Obituaries

Alva Gene Eshelman, 76, of Lockridge, died Tuesday morning, Aug. 12, 2008, at Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield.      A funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at New Sweden Methodist Church north of Lockridge, with the Rev. Diane Brokken officiating. Burial will be in Hope Lutheran Cemetery near Germanville.      Family visitation will be from 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday at Raymond Funeral Home in Fairfield.      Memori

FAIRFIELD - Alva Gene Eshelman, 76, of Lockridge, died Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008, in the Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield.      Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15, in the New Sweden Methodist Church north of Lockridge with the Rev. Diane Brokken officiating. Burial will be in Hope Lutheran Cemetery near Germanville. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday in the Raymond

Ellen Marie Achen, 82, of Washington, died Sunday, Aug. 10, at Halcyon House in Washington following declining health.Visitation will begin at noon Wednesday, Aug. 13, at Beatty Funeral Home in Washington, with family present from 5 to 8 p.m. and a prayer service at 7:30 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, at St. James Catholic Church, with the Rev. Fr. Paul Appel officiating.

Juanita "Bo" Phillips, 83, of New London, died Sunday, Aug. 12, at the Henry County Health Center in Mt. Pleasant.Visitation will begin at noon Thursday, Aug. 14, at the Elliott Chapel in New London with family present from 6-8 p.m. The body has been cremated. The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 15, at the Chapel with the Rev. Doss Russell officiating. Burial will be in Burge Cemetery in New

Wray W. Woolums, 80, of rural Keosauqua, died at 8:22 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008, in the Van Buren County Hospital emergency room in Keosauqua.      A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, with the Rev. Elsa Lawry officiating. Mr. Woolums' body was donated to the University of Iowa College of Medicine.      Family visitation will be from 10-11 a.m. Friday at the funeral

John David Cornish, 75, died Sunday, Aug. 10, in Tavares, Fla.Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15, at Snell-Zornig Funeral Home in Clinton. A memorial service will be held at at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16. Burial will be at Clinton Lawn Cemetery in Clinton.A memorial has been established for Iowa Wesleyan College. Arrangements are by Harden/Pauli Funeral Home in Eustis, Fla. and Snell-Zornig

Betty L. Roth, 78, of Washington, died Saturday, Aug. 9, at her home.Visitation began at noon today, Aug. 12, at Bethel Mennonite Church, with family present from 6 to 8 p.m. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13, at the church, with the Rev. Duane Roth officiating. Burial will be at Bethel Cemetery.Memorials have been established for the Bethel Mennonite Church and the Washington Community Y.

Ellen Marie Achen, 82, of Washington, died Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008, in Halcyon House in Washington following declining health.      Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, in the St. James Catholic Church with the Rev. Paul Appel officiating. Burial will be in the St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Wacoma. Visitation will begin at noon Wednesday in the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington where the family

Virginia Ruth Atkinson, 84, of Solon Nursing Care center in Solon, formerly of Cedar Rapids and Washington, died Sunday, Aug. 10, 2008, in Mercy Hospital in Iowa City following a brief illness.      Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 14 in the Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington with the Rev. Bob Voels officiating. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Thursday in the funeral home, where the family

RIVERSIDE - Margaret Ann Ware, 84, of Charlotte, N.C., formerly of Riverside, died Monday, Aug. 11, 2008, in her daughter's home following an extended illness.      Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, in the St. Mary's Catholic Church in Riverside with the Rev. Rich Adam officiating. Burial will be in the St. Peter's Cemetery in Cosgrove. Following the committal, a time of food and fellowship