Obituaries

Dale R. Willis, 76, of rural Mount Pleasant and Lockridge, died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008, at home.      A funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Faith Christian Outreach Church in Mount Pleasant, with the Rev. Monte Knudson and the Rev. Mike Furlong officiating. Burial will be in Grant Cemetery in Rome, Iowa, with full military honors.      Open visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Murphy Funeral Home in

BRIGHTON-Alma L. Spilger, 86, of Brighton, died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008, at the Washington Care Center in Washington.Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29, at the Gould Funeral Home in Brighton with the Rev. Fred Weiss officiating. Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, in Rose Hill Cemetery in Palmer, Neb., with the Rev. Dean Elmore officiating. Visitation with the family will be from 6

COLUMBUS JUNCTION - Mildred J. Johnston, 87, of Muscatine, died Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008, in the Lutheran Homes in Muscatine.      Funeral services were at 2 p.m. today in the Stacy-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Columbus Junction with Earlene Lekwa officiating. Burial will be in the Grandview Cemetery. A memorial fund has been established.      Mrs. Johnston was born Jan. 19, 1921, in Kirkwood,

RIVERSIDE - Constance Rose Krotz, 86, of Cedar Rapids, died Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008, in the Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha from cancer.      Mass of the Resurrection will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, in the St. Mary's Catholic Church in Riverside with the Rev. Rich Adam officiating. Burial will be in the St. Vincent Cemetery in rural Riverside. Following the committal services, a time of food and

BURLINGTON-Gladys Schulz, 95, of Burlington, died Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008, in Prairie Ridge Care and Rehab in Mediapolis.      Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. today at Grace United Methodist Church. Burial was in Aspen Grove Cemetery, Garden of Angels. Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church Rebuilding Fund or to Mediapolis Fire and Rescue. Prugh Funeral Service Inc. of Burlington handled

Betty E. Mangold, 90, of Wellman, formerly of the Dublin area, died Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008, in the Parkview Manor in Wellman.      Funeral services were at 10 a.m. today in the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington with the Rev. Rick Crooks officiating. Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery. A memorial fund has been established.      Mrs. Mangold was born Feb. 27, 1917, in Haskins, the daughter of Willie and Lillie

Betty Marie Davis, 68, of Wayland, died Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008, in her home in Wayland.      There are no services planned. Her body has been cremated and will be interred at a later date in Des Moines. Beatty Funeral Home in Washington is assisting with the arrangements.      Mrs. Davis was born Feb. 28, 1939, in Des Moines, the daughter of Edward and Martha (Chandler) Lock. She married John Joseph Davis on March

James J. "Jay" Casanova, 67, of Dubuque, died at 11:20 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008, at the VA Medical Center in Des Moines, following a lengthy illness.Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, at Behr Funeral Home, 1491 Main St., Dubuque. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. at the funeral home, withmilitary rites accorded by the American Legion Dubuque Post #6. Burial will be at Mount Calvary Cemetery

Betty Marie Davis, 68, of Wayland, died Thursday, Jan. 24, at her home.Her body has been cremated. Inurnment will be in Des Moines at a later date .Beatty Funeral Home in Washington is assisting with arrangements.She was born Feb. 28, 1939, in Des Moines, the daughter of Edward and Martha Chandler Lock. On March 30, 1956, she married John Joseph Davis.She lived most of her life in Des Moines as a homemaker, moving

Dale R. Willis, 76, of rural Mt. Pleasant and the Lockridge community, died Saturday, Jan. 26, at his home.Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29, at Murphy Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant, where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, at Faith Christian Outreach Church in Mt. Pleasant with the Rev. Monte Knudson and Pastor Mike Furlong