Obituaries

Ruth Fenton Stigge, 96, of Centerville, and formerly of Danville, died Monday, Aug. 20, 2007, at Golden Age Care Center in Centerville.Visitation will be after noon Thursday, Aug. 23, at Elliott Chapel where the family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. The funeral will be Friday, Aug. 24, at 11 a.m. at the Elliott Chapel. Interment will be in Prairie Grove Cemetery, West Burlington.Born March 18, 1911 in

C. Leroy "Lee" Johnson, 74, of Mt. Pleasant, died Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007, at his home.Visitation will begin after noon Friday, Aug. 24, at the Olson - Powell Memorial Chapel, where the family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Mt. Pleasant, with the Rev. Dr. Jerry Kelly officiating.Burial will be in the Forest Home Cemetery. In

Vivian Lucille Hobbs, 87, of Lowell, died Saturday, Aug. 18, 2007 at the Henry County Health Center.Mrs. Hobbs was born Oct. 8, 1919 in Talleyrand, the daughter of Thomas and Goldie Derby Lankford. On August 30, 1935 she married "Pete" Hobbs in Fairfield. She attended school at Richland.      The funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 22 at the Elliott Chapel in New London. Interment will be

Ernest Roy Shelangoski age 63 of Birmingham died Friday, August 24, 2007 at a hospice house in Hiawatha, Iowa.      Born August 13, 1944 at Rock Island, Illinois, he was the son of Clifford L. and Helen Heston Shelangoski.      An open visitation will be from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M. Sunday at the Raymond Funeral Home in Birmingham.      Cremation will be accorded with private burial at a later time.      Memorials

Robert "Bob" Briggs, 77, of Lockridge, passed away Friday, Aug. 17 at the Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield.Family visitation will be held 6- 8 p.m., Monday, Aug. 20 at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield.The funeral service will be conducted at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Aug./ 21 at the funeral home. Interment with military rites will be held in Lockridge Cemetery.The family requests memorials be made in lieu of flowers

Hannah Irene Floyd, 19, passed away Thursday, Aug. 16 in an accident at 3 Forks Ranch in Colorado where she was working for the summer.She was born in Decatur, Ala., Dec. 10, 1987 to Donald and Mary (Hauenstien) Floyd.Hannah spent most of her life in Wayland, attending WACO and W-MU schools before moving to Alabama in 2004. She received an advanced diploma from Vinemont High School in Vinemont, Ala. in 2006. She

WAVERLY - The Rev. Walter Baird Phelps, 74, of Waverly died Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007, in the Bartels Lutheran Retirement Community in Waverly.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, in the Trinity United Methodist Church in Waverly. Burial following cremation will be at a later date. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m., Friday in the Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home in Waverly where there will

Loren "Keith" Hobart, 84, of Mt. Pleasant, and formerly of New London, died at 10:05 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007 at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington.Visitation will be from 2 - 8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 22, at Elliott Chapel where the family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. The funeral will be Thursday, Aug. 23, at 11 a.m. in New London United Methodist Church. Pastor Dot Hasler will officiate. Interment

Harold F. Spangler, 86, of Washington died Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007 in the United Presbyterian Home in Washington following a decline in health.      Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25 in the Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington with services conducted by Larry Fletcher. Burial with military honors conducted by Crawfordsville American Legion Post No. 593 and Washington American legion Post No. 29

Donald Emerson Crim, 79, of Fairfield, died Saturday, Aug. 18, 2007, at home.      A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Sept. 2 at First Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Robert Koepcke officiating. The body will be cremated.      A reception in Fellowship Hall will follow the Sept. 2 service.      Memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church music fund and sent to 200 S. Main St., Fairfield 52556.