WATERLOO - Gary D. Schuler, 69, of Waterloo, died Friday, March 20, in Albuquerque, N.M., of a stroke; graveside services 1 p.m. May 4 at the Garden of Memories Cemetery; memorials to the family.

WATERLOO - Robert J. Houk, 66, of Waterloo, died Saturday, May 2, at Covenant Medical Center; services pending with Locke Funeral Home, 233-6138.

CEDAR FALLS - Robert D. Ferson, 90, of Cedar Falls, died Friday, May 1, at Allen Memorial Hospital; services pending with Parrott & Wood Chapel of Memories, Waterloo, 232-3235.

ACKLEY - Pearl Essman, 86, of Ackley, died Friday, May 1, at the Presbyterian Village, Ackley; services 10:30 a.m. Monday at Washington Reformed Church, rural Ackley, with burial in the church cemetery; visitation 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Sietsema Funeral Home, Ackley, (641) 847-2333.

APLINGTON - Ruth Fisher, 94, formerly of Aplington, died Saturday, May 2, at the Allison Health Care Center, Allison, of natural causes; services pending with Redman-Schwartz Funeral Chapel, Aplington, (319) 347-6275.

CLERMONT - Jeleen Marie Bilden, 89, of Clermont, died Friday, May 1, at the Good Samaritan Home, West Union; services 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at East Clermont Lutheran Church, rural Clermont, with burial in the East Clermont Lutheran Cemetery; visitation 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Schutte-Grau Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Clermont, (800) 698-2806, and for an hour before services Tuesday at the church; memorials to the church or the donor's choice.

IOWA FALLS -Robert W. Pearce, 71, of Iowa Falls, died Thursday, April 30, at Ellsworth Municipal Hospital, Iowa Falls; memorial services 2 p.m. today at Linn's Funeral Home, Iowa Falls, (641)648-2569, followed by visitation; memorials to the family c/o his wife, Joyce Pearce 16153 O Ave., Iowa Falls 50126.

MANCHESTER - Isabelle J. Albaugh, 86, of Manchester, died Thursday, April 30, at the Good Neighbor Home, Manchester; memorial servcies 9:30 a.m. Monday at the Good Neighbor Home chapel, with inurnment in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, both in Manchester; her body was cremated; Leonard-Muller Funeral Home and Crematory, Manchester, (563) 927-3112, is in charge of arrangements.

TRAER - Dorothy Mae Nation Philp, 92, of Traer, died Friday, May 1, at Sunrise Hill Care Center, Traer; services 11 a.m. May 16 at Traer United Methodist Church, with burial in Buckingham Cemetery, Traer; visitation for an hour before services at the church; Overton Funeral Home, Traer, (319) 478-2775, is in charge of arrangements; memorials to the church.

WELLSBURG - John Krull, 84, of Wellsburg, died Friday, May 1, at the Presbyterian Village, Ackley; services pending with Doyen-Abels Funeral Home, Wellsburg, (641) 869-3336.