Obituaries

Jay Hamm, 93, of Mount Pleasant, died Monday, Sept. 17, 2007, at Arbor Court in Mount Pleasant.      A service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Beatty-Murphy Funeral Home in Mount Pleasant, with the Rev. Harold Dorsey officiating.      Open visitation began at 2 p.m. today at the funeral home, where the family will be present from 6-8 p.m. Burial will be in Salem South Cemetery.      A memorial to Salem

Fern J. Hays, 101, of Washington died Monday, Sept. 17, 2007 in the Washington County Hospital following a brief illness.      Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 21 in the United Methodist Church in Washington with the Rev. Julie Poulsen officiating. Visitation will begin at noon Thursday in the Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington where the family will receive friends from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Burial

COLUMBUS JUNCTION - Lyman B. Wagoner, 76, of Columbus Junction died Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007, in Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.      Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19 in the Stacy-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Columbus Junction with Ramona Wink officiating. Burial will be in Conesville Cemetery. Following the committal service a time of food and fellowship will be held at the

Ralph Willis Cain, 89, of Marshalltown and formerly of Winfield, died Saturday, Sept. 15, at the Veterans Home at Marshalltown.      A graveside ceremony will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, at the Winfield-Scott Township Cemetery at Winfield, officiated by Rev. Paul Prescott.      The family and friends will gather for a lunch and visiting at the First Presbyterian Church fellowship hall at Winfield

WINFIELD - Ralph Willis Cain, 89, of Marshalltown, formerly of Winfield, died Saturday, Sept. 15, 2007, in the Veterans Home in Marshalltown.      A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, in the Winfield Scott Township Cemetery in Winfield with the Rev. Paul Prescott officiating. The family and friends will gather for a lunch and visiting at the First Presbyterian Church fellowship hall in

Walter "Dean" Jeffries, 73, of Washington died Monday, Sept. 17, 2007, in his home in Washington following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 21, in the Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington with the Rev. Darryl Carr officiating. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. Friday until the time of the service. Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery. Memorials may be made to

KALONA-Clair Dean Johnson, 69, of Morning Sun, died Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007, after a lingering illness, at Morning Sun Care Center in Morning Sun.      Graveside services will be at a later date. Mr. Johnson's body has been donated to the University of Iowa Hospitals and will be cremated. Burial will be in Columbus City Cemetery in Louisa County. There will be no visitation. A general memorial fund has been

Bonnie Jayne Bailey, 56, of Fairfield, died Wednesday, Sept. 12 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.      Memorial service will be 2 p.m., Friday, September 22, 2007 at the First Church of the Nazarene in Fairfield. Inurnment will be at Evergreen Cemetery. The Rev. Howard Innes will officiate at the service.      Condolences may be sent to the family at www. raymondfuneralhomes.com. Memorials may be given to the Good

Mildred "Millie" Barnett, 93, of Quincy, Ill., died at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, 2007, at home.      A service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Zehender Robinson Stormer Cookson Funeral Home in Quincy, with the Rev. Wanda Seydel officiating. Burial will be in Greenmount Cemetery in Quincy.      Visitation will be from 1-2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.      Memorials may be made to Salem Evangelical United

Donald F. Walljasper, 62, of West Point, passed away at 6:25 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15 at his home.      Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, at the St Mary's Catholic Church in West Point with Fr. Apo T. Mpanda as Celebrant, Burial with full military rites by the West Point American Legion will be in the Calvary Cemetery in West Point.      Friends may call after 1 p.m. Monday at the