Obituaries

Richard Lee "Dick" Meck, 50, of Davenport, died Friday, March 9, 2007, at Genesis East Medical Center.      No service will be held. Burial will be in Ollie Cemetery in Ollie.      Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until noon Tuesday at The Runge Mortuary and Crematory in Davenport.      Memorials may be made to Davenport Public Library.      Mr. Meck was born Sept. 22, 1956, in Fairfield, the son of Harold and

RACINE, Wis. - Leon B. Swift, 77, died Thursday, March 8, 2007 in St. Mary's Medical Center in Racine.      Funeral services will be held Wednesday, March 14 in the Maresh-Meredith and Acklam Funeral Home in Racine with the Rev. William Dietzler officiating. Private entombment will be held at West Lawn Memorial Park. Relatives and friends may meet with the family from 9:30 a.m. Wednesday until the time of the

Rolland David Benson, 94, of Washington died Monday, March 12, 2007 in the Halcyon House in Washington following an illness.      Celebration of life services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 15 in the Prairie Flower Baptist Church with the Rev. Don Collings and the Rev. Tom Robbins officiating. Visitation will begin at noon Wednesday in the Jones-Eden Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from

Dr. Robert Q. Eastland, O.D., passed away on February 28th at his home in Arcadia due to complications from cancer.      Bob's nearly 84-year journey through life could serve as a model for the simple, decent man's pursuit of the American Dream. He was born in Winthrop, Minnesota on March 9th, 1923, the eighth of nine children. When he was three the family moved to Spencer, Iowa, where the Eastlands lived until

Betty L. Swindle, 82, formerly of Cantril, died at 10:23 p.m. Friday, March 9, 2007, at Van Buren County Hospital in Keosauqua.      A service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, with the Rev. David Alexander officiating. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery in Cantril.      Family visitation will be from 9-10 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.      Memorials to the family may be left

Robert Samuel Lees Andrews, 92, of Mt. Pleasant, died Friday, March 9, at Sunnybrook of Ashford Park in Mt. Pleasant.Funeral services are pending at the Beatty-Murphy Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant.

Robert Huff, 73, of rural Crawfordsville, died Sunday afternoon, March 11, at his home.Funeral arrangements are pending with the Honts Funeral Home at Winfield.

Cleo Taeger, 90, formerly of Stockport, died Monday, March 12, at Van Buren Good Samaritan Center in Keosauqua.Funeral arrangements are pending at the Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua.

Sarah J. Webb, 94, formerly of Batavia, died Saturday, March 10, 2007, at Good Samaritan Center in Ottumwa.      A funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Batavia United Methodist Church, with Dennis Hull and the Revs. Bob Dvorak and Dan Davis officiating. Interment will be in Batavia Cemetery.      Open visitation will began at noon today at Kremer Funeral Chapel in Batavia, where the family will be present from

LuElla J. Beenblossom, 75, of Washington, died Wednesday, March 7, 2007, at the Lake Wales Medical Center in Lake Wales, Fla., following a short illness.      Celebration of life services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday, March 12, at Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington, with the Rev. Linda Foor officiating. Burial will be at Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. Sunday at the funeral