Obituaries

Michael Ellison, 60, of East Peoria, Illinois, died Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007 at his home.Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 26, at Schmitz-Lynk Funeral Home in Donnellson. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., with the Rev. Apo Mpanda officiating.A memorial has been established in his memory.He was born March 9, 1947, in Keokuk, the son of Charles and Mary Symmonds Ellison. A veteran of the U.S.

Robert D. Alton, 81, of Mt. Pleasant, died Saturday, Dec. 22, 2007, at his home.Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 27, at Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel of Mt. Pleasant, with the family present. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., with the Rev. Rod Cooper officiating. Burial will be in Burge Cemetery of New London.Memorials have been established to Hospice of Central of Iowa.The son of Atlee and

Leota M. Ridinger, 96 of Mt. Pleasant passed away on Friday, Dec. 21, 2007 at Henry County Health Center of Mt. Pleasant.Funeral services will be held on Thursday, Dec. 27, at 2 p.m. at Beatty-Murphy Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant, with the Rev. Pat Youngquist officiating. Burial will be in the Green Mound Cemetery west of Trenton. Friends may call from 2 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, where the family will

Wesley LeRoy Johnston, 88, of Burlington, died at 2:50 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007, at Great River Medical Center Hospice House in West Burlington.      A service will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at SS Mary Catholic Church in West Burlington, with the Rev. David Steinle officiating. Burial will be at 4 p.m. Saturday in Evergreen Cemetery in Fairfield, with the Rev. David Peterson officiating.      Following

Ruth Ella Allen, 79, of Spencer, died Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007, at Avera-McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D.      A service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at First Christian Church in Spencer, with the Rev. Dan Mayes officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery in Spencer.      Visitation with the family will be from 5-8 p.m. today at Warner Funeral Home in Spencer.      Online condolences may be sent via

Theresa Woline, 53, of Mt. Pleasant, died Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007, at her home following a two-year battle with cancer.Visitation will be held from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 23, at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, 607 S. Jackson Street, Mt. Pleasant, where the family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon. A Christian Vigil Service will be held at 4 p.m. at the church. A funeral mass will be held

June Maxine Conrad, 82, died Sunday, Dec. 16, in Corvallis, Ore.Funeral services will be held at Ft. Logan National Cemetery in Denver, Colo., at a later date.She was born Nov. 25, 1925, the daughter of Rex and Lena Canby of Mt. Union. On Jan. 29, 1944, she married Glenn Conrad in San Diego, Calif.Having attended school in Mt. Union, she resided on the family farm outside of Swedesburg with her husband. She was a

John D. Morris, 91, of Washington, died Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007, following a brief decline in health, at Washington County Hospital.      Celebration of Life services will be held at a later date. Burial will be at the Harrison Cemetery in rural Wapello at a later date. Memorials may be made to Camp Wyoming. Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington is assisting with the arrangements.      Mr. Morris was born Feb. 12,

William Carl "Bill" Pfeiffer, 67, of New London, died Wednesday, Dec. 19, at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington.Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 22, at Elliott Chapel of New London, where the family will be present from 10 to 11 a.m. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., with the Rev. Dot Hasler officiating. His body has been cremated; inurnment will be at Wassonville Cemetery of

Cloyd Dwight Watson, 84, of Wayland, died Monday, Dec. 17, 2007, at Washington County Hospital in Washington, Iowa, following a lengthy illness.      A funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Hope Lutheran Church in Germanville, with the Rev. Wayne Wilkin officiating. Burial will be in Hope Lutheran Cemetery.      Visitation began at 4 p.m. today at Gould Funeral Home in Richland, with the family present from