Obituaries

Oscar W. Pender, 75, formerly of Bonaparte, died at 8 a.m. Tuesday, June 12, 2007, at Wapello Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Wapello.      A funeral is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Friday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, with the Rev. Richard Eis officiating. Burial will be in Bonaparte Cemetery.      Open visitation will be from 2-5 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Family visitation will be from

Lane Garrett Fitzgerald, 54, of Maryville, Tenn., died Sunday, Feb. 25, at UT Medical Center.Funeral services were held Thursday, March 1, at the Miller Funeral Home Cedar Chapel.

LIBERTY, MO.-Matilda "Tillie" G. Murrain, 97, of Liberty, Mo., and formerly of Brighton, died on Sunday, June 10, 2007, at her home.      Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, June 14, at St. James Catholic Church in Liberty, Mo. Burial will be in Resurrection Cemetery in Kansas City, Mo. Visitation will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Church Archer Pasley Funeral Home in Liberty, Mo. Memorials may be

COLUMBUS JUNCTION - Betty Pittman, 89, of Muscatine, died Sunday in Bickford Cottage, where she had been a resident.      A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 13, in Faith United Church of Christ in Muscatine with the Rev. Teressa Clark officiating. A luncheon will follow the service in the church. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. today in the

The graveside memorial service for Elberta "Bertie" Trabert will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 23, at Forest Home Cemetery.

Matilda "Tillie" G. Murrain, 97, of Liberty, Mo., formerly of Brighton, died Sunday, June 10, 2007, at home.      A funeral will be at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at St. James Catholic Church in Liberty. Interment will follow in Resurrection Cemetery in Kansas City North.      Visitation will be from 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesday at Church Archer Pasley Funeral Home in Liberty.      Memorials may be made to St. James Catholic

Donna Kay Schrader, 62, of rural Mediapolis, died Sunday June 10, at her home.The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 13, at the Morning Sun United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Sue-Ellen Sherman and the Rev. Steven Parker officiating. Following the services cremation will be accorded. Friends may call from 1-7 p.m. Tuesday at the Hagele and Honts Funeral Home in Mediapolis, where the family will

CEDAR RAPIDS-Evelyn "Evie" Sondag, 93, of Cedar Rapids, died Thursday, June 7, 2007, at Heritage Nursing and Rehab in Cedar Rapids, following a brief illness.      Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 13, at St. Pius X Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids, with the Rev. Donald Klein officiating. Inurnment will be at Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington. There will be no public visitation. Memorials may be made

Catherine Dorothy Abrahams, 80, of Kallispell, Mont., died Saturday, May 19, 2007, in Heritage Place, Kallispell.      A graveside service is set for 11 a.m. Thursday in Zion Lutheran Cemetery east of Douds, with the Rev. Harold Schnedler officiating.      Memorials to Heartland Humane Society of Ottumwa may be left at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua or mailed to the family at PO Box 249, Keosauqua 52565.      Mr

Shirley Lawrence, 78, of Benton, Ill., died June 7, at St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon, Ill., after a short illness.Her body has been donated to science and no funeral will be held at this time.