Obituaries

Richard G. McCarty, 70, of Bonaparte, died at 12:20 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, 2007, at home.      A funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, with the Rev. Mark Caston officiating. Burial, with military rites by American Legion Sargeant-Osweiler Post No. 563 of Bonaparte, will be in Bonaparte Cemetery.      Open visitation began at 2 p.m. today at the funeral home, where the family will

Stanley O. Erickson, of Des Moines, died on Jan. 15, in Mt. Pleasant, following a battle with lung cancer.A private burial will be held by the family at a later date in the Laurel Hill Cemetery. The Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel of Mt. Pleasant is in charge of arrangements.

Edwin C. Nicholson, 68, of Mt. Union, died on Saturday, Jan. 20, at the Morning Sun Care Center in Morning Sun.Visitation will begin after 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 24, at the Olson - Powell Memorial Chapel, where the family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., on Thursday, Jan. 25, at the Olson - Powell Memorial Chapel. Burial with full military rites will be in the Trinity

Forest "Dude" Neff, 86, of Wayland, died on Friday, Jan. 19, at the Washington County Hospital.Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 23, at the Cottonwood United Methodist Church west of Wayland, with Pastor Hyeunmee Kang and Pastor Gerry Klopfenstein officiating. Burial will be in the Cottonwood Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon on Monday at the Beatty Funeral Home in Wayland, with the family

Leola W. Prottsman, 82, of Mt. Pleasant, died on Saturday, Jan. 20, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.Visitation will be held after 12 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 23, at the Olson - Powell Memorial Chapel, where the family will greet friends from 6-8 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 24, at the Olson - Powell Memorial Chapel, with the Rev. Henry Ledbetter officiating. Burial will be in the

DAVENPORT-The Rev. Robert L. Brownfield, 88, of Davenport, died Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007 at Ridgecrest Retirement Village, Davenport.      Funeral services and Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 22, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Davenport. Visitation will be from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Halligan-McCabe-DeVries Funeral Home in Davenport. A Christian Wake Service will be held at 6:30 p.m.

Lillie Virginia Cheney, 88, of Fairfield, died at 1:24 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2007, at Sunnybrook Assisted Living in Fairfield.      A memorial service is scheduled for 3 p.m. Monday at Sunnybrook Assisted Living.      A full obituary will be printed at a later date.

Milo "Dean" Weaver, 67, of Washington died Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007 in the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics after failing in health for the past three weeks.      Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 22 in the Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington with the Rev. Richard Boyd officiating. Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. Sunday in the funeral home where the

The middle of a cornfield on a cold January night was the furthest thing from the minds of the guests that turned out to the Riverside Casino and Golf Resort to mark the awards of the first grants by the Washington County Riverboat Foundation. Speakers reminded the guests that that was exactly what there was on the ground they now occupied, a short two years ago.      To make the awards of the first grants that were

Patricia Lee Howard, 80, of Bulverde, Texas, died Friday, Jan. 12, 2007 in the Silver Tree Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Schertz, Texas.      Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 21 in the Brighton United Church in Brighton with the Rev. Kitch Shatzer officiating. Visitation will be from 12:30 p.m. until the time of the service. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery in Brighton. Memorials may be