Obituaries

Anna Marie French, 68, of Fairfield, died Sunday evening, March 18, 2007, at Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield.      A funeral will be at 3 p.m. Thursday at Raymond Funeral Home in Fairfield. The body will be cremated.      Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.      Memorials may be made to the American Stroke Association, St. Luke's Rehabilitation in Cedar Rapids or Mercy

TRENTON, MO.-Kitty Colene Lowrey, 89, died Saturday, March 17, 2007, at Sunnyview Nursing Home in Trenton.      Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 20, at Whitaker-Eads Funeral Home in Trenton. A family visitation will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Maple Grove Cemetery at Trenton. Memorials may be made for the Green Hills Animal Shelter at Trenton.      

Grace Elizabeth Ewoldt, 80, of Washington, formerly of Davenport, died Sunday, March 18, 2007 in the M.L. McCreedy Home in Washington following a decline in health.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 22 in the Faith Baptist Church in Washington with the Rev. Harald Gruber officiating. Interment will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in Davenport Memorial Park. Visitation will begin at noon

Mary Adella Carolan, 64, of Fairfield, died Thursday, March 15, 2007.      A memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield, with the Rev. Stephen Page officiating. The body will be cremated.      Family visitation will be from 6:30-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.      In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Fairfield Public Library. Cards and memorials may be sent to

Violet Viola Harryman, 85, of rural Douds, died at 2:20 p.m. Saturday, March 17, 2007, at Van Buren County Hospital in Keosauqua.      A service will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Oak Grove Church, east of Douds, with the Revs. Len Garrison and Harold Harryman officiating. Burial will be in Zion Lutheran Cemetery, east of Douds.      Open visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Douds,

FAIRFIELD - Beatrice M. Kaska, 99, of Fairfield died Thursday, March 15, 2007 in the Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield.      Funeral Mass was at 10:30 a.m. today in St. Mary's Catholic Church in Fairfield with the Rev. E. William Kaska officiating. Interment will be in the Evergreen Cemetery. A rosary was recited at 6 p.m. yesterday followed by a Wake service, with the family receiving friends from 6:30 to 8

GALESBURG, Ill. - Ruth M. (Morrison) Davis, 89, of Galesburg, died Thursday, March 8, 2007 in Galesburg Cottage Hospital.      Cremation rites will be accorded. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. Memorials may be made to any Avon charities, Heifer International of a charity of the donor's choice.      Mrs. Davis was born Sept. 19, 1917 in Long Beach, Calif., the daughter of Edmund D. and Emeline

James Groene, 83, of West Point, died Monday, March 19, at the West Point Care Center.Funeral services pending at the Schmitz-Lynk Funeral Home in West Point.

Carole Holland, 67, of Montrose, died Sunday, March 18, at the Montrose Health Center in Montrose.      Funeral arrangements pending at the Vigen Memorial Home in Keokuk.

Grant Jeffery Baker, son of Jeff and Jill Baker of Mt. Pleasant, was stillborn Wednesday, March 14, at the Henry County Health Center.Private family graveside services will be held at Forest Home Cemetery, with Father Gary Beckman of St. John's Catholic Church of Houghton officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the family who will donate them to children's charities. Those memorials may be left