Obituaries

The MPCHS football team dominated Ft. Madison Friday night 35-7, and rolled to a 4-0 start in 2007. The no. 5 (class 3A) Panthers opened the game scoring 28 points in the first half and spent the rest of the game building reserve confidence and letting almost everyone on the roster see playing time.Jordan Cotton got the job done early for MPCHS. He build a 21-0 lead taking 17, 13 and 35 yard runs to the endzone

Virginia Virden Hufstader died on Sept. 19, 2007, at the John F. Keever Solace Center.      Virginia was born in Mount Pleasant, Iowa on July 31, 1917 and was the daughter of Walter Virden and Charlotte Virden. Walter managed the Insurance Plan Savings and Loan and served on the corporate board; Charlotte managed the home.      Virginia graduated from Mount Pleasant High School in 1935 and began studies at Iowa

KALONA - Kenneth Hudson, 92, of Lone Tree, formerly of Riverside, died Friday, Sept. 21, 2007, in Mercy Hospital, Iowa City.      Funeral services will be held at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26, in Lincoln Memorial Funeral home in Lincoln, Neb. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today in the Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona with a prayer service at 7:30

Gerald 'Bo' Rotenburger, 51, of West Chester, died Tuesday, Sept. 18, at his home.      Visitation will be held Thursday, Sept. 20, from 4 to 8 p.m. at Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 21. Burial will be at Holy Trinity Cemetary in rural Kalona.      Condolences may be sent to peterseimfuneralhome.com.      Gerald Rotenburger was born Jan. 15, 1956 in Iowa

KALONA - Haley Ann Coppes, 18, of Kalona, died Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007, n her home.      Funeral services were today in the Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona with the Rev. Mick Murray and the Rev. Doug Cue officiating. Burial was in Sharon Hill Cemetery in Kalona. Memorials may be made to the Mid-Prairie Music Boosters or for family use.      Miss Coppes was born Sept. 6, 1989 in Iowa City, the daughter of Andrew

WINFIELD - Gomer E. Davis, 68, of Crawfordsville, died Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007, in the Colonial Manor Care Center in Columbus Junction.      Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 24, in the Salem Welsh United Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Loran Yoder officiating. Burial will be in Cambrian Cemetery with military rites. Visitation will be from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday in the Honts Funeral Home in

KALONA - Martha Schlabaugh, 94, of Kalona, died Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007, in the Pleasantview Home in Kalona following a sudden illness.      Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, in the Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church, rural Kalona with the Rev. Don Patterson officiating. Burial will be in South Gingerich Cemetery in rural Kalona. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday in Peterseim Funeral

KALONA - Gerald "Bo" Rotenburger, 51, of West Chester, died Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007, in his home after an illness of several months.      Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 21 in the Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona with Chaplain Donnita Payne Hostetler officiating. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home. Burial will be in Holy Trinity Cemetery in rural Kalona. Memorials may be

B. Eileen Dallner Masden age 99 of Fairfield died Friday morning September 21, 2007 at the Living Care Center at the Jefferson County Hospital, where she had been a resident for the past 7 years.      She was born May 9, 1908 near Lockridge, the daughter of Fredrick Simon and Lorena Lyon Dallner.      On August 4, 1929 she married Frank Emerson Masden at the Methodist Church in Fairfield.       She was preceded in

Margaret Lu McKinnon, 89, of New London, died Wednesday, Sept. 19, at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington.      Visitation will be held starting at noon Friday, Sept. 21 at Elliott Chapel in New London. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 22 at Elliott Chapel.      Margaret was born Feb. 17, 1918 in New London, the daughter of