Obituaries

Vernon Floyd Oetken, 91, of New London, died Wednesday, June 28, at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington.      The funeral service will be at 2 p.m., Friday, June 30, at Elliott Chapel in New London, with Pastor Kendall Adams of Burlington Baptist Church officiating. Burial will follow in Aspen Grove Cemetery in Burlington. Visitation will be at the funeral home beginning at 9 a.m. Friday, with family

WINFIELD - Fred Koffend, 56, of Winfield, died Wednesday, June 28, 2006, at his home.      Funeral services will begin at 10 a.m., Monday, July 3 at Kahle-Moore Funeral Home in Cary, Ill. Burial will follow in Windridge Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday, July 2, at Kahle-Moore Funeral Home in Cary, Ill. Local visitation will be held from 2 to 7 p.m., Friday, June 30, at Honts Funeral Home in

Lola "Babe" Dodds Sainsbury, 93, of Mt. Pleasant, formerly of Hillsboro, died Tuesday, June 27, at Park Place Long Term Care Unit.      The funeral service will be held on Saturday, July 1, at 10 a.m. at the Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel in Mt. Pleasant, with the Rev. David Doerr officiating. Visitation will be held on Friday, June 30, beginning at noon at the funeral home, with family present from 6 to 7 p.m.

Vernon F. Oetken, 92, of New London, died Wednesday, June 28, 2006, at the Great River Medical Center. Services are pending at Elliott Chapel in New London.

Raymond Lee Hiller Sr., 76, of Richland, died Monday, June 26, 2006, at Halcyon House in Washington following a lengthy illness.      Private family graveside services will be held today in Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington. Memorials have been established for Halcyon House or Hospice of Washington. Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington is handling arrangements.

Rose Swanson, 94, formerly of Wayland, died Sunday, June 25, in Naperville, Ill.      Funeral arrangements are pending in Peoria, Ill.      Born April 16, 1912, in Wayland, she was the daughter of Jacob and Bertha Wenger Stauffer.      Mrs. Swanson is survived by one son, Ivan; three daughters, Helen, Roseanna, and Esther; and three brothers, Ervin of Washington, Eugene of Michigan and Edwin of Wayland.      She

Catherine Wind, 98, of Brainerd, Minn., died Monday, June 26, 2006, at Woodland Hills Nursing Home in Brainerd.      A funeral mass was held at 2 p.m. today at Saint Frances Catholic Church in Brainerd.      Memorials may be made to Saint Frances Catholic Church.For a complete obituary, read the June 28 Fairfield Ledger.

Fairy Esther Harris, 90, of Fairfield, formerly of Bloomfield, died Monday, June 26, 2006 at Nelson Nursing Home in Fairfield.      Funeral services will be held at 11 am Friday, June 30, 2006 at the Henkenius-Priester Funeral Home in Bloomfield with Pastor Keevin Koch officiating. Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Bloomfield.      Visitation will be open after 4 pm Thursday at the First Christian Church

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill. - Robert L. Wallace, 67, of North Chicago, Ill., formerly of Washington, died Sunday, June 25, 2006, at his home.      Funeral services will begin at 11 a.m., Friday, June 30, at Salata Funeral Home in North Chicago, Ill. Burial will be in Northshore Garden of Memories. Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m., Thursday, June 29, and before the service on Friday, beginning at 10 a.m. at the

Ervin Stauffer of Washington reported that his sister, Rose Swanson, 94, formerly of Wayland, died Sunday, June 25, 2006, in Naperville, Ill.      Funeral arrangements are pending in Peoria, Ill.      Mrs. Swanson was born April 16, 1912, to Jacob and Bertha (Wenger) Stauffer in Wayland. She lived most of her life in Wayland and Peoria, Ill.