Obituaries

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

Robert Sobaski, Sr. (RC), 85, of Richland passed away Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at Crestridge Nursing Home in Maquoketa. He was born May 10, 1922 to Anthony and Lena Bechen Sobaski at Lake Andes, SD.      Robert married Eleanor Adam on June 6, 1944 at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Clear Creek, IA.      A funeral Mass will be held at 10:00 AM Monday, February 18, 2008, at Mother Cabrini Catholic Church

Kathleen Marie Jenn Fortune, age 57, of Denver, Colorado, formerly of Riverside, died after a 2 year battle with breast cancer on January 18, 2008 at St. Lukes Presbyterian Hospital in Denver, CO.      Kathy was born on November 13, 1950 in Iowa City, IA the daughter of Joseph and Rita (Ruth) Jenn of Riverside. She married William Fortune on September 30, 1983.

COLUMBUS JUNCTION - Craig E. Slight, 60, of Columbus Junction, died Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008, in Colonial Manor Care Center in Columbus Junction.      Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15 in the Stacy-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Columbus Junction with Ramona Wink, Lay Pastor of the First United Presbyterian Church of Morning Sun officiating. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m.

RICHLAND - Robert C. Sobaski, 85, of Richland, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008, in the Crestridge Care Center in Maquoketa after failing health.      A funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 18, in Mother Cabrini Catholic Church with the Rev. Charles Fladung, the Rev. Bob Streigel and the Rev. Charles Adam officiating. Burial will be in Richland Friends Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 3 p.m. Sunday, with