Obituaries

Carol Rae Brissey, 68, of Burlington, died Dec. 6, 2005, at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington.      The funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9 at Lunning Chapel in Burlington, with the Rev. Duke Crawford officiating. Burial will be in Burlington Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. today at Lunning Chapel, with family present from 6 to 8 p.m. A memorial has been

Edna Hawkins, 87, of Montrose and formerly of Argyle died at 8:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 5, 2005 at the Montrose Health Center in Montrose.      Funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 8 at the Argyle Presbyterian Church with Rev. Alice Hawes officiating. Family will meet with friends from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service. Burial will be in the Argyle Memorial Gardens. A memorial has been

Lester E. Biggerstaff, 80, of Winfield, died Monday morning Dec. 5, 2005, at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown. The funeral service will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7 at the Honts Funeral Home in Winfield, with the Rev. Lester Honson officiating. Burial will follow at the Elmwood Cemetery in Morning Sun. Visitation will be at the funeral home Wednesday morning, with family present from noon to the time of

Carolee Marshall, 56, of Farmington, died at 9:21 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, 2005, at Van Buren County Hospital in Keosauqua.      The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 8 at King-Lynk Funeral Home in Fort Madison, with Pastor Mark Caston officiating. Burial will be in Montrose Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7 at the funeral home, with family present from 6 to 8 p.m. A

Janice A. PoBuda, 62, of Morning Sun, died Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2005, at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington.      The graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 10 in Elmwood Cemetery in Morning Sun, with Ramona Wink officiating. There will be no visitation. The body has been cremated. Memorials have been established to Mellinger Library and First United Presbyterian Church, both in Morning Sun.

Harold "Bob" Norman Wolfe, 77, of Danville, died at 2:50 a.m. Friday, Dec. 2, 2005, at his home.      The funeral service was at 2 p.m. today at Lunning Chapel in Burlington, with the Rev. Matt Miller officiating. Burial will be in Long Creek Cemetery in rural Danville. Memorials have been established to New London United Methodist Church and Hospice of Central Iowa.      Mr. Wolfe was born Jan. 3, 1928, in New

John R. Thompson, 77, of Sheridan, Mont., formerly of Salem, died Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2005, at St. James Hospital in Butte, Mont.      A time of fellowship and remembrance for friends and family will be from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 10 at the Salem Community Center. The body has been cremated and the cremains will be buried at a later date in Salem East Cemetery.      Mr. Thompson was born Jan. 10, 1928, in

Karen Kay Eppard, 39, of Marion died Thursday, Dec. 1, 2005, at her home, following a battle with pancreatic cancer.      Funeral services will be today at 6 p.m. at Lutheran Church of the Resurrection in Marion with the Rev. Kevin Jones and Rev. Dennis Johnson officiating. There will be graveside service at 2 p.m. Tuesday, at Milford Cemetery, in Milford.      Mrs. Eppard was born Nov. 6, 1966, the daughter of

Mary Lou Peterman, 72, of Mt. Pleasant, died unexpectedly Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2005, at the Emergency Room at the Henry County Health Center.Visitation will be held from 4 - 8 p.m. Friday at the Olson - Powell Memorial Chapel where the family will be present from 6 - 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Faith Christian Outreach Church with Pastor Monte Knudsen officiating. Burial will be

Karolena L. Orr, 90, of Mt. Pleasant, died Thursday, Dec. 1, 2005, at the Park Place Long Term Care Unit.      Funeral services for Karolena will be held on Monday, Dec. 5, at 10:30 a.m., at the Olson - Powell Memorial Chapel in Mt. Pleasant, with the Rev. Dr. Edward R. Peterson officiating. Visitation will also be held on Monday from 9 - 10:30 a.m., at the Memorial Chapel, at which time the family be present.