Obituaries

MOUNT PLEASANT ? Lavina Barton, 74 of Lockridge, died Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008, at the Henry County Health Center.      Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 28, in the Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel in Mount Pleasant, with the Rev. Don Coffin officiating. Burial will be in the Lambirth Cemetery. Visitation will be from noon to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral chapel, where the family will receive

Ann Brock, 73, of Washington, died Monday, Aug. 25, 2008, in the United Presbyterian Home in Washington following a nine-year battle with cancer.      Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27, in the United Presbyterian Home in Washington with the Rev. Bob Wollenberg officiating. Visitation will begin at noon Tuesday in the Jones-Eden Funeral Home, where the family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m.

FAIRFIELD - Lucille Bernice Hining, 87, formerly of Fairfield, died Friday, Aug. 22, 2008, at Arbor Court in Mount Pleasant.      Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26, at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield with the Rev. Monte Knudsen officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Lawn Cemetery in Fairfield. Family visitation will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home. Memorials may be made to

John Franklin Frame, 89, of Zephyrhills, Fla., formerly of Ainsworth, died Saturday, Aug. 16, 2008, in Hernando Pasco Hospice in Dale City, Fla. from heart failure.      Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 25, in the Jones-Eden Funeral home in Washington with the Rev. Kitch Shatzer officiating. Interment will be in the Oregon Township Cemetery in Ainsworth. Visitation will begin at noon Sunday in the

Mary Patricia Heyvaert, 82, of Guthrie, Okla., died Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008, in Guthrie.      A funeral will be at 4 p.m. Saturday at Lighthouse Tabernacle in Guthrie. A graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Salina Cemetery in Salina.      Family visitation will be from 3-5 p.m. Tuesday at Raymond Funeral Home in Fairfield.      In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Lighthouse Tabernacle Church,

Kathryn Ellen Gugel, 76, of Washington, died Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008, in her home following a brief battle with cancer.      Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23 in the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington with the Rev. Herb Yoder and the Rev. Grant Nebel officiating. Burial will be it the Sugar Creek Mennonite Cemetery near Wayland. Visitation began at noon today in the funeral home, where the

John R. Davis, 21, of Mt. Pleasant, formerly of New London, died Tuesday, Aug. 19, at his home.Visitation will begin at noon Friday, Aug. 22, at Elliott Chapel in New London with family present from 6-7 p.m. There will be no formal services. The body has been cremated.A memorial has been established.He was born Sept. 7, 1986, in Burlington, the son of Bonny Butterfield Charleston and Gary Davis. He attended school

KALONA - Thomas L. Allen, 72, of Cedar Rapids, died Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008, in the Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids after a lingering illness.      Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, in the Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona with the Rev. Beth Miller officiating. The body has been cremated. A burial will be held at a later date in the Fairview Cemetery in Kinross. Visitation will begin at

SEYMOUR, Tenn. - Bonnie J. Porter, 73, of Seymour, died Monday, Aug. 18, 2008.      Funeral services will be at 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21, in the Atchley's Seymour Chapel with the Rev. Dallas Gibson officiating. Interment will follow in the Atchley's Seymour Memory Gardens. Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. today and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday in the Atchley Funeral Home in Seymour, where the family will receive

Blanche Morrell died peacefully at her home in Owatonna on August 16, 2008. She was born Blanche Alice Smith the daughter of Bert and Ruth (Bradley) Smith on a farm near Larkinburg, Kansas, in the same home where her father and older sister were born.      A Memorial Service is scheduled for 11 a.m. on Saturday, September 6, with an hour to greet the family prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, it was her wishes