WATERLOO - Donald Backer, 79, of Waterloo, died Thursday, Oct. 2, at Cedar Valley Hospice Home of cancer; services 1:30 p.m. Monday at Bethel Presbyterian Church, Waterloo, with burial in Sunnyside Memorial Gardens, Charles City; visitation 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Locke Funeral Home, 233-6138; memorials to the church.

CEDAR FALLS - Cecil Glen Lynch, 93, of Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, Oct. 1, at Allen Hospital, Waterloo; services 10:30 a.m. Monday at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Waterloo, with burial in Mount Vernon Township Cemetery; visitation 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Parrott & Wood Chapel of Memories, an Overton Family Service, Waterloo, 232-3235; memorial fund is being established with the family.

CEDAR FALLS - Othmar M. "Ole" Mauer, 85, of Cedar Falls, died Wednesday, Oct. 1, at the Cedar Falls Lutheran Home after a brief illness; services 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Patrick Catholic Church, with burial in Greenwood Cemetery; military honors will be conducted by Cedar Falls AMVETS Post 49; visitation 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, 266-7525, where there will be a 4 p.m. rosary service and a 7:30 p.m. vigil service; visitation also for an hour before services Monday at the church; memorials to the family or St. Patrick Catholic Church.

CEDAR FALLS - Wendell V. Smith, 90, of Cedar Falls, died Friday, Oct. 3, at the Western Home Communities Stanard Assisted Living Center; graveside services 1 p.m. Monday at Greenwood Cemetery; there will be no visitation; Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, 266-7525, is in charge of arrangements; memorials to the Western Home.

EVANSDALE - Mary Mathilda Durnan Turner, 69, Apache Junction, Ariz., formerly of Evansdale, died Thursday, Oct. 2, in Arizona, from complications of cancer; services 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Peter Catholic Church, Clermont, with burial in the church cemetery; visitation 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Leonard-Grau Funeral Home, Elgin, (888) 898-3419, with a 4 p.m. rosary followed by a scripture service; visitation also an hour before services Wednesday at the church.

LA PORTE CITY - David Lyle Kline, 74, of La Porte City, died Thursday, Oct. 2, at Allen Hospital; services 10:30 a.m. Monday at First United Methodist Church, Waterloo, with burial in West View Cemetery, La Porte City; visitation 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at La Porte City Funeral Service, 342-3131, and for an hour before services Monday at the church; memorials to the family.

DECORAH - Eugene M. Wicks, 83, of Decorah, died Friday, Oct. 3, at Regional Health Services of Howard County, Cresco, of Binswanger disease; services 1 p.m. Monday at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Decorah, with burial in Burr Oak Lutheran Cemetery, Burr Oak; visitation for an hour before services Monday at the church; Fjelstul Funeral Home, Decorah, (563) 382-5210, is in charge of arrangements.

HAMPTON - Lola Mae Christiansen Pandil, 86, of Hampton, died at home Thursday, Oct. 2; services 10:30 a.m. Monday at Nazareth Lutheran Church, Coulter, with burial in Coulter Cemetery; visitation 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Sietsema Vogel Funeral Home, Hampton, (641) 456-3232.

PARKERSBURG - James Aswegen, 69, of Parkersburg, died Thursday, Oct. 2, at Maple Manor Village, Aplington; services 1:30 p.m. Monday at Christian Reformed Church, with burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, both in Parkersburg; visitation 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Redman-Schwartz Funeral Home, Parkersburg, (319) 346-1534, and for an hour before services Monday at the church; memorials to the family.

SHELL ROCK - Alecia Marie "Dolly" Raber-Haan, 32, of Plainfield, formerly of Shell Rock, died Thursday, Oct. 2, at the Waverly Health Center, Waverly; services 1:30 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church, with burial in Riverside Cemetery, both in Shell Rock; visitation 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home, Shell Rock, (319) 885-4321, and for an hour before services Monday at the church; memorials to the family.