Obituaries

William Carl "Bill" Pfeiffer, 67, of New London, died Wednesday, Dec. 19, at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington.Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 22, at Elliott Chapel of New London, where the family will be present from 10 to 11 a.m. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., with the Rev. Dot Hasler officiating. His body has been cremated; inurnment will be at Wassonville Cemetery of

Cloyd Dwight Watson, 84, of Wayland, died Monday, Dec. 17, 2007, at Washington County Hospital in Washington, Iowa, following a lengthy illness.      A funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Hope Lutheran Church in Germanville, with the Rev. Wayne Wilkin officiating. Burial will be in Hope Lutheran Cemetery.      Visitation began at 4 p.m. today at Gould Funeral Home in Richland, with the family present from

NEW LONDON - William Carl "Bill" Pfeiffer, 67, of New London, died Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007, in Great River Medical Center, West Burlington.      The body has been cremated. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 22, in Elliott Chapel, New London, with the Rev. Dot Hasler officiating. Friends may call after 9 a.m. Saturday in the chapel, where the family will be present from 10 to 11 a.m.

Shirley J. St. John, 78, of Mt. Pleasant, formally of Milan, Ill., died Monday, Dec. 17, at Henry County Health Center.Visitation will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 21, at Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home of Milan. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Burial will be at Rock Island National Cemetery of Arsenal Island.Memorials may be made to the Diabetes Association. Online condolences may be left for the family

RICHLAND - Cloyd Dwight Watson, 84, of Wayland, died Monday, Dec. 17, 2007, in the Washington County Hospital in Washington following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 20, in Hope Lutheran Church in Germanville, with the Rev. Wayne Wilkin officiating. Burial will be in Hope Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. today at Gould Funeral Home in Richland, where

LONE TREE - Modest J. DeWulf, 97, of Lone Tree, formerly of Nichols, died Monday, Dec. 17, 2007, in the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City following a brief illness.      Private family funeral services will be held at a later date with Carol Kaalberg, Parish Life Coordinator, officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in East Moline, Ill. There will be no visitation. Sorden-Lewis

Alberta Ruth Webber, 70, of rural Stockport, died at 1:30 a.m. today, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007, at home.      A Celebration of Life service will be at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Stockport United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Mike Renken officiating. Cremation has been accorded.      A gathering of family and friends will follow Friday's service in the church fellowship hall.      In lieu of flowers, memorials may be

Cloyd Dwight Watson, 84, of Wayland, died Monday, Dec. 17, at Washington County Hospital of Washington following a lengthy illness.Visitation begins at 4 p.m. today, Dec. 19, at Gould Funeral Home of Richland, where the family will be present from 6 to 7:30 p.m. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 20, at Hope Lutheran Church in Germanville, with the Rev. Wayne Wilkin officiating. Burial will

Opal H. Hult, 92, of Swedesburg, died Saturday, Dec. 15, 2007, in the Washington County Hospital in Washington following a short illness.      Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19, in the Marion Avenue Baptist Church in Washington with the Rev. Larry Brown officiating. Burial will be in the Swedesburg Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon Tuesday in the Beatty Funeral Home in

Dorothy May Long Watson, 85, of Cambridge, Idaho, died Nov. 24, 2007, at her home in Cambridge.A funeral service was held Nov. 30 at Cambridge First Baptist Church. Burial was at Terrace Lawns Cemetery on Fairview Avenue in Meridian, Idaho. Thomas Funeral Home of Weiser, Idaho, was in charge of arrangements.She was born Nov. 6, 1922, in Salem, the daughter of Jay and Luella Miller Long. On June 14, 1950, she