Obituaries

Pearl I. Standley, 99, of Fairfield, died Wednesday, May 28, at Parkview Care Center.Visitation will begin at 9:30 a.m. Monday, June 2, at First Baptist Church in Fairfield, with family present. A funeral service will follow at 11:00 a.m., with the Rev. Jim Wotherspoon and Adam Standley co-officiating. Burial will be at Hillsboro Cemetery.Memorials have been established for the First Baptist Church, and Parkview

Ralph Cox, aged 82, TEAM missionary to Japan since 1954 died May 27th in Takamatsu, Japan of cancer. Funeral services were held there on June 1st. His body, donated to Kagawa University Medical Center, will be cremated and buried at a later date half the ashes in Japan and half in the United States. A memorial service will be held at Salina Presbyterian Church in Salina during 11 a.m. worship June 8th.To see the

Ernestine McVey, 88, of Winfield, died Wednesday, May 28, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.There will be no visitation. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 30, at Honts Funeral Home in Winfield, with the Rev. Greg Carr officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Home Cemetery.A memorial has been established for the Winfield First Responders.She was born Dec. 26, 1919, in

Robert Merle Nelson, 76, formerly of Van Buren County, died Sunday, May 25, 2008, in Ocoee, Fla.      A memorial service will be held in Iowa at a later date.      Mr. Nelson was born March 26, 1932, in Stockport, the son of Merle Nelson and Roberta Johnston. He married Norma Ruth Brown in 1950, and they divorced in 1973. He married Imogene Boone in 1973. She died in 1987. He married Deannie McMahan in 1987.For

Pearl I. Standley, 99, of Fairfield, died Wednesday, May 28, 2008, at Parkview Care Center in Fairfield.      A funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at First Baptist Church in Fairfield, with the Rev. Jim Wotherspoon and Adam Standley co-officiating. Burial will be in Hillsboro Cemetery.      Family visitation will be from 9:30-11 a.m. Monday at the church.      Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church or the

DES MOINES - Wilbur Roy Quinn, 96, of Des Moines, died Monday, May 26, 2008, in Wesley Acres in Des Moines.      Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, May 30, in the Iles Funeral home - Westover Chapel in Des Moines, where the family will greet friends one hour prior to the service. Cremation rites will follow the service. A private burial of the cremated remains will take place in Glendale Cemetery in Des

Donovan Woerdeman, 70, of Oskaloosa, died Saturday, May 24, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Knoxville.Visitation began at 11 a.m. today, May 28, at Bates Funeral Chapel in Oskaloosa, with family present from 5 to 7 p.m. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, May 29, at the chapel, with the Rev. Thomas Spiegel officiating. Burial will be at Coal Creek Cemetery southwest of Oskaloosa, with

Velma Geraldine "Gerry" Peterson, 81, of Danville, formerly of Milan, Ill., died Monday, May 26, at the Danville Care Center.Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Thursday, May 29, at Danville United Methodist Church with family present from 10 a.m. until the time of the service. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Robert Patton officiating. A luncheon will be served at the church following the service.

Wendell Mohr, 82, of Bentonsport, died of cancer Sunday, May 25, 2008, in Des Moines.      A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at First Christian Church in Des Moines. A second memorial will be held later in Van Buren County. The body has been donated to Des Moines University.      Family visitation will be from 9:30-10 a.m. Saturday at the church.      In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the

Mary Louise Denning, 86, of Houghton, passed away at 10:20 p.m. Monday, May 26, 2008 at Pleasant Manor Care Center, after a three year battle with ALS, Lou Gehrig's Disease.Born Jan. 31, 1922, at Houghton, she was the daughter of John and Frances Pohlmeyer Fraise. On October 18, 1948 in San Diego, Calif., she married Alvis F. Denning.She is survived by her husband; a son, Gerald F. Denning and his wife Gerene of