Obituaries

Everett Young, 83, of Mt. Pleasant, died on Friday, Oct. 20, at his home.Visitation will be held from 12-8 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 22, at the Olson - Powell Memorial Chapel, where the family will receive friends from 4-6 p.m. on Sunday. Funeral services will be held on Monday at 2 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dr. Edward R. Peterson officiating. Burial will be in the Forest Home Cemetery. In

WELLMAN - Lela M. Goodwin, 97, of Wellman died Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006 in Parkview Manor following a lengthy illness.      Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 23 at Sixteen Cemetery near Thornburg with the Rev. Rich Pippert officiating. There will be no visitation. The body was cremated. A memorial fund has been established for Parkview Manor Chaplaincy Program. The Powell Funeral Home and

Jose Manuel Negron Jr., 30, of Washington died Thursday, Oct. 19, 2006 in the Washington County Hospital following a short illness.      Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24 in the Washington Mennonite Church with the Rev. Timothy Detweiler and Grant Nebel officiating. The body will be cremated following the service. Visitation will begin at noon Monday in the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington with

Larry Warren "Smoke" Arbogast, 71, of Washington died Thursday, Oct. 19, 2006 in his home in Washington following a short illness.      A memorial service will be 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 22 in the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington with Pastor James Cluney officiating with military rites to follow. Visitation will be Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. in the funeral home with family receiving friends from 2 to 4 p.m. His body

Ruth (Foster) Viggers, 93, of Washington died Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006 in the United Presbyterian Home following a decline in health.      Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28 in the Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington. Interment will be in the Elm Grove Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon Friday where family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Memorials may be made to the Washington

Linda Elizabeth Rossi, 58, of Fairfield, died Monday, Oct. 16, 2006, in Stockton, Calif.      A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Gabriel and All Angels Liberal Catholic Church in Fairfield, with a reception immediately following.      Open visitation will be from 1-8 p.m. Friday at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield, where the family will be present from 6-8 p.m.      Condolences may be sent to 306

FORT COLLINS, Colo. - Mary Angeline Atkinson, 95, of Fort Collins, formerly of Washington, died Monday, Oct. 16, 2006 in the Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 21 in the Jones-Eden Funeral Home with the Rev. Daryl Carr officiating. Interment will take place in the Elm Grove Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. Friday where the family will

CEDAR RAPIDS - Helen D. Potter, 81, of Cedar Rapids, formerly of Washington, died Monday, Oct. 16, 2006 in Iowa City Health and Rehab Center following a long illness.      Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 21 in Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories in Cedar Rapids with the Rev. William B. Harnish officiating. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday in Cedar Memorial Funeral Home. Inurnment will be in

Nelva Jean Main, 60, of Batavia, died Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006, at Ottumwa Regional Health Center in Ottumwa.      Reece Funeral Home in Ottumwa is in charge of arrangements. The body has been cremated.      Memorials may be made to Hospice, 312 E. Alta Vista, Ottumwa 52501.For a complete obituary, read the Oct. 19 Fairfield Ledger.

Don K. Swartzendruber, age 76, died at 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 16, 2006 at his home in Washington, Iowa surrounded by his loving wife, children and grandchildren, after a long and courageous battle with heart disease and cancer.      Memorial services will be held at 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 20, 2006 at the Jones-Eden Funeral Home. Visitation will begin noon Thursday at the Jones-Eden Funeral Home where the family will