Celebration of life services for 71 year old Eric Thirtle of Kalona are Friday, August 6  at 10:30am at the Kalona Mennonite Church.  Burial will be in the East Union Cemetery in rural Kalona.  Visitation is Thursday at 10 a.m. the Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona, with family present from 1-4 and 6-8pm.  Memorials may be given to the National Kidney Foundation or Kalona 1st Responders.