Obituaries

George Alva Pinkerton, 73, of Red Lodge, Mont., died Monday, Dec. 29, 2008, at home.      A memorial service and burial will take place in Greenfield in the spring. Cremation has taken place.      Memorials may be sent to Vantown Community Church, 3504 E. Howell Road, Webberville, MI 48892. Condolences may be sent to the family at gapmmp@hotmail.com.      Smith-Olcott Funeral Chapel of Red Lodge, Mont., assisted

COLUMBUS JUNCTION - Ramiro Mendez III, 53, of Coralville, died Jan. 1, 2009, at his daughter's home in Conesville.      Funeral services were at 10:30 a.m. today at the Stacy-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Columbus Junction with the Rev. Concepcion Rivera officiating. Burial was in the Conesville Cemetery. A general memorial fund has been established.      Mr. Mendez was born Dec. 10, 1955, in

KALONA - George N. Yoder, 94, of Wellman, died Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009, in Mercy Hospital in Iowa City following a short illness.      Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 7, at the West Union Mennonite Church in rural Parnell. Burial will be in the Upper Deer Creek Cemetery in rural Wellman. Visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona. Memorials may be made to

COLUMBUS JUNCTION - James "Bill" William Sands, 88, of Columbus Junction, died Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.      Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan 10, 2009, at the Columbus Junction United Methodist Church with the Rev. Al Coffin officiating. Burial will take place at the Columbus City Cemetery with full military rites provided by the

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - Edith Lois Canott, 83, formerly of Crawfordsville, died Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008, in West Palm Beach, Fla., after a long battle with cancer.      Funeral services will be held Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009, at Fred Hunter's Funeral Home in Hollywood, Fla., and at a later date in Washington.      Mrs. Canott was born Aug. 8, 1925, in Bloomington, Ind., the daughter of Elmer and Fern (Deckard) Hays. She

Oda Reed, 82, of Fairfield and formerly of Ollie, died at home Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009.      A rosary followed by a Scripture service will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday at St. Mary Catholic Church, with the Rev. Stephen Page officiating. Visitation will follow the Scripture service.      A funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the church, with the Rev. Stephen Page and the Rev. Richard Adam officiating. Interment will be

KALONA - Charles "Chuck" Leaton, 63, of Kalona, died Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009, in the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City of an apparent heart attack.      No funeral is scheduled. A time of sharing for friends and relatives will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 7, in the Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona. The body will be cremated following the visitation. A general memorial fund has been

Daniel Shane Bagby, 52, of Glenwood, died after a short illness Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009, at Creighton Medical Center in Omaha, Neb.      A funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield, with the Rev. Dave Peterson officiating. Burial will be in Maple Hill Cemetery in Birmingham.      Family visitation will be from 12:30-1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.      The family has

FAIRFIELD - Oda Reed, 82, of Fairfield, formerly of Ollie, died Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009, in her home.      Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 7, in he St. Mary Catholic Church in Fairfield with the Rev. Stephen C. Page and the Rev. Richard Adam officiating. Interment will be at 1:45 p.m. Wednesday in the Ss. Peter and Paul Cemetery in Clear Creek. A rosary will be given at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the

Dean R. Manchester, 76, of rural Douds, died at 4:22 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009, at Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield as the result of a stroke.      A funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, with the Rev. Keevin Koch officiating. Burial will be in Fell Cemetery in rural Libertyville.      Open visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, where the family