WATERLOO - Dewitt Diller Hansen, 65, of Waterloo, died Thursday, Jan. 1, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, of natural causes; services 1 p.m. Monday at Parrott & Wood Chapel of Memories, an Overton Family Service, 232-3235, with burial at a later date; visitation 11 a.m. until services Monday at the funeral home; memorials to the family.

WATERLOO - LaVerne E. Johnson, 93, of Waterloo, died at home Friday, Jan. 2, of natural causes; services 10 a.m. Monday at Westminster Presbyterian Church, with burial in Waterloo Memorial Park Cemetery; visitation 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Parrott & Wood Chapel of Memories, an Overton Family Service, 232-3235; memorials to the church.

WATERLOO - Esther P. Westendorf, 88, formerly of Waterloo, died Wednesday, 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; Locke Funeral Home, 233-6138, is in charge of arrangements; memorials to Cedar Valley Hospice or Billy Graham's "Samaritan's Purse" ministry.

WATERLOO - Lois M. Yerkes, 82, of Waterloo, died Thursday, Jan. 1, at Allen Memorial Hospital; memorial services later this spring, with inurnment in Evergreen Cemetery, Vinton; there will be no visitation; Kearns, Huisman-Schumacher Chapel, 233-3146, is in charge of arrangements; memorials to the family.

CEDAR FALLS - Dr. Edward Rutkowski, 83, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, Jan. 1, at the Cedar Falls Lutheran Home; 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. vigil service; memorials to the church.

CEDAR FALLS - Eva LaVerne Brafford Kennett, 94, of Cedar Falls, formerly of Jefferson, died Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008, at Western Home Communities Martin Center; services 1 p.m. today at Scranton United Methodist Church, with burial in Scranton Township Cemetery; visitation for an hour before services today at the church; Richardson Funeral Home, 266-3525, is in charge of arrangements; memorials to Western Home Communities Martin Center or First United Methodist Church, Cedar Falls.

CEDAR FALLS - Kari L. Posekany, 28, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, Jan. 1, at St. Marys Hospital, Rochester, Minn.; services 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Edward Catholic Church, Waterloo, with burial in Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens, Cedar Falls; visitation 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, 266-7525, where there will be a 4 p.m. vigil service; visitation also for an hour before services Monday at the church; memorial fund will be established.

CEDAR FALLS - Elvira M. Tierney, 82, of Western Home Communities, died Wednesday, Dec. 31, at Western Home Martin Center; services 11 a.m. Tuesday at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church, Lawler, with burial in the church cemetery; visitation 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service on West Ridgeway, Waterloo, 233-3393, where there will be a 4 p.m. Queen of Peace Legion of Mary rosary; visitation also for an hour before services Tuesday at the church.

CLARKSVILLE - Viola Heine, 91, of Clarksville, died Friday, Jan. 2, at Community Nursing Home, Clarksville; services pending with Redman-Schwartz Funeral Home, Clarksville, (319) 278-4245.

FREDERICKSBURG - Edna Elizabeth Speicher, 88, of Fredericksburg, died Wednesday, Dec. 31, at her sister's home in Nashua; services 10:30 a.m. Monday at Hillcrest Baptist and Brethren Church, with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery, both in Fredericksburg; visitation 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Hugeback & Chenoweth Funeral Home, Fredericksburg, (563) 237-6212, and for an hour before services Monday at the church; memorials to the Hillcrest Baptist Brethren Church, Fredericksburg, or the Garden Club, also in Fredericksburg.

GRUNDY CENTER - Margaret E. Clapsaddle, 94, of Grundy Center, died Thursday, Jan. 1, at Grundy Care Center, Grundy Center; services 10:30 a.m. Monday at Bethany Presbyterian Church, Grundy Center, with private family burial in Rose Hill Cemetery, Grundy Center; visitation 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home, Grundy Center, (319) 824-3319; memorial fund has been established.

HAMPTON - Robert "Bob" Dean Schomburg, 71, Hampton, died Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008, at the Hampton Health Care Center of cancer; services 10:30 a.m. Monday at the church with graveside services at the Hampton Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 4, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 16 12th Avenue N.E., Hampton. Rev. Karl Bollhagen and Vicar Jesse Burns will be officiating.

NASHUA -Elmer L. Bahlmann, 86, of Nashua, died Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008, at the Ninth Street Chautauqua Guest Home, Charles City; services 11 a.m. Monday at Nashua United Methodist Church, with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, both in Nashua; visitation 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Hugeback & Chenoweth Funeral Home, Nashua, (641) 435-4134, and for an hour before services Monday at the church; memorials may be directed to the family.

NASHUA -Cayden Robert Dietz, infant son of Todd and Jessica Dietz of Nashua, was stillborn Thursday, Jan. 1, at Floyd County Medical Center, Charles City; services 11 a.m. Tuesday at Little Brown Church, Nashua, with Sunnyside Memory Gardens, rural Charles City; visitation for an hour before services Tuesday at the church; Hugeback & Chenoweth Funeral Home, Nashua, (641) 435-4134, is in charge of arrangements; memorials to the family.

NEW HAMPTON - Mavis G. Laabs, 87, of Waverly, died at home Thursday, Jan. 1; services pending with Conway-Kolbet Funeral Home, New Hampton, (641) 394-4331.

NEW HARTFORD - Brad Tillman Knight, 33, of Greenville, S.C., formerly of New Hartford, died Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008, in Greenville from an apparent heart attack; memorial services pending with Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service on West Ridgeway, Waterloo, 233-3393.

TRIPOLI - Donald Dettmering, 81, of Tripoli, died Friday, Jan. 2, at his daughter's home in Fairmont, Minn., of natural causes; services pending with Rettig Funeral Home, Tripoli, (319) 882-4285.