Obituaries

Mabel Erma Booth, 92, formerly of Fairfield, died Sunday, November 9, at New Hampton Care Center in New Hampton.Her body has been cremated. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield. A memorial service will follow at 7 p.m. Inurnment will be at Evergreen Cemetery at a later date.A memorial has been established for the Alzheimer's Foundationl; cards and

R. Dean Luers, 72, of rural Brighton, died Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008, on his farm from an accidental fall.      Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9, in the Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington with the Rev. Don Collings officiating. Interment will be in the Oak Ridge Cemetery in rural Brighton. Visitation will begin at noon Saturday in the funeral home where the family will receive friends from

Mildred Lucille Miller, 100, formerly of Fairfield, died Sunday, Nov. 9, at Parkview Home in Wayland.Open visitation will be held from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 11, at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield. She requested her casket to be closed.A funeral service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12, at Faith Christian Outreach Center in Mt. Pleasant, with the Rev. Gary Van Nyhuis officiating. Burial will

Pheuy K. Baccam, 48, of Mt. Pleasant, died Thursday, Nov. 6, at her home.Visitation will begin at noon today, Nov. 10, at Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel, with family present from 5 to 8 p.m. A funeral service will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11, at First Baptist Church, with the Rev. Regan Stoops officiating. Inurnment will be at a later date at Forest Home Cemetery.A memorial has been established for the

R. Dean Luers, 72, of rural Brighton died Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008, on his farm from an accidental fall.      A celebration of life service will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington, Iowa, with the Rev. Don Collings officiating. Interment will take place at Oak Ridge Cemetery in rural Brighton.      Visitation will begin at noon Saturday at the funeral home, where the family will be

Alvin Dean Graber, 91, of Newton, Kan., formerly of Washington, died Tuesday, Nov. 4, at Kansas Christian Home in Newton.Visitation will begin at noon Friday, Nov. 7, at Beatty Funeral Home in Washington, with family present at 5 p.m. and a sharing service at 7 p.m. A graveside service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, at Bethel Mennonite Cemetery, with Robert Hartzler officiating.A general memorial has

George L. Carruthers, 60, of West Burlington, died Tuesday, Nov. 4, at Great River Hospice House in West Burlington.Visitation will begin at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, at Lunning Chapel in Burlington, with family present from 4 to 7 p.m. A memorial funeral service will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, at the chapel, with the Rev. Dean Graber officiating. His body has been cremated. A private family inurnment will

Frances V. Young, 84, of Washington, died Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008, in the Washington County Hospital in Washington, following a lingering illness.      Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5, at the United Church of Crawfordsville in Crawfordsville, with the Rev. Nancy Love officiating. Burial will follow at the Crawfordsville Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Beatty Funeral

Donald E. Pencil, 78, of Washington, died Tuesday, Nov. 4, at McCreedy Home in Washington following a lengthy illness.Visitation will be held from noon to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, at Beatty Funeral Home in Washington with family present from 5 to 8 p.m. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 7, at the United Methodist Church in Washington, with Ilene Schnicker officiating. Burial will follow at Elm

Lawrence T. Brown, 85, of rural Batavia, died Monday morning, Nov. 3, 2008, at home.      A funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Richland United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Kim Gates officiating. Burial will be in Halferty Cemetery west of Richland.      Visitation began at 2 p.m. today at Gould Funeral Home in Richland, where the family will be present from 6-8 p.m.      A memorial to Richland United