire; services pending with Burnham-Wood Funeral Home, West Union, (563) 422-3615.

FAYETTE - Imelda Butters, 85, of Fayette, died Sunday, April 5, at Maple Crest Manor Care Center, Fayette, of natural causes; services pending with Becker-Milnes Funeral Home, Fayette, (563) 578-3451.

NEW HAMPTON - Melba Adalaide Gilbert, 81, of New Hampton, died at home Thursday, April 2; memorial services 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Trinity Lutheran Church, with family inurnment in New Hampton City Cemetery; visitation 4 to 8 p.m. today at Hugeback & Chenoweth Funeral Home, New Hampton, (641) 394-4334, and for an hour before services Tuesday at the church; memorials to Carnegie Cultural Center, Trinity Lutheran Church or Iowa Hospice.

OELWEIN - Cecil M. Davis, 86, Oelwein, died Saturday, April 4, at Grandview Health Care Center, Oelwein, after a long illness; services 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home, (319) 283-4922, with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery, both in Oelwein; visitation 4 to 6 p.m. today and for an hour before services Tuesday at the funeral home.

POSTVILLE - Stuart Schultz, 51, of Postville, died Sunday, April 5, at Palmer Lutheran Health Center, West Union, after a short illness; services pending with Schutte-Grau Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Postville, (800) 698-2806.

REINBECK - Patricia Petersen, 81, of Reinbeck, died Sunday, April 5; services pending with French-Hand Funeral Home, Reinbeck, (319) 345-2622.