Obituaries

Harold W. Polson, 68, of Mount Pleasant, died Monday evening, March 24, 2008, at Henry County Health Center in Mount Pleasant.      A graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Pleasant Home Cemetery in Worthington, Mo.      Family visitation will be from 9-10 a.m. Thursday at Murphy Funeral Home in Mount Pleasant.      A memorial has been established to the family, and memorials may be left at the funeral

RICHLAND - Marland Mearl Mathias, 60, of Richland, died Tuesday, March 25, 2008, in his home.Funeral services will be at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 5, in the Woolson Friends Church, near Richland, with the Rev. Harlan Van Voorst officiating. Visitation with the family will begin at 11:30 a.m. immediately before the service. A memorial fund has been established. Gould Funeral Home in Richland is handling the

KALONA - Lois M. Miller, 81, of Kalona, died Wednesday, March 26, 2008, in the Pleasantview Home in Kalona following a long illness.Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, March 31, in the Wellman Mennonite Church in Wellman with the Rev. Marvin Hostetler and the Rev. David Yoder officiating. Burial will be held prior to the service at 9:30 a.m. Monday in the Wellman Mennonite Cemetery. Visitation will be

DES MOINES - Clysta Ann Richard, 77, of Des Moines, died Sunday, March 23, 2008, in her home.      A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 29, in the Des Moines Mennonite Church. The family will greet friends after the service. The body was donated to the University of Iowa for medical research. Memorials may be made to the Des Moines Mennonite Church, Wesley Acres Good Samaritan Fund or the

LONE TREE - Ruth Ann Maley, 54, Logansport, Ind., died Saturday, March 22, 2008, at Memorial Hospital in Indiana.      Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 27, in the Trinity Lutheran Church in Logansport, Ind., with the Rev. Dwayne Daehler officiating. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in Kroeger Funeral Home and at the church from 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday. A second visitation will be

Henry "Ham" Jackson Hamilton, 82, of Washington, Iowa, died Tuesday, March 25, 2008, at Washington County Hospital in Washington following a brief illness.      A celebration of life service will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington, with the Rev. Darryl Carr officiating. Interment, with military honors conducted by Henry County Honor Guard, will take place at Forest Cemetery in Mount

Ellen H. Johnson, 97, Washington, died Saturday, March 22, 2008, in the Washington County Hospital and Clinics in Washington.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 26, in Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Audubon. Burial will be in the Arlington Heights Cemetery in Audubon. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Wednesday in the church. A memorial service will also be held at 3 p.m. Thursday,

Henry "Ham" Jackson Hamilton, 82, of Washington, died Tuesday, March 25, 2008, in the Washington County Hospital following a brief illness.      Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, march 27, in the Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington with the Rev. Darryl Carr officiating. Visitation will begin at noon Wednesday in the funeral home, where the family will receive friends from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Interment

Doris Viola Burns-Steenblock, 62, of Mason City, died Thursday, March 20, at the Muse-Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City.Visitation will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 27, 2008, at Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel, 126 3rd Street NE, Mason City. A funeral service will be held at 2:30 p.m., with Reverend Craig Pinley of the First Covenant Church in Mason City officiating. Burial will be in the

WEST LIBERTY - Julia Ann Weeks, 18, of Wellman, died Thursday, March 20, 2008, near Wellman, following a car accident.      Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 25, in the Henderson-Barker Funeral home in West Liberty. Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home. A memorial fund has been established.      Miss Weeks was born Aug. 14, 1989 in Muscatine, the daughter of Mark