Obituaries

Edwin C. Emerson, 92, died Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009, at Union Park Health Services in Des Moines.      A service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Hamilton Funeral Home in Des Moines. Burial will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in Ottumwa Cemetery.      Open visitation is from 5-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.      Memorials may be made to Emerson Memorial for Archives, Area 24 of Alcoholics Anonymous, care of Hamilton

Patrick Connor Morton, age 13, of Fairfield, IA, died Friday, January 16, 2009 at his home.      Memorial services will be held 10:30 AM, Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at the Prairie View United Methodist Church west of Richland with Rev. Dave Nolte officiating. Burial of cremains will be at a later date.      The family requests memorials be made in lieu of flowers to Camp Courageous. Cards and memorials may be sent

Mary E. Nixon, 89, of Cantril, died at 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16, 2009, at Van Buren County Hospital in Keosauqua.      A service will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, with the Rev. Jerry Caughron officiating. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery in Cantril.      Open visitation began at 2 p.m. today at the funeral home, where family will be present from 4-5 p.m.      Memorials to

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tatum Ashcraft, 4, of Springfield, died Friday, Jan. 16, 2009, in the St. Louis Children's Hospital in St. Louis, Mo.      Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday Jan. 21, in the Klingner-Cope Family Funeral Home in Springfield with the Rev. Mike Mendenhall officiating. Burial will follow in White Chapel Memorial Gardens. Memorials may be made to the family in care of the funeral home.  

KEOTA - Myrle M. Sondag, 89, of Iowa City, formerly of Keota, died Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, following a brief illness.      Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18, at the Powell Funeral Home in Keota with the Rev. Dennis Hopes officiating. Burial was at Bethel Cemetery in rural Sigourney. A memorial fund has been established for the American Heart Association.      Mrs.

Doris Jean Peiffer, 77, of Fairfield, died Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009, at Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield.      A funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield, with the Rev. Stephen Page officiating. Interment will be in Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington, Iowa.      Visitation with the family will be from 2-4 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.      Memorials may be made to Polishville

LONE TREE - Vera Jean Gumtow, 84, of Iowa City, formerly of Lone Tree, died Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009, in Windmill Manor in Coralville.      Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, in the Sorden-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Lone Tree. Burial will be in Lone Tree Cemetery. Following the interment a time of food and fellowship will be held in the Lone Tree American legion. Visitation

FAIRFIELD - Doris J. Peiffer, 77, of Fairfield, died Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009, in Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield.      Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21, in the Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield with the Rev. Stephen Page officiating. Burial will be in elm Grove Cemetery in Washington. Visitation with the family will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home. Memorials may be made

Pauline B. Garrett, 89, of Torrance, Calif., died Monday, Jan. 12, in Torrance.A graveside service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 19, at Winfield-Scott-Township Cemetery, with the Rev. Nancy Bender officiating.Honts Funeral Home in Winfield is in charge of the arrangements.She was born Aug. 9, 1919, the daughter of Abraham and Lucy Thomson Schwartz. She married Merle Garrett.For more, see our Jan. 16

KEOTA - Marjorie M. Glider, 90, of Keota, formerly of Wellman, died Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009, at Maplewood Manor in Keota following a brief illness.      Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, at the Powell Funeral Home in Keota with the Rev. Dennis Hopes officiating. Burial will be at Wellman Cemetery in Wellman. Visitation will be from noon until the time of the services Saturday at the funeral