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Ellen K. Ehlers-Johnson
Ellen Kaye Ehlers-Johnson, 45, of 3392 Kimberly Drive, formerly of 2513 Central Ave., died at 4:37 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13, 2002, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City.
Frederick J. Cejka
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis. - Frederick J. Cejka, 78, of Prairie du Chien, died Sunday, Dec. 15, 2002, at the Prairie du Chien Memorial Hospital.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. John's Catholic Church, with burial in Calvary Cemetery , both in Prairie du Chien.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Garrity Funeral Home, Prairie du Chien.
Veda M. Benish
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis. - Veda Mae Benish, 91, of Prairie du Chien, died Friday, Dec. 6, 2002, at Prairie Health Care Center, Prairie du Chien.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. John's Catholic Church, with burial in Calvary Cemetery , both in Prairie du Chien.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Thornburg-Hanson Funeral Home, Prairie du Chien.
Wilbur H. Koch
MILES, Iowa - Wilbur H. Koch, 79, of Miles, died Friday, Dec. 6, 2002, at Genesis East Medical Center, Davenport.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Sabula (Iowa) United Methodist Church. Burial will be in the Miles Cemetery.
Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Monday at Miller-Law-Jones Funeral Home, Preston.
Eugene J. Koster
Eugene J. "Gene" Koster, 77, of 16010 Asbury Road, died Friday, Dec. 6, 2002, at Heritage Manor.
John Rhomberg
John "Anthony" Rhomberg, 98, a resident of Madonna Towers, Rochester, Minn., since 1989, formerly of Dubuque, died Thursday, Dec. 5, 2002, at Madonna Towers.
A Requiem Mass for the repose of his soul will be at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Madonna Towers, with the Rev. Thomas Rhomberg and the Rev. Francis Dyer officiating. There will be no visitation. The body was given to the Mayo Foundation.
Mr. Rhomberg was secretary of a small brewing company in Dubuque before his retirement and the sale of the business in 1971.
He was a graduate of Loras College and held law degrees from Iowa and Georgetown universities. He was a member of the Dubuque Men's Association, the Knights of Columbus, the Catholic Order of Foresters and the Dominican Laity.
Surviving are his wife, the former Mary Lucille Lonergan, whom he married in 1938; and nephews and nieces.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph H. and Elizabeth (Meuser) Rhomberg; two brothers; and a sister.
Memorials may be given to Madonna Towers Foundation, Loras College and Clarke College.
Margaret E. Furey Crahan
Margaret Elizabeth Furey Crahan, 80, of 1195 Arrowhead Drive, died Friday, Dec. 6, 2002, in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Arrangements are pending at Egelhof, Siegert & Casper Westview Funeral Home, 2659 Kennedy Road.
Frances E. Crippes
Frances E. Crippes, 92, of 1226 Lincoln Ave., died Thursday evening, Dec. 5, 2002, at Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque.
Leona L. Heiserman
MANCHESTER, Iowa - Leona Leta Heiserman, 86, of Manchester, died Saturday morning, Dec. 7, 2002, at Good Neighbor Home, Manchester.
John F. Johll Jr.
BEAVER DAM, Wis. - John F. "Freddy" Johll Jr., 39, of Beaver Dam, formerly of Cuba City, died Thursday, Dec. 5, 2002, at Beaver Dam Community Hospital.
Services will be at 7 p.m. Monday at Murray Community Funeral Home, Beaver Dam, where friends may call after 4 p.m. Monday.
Private family burial will be Tuesday in St. Michael's Cemetery , Beaver Dam.
Phyllis O'Brien
MONTFORT, Wis. - Phyllis O'Brien, 95, of Montfort, died Friday morning, Dec. 6, 2002, at Crestridge Assisted Living, Dodgeville.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Montfort United Methodist Church, with Pastor Thomas Ball officiating. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery , Montfort. Friends may call from 4 to 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Soman-Larson Funeral Home, Montfort, where there will be an Eastern Star Service at 7:30 p.m. Friends also may call after 10 a.m. Monday at the church.
She was born on Nov. 9, 1907, in La Crosse, daughter of Jasper and Aletha Lesta (David) Palmer. She married Henry J. O'Brien on March 25, 1937, in Montfort.
Surviving are two sons, John (Jane) O'Brien, of Montfort, and James (Claudia) O'Brien, of Fennimore; a daughter, Priscella (James) Laufenberg, of Verona; and five grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and her husband, Henry, on Nov. 1, 1988.
Donald D. Smith
Donald D. Smith, 70, of Hot Springs Village, Ark., formerly of Iowa City, Decorah, Dubuque, Oelwein and Clinton, Iowa, died Monday, Dec. 2, 2002, at St. Joseph's Hospital, Hot Springs, following a sudden illness.
Eugene Koster Eugene Koster, 77, of Heritage Manor, died Friday, Dec. 6, 2002, at Heritage Manor.
Betty L. Fisk
MONONA, Iowa - Betty LaJune Fisk, 71, of Monona, died Thursday, Dec. 5, 2002, at home, following a sudden illness.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Monona. Burial will be in the Monona City Cemetery.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Leonard Funeral Home, Monona.
Carroll H. Hamilton
MILES, Iowa - Carroll H. Hamilton, 81, of Miles, died Thursday, Dec. 5, 2002, at Jackson County Public Hospital, Maquoketa.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Miller-Law-Jones Funeral Home, Preston, where friends may call from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Burial will be in the Miles Cemetery.
Helen L. Bell
SHEBOYGAN FALLS, Wis. - Helen Lucille Bell, 94, formerly of N7358 Highway 32, Sheboygan Falls, died Thursday, Dec. 5, 2002, at Beach Healthcare Center of the Sheboygan Retirement Home.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Furlong Funeral Home, Shullsburg, with the Rev. Brenda Whitford officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery , Shullsburg. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
She was born on Oct. 26, 1908, in Parkston, S.D., daughter of Theodore and Mabel (Doering) True. She was raised in Darlington and graduated from Darlington High School in 1927.
She married Charles Harold Bell in September 1928, in Galena, Ill.; he died on Aug. 31, 2000.
She was a member of Saron United Church of Christ, Sheboygan Falls. She was a devoted and caring mother.
Surviving are a son, Derald (Jean) Bell, of Sheboygan; two daughters, Mary Bell (Joe Deden), of Lanesboro, Minn., and Dorothy (Michael) Liska, of Green Bay; 13 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and three brothers, Francis True, of Maquoketa, Iowa, Norman True, of Hanover, Ill., and Winfield True, of Galena.
She was preceded in death by a son, Charles Bell Jr.; a sister, Sadie Jerry; and two brothers, Warren and Roy True.
A Helen L. Bell Memorial Fund has been established.
Leona A. Sherman
WAUKON, Iowa - Leona A. Sherman, 90, of Waukon, died Thursday, Dec. 5, 2002, at Good Samaritan Center, Waukon, following a brief illness.
Dale B. Spiegler
WAUKON, Iowa - Dale B. Spiegler, 76, of Waukon, died of cancer Thursday, Dec. 5, 2002, at Veterans Memorial Hospital, Waukon.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at St. John's Lutheran Church, with burial in Oakland Cemetery , both in Waukon.
Friends may call from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Martin Funeral Home, Waukon.
Emma M. Hefel
Emma M. Hefel, 93, of Ennoble Manor Care Center, died Friday, Dec. 6, 2002, at Ennoble Manor.
