Obituaries

Lester Nelson McGohan, 98, of Mt. Pleasant, died Monday, June 30, 2008, at Park Place Long Term Care Unit.Visitation will begin at noon Wednesday, July 2, 2008, at the Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel, where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 3, at First United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Herb Shafer officiating. A private burial will

NORTH ENGLISH - Marilyn Darlene Ruegsegger Kirkpatrick, 82, of Manchester, died Tuesday, July 1, 2008, in the Good Neighbor Home in Manchester.      Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 5 in the Powell Funeral Home and Cremation Service in North English with the Rev. Kathleen Moore officiating. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service Saturday in the funeral home. A lunch will

COLUMBUS JUNCTION - Mary Etta Wilson, 89, of Morning Sun, died Wednesday, July 2, 2008, in the Morning Sun Care Center in Morning Sun.      Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, July 7, in the Columbus City Cemetery. There will be no visitation. The Stacy-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Columbus Junction is in charge of the arrangements.      Miss Wilson was born Aug. 29, 1918, in Columbus

MT. PLEASANT - Lester Nelson McGohan, 98, of Mt. Pleasant, died Monday, June 30, 2008, in Park Place Long Term Care Unit.      Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. today in the First United Methodist church with the Rev. Herb Shafer officiating. A private burial was held prior to the service. Memorials may be made to the Great River Hospice of Hillcrest Family Services.      Mr. McGohan was born March 6, 1910, in

KEOTA - Velva L. Short, 88, of Alexandria, Va., formerly of Keota, died Monday, June 30, 2008, in Mount Vernon Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Alexandria following a brief illness.

LIVINGSTON, Texas - Myra "Joan" McCreedy Watkins, 72, of Livingston, died Thursdday, June 5, 2008 in Livingston.      Her body was donated for ALS research, after which it was cremated. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 5 in the Ainsworth Community Church. The ashes will later be buried in Oregon Township Cemetery in Ainsworth. Memorials may be made to the Methodist Neurological Institute,

RIVERSIDE - Dale Gerot, 59, of Riverside, died Monday, June 30, 2008, in the University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City following an aneurysm.      Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 3 in the Trinity United Methodist Church in Riverside with the Rev. Betsy Neipert officiating. Burial will be at a later date. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. today in the Sorden-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation

COLUMBUS JUNCTION - Josephine "Jo" Hammond, 98, of Columbus Junction, died Sunday, June 29, 2008, in the Colonial Manor Care Center in Columbus Junction.      Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 3, in the Stacy-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Columbus Junction with the Rev. Scott Smith of the United Methodist church of Wapello officiating. Burial will be in Columbus City Cemetery.

SIGOURNEY - Evelyn Weber, 91, of Sigourney, died Tuesday, July 1, 2008, in the Keokuk County Health Center in Sigourney.      Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 5, in the St. Mary Catholic Church in Sigourney. Burial will be in Ss. Peter and Paul Cemetery, Clear Creek. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday in the church with a prayer service at 6 p.m. Holm Funeral Home in Sigourney is in charge

Esther T. Lennox, 82, of rural Douds, died at 2:07 a.m. Sunday, June 30, 2008, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.      A funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Douds, with the Rev. Phil Campbell officiating. Burial will be in Forest Cemetery, Oskaloosa.      Open visitation begins at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, where family will be present from 7-8 p.m.      M