Obituaries

Helen Louise Josephson, 79, of West Burlington, formerly of Mt. Pleasant, died Wednesday, Aug. 20, at Arbor Court in Mt. Pleasant.A funeral service is at 1:30 p.m. today, Aug. 25, in Lunning Chapel, with the Rev. Charles Stevens officiating. Burial will be at Edwards Cemetery.Memorials have been established for Riverside Baptist Church and the American Diabetes Association.She was born April 10, 1929, in Monmouth,

Dorothy C. Erickson, 97 of Indianola, formerly of Winfield, died Thursday Aug. 21, at the Good Samaritan Care Center in Indianola.A funeral was held at 11 a.m. today, Aug. 25, at Honts Funeral Home, with the Rev. Nancy Bender officiating. Burial will follow at Winfield-Scott Township Cemetery. A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26, at the Indianola First United Methodist Church.A general

FAIRFIELD - Mary Patricia Heyvaert, 82, of Guthrie, died on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008, in Guthrie.      Funeral services were held Saturday, Aug. 23, at Lighthouse Tabernacle in Guthrie. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26, at the Salina Cemetery in Salina. Visitation will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Raymond Funeral Home in Fairfield, with the family present. Memorials may be made to

WELLMAN - LaFern Salome Yoder, 91, died Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008, following a long illness, at Parkview Manor in Wellman.      Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26, at the West Union Mennonite Church in rural Parnell, with the Rev. David Boshart and the Rev. Martha Yoder officiating. Burial will be prior to the service, at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the West Union Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 8

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