Obituaries

June Maurine Coppes, 96, of Mt. Pleasant, and formerly of Yarmouth, died on Wednesday, Oct. 4, at the Pleasant Manor Care Center in Mt. Pleasant.Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 7, at the Yarmouth Baptist Church, with the Rev. Paul Hooks officiating. Burial will be at the Trinity Cemetery in Mt. Union. The family will receive friends from 2-3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 7, at the church. A

Leonard "Smiley" Charles Bekel, 80, of rural Brighton, died Thursday, Oct. 5, 2006, at his home following a battle with bone cancer.      A funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield, with the Rev. Wayne Wilkens officiating      Family visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.      Memorials may be made to the family and sent to 50 N. Cromwell St., Fairfield 52556.      On

Lane Carter, a nine-month-old infant, of rural Mt. Pleasant, died Sunday, Oct. 8, at the Henry County Health Center.      Funeral arrangements are pending at the Beatty Funeral Home in Wayland.

SIOUX FALLS, SD - Marsha K. Haffner, 44, of Sioux Falls, formerly of Washington, died Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2006 in her home of cancer.      Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 6 in the East Side Baptist Church, Sioux Falls. Burial will be in Hills of Rest Memorial Park, Sioux Falls. Visitation will begin at 3 p.m. Thursday in George Bloom Funeral Home, Sioux Falls, where the family will greet friends from

Olephia Coad, 96, formerly of Mt. Union, died Tuesday, Oct. 3, at Park Place Care Center in Mt. Pleasant.Funeral arrangements are pending at the Honts Funeral Home in Winfield.

Olephia Coad, 96, of Mt. Pleasant, and formerly of Mt. Union, died Tuesday, Oct. 3, at the Park Place Care Center in Mt. Pleasant.The funeral service will be on Saturday, Oct. 7, at 1 p.m. at the Honts Funeral Home in Winfield, with the Rev. Lexie Kirkpatrick officiating. Burial will follow at the Trinity Cemetery at Mt. Union. Friends may call on Saturday from 9 a.m. until the service time at the Honts Funeral

BLOOMFIELD - LeRoy Knerr, 78, of Marshalltown, formerly of Bloomfield, died Monday, Oct. 2, 2006 in the Iowa Veteran's Home in Marshalltown.      Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 6 in the Wagler Funeral Home in Bloomfield with the Rev. Kevin Gingerich officiating. Burial with graveside military rites by the Burl McClure Post No. 280 of the American Legion in Moulton will be in Sunset View

William H. "Bill" Callison, 82, of Mt. Pleasant, and formerly of New London, died on Tuesday, Oct. 3, at Arbor Court in Mt. Pleasant.Visitation will begin after noon on Thursday, Oct. 5, at the Olson - Powell Memorial Chapel, where the family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Friday at 10:30 a.m. at the Independent Bible Church in Wayland, with Pastor Bob Wolf officiating. Burial

Louise Stiefel, 83, of Mt. Pleasant, died Tuesday, Oct. 3, at her home, following a courageous battle with cancer.Visitation will begin after noon on Thursday at the Olson - Powell Memorial Chapel, where the family will receive friends from 5-8 p.m. Thursday evening.Funeral services will be held Friday at 3 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Mt. Pleasant, with the Rev. Henry Ledbetter officiating. Burial will be

Peggy Oakman, 94, of Fairfield died at 12:52 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.      A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Friday at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Fairfield, with the Rev. Travis Harrison and the Rev. Stephen Higdon officiating. The body has been cremated. Interment of cremains will be at Glade Cemetery in Blandinsville, Ill.      F