Obituaries

Hugh Lyle Hickenbottom, 82, of Fairfield, died Friday, Feb. 22, 2008, at Jefferson County Hospital Living Center in Fairfield.      A service will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Raymond Funeral Home in Fairfield, with the Rev. Danny Carey officiating. Interment will be at Evergreen Cemetery.      Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.      Memorials may be made to Hospice of Central Iowa.      On

Wilson D. "Bill" Skaggs, age 79 of Birmingham, IA, passed away February 23, 2008 at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics in Iowa City, IA.      Family visitation will be from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield, IA.      Funeral Services for Wilson D. "Bill" Skaggs will be 10:30 AM, Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at Birmingham United Methodist Church in Birmingham

Luther L. "Butch" Dillavou, 65, of Washington, Iowa, died Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008, at Washington County Hospital.      A celebration of life service will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Jones Eden Funeral Home in Washington. Interment will be in Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington.      Visitation will be from noon until 5 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, where the family will be present from 2-4 p.m.      A general

Darrell P. Stockwell, 68, of Birmingham, died at 4:39 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.      A memorial service is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Monday at Birmingham United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Michael Renken officiating. The body has been cremated. A private family burial of cremains will be in Maple Hill Cemetery in Birmingham.      Open visitation will

Betty J. Groene, 64, of Burlington, formerly of Donnellson, passed away at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.Visitation will begin at noon Friday, Feb. 22, at Schmitz-Lynk Funeral Home and Crematory in Donnellson; the family will meet with friends from 5 to 8 p.m. A wake service will be held at 7:30 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m.

Richard J. Mosinski, 68, of Packwood, died Thursday morning, Feb. 21, 2008, at Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield.      A funeral mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Mary Catholic Church in Fairfield. Interment will be at Packwood Cemetery.      Family visitation will be from 4-6 p.m. Sunday at Raymond Funeral Home, where a Wake service officiated by the Rev. Stephen C. Page will be held at 6 p.m.      Mem

Glen Bell, age 74 of Cullman, Alabama died Wednesday morning at the Cullman Regional Medical Center.      Born February 1, 1934 in Fairfield, he was the son of Franklin L. and Geneva Davison Bell. Glen married Marilyn Sasseen.      Visitation with the family present to greet friends will be Saturday from 12:00 noon until 2:00 P.M. at the Raymond Funeral Home in Fairfield. Beginning at 2:00 P.M. there will be a

ROGERS, Ark. - Stephanie Rae Reed, 34, of Rogers, died Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008, in Rogers.      Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, in the Peace Lutheran Church in Rogers. A memorial fund has been established at the Benton County Funeral Home.      Ms. Reed was born April 11, 1973, in Prairie du Chien, Wis., the daughter of Raymond Lewis Wolcott and Noma Sheeley Wolcott.

Nova Wesley Harper Jr., 72, of Washington, Iowa, died Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City following a short illness.      A service has been set for 2 p.m. Monday at Beatty Funeral Home in Washington, Iowa, with the Rev. Jim Cluney officiating. Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery.      Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Monday at the funeral home with family present two

Nova Wesley Harper Jr., 72, of Washington, died Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008, in the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City following a short illness.      Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25, in the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington with the Rev. Jim Cluney officiating. Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Monday in the funeral home with the family