Obituaries

Hazel Iona Burden, 99, of Mt. Pleasant, died Saturday, May 24, at Arbor Court.Visitation will be held from noon to 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 27, at Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel, with family present. A graveside service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 28, at Forest Home Cemetery with the Rev. John Zimmerman officiating.A memorial has been established for Pleasant View Mennonite Church. Online condolences may be

Thomas F. Finley Sr., 84, of Burlington, died Friday, May 23, at Prairie Ridge Care and Rehabilitation Center in Mediapolis.Visitation will begin at noon Wednesday, May 28, at Lunning Chapel in Burlington, with a Rosary service at 5 p.m. and family present following the service until 7 p.m. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 29, at the Chapel, with the Rev. Patrick Hilgendorf officiating.

KALONA - Lydia Swantz, 91, of Kalona, died Friday, May 23, 2008, in her home following a brief illness.      Funeral services were at 1 p.m. today in the John Harvey Swantz residence today with Vernon Yoder officiating. Burial was in South Gingerich cemetery.      Mrs. Swantz was born Feb. 21, 1917, in Exeland, Wis., the daughter of Harvey and Anna (Miller) Bender. She married Lester Swantz in Kalona on Dec. 14,

Marshall F. Thayer, 66, of Mt. Pleasant, passed away Saturday, May 17, in Iowa City, after a brief battle following a kidney failure.Marshall was born Jan. 27, 1942, in Tuscumbia, Mo., to F. Paul and Pauline M. Thayer. The Thayers moved to Mt. Pleasant in 1952, where Marshall spent his formative years. Marshall is survived by his sister, Paulette Filz of Portland, Oregon and his three children, Mariella Thayer, Paul

KEOTA - Elmer John Sieren, 89, of Keota, died Sunday, May 25, 2008, in Maplewood Manor in Keota following a short illness.      Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 28, in the Holy Trinity Parish, St. Mary's Church in Keota with the Rev. Charles Fladung officiating. Burial will be in St. Elizabeth Cemetery in Harper. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today with a Christian Wake Service at 7 p.m. in

Douglas "Doug' Edward Heaston, 52, of Washington, died Sunday, May 25, 2008, in the Washington County Hospital following a sudden illness.      Visitation will begin at noon Wednesday, May 28 in the Jones-Eden Funeral home in Washington, where the family will receive friends from 4 to 8 p.m. Visitation will continue at the Million-Taylor-Patton Funeral home in Moberly, Mo., from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday. A memorial fund

MUSCATINE - Lorene Lange, 83, of Muscatine, died Sunday, May 25, 2008, at Valley View Manor.      Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 28, in the Geo. M. Wittich-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Muscatine with Don Cook and Richard Paris officiating. Burial will be in Grandview Cemetery. Following the interment, a time of food and fellowship will be held in the First Baptist Church.

Isabel M. Bradfield, 88, of Packwood, died Saturday morning, May 24, 2008, at Parkview Care Center in Fairfield.      A funeral was held this morning at New Life Community Church in Fairfield, with the Rev. Jim McGaffey officiating. Interment was in Memorial Lawn Cemetery in Fairfield.      Memorials may be made to New Life Community Church.      Condolences may be sent to the family at

Mavern L. Swaim, 90, of Batavia, died Wednesday, May 21, 2008, at Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield.      A funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Kremer Funeral Chapel in Batavia, with the Rev. Keevin Koch officiating. Interment will be in Batavia Cemetery.      Open visitation will be from 9-11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home with the family present.      A memorial fund has been established.      Mrs.

Larry L. Peebler, 69, of Batavia, died Wednesday, May 21, 2008, at Hospice House in Ottumwa.      A funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Kremer Funeral Chapel in Batavia, with the Rev. Jack Jackson officiating. Cremation will follow, with inurnment in Batavia Cemetery at a later date.      Open visitation began at noon today at the chapel, with Masonic services at 7 p.m. and the family present following the service