Obituaries

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

Ada M. Hahn, 89, of Washington, died Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009, in the United Presbyterian Home in Washington following declining health.      Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, in the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington with the Rev. Linda Foor officiating. Burial will be in Elm Grove cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon Friday in the funeral home where the family will receive friends from 4 to 7

Lois Annamae Schoenfelder, 84, of Fairfield, formerly of Kennebec, S.D., died Monday, Jan. 12, 2009, in her residence following a brief illness.      Funeral services will be held in Reliance, S.D. at a later date with the Hickey-Wevick Funeral Home assisting with the arrangements. The Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington is assisting with local arrangements.      Mrs. Schoenfelder was born May 6, 1924 in

Gordon W. Stainbrook, 92, died Saturday, Jan. 3, at his home.He was born Feb. 27, 1916, the son of Irene and Guy Stainbrook in LaPorte.He served in the U.S. Navy, and worked as a foreman for North American Aviation in California before moving back to Iowa and farming the family farm in Hazelton. He taught and coached at Hazelton, Bussey, West Des Moines Valley High School and Des Moines Technical High School,

Amy Dawn Knowler, 42, of Ankeny, died Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009, in San Diego, Calif.      A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Ankeny Christian Disciple Church in Ankeny.      An open memorial has been established to the Amy and Darin Knowler family.      Arrangements are in the care of Coburn Funeral Home in Monroe.      Online condolences may be left for the family at www.coburnfuneralhomes.com.     

CHANDLER, Texas - Eleanor "Nona" Ridder-Whittenberg, 73, of Tyler, Texas, died Jan. 11, 2009, at Briar Cliff Health Center in Tyler, where she had lived since June 2008 after suffering a massive stroke.      Chandler Memorial Funeral Home in Chandler, Texas is in charge of the arrangements.      Mrs. Ridder-Whittenberg was born and raised in Watertown, S.D., the daughter of Fred and Mildred Marquardt. She married

N. L. "Jim" Stull, 87, formerly of Libertyville and Fairfield, died Monday, Jan. 12, 2009, at Crestridge Nursing Home in Maquoketa.      A service will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, with the Rev. Linda Renken officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Fairfield, with military rites by Iowa Army National Guard.      Open visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the