Obituaries

C. Earl Dixon, 87, of rural Keosauqua, died at 3:59 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, 2006, at Van Buren County Hospital in Keosauqua.      A service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, with the Rev. Paul Rekward officiating. Burial with military rites by Beer-Barker Post will be in Maple Grove Cemetery in Cantril.      Open visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home; a public

Terry Wilson, 62, of Crawfordsville, died Sunday, Sept. 10 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.Funeral arrangements are pending at the Beatty Funeral Home in Wayland.

Wanda Belle Prater, age 95, of Wayland, Iowa formerly of Washington, died Thursday September 7, 2006 at the Parkview Home in Wayland following a lengthy illness.Funeral services will be held 10:30 am Saturday September 9th at the Jones - Eden Funeral Home with Rev. Bob Wollenberg officiating. Visitation will begin noon Friday at the Jones - Eden Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 7:00 to 8:00 pm

George William Hall, 88, an inmate assigned to the Iowa State Penitentiary Hospice Care Unit, died Sept. 9. due to natural causes by way of Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease.Hall was serving a life sentence for Murder in the First Degree from Jefferson County. The sentence began on June 17, 1985.

Stephen M. Barton, 66, of Fairfield, died Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2006.      A graveside service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Evergreen Cemetery in Fairfield, with the Rev. Mike Metz officiating. The body has been cremated.      Memorials may be made to the children's library of the Fairfield Public Library.      Visit www.behnerfh.com to send online condolences.      Behner Funeral Home and Crematory in

Beryl E. Kerr, 91, of rural Douds, died at 3:25 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, 2006, at Van Buren County Hospital in Keosauqua.      A funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at United Methodist Church in Birmingham, with the Rev. Michael Renken officiating. Burial will be in Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Douds.      Open visitation will begin at 3 p.m. Sunday at Pedrick Funeral Home in Douds, with the family present from

Herman Joseph Kruse, 87, of rural Donnellson, died Thursday, Sept. 7, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.Friends may call after noon Sunday, Sept. 10, at the Schmitz-Lynk Funeral Home in West Point. A Knights of Columbus rosary will be recited at 3 p.m. and wake service at 7 p.m. The family will meet with friends from 6-8 p.m. A memorial mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 11, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in

KAHOKA, Mo. - Marion James "Jim" Robertson, Jr., 68, of Kahoka died Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2006 in the Iowa Lutheran Hospital, Des Moines.      Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 8 in the St. Paul United Church of Christ in Kahoka with the Rev. Kenneth Beckmann officiating. Burial will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday in the Sandy Hook Cemetery in Brighton. Friends may call after 9 a.m. Thursday in Wilson

FAIRFIELD - Lawrence Lloyd Pohren, 58, of Fairfield died Monday, Sept. 4, 2006 in his home of an apparent heart attack.      Funeral services are at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 8 in St. Joseph's Catholic Church in East Pleasant Plain with the Rev. Charles Fladung officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery in East Pleasant Plain. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday in the Raymond Funeral

WASHINGTON - Mary L. Shafer, 83, of Washington died Monday, Sept. 4, 2006 in the Washington Care Center following declining health.Funeral services have been set for 1:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 7 in the First Christian Church in Washington with the Rev. Richard Boyd officiating. Burial will be in the English River Cemetery west of Kinross. Visitation will begin at noon Wednesday in the Beatty Funeral Home in