Obituaries

Ella Marie Burham, 84, of Washington, died on Wednesday, Oct. 11, at the Washington County Hospital following a brief illness.Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14, at the St. James Catholic Church with Fr. Ed O'Melia officiating. Visitation will begin 12 p.m. on Friday at the Jones Eden Funeral Home, where the family will be present to receive friends from 4:30-7:00 p.m. Prayer services will

George Julius Gerst, 92, of rural Columbus Junction, died on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 11, at his home.The funeral ceremony will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 16, at the Dudgeon-McCulley Funeral Home at Wapello, with Ministers of the Apostolic Church officiating. Burial will follow at the Kossuth Cemetery at Mediapolis. Friends may call from 12-6 p.m. on Sunday at the Dudgeon-McCulley Funeral Home, where the

Ronald C. Kilbourn, 86, of Mt. Pleasant, died Wednesday, Oct. 11, at the Henry County Health Center.Visitation for Ron will be held on Friday, Oct. 13, beginning after 12 noon, at the Olson - Powell Memorial Chapel in Mt. Pleasant. The family will greet friends from 5-8 p.m. that evening, during which time there will be a Christian Vigil Service at 6 p.m. and a Knights of Columbus Rosary at 8 p.m. at the Memorial

MT. PLEASANT - Francis L. Smith, 96 of Mt. Pleasant, died Monday, Oct. 9, 2006, at the Klein Center in Burlington.      Open visitation will be held from 2 to 8 p.m. today at the Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel in Mt. Pleasant. There will not be a family visitation time. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church with Pastor Jeff "Duke" Crawford officiating. Burial will be in the Forest

COLUMBUS JUNCTION-Herman B. Best, 76, of Morning Sun, and formerly of Columbus Junction, died Monday, Oct. 9, 2006, at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington.      Graveside services will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, at Columbus City Cemetery with full military rites by the Allen Wright Hanft American Legion Post 100. The Rev. Cathy Whitlatch of Columbus Junction United Methodist Church will

Steve Staley, of New London, died Thursday, Oct. 12, at his home in New London.      Arrangements are pending at Elliot Chapel in New London.

Ronald C. Kilbourn, 86, of Mount Pleasant, died Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2006, at Henry County Health Center.      A funeral mass will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, with the Rev. Nicholas J. Adam officiating. Burial will be in St. Alphonsus Cemetery.      Visitation will begin at noon Friday at Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel in Mount Pleasant, where the family will be present from 5-8 p.m., with

Dorothy Lucille Hudson, 86, of Fairfield, died Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2006, at Nelson Nursing Home.      A funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield, with the Rev. James McGaffey and the Rev. Mike Metz officiating.      Family visitation will be from 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.      Memorials may be made to First Methodist Church in Fairfield or American Diabetes Association.

Oscar Aaron Tedrow, 70, of Bloomfield, died Monday, Oct. 9, 2006, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City as the result of a motorcycle accident near Memphis, Mo.      A memorial service will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at Henkenius-Priester Funeral Home in Bloomfield, with the Rev. Kramer Smith officiating with assistance from Barb Hagerla and Dee Wiley. The body has been cremated. Private burial of the

TRENTON - Lane Kurt Carter, nine-month-old infant, of rural Trenton died Sunday, Oct. 8, 2006 in the Henry County Health Center in Mt. Pleasant.      Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11 in the Trenton United Methodist Church with the Rev. Jeffrey McPheron officiating. Burial will be in White Oak Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon Tuesday in the Beatty Funeral Home in Wayland with the family