Obituaries

LONE TREE - Bruce Burton Keeler, 77, of Brighton, died Friday, June 6, 2008, in his home in Brighton.      Funeral services are at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 11, in the Sorden-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Lone Tree with Loren Yoder officiating. Burial will be in Lone Tree Cemetery. Following the committal service at the cemetery, a time of food and fellowship will be held in the Lone tree

DAVENPORT - Alfred E. "Al" Conner, 76, of Davenport, died Tuesday, June 3, 2008, in Genesis Medical Center West Campus in Davenport following a five-month battle with pneumonia.      Funeral services were at 10 a.m. today in St. Mary's Catholic Church in Davenport. Burial was in National Cemetery, Rock Island Arsenal with graveside military rites conducted by American Legion Post No. 26. Memorials may be made to the

COLUMBUS JUNCTION - Marian "Jean' Galitz, 83, of Columbus Junction, died Thursday, June 5, 2008, in Colonial Manor in Columbus Junction.      Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 10, in the Stacy-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Columbus Junction with a luncheon to be held in the Columbus City United Methodist City Church following the service. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m.

Wilma Ivorine (Oxley) Bannister, 89, of Washington, died Saturday, June 7, 2008, in the Washington County Hospital following a brief decline in health.      Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 11, in the United Presbyterian Church in Washington with the Rev. Kitch Shatzer and the Rev. Bob Wollenberg officiating. Visitation will begin at noon Tuesday in the Jones-Eden Funeral Home where the family

Tommy Hartnell, 93, of Richland, died early Wednesday, June 4, 2008, at home.      A memorial service will be at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Gould Funeral Home in Richland, with the Rev. Carl Ratcliff officiating. Mr. Hartnell was buried in Friends Cemetery following a private graveside service.      Family visitation will follow Wednesday's memorial service.      Memorials have been established for the Richland

Opal June Klicker, 82, of Mt. Pleasant, died Wednesday, June 4, 2008, at Pleasant Manor Care Center.Visitation will begin at noon Friday, June 6, at Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel, with family present from 5 to 7 p.m. and at 10 a.m. Saturday. A funeral service will follow at 11 a.m., with the Rev. Jim Hughes officiating. Burial will be at Troy Cemetery.Memorials have been established for the National Multiple

Elmer M. Adam, 84, of Fairfield, died this morning, Monday, June 9, 2008, at home.      A funeral mass will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Mary Catholic Church in Fairfield, with the Rev. Stephen Page officiating. Interment will be at Evergreen Cemetery in Fairfield with military honors.      Open visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday at Raymond Funeral Home and from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at St. Mary

Richard W. Walker, 72, of Batavia, died Tuesday, June 3, 2008, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines.      A service will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Batavia United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Bob Dvorak officiating. Interment will be in Batavia Cemetery.      Open visitation will begin at 11 a.m. Sunday at Kremer Funeral Chapel in Batavia, with a Masonic service at 7 p.m. and family visitation until 8:30

Ruth E. (Danielson) Schoner age 81, died Wednesday Jan. 23, 2008 at the East Florida Hospital in Orlando, FL.      As by her wishes, the body was cremated and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery at 2:00 PM, Saturday, June 7, 2008 with Rev. Dr. Richard Watllarab officiating.      Ruth E. Danielson Schoner was born in Fairfield, IA on January 10, 1927 to the late Frank and Martha Danielson. Ruth was united in

William B. Dubois, 95, formerly of Washington, Iowa, died at 8:50 a.m. Friday, May 30, 2008, at Sunrise Terrace Nursing Home in Winfield.      A funeral will be held at a later date. The body has been cremated.      Arrangements are in the care of Gould Funeral Home of Brighton.      Mr. Dubois was born Nov. 19, 1912, in Fairfield, the son of William Marcy and Bess Brawner Dubois. He married Charlotte N. Howell