Obituaries

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

Charles "Chuck" Clarence Hotle, 92, of Washington, died Friday, Sept. 28, 2007 at the Halcyon House Health Center in Washington.Funeral Services have been set for 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2007, at the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington with Ilene Schnicker officiating. Burial will be in the Elm Grove Cemetery with military honors. Visitation will begin noon Tuesday at the funeral home with family receiving

KEOTA - Mabel Clementine Helscher, 93, of Keota, died Friday, Sept. 28, 2007, in the Maplewood Manor in Keota from complications of age.      Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, in Holy Trinity Parish-St. Mary Catholic Church in Keota with the Rev. Marty Goetz officiating. Burial will be in Holy Trinity Cemeteries-St. Mary Cemeteries. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today in the Powell Funeral

KALONA - Illa Mae Yoder, 79, of Kalona, died Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007, in Mercy Hospital, Iowa City after a lingering illness.      Funeral services were at 11 a.m. today in the Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church in Kalona with the Rev. Don Patterson and the Rev. Dick Swartzendruber officiating. Memorials may be made to the church. Peterseim Funeral home in Kalona was in charge of the arrangements.      Mrs. Yoder

KALONA - Theren T. Wyatt, 77, of Arlington, Texas, died Saturday, Sept. 22, 2007, in Arlington Memorial Hospital following a long illness.      Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, in the Sharon Center United Methodist Church in Kalona with the Rev. Doug Cue officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service in the church. Burial will be in Sharon Center Church Cemetery. Memorials may be

LONE TREE - Donald DeWayne Cerny, 88, of Iowa City, formerly of Lone Tree, died Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007, in his residence in Iowa City following an extended illness.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, in the Sorden-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Lone Tree with Loren Yoder officiating. Burial will be in Lone Tree Cemetery with military rites provided by the Lone