Obituaries

LONE TREE-Doris Banks, 84, of rural West Liberty, died Friday, March 2, 2007, at Crestview Acres in Marion.      Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 6, at the Sorden-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Lone Tree. The Rev. Paul Ostrem of Zion Lutheran Church will officiate. Burial will be in the Lone Tree Cemetery. Visitation will be from 12:30 p.m. until time of the service Tuesday at the

Inez J. Cox, 89, of Letts, died Thursday, March 1, 2007 at Unity Hospital in Muscatine. Funeral services for Inez will be at 10:00 A.M. on Monday, March 5, 2007 at the Geo. M. Wittich-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services. Burial will be in the Letts Cemetery. Casketbearers will be Kevin Sprague, Steve Sprague, Greg Stephens, Charles Oades, Hal Luebke, Haley Sprague, Skyler Stephens, Carly Sprague, Barb

Amanda Miller, 24, of Council Bluffs, died on March 1.Donations can be made to the USD Theatre Department or the Mayo Clinic Children's Hospital in Rochester, Minn.Visitation with the family will be on Monday, March 5, at the Cutler O'Neill Funeral Chapel in Council Bluffs from 6-8 p.m. A memorial service will be at St. John's United Church of Christ on Tuesday, March 6, at 11 a.m. with luncheon to follow.

John O. Egli, age 80, of Washington, Iowa formerly of Maquoketa, Iowa died Thursday March 1, 2007 at the Washington County Hospital after a history of heart problems.Funeral services will be held 10:30 am Monday March 5, 2007 at the Jones - Eden Funeral Home in Washington with Rev. Kelly Allard officiating. Visitation will begin 11:00 am Sunday at the Jones - Eden Funeral Home where the family will receive friends

Michael Carr Jones, 62, of Libertyville, formerly of Batavia, died Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.      A memorial visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Sunday at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield. The body has been cremated.      A memorial has been established. Cards and memorials may be sent to 1289 220th St., Batavia 52533.      Online condolences may be sent via

Virginia W. Brosseit, 86, of Janesville, Wis., died Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007, at Cedar Crest.      A private family service will be held at a later date.      Memorials may be made to the Arthritis Foundation.      An online obituary and registry may be found at www.schneiderfuneraldirectors.com.      Schneider Apfel Schneider and Schneider Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.      Mrs. Brosseit was born

COLUMBUS JUNCTION - Leona McBride, 89, of Columbus Junction died Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007 in Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.      Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 5 in the Stacy-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Columbus Junction with the Rev. Scott Nesbitt of the Ainsworth Community Church officiating. Burial will be in the Columbus City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m.

Jeffrey Jay Burkhalter, 46, of Chatsworth, Ill., died at 8:07 a.m. Thursday, March 1, 2007, at his residence.      A funeral will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Martin-Burke Funeral Home in Chatsworth, with the Rev. Ann Champion and Max Moore officiating. Cremation rites will be accorded after the service, and inurnment will be at a later date.      Visitation will be begin at 1 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.      In

Logan Taylor Halbrook, an infant, died Wednesday, Feb. 28, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.Private family services will be held at the Schmitz-Lynk Funeral Home in Farmington, with the Rev. Mark Deitrick officiating. Burial will be in the Greenglade Cemetery at Farmington. Memorials may be mailed to the family at 311 Chestnut St., Keosauqua, Iowa 52565, or can be mailed to the

MESA, Ariz. - Helen Louise Stewart, 84, of Mesa, died Sunday, Feb. 18, 2007 in her home.      Services were provided by Tempe Mortuary in Tempe, Ariz.      Mrs. Stewart was born in Ottumwa, the daughter of Lewis and Minnie (Ward) Myers. She married Chet Stewart in 1941.