Obituaries

Violet M. (Blick) Shalla, 87, of Washington, died Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008, in the Washington County Hospital following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, in the Jones-Eden Funeral home in Washington with the Rev. Kelly Allard officiating. Visitation will begin at noon Friday in the funeral home where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Interment will be

Tobi Lynn Lear, 38, of Bonaparte, died Thursday, Feb. 14, at Van Buren County Hospital in Keosauqua.Her body has been cremated. A service was held Sunday, Feb. 17, at Bonaparte Baptist Church, with the Rev. Mark Caston officiating. Burial will be at a later date in Kansas.A memorial has been established in her memory.She was born Dec. 18, 1969, in Mt Pleasant, the daughter of Mike and Judy Derrick Lear.She is

Frances Marie Magdefrau, 73, of Washington, died Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008, in Mercy Hospital in Iowa City following a short illness      Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, in the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington with the Rev. Harold Gruber officiating. Burial will be in Cottonwood Cemetery, west of Wayland. Visitation will begin at noon Wednesday in the funeral home, with the family receiving

Jean Louise Brunk, 74, of Kahoka, Mo., died Wednesday, Feb. 13, at her home.Visitation is today, Feb. 15, at Wilson Funeral Home, where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, at Peaksville Christian Church, with the Rev. Shawn McAfee officiating. Burial will follow at the Revere Cemetery.A memorial has been established for Peaksville Christian

Frances Shelly Sennes, 87, of Olympia, Wash., died Dec. 22, 2007.Burial was in Olympia, Wash. Memorials may be made Iowa Wesleyan College.She was born in Gothenburg, Neb., Dec. 12, 1920. She was raised by her extended family, the W.C. Hallowell family, on their farm near Salem. A graduate of Iowa Wesleyan College, she worked in Washington D.C., Colorado and Oregon before moving to Olympia, Wash., where she married

Arthur H. Hellweg 86 of Fairfield died Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.      Funeral Mass will be held 10:30 a.m., Monday at the St. Mary Catholic Church, Fairfield. The Rev. Stephen Page C. Page will officiate. Family will receive friends from 4:00 to 7:00 P.M., Sunday, February 17th at the Raymond Funeral Home, Fairfield where there will be a 5:30 P.M. Knights of Columbus Rosary and a

David E. Essary, 60, of Fairfield, died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008, at Parkview Care Center in Fairfield.      A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield, with the Rev. Jim McGaffey officiating. Burial of cremains will be at a later date.      Family visitation will be from 10-11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.      Memorials may be made to the Essary family. Cards and

Rhea B. Loeffler, 100, of Fairfield, died Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008, at Parkview Care Center in Fairfield.      No services are planned. The body has been cremated.      Memorials may be made to Noah's Ark Animal Foundation at PO Box 748, Fairfield 52556.      Mrs. Loeffler was born June 29, 1907, in Waterbury, Conn., the daughter of Alfred and Augustine Racicot Archambault.To see the complete obituary, read the

Clemens F. Mueller, 77, of Iowa City, formerly of Washington, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008, in the Greenwood Manor Nursing Home in Iowa City following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 19, in the Mary Hill Cemetery Chapel in Niles, Ill. Interment will follow in the Mary Hill Cemetery. A general memorial has been established. The Jones-Eden Funeral home in Washington is handling

Donald C. Hargrove, 86, of rural Milton, died at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008, at Bloomfield Care Center in Bloomfield.      A funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, with the Rev. Bryon Wixom officiating. Burial will be in Sunnyside Cemetery in Milton.      Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, with Masonic Rites at 7 p.m., followed by visitation with the