Obituaries

William Eugene Dains, 78, of Donnellson, died at 8:25 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, at the West Point Care Center.      Visitation will be held Tuesday at the Schmitz-Lynk Funeral Home in Donnellson. The family will meet with friends from 5 to 7 p.m.      A graveside memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Sunset Cemetery in Keokuk, with Brother Bill Hauser officiating.      A memorial has been established

Neal I. Whisler, 76, of Washington, Iowa, died Monday, Oct. 1, 2007, at Washington County Hospital in Washington.      A Celebration of Life service will be at 3 p.m. Thursday at Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington, with the Rev. Fred Bickhart officiating. Interment will be in Hillcrest Cemetery in Brighton.      Visitation will begin at noon Wednesday at the funeral home, where family will be present from 7-9

Patricia L. "Pat" Willis, 77, of rural Mt. Pleasant and the Lockridge community, died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007, at her home.      Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, at the Beatty-Murphy Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, at Faith Christian Outreach Center in Mt. Pleasant with Rev. Monte Knudson and

Mary Jo Holbert-Mertz, 70, of Keosauqua, died Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007, at Van Buren County Hospital in Keosauqua.      A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Keosauqua Congregational Church, with the Rev. Harold Schnedler officiating. The body has been cremated.      In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to a charity of the donor's choice. Memorials may be brought to the service or mailed to the

Pamela Sue Foster, 55, of Clinton, died Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007, at Mercy Medical Center - North Campus.      A service was held this morning at First United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Robert Barrick officiating. Private burial will be Tuesday in Clinton Lawn Cemetery.      Memorials may be made to Clinton Humane Society.      Condolences may be sent online at www.lemkefuneralhome.net.      Mrs. Foster was

Clarence L. Trueblood, 79, of Fairfield, died Friday, Sept. 28, 2007, at Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield.      A service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield, with the Rev. Danny Cary officiating. Burial will be in Smith Cemetery in rural Birmingham.      Family visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.      Memorials may be made to American Diabetes

Patricia "Pat" L. Willis, 77, of rural Mount Pleasant and Lockridge, died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007, at home.      A service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Faith Christian Outreach Center in Mount Pleasant, with the Revs. Monte Knudson and Mike Furlong officiating. Burial will be in Grant Cemetery in Rome, Iowa.      Open visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Beatty-Murphy Funeral Home in Mount Pleasant, where

Dillon D. Schantz, 88, of Wapello, died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007, in the Great River Medical Center in Burlington following a brief illness.      Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, in the Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington with the Rev. Darryl Erickson officiating. Visitation will begin at noon Tuesday in the funeral home, where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Burial will be

KEOTA - Howard Arnold Stoutner, 97, of Washington, formerly of Keota, died Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007 in the Halcyon House in Washington from complications of age.      Funeral services were at 10:30 a.m. today in the Powell Funeral Home in Keota with the Rev. Kelly Allard officiating. Burial was in Keota Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Wilson Memorial Library or United Church of Faith.      Mr. Stoutner was

C.D. "Ike" Conner age 81 of Richland died Monday at the Veterans Hospital in Iowa City.      Born November 16, 1925 in Keokuk County, Iowa, the son of Isaac and Alma Neal Conner.      Funeral services will be at 10:00 A.M. Wednesday at the Richland United Methodist Church with Reverend Kim Gates. Interment will be in Conner Cemetery Southwest of Sigourney with military honors.      The family will receive friends