WATERLOO - Permilla "Pam" Farmer, 91, of Friendship Village, died Saturday, Feb. 28, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home; services pending with Locke Funeral Home, 233-6138.

WATERLOO - Russell D. Lockhart, 40, of Cedar Rapids, formerly of Waterloo, died Thursday, Feb. 26, at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, following a sudden illness; services 10 a.m. Wednesday at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, (319) 364-1549; visitation 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home; a memorial fund has been established.

WATERLOO - Larry McCellan, 55, of Waterloo, died Friday, Feb. 27, at Allen Hospital of natural causes; services pending with Sanders Funeral Service, 232-5667.

WATERLOO - Edythe Fay Gigl, 86, of Friendship Village, died Saturday, Feb. 28, at Covenant Medical Center of natural causes; no services are planned; burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery; Parrott & Wood Chapel of Memories, 232-3235, is in charge of arrangements.

WATERLOO - Bob Closson Sr., 55, of Waterloo, died Saturday, Feb. 28, at his home of natural causes; services pending with Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service on West Ridgeway, 233-3393.

CEDAR FALLS - Linda S. Rider, 62, of Cedar Falls, died Friday, Feb. 27, at Allen Memorial Hospital, Waterloo; services 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Cedar Heights Baptist Church, with burial in Greenwood Cemetery; visitation 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, 266-7525.

LA PORTE CITY - Karen J. Elzey, 50, of rural LaPorte City, died Saturday, Feb. 28, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home, Waterloo, of cancer; services pending with White Funeral Home, Jesup, (319) 827-3695.

ELDORA - Florence McCown, 100, of Eldora, died Saturday, Feb. 28, at the Good Samaritan Society Home, Indianola; services 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Honey Creek New Providence Friends Church, New Providence, with burial in Eastlawn Cemetery, Eldora; visitation for an hour before services Tuesday at the church; memorial fund has been established.

HAMPTON - Marion Kreimeyer, 94, of Hampton, died Saturday, Feb. 28, at Franklin General Hospital Nursing Facility, Hampton; services pending with Sietsema Funeral Home, Ackley, (641) 847-2333.

HAWEKEYE - Richard Scott "Rick" Langerman, 35, of Hawkeye, died Saturday, Feb. 28, at his home after a lengthy illness; services pending with Becker-Milnes Funeral Service, Hawkeye, (563) 578-3451.

IOWA FALLS - Arlene Ghoske, 77, of Iowa Falls, died Saturday, Feb. 28, at her home; services pending with Surls Funeral Home, Iowa Falls, (641) 648-9554.

NEW HAMPTON - Bonnie Leichtman Dean, 81, of Cedar Rapids, formerly of New Hampton, died Thursday, Feb. 26, at St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids; memorial services 11 a.m. Saturday at Conway-Kolbet Funeral Chapel, New Hampton, (641) 394-4331, with burial in New Hampton Cemetery; visitation for an hour before services Saturday at the funeral home.

TAMA - Emma Jean Propp, 76, formerly of Tama, died Thursday, Feb. 26, at Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines, following a lengthy illness; services 10:30 a.m. Monday at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home, Tama, (641) 484-3400, with burial in Center School Cemetery, rural Marshalltown; visitation 4 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.