Obituaries

Helen Overton, 90, of Mt. Pleasant, died at her home on Monday, Jan. 22.Funeral services are pending at the Beatty-Murphy Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant.

Betty L. Krueger, 80, of Washington died Friday, Jan. 19, 2007 in her cottage in the United Presbyterian Home of cancer.      Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 23 in the Swedesburg Lutheran Church with the Rev. Phil Borleske officiating. The body has been cremated. Visitation began at noon today in the Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8

WAYLAND-Forest "Dude" Neff, 86, of Wayland, died Friday, Jan. 19, 2007 at the Washington County Hospital.      Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 23, at Cottonwood United Methodist Church west of Wayland, with the Rev. Hyeunmee Kang and the Rev. Gerry Klopfenstein officiating. Burial will be in the Cottonwood Cemetery. Visitation began at noon today at Beatty Funeral Home in Wayland, where the

Elizabeth Graber, 92, of Newton, Kan., and formerly of Washington, died on Friday, Jan. 19, in Newton.Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 26, at the Bethel Mennonite Church, with the Rev. Robert Hartzler and the Rev. Phil Slabaugh officiating. Burial will be in the Bethel Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon on Thursday, Jan. 25, at the church, with family receiving friends from 6-8 p.m. Beatty

Marshall Tucker, 28, of Fairfield, died Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.      A service was held this morning at Wagler Funeral Home in Bloomfield. The body has been cremated.      A memorial has been established to the family.      Visit www.waglerfuneral-home.com to send online condolences.For a complete obituary, read the Jan. 22 Fairfield Ledger.

Josephine Mae Curtis, 103, of Ottumwa, died Friday, Jan. 19, 2007.      A funeral is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield, with the Rev. Dave Peterson officiating. Burial will be in Batavia Cemetery in Batavia.      Family visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.      Memorials may be made to the Josephine Teeter Curtis Memorial Fund at the Fairfield Public

Lizetta Catherine Meierotto, 94, of West Point and formerly of St. Paul, died on Thursday, Jan. 18, at the West Point Care Center.The Mass of Christian Burial was on Monday, Jan. 22 at St. James Catholic Church in St. Paul, with the Rev. Gary Beckman presiding. A rosary was recited on Sunday at the King-Lynk Funeral Home in Ft. Madison, during the visitation. Burial was in the St. James Cemetery in St. Paul.

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