Obituaries

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.     

RICHLAND - Maurice R. Gould, 95, of Richland died Monday, Aug. 20, 2007 in the Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield.      Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 24 in the Richland United Methodist Church with the Rev. Kim Gates officiating. Burial will be in Richland Friends Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday in the Gould Funeral Home in Richland with a Masonic memorial

R. Eloise Willhoit, 79, of Batavia, died at 1:21 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007, at home.      A service will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Northgate Alliance Church, with the Rev. Doug Grogan officiating. Burial will be in Batavia Cemetery.      Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Thursday at Reece Funeral Home, with the family present from 5-8 p.m.      In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Northgate Alliance Church

Howard Aaron Streed, 92, of Washington, formerly of Middletown, died Monday, Aug. 20, 2007 in the United Presbyterian Home.      Visitation with the family present will be from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 22 in the Middletown Presbyterian Church with the funeral service to follow at 2:30 p.m. with the Rev. Kitch Shatzer officiating. Burial will be in Middletown Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Middletown

KALONA - Marilyn Jane Hamrick, 67, of Kalona died Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007 in her home from complications of leukemia.      Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 23 in the Kalona Christian Fellowship Church in Kalona with the Rev. Cloy Roth officiating. Burial will be in Sharon Hill Cemetery in Kalona. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Yoder-Powell Funeral Home in Kalona, where the

Wayne Eugene Pickerell, 72, of Fairfield, died Monday, Aug. 20, 2007, at Parkview Care Center in Fairfield.      A private graveside memorial service will be held at a later date. The body has been cremated.      Memorials may be made to Faith Baptist Church, 806 W. Fillmore Ave., Fairfield 52556.      Mr. Pickerell was born Dec. 30, 1934, in rural Eldon, the son of Charles Clifford and Erma Mae Boyd Pickerell.To

Vivian Lucille Hobbs, 87, of Lowell, died Saturday, Aug. 18, 2007 at the Henry County Health Center.      The funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 22 at the Elliott Chapel in New London. Interment will be held in Lowell Cemetery. Friends may call after noon Tuesday at Elliott Chapel. The family will receive friends, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. A memorial has been established to the Lowell Street

Maurice R. Gould, 95, of Richland, died at 7:20 a.m. Monday, Aug. 20, 2007, at Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield.       A funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Richland United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Kim Gates officiating. Burial will be in Richland Friends Cemetery.      Visitation, with the family present, will be from 2-4 p.m. Thursday at Gould Funeral Home in Richland and again from 6-8 p.m. with