Obituaries

Kimberly Jean Lane, 42, of Wayland, died Sunday, March 9, 2008, in the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City following a long struggle with cancer.      Funeral services will be at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 15, in the Bethel Mennonite Church in Wayland with her brother Darren Ray Brown officiating. The body has been cremated and will be scattered at a later date. Beatty Funeral Home is assisting with

COLUMBUS JUNCTION - William W. (Canady) Yeater, 69, of Muscatine, died Friday, March 7, 2008, in his home.      Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 12, in the Stacy-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Columbus Junction. Burial will be in Indian Creek Cemetery. Following the committal services a time of food and fellowship will be held in the Fruitland Community Center. Visitation will be

WELLMAN - Lawrence Whetstine, 95, of Wellman, died Sunday, March 9, 2008, in his home near Wellman.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 12, in the Asbury United Methodist Church in Wellman with the Rev. Rich Pippert officiating. Burial will be in the Wellman Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Powell Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Wellman with Masonic

Carolyn L. Casteel, 69, of Packwood, died Thursday, March 6, 2008, at Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield.      A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Prairie View United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Rusty Crabtree officiating. According to family wishes, the body has been cremated. Burial of cremains will be Tuesday at Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Springfield, Mo.      A luncheon will follow

Marjorie M. Winter, 88, of Libertyville, died Saturday evening, March 8, 2008, at the Jefferson County Hospital Living Care Center in Fairfield.      A service will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Raymond Funeral Home in Fairfield, with the Rev. Suzanne Swahn officiating. Interment will be at Evergreen Cemetery in Fairfield.      Open visitation is from 3-5 p.m. today at the funeral home, where the family will be present

Irvin B. Roberts, 71, of Wagoner, Okla., formerly of Winfield, died Wednesday, March 5, at Hillcrest Hospital, Tulsa, Okla.Visitation began at noon today, Monday, March 10, at Elliott Chapel in New London, with the family present from 5 to 7 p.m. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m., Tuesday, March 11, at the chapel, with Jeff Thayer and Bruce VanStelton officiating. Burial will be at Winfield Scott Cemetery in

Jeanne Ward, 82, of Washington, died Thursday, March 6, 2008, in Parkview Manor in Wellman following declining health.      Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 8, in Lending Hands in Washington with the Rev. Linda Foor officiating. The body has been cremated and will be interred at a later date in Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis, Minn. Memorials may be made to Lending Hands of

KALONA - Terry L. Redlinger, 59, of Riverside, died Friday, March 7, 2008, in his home of congestive heart failure.      Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 11, in the Sharon Center United Methodist Church with the Rev. Doug Cue officiating. Burial will be in Wellman Cemetery in Wellman. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Monday in the Peterseim Funeral Home and from 10 a.m. Tuesday until the time of

Walter Rudolph Dabner Jr., 85, of Fort Worth, Texas, died Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008.      A funeral was held this morning at Berea Baptist Church in Fort Worth, with the Rev. Hoise Bell officiating. Interment will be in Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery.      Mr. Dabner was born Jan. 19, 1923, in Fairfield, the son of William and Ida M. Hickman Dabner.To see the complete obituary, read the March 7, 2008, Fairfield

Walter John Koehler, 91, of Washington, died Thursday, March 6, 2008, in the Washington Care Center in Washington following declining health.      Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 8, in the Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington with the Rev. Gene Carpenter officiating. Open visitation will be from noon until the time of the service in the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington.      Mr. Koehler was born