Obituaries

PACKWOOD - Loriene Elizabeth Spanier, 83, formerly of Packwood, died Sunday, Nov. 5, 2006 in the University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8 in the Packwood Christian Church with the Rev. Harlan Van Voorst officiating. Burial will be in the Prairie Center Cemetery in Packwood. Visitation will begin at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Gould Funeral Home in

Marie W. (Jones) Yoder, 91 of Washington, died Thursday, November 02, 2006 at the Mc Creedy Home in Washington following declining health.      Funeral Services were 10:30 AM Saturday, November 4, 2006 at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Washington with Pastor Linda Foor officiating. Burial was in the Keota Cemetery. Visitation was at noon Friday at the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington and family received friends

Loriene Elizabeth Spanier, 83, formerly of Packwood, died Sunday, Nov. 5, 2006, at University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City.      A funeral will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Packwood Christian Church, with the Rev. Harlan Van Voorst officiating. Burial will be in Prairie Center Cemetery in Packwood.      Open visitation will begin at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Gould Funeral Home in Richland with the family present

Diane Seyb, 53, of Donnellson, died at 1:20 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 5, at her mother's home in Catonsville, Md.Funeral services are pending at the Schmitz-Lynk Funeral Home in Donnellson.

Andrew John Alexander, 72, of Olds, died on Nov. 3, at the Washington County Hospital following a lengthy illness.No services will be held. Arrangements by the Cremation Society of Eastern Central Western Iowa. Please leave a message, memorial, or memory to the Alexander family on our webpage, www.iowacremation.com, under Obituaries.

Marie W. (Jones) Yoder, 91, of Washington died Thursday, Nov. 2, 2006 in the McCreedy Home in Washington following declining health.      Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 4 in the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Washington with the Rev. Linda Foor officiating. Burial will be in the Keota Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon Friday in the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington, where the family will

Violet "Vicky" Mallinger, 61, of Fairfield, died today, Friday, Nov. 3, 2006, at Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield.      A funeral will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield, with Rev. Danny Cary officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Lawn Cemetery.      Family visitation will be from 2-4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. A book of condolence may be signed from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at

Morna Lee Darrah, 70, of West Burlington, died at 6:15 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 3, at Great River Medical Center.The graveside funeral service and burial for Darrah was at 2 p.m. today in Long Creek Cemetery, rural Danville, with Bill Walkup, minister of the Church of Christ, officiating. A memorial has been established.

Phyllis Irene Bartruff, 75, of Bella Vista, Ark., died Thursday, Nov. 2, 2006, at Circle of Life Hospice Home in Springdale, Ark.      A "Celebration of Her Life" will be at 10 a.m. Monday at First United Methodist Church in Bella Vista.      Memorials may be made to Circle of Life Hospice, 901 Jones Road, Springdale, Arkansas 72762, to plan and establish an angel garden to be incorporated in the expansion of the

COLUMBUS JUNCTION - Corriene E. Hanft, 83, of Columbus Junction died Monday, Oct. 30, 2006 in the Washington County Hospital.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 3 in the Stacy-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Columbus Junction with the Rev. John Monger of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Washington officiating. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday in the funeral