Obituaries

Doris Dian Smith Lankford, 58, of Washington, died on Thursday, May 19, 2011, at Washington County Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at the Gould Funeral Home in Richland with Rev. Dean Elmore officiating. Visitation will be held 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. immediately preceding the service. Burial will be in Richland Friends Cemetery. Memorials for her grandchildren may be left ...

SHAWNEE, Kan. ? Gerald D. Humble, 83, of Shawnee, Kan., died Wednesday, May 18, 2011, in Shawnee Mission Medical Center.Mass of Christian Burial was held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 21, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Shawnee, Kan. Burial was in Resurrection Cemetery in Lenexa, Kan. Visitation was from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Amos Family Chapel in Shawnee, Kan., where a rosary was recited at 6 p.m. A ...

Esther M. Hirschy, 82, of Mt. Pleasant died on Wednesday, May 18, 2011, at the New London Nursing and Rehab Center. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, May 21, 2011 at the Trenton Missionary Church in Trenton with Rev. David Forrester officiating. Burial will be in the Green Mound Cemetery west of Trenton. Visitation will begin on Friday, May 20 at 2:30 p.m. Visitation with the family will be from 5 to 8 ...

Billie Jean Griggs, 81, died on Sunday, May 15, 2011 at the Cleveland Clinic Weston in Weston, Florida, following an extended illness.Funeral services will be held on Sunday May 22, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. at the Stacy-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Columbus Junction. Burial will be in Columbus City Cemetery. Visitation will be at the Stacy-Lewis funeral home on Saturday, May 21, from 3:00 p.m. to ...

Gordon Dean Schlabaugh, 76, died on Tuesday May 17, 2011 at Parkview Manor in WellmanCelebration of Life services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 20, 2011, at the West Union Mennonite Church, rural Parnell, with Pastors Martha Yoder and Ray Reimer officiating. Burial will be in the West Union Mennonite Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2-8 p.m. on Thursday at the Powell Funeral Home in Wellman. Visitatio...

Aileen Shull, 90, of Washington, Iowa died Monday, May 16, 2011, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City following a brief illness.Celebration of Life services will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 23, 2011, at the Jones Eden Funeral Home in Washington with Pastor Darryl Carr officiating. Visitation will begin 11:00 a.m. Sunday, May 22, 2011, at the Jones Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 3:00 p.m. ...

Lucile A. Waldschmidt, 83, of Riverside, passed away on Friday, May 13, 2011 at the Briarwood Health Care Center in Iowa City with her daughters by her side.Lucile?s Mass of the Resurrection will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, May 16, 2011, at St. Mary?s Catholic Church in Riverside. Father Rich Adam will officiate. Burial will be at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Casket bearers will be Johnny Gilroy, Rick Reiland, ...

Duane Van Winkle, 87, of Newport, Tenn., died Saturday, May 14, 2011 at his home. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Friday, May 20, 2011 at the All Faiths Mausoleum in Sea Pines Memorial Gardens, Edgewater Tenn., with Chaplin Robert Mills, Sr. of the 82 Airborne Greater Daytona, Tenn. Chapter, officiating. Military honors will be rendered by members of the American Legion Post No. 285 of Edgewater. Mr. Van ...

Frances Maurine Larsen, 93, of Washington died Tuesday, May 17, 2011, at the United Presbyterian Home in Washington.Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 21, 2011, at the United Presbyterian Church with Rev, Bob Wollenberg officiating. Visitation will begin at noon Friday, May 20, 2011 at the Jones Eden Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Interment will ...

Edwin DeWitt, 93, of Stockport, died at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, March 17, 2009, at Van Buren Good Samaritan Center in Keosauqua.A Masonic service open to the public will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, with Virgil Morris presiding. Burial, with military rites by American Legion Elvin E. Cecil Post No. 147 of Stockport, will be in Spencer Cemetery, northeast of Stockport.Open visitation