Obituaries

Doris Ruth Whitaker, 85, rural Hillsboro, died Sunday, Sept. 21, at Van Buren County Hospital in Keosauqua after a lengthy illness.Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua with family present from 4-5 p.m. and 6:30-8 p.m. The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24, at Hillsboro Baptist Church with the Rev. Duane LaCock officiating. Burial will be in

The Rev. James Edwards, 77, Winfield, died Saturday, Sept. 20, at his home.Visitation began at noon today, Sept. 22, at Honts Funeral Home in Winfield, with family present from 5 to 7 p.m. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, at the United Presbyterian Church in Washington, with the Revs. Robert Wollenberg and Robert Johnson II officiating. Burial will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24, at

Ruth Wilma Ahrens, 95, of Washington, died Sunday Sept. 21, 2008, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics following a brief decline in health.      Celebration of life services will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Jones Eden Funeral Home in Washington, with the Rev. Julie Poulsen officiating. Visitation will begin noon Tuesday at the Jones Eden Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 5 to 7

Keith M. Schreiner, 83, formerly of Ollie, died Friday, Sept. 19, 2008, at home in Grand Junction, Colo.      A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Ollie Cemetery in Ollie, with the Rev. Dave Nolte officiating.      Family visitation will be from 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday at Gould Funeral Home in Richland.      Memorials to Hospice and Palliative Care of Western Colorado may be left at the funeral home or

WASHINGTON - Velma Esther (Yeoman) Cline, 83, of Washington died Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008, at the Washington Care Center following a lengthy illness.      Celebration of life services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24, at the Assembly of God Church in Washington with the Rev. Jim Cluney officiating. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Assembly of God Church where the family will receive

Charles William Twinam, 79, of Washington and formerly of Crawfordsville, died Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City following a two-year battle with cancer.      Celebration of life services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24, at the United Presbyterian Church in Washington, with the Rev. Bob Wollenberg and the Rev. Kitch Shatzer officiating. Visitation will

Velma Esther Yeoman Cline, 83, of Washington, Iowa, died Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008, at Washington Care Center following a lengthy illness.      A celebration of life service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Assembly of God Church in Washington, with the Rev. Jim Cluney officiating. Interment will take place at Woodlawn Cemetery in Washington, Iowa.      Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at the church, where the

Paul A. Ferrel, 69, of Bettendorf, died Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008, at the Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House in Bettendorf.      A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Asbury United Methodist Church in Bettendorf.      No visitation is planned.      Memorials may be made to Genesis Hospice, American Cancer Society for Lymphoma research or Scott County Humane Society.      Runge Mortuary of Davenport is in

Doris Ruth Whitaker, 85, of rural Hillsboro, died at 10:25 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008, at Van Buren County Hospital in Keosauqua after a lengthy illness.      A funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Hillsboro Baptist Church, with the Rev. Duane LaCock officiating. Burial will be in Hillsboro Cemetery.      Open visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, where the family will

Jack Peebler, 86, of Red Bluff, Calif., formerly of Libertyville, died Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008, at home in Red Bluff after a brief battle with lung cancer.      A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Sept. 27 at the Veteran's Hall in Colfax, Calif. A graveside service will be held at a later date at Fell Cemetery in Libertyville. According to Mr. Peebler's wishes, his body has been cremated.      A memorial has been