Obituaries

Mary E. Nelson, 69, of rural Bonaparte, died early Wednesday, Sept. 6, at her home.      Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, with Pastor Mark Caston officiating. Burial will be in Vale Cemetery, north of Bonaparte. Visitation will open at 2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, with family present from 7-8 p.m. Memorials to Shriners' Crippled Children's Hospitals,

Lawrence Lloyd "Larry" Pohren, 58, of 2475 Highway 1, died of an apparent heart attack Monday, Sept. 4, 2006, at his home.      A service is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Friday at 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.      Family visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Thursday at Raymond Funeral Home in

WASHINGTON - Edward L. "Ed" Kauffman, age 87, of Washington, Iowa died Monday, September 4, 2006 at the Washington Care Center after failing in health for the past nine months.      Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Thursday in St. James Catholic Church in Washington with Fr. Ed O'Melia officiating. Visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m. Wednesday at the Jones Eden Funeral Home where the family will receive

Jay H. Horning, 81, of St. Petersburg, Fla., died Friday, Aug. 25, 2006, at home under Hospice care.      Memorials may be made to Beacon House, 2151 Central Ave., St. Petersburg, FL 33713, or to Daystar Life Center, 226 Sixth St. S., St. Petersburg, FL 33701.      Mr. Horning was born in Richland.For a complete obituary, read the Sept. 6 Fairfield Ledger.

Gregory J. Reeves, formerly of Omaha, Neb. died on June 3, in Hillsboro, Ore.A memorial is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 9 at the community room at the Mapleleaf apartments in Mt. Pleasant. Lunch will be served at 1 p.m.

WASHINGTON - Edward L. Kauffman, 87, of Washington died Monday, Sept. 4, 2006 in the Washington Care Center after failing in health for the past nine months.      Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in St. James Catholic Church in Washington with the Rev. Ed O'Melia officiating. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Wednesday in the Jones-Eden Funeral Home where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8:30

Charles S. Painter, 93, of Danville, died at 2:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 4, at his residence.Friends may call from 12-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, in Elliott Chapel, where the family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. The funeral for Mr. Painter will be Friday, at 11 a.m. in the First Baptist Church of Danville with Pastor Harry Hollingsworth officiating. Interment will be in Long Creek Cemetery, in rural Danville.

Louella Jane Franklin, 79, of the Donnellson Health Center, formerly of Perry, Okla. and Nauvoo, Ill., died at 3:05 p.m. Monday, Sept. 4, at the Donnellson Health Center.Friends may call after 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 6, at the Schmitz-Lynk Funeral Home in Donnellson with the family meeting friends from 5-7 p.m. The funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, at the Church of Jesus Christ of

NORTH LIBERTY - C. Arlene Oldfield, 79, of North Liberty, formerly of Kalona and Wellman, died Monday, Sept. 4, 2006 in Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, following a lingering illness.      Celebration of Life services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 7 in Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona with the Rev. Rich Pippert officiating. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home. Burial will be in

KAHOKA, Mo. - Marion James "Jim" Robertson Jr., 68, of Kahoka Mo., died Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2006 in Iowa Lutheran Hospital in 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 Sandy Hook Cemetery in Brighton. Friends may call at Wilson Funeral Home in Kahoka after