Obituaries

WELLMAN ? Marvin Dale Slaubaugh, 74, of rural Wellman, died Friday, Sept. 4, 2009, at his home.    Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, at the West Union Methodist Church in rural Parnell with the Rev. Martha Yoder officiating.  Burial will be at West Union Mennonite Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 1 to 8 p.m. today at Powell Funeral Home in Wellman.  Memorials may be directed to District 3

FAIRFIELD ? Minnie Lucile Winslow, 89, of Fairfield, died Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009, in Washington County Hospital and Clinics in Washington.    Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2, at Memorial Lawn Cemetery in Fairfield with the Rev. Dave Peterson officiating.  Open visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield.  Memorials may be directed to Paws for

CARSON CITY, Nev. ? Omer E. Flanders, 92, of Carson City, Nev., died Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009, in Nevada.    There will be no funeral service.  The body was cremated, and a memorial service will be held locally at a later date.    Mr. Flanders was born Feb. 6, 1917, in Seventy-Six Township, Washington County, the son of William and Clara (Greiner) Flanders.  He married Irma Waechter on Aug. 4, 1948, at Ss. Peter and

Ruben J. Vasquez, 30, of Washington, died Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, at his home.    Funeral services will be at 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 31, at the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington with the Rev. Linda Hendricks officiating.  Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.  A memorial fund has been established for his children.    Mr. Vasquez was born March 19, 1979, in Chicago, Ill., the son of Ruben and

KALONA ? John L. Ropp, 87, of Kalona, died Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009, in the Pleasantview Home in Kalona.    Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 30, at the Fairview Conservative Mennonite Church in rural Kalona with the Rev. John Hershberger, the Rev. David L. Yoder, and the Rev. Don Swartzendruber officiating.  Burial will be at a later date in the Carlsbad Cemetery in Carlsbad, N.M.  Visitation will be

COLUMBUS JUNCTION ? Rebecca Irene ?Becky? Lukavsky, 57, of Columbus Junction, died Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009, in Midwest Medical Center in Galena, Ill.    Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at the Columbus Junction United Methodist Church with the Rev. Al Coffin officiating.  There will be no visitation.  The body has been cremated.  Inurnment will be in Indian Creek Cemetery with Ramona Wink

Norma Fern Knight, 81, of Washington, died Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009, in the Washington Care Center in Washington, following an extended illness.    Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at the Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington.  Burial will be at Valley Cemetery in rural Washington County.  Visitation will begin at noon Friday at the Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington where the family will

OCONOMOWOC, Wis. ? Michael Heim, 51, of Elgin, Minn., formerly of Oconomowoc, Wis., died Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009.    Funeral services were held Sunday, Aug. 16, at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Rochester, Minn.  Pagenkopf Funeral Home in Oconomowoc, Wis., handled the arrangements.For the full obituary, see the Aug. 25 edition of The Washington Evening Journal

KEOTA ? Lyle Wayne Olson, 86, of Keota, died Monday, Aug. 24, 2009, in the VA Medical Center in Iowa City, following a sudden illness.    Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 28, at the United Church of Faith in Keota.  Burial with military rites will be at 4 p.m. Friday in the Roland Cemetery in Roland.  Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. today at the Powell Funeral Home and Cremation Service in

RICHLAND ? Edith Marie Fink, 90, formerly of Packwood, died Monday, Aug. 24, 2009, in the Jefferson County Health Center in Fairfield.    Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 28, at the Packwood Christian Church in Packwood with the Rev. Harlan Van Voorst officiating.  Burial will be in the Keota Cemetery.  Visitation will begin at 3 p.m. Thursday at Gould Funeral Home in Richland where the family will