Obituaries

PARNELL-Joseph George "Joe" Lower, 85, of Parnell, died Sunday, Sept. 18, 2005, at English Valley Care Center, following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 22, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Parnell, with the Rev. Pat Lumsden officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery, with military honors accorded by American Legion Post 369 of Parnell and VFW Post

Gladys M. Bennett, 98, of Mt. Pleasant died on Tuesday, September 13, 2005, at Arbor Court in Mt. Pleasant.      Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2005 at noon at the Beatty-Murphy Funeral Home of Mt. Pleasant.  Visitation with family present will be from 11 a.m. until service time at the funeral home.  Following the service there will be a time of fellowship at the United Methodist Church in Mt.

SIGOURNEY - Lillian "Mickey" (Harris) Cooley, 82, of Washington, died Sept 15, 2005, at Washington County Hospital in Washington.      Funeral services were held this afternoon at United Methodist Church in Washington. Holm Funeral Home in Sigourney is handling arrangements.      Mrs. Cooley was born Aug. 19, 1923, to Willis B. and Susan E. (Bensler) Harris in Rose Hill. She married John W. Cooley on July 10, 1943,

Lucille A. Carson, 92, of Washington, died Sunday, Sept. 18, 2005, at Halcyon House in Washington, following a brief illness.      Celebration of Life services will begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, at Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington, with the Rev. Dennis Fox officiating. Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington. Visitation will be at the funeral home from noon to 5 p.m., Tuesday evening. The

Doris Marsel Hildebrand, 83, of New London, died Saturday, Sept. 17, 2005, at New London Nursing and Rehab in New London.      The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21 at Faith Lutheran Church in Mt. Pleasant, with the Rev. Chris Hinkle officiating. Burial will be in Lockridge Cemetery in Lockridge. Visitation will be after noon on Tuesday, Sept. 20 at Elliott Chapel in New London, with family

Floyd I. Foster, 93, of Mt. Pleasant, and formerly of the Crawfordsville and Olds communities, died Friday, Sept. 16, 2005, at the Henry County Health Center.      The funeral service was at 10 a.m. today at the Olds United Church of Christ, with the Rev. Chris Cowles officiating. Burial was in Forest Home Cemetery in Mt. Pleasant. In lieu of flowers, memorials have been established to the American Cancer Society,

Ruth Jones-Krause, 44, of Carlisle, formerly of Cedar Rapids, died Thursday Sept. 15, 2005, at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, from complications following surgery.      Funeral services were held today at Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington. Burial was in Lone Tree Cemetery in Lone Tree. A memorial has been established for her children at Washington State Bank in Washington.      Ms. Jones-Krause was born April

WINFIELD - Floyd I. Foster, 93, of Mt. Pleasant, formerly of Crawfordsville and Olds, died Friday, Sept. 16, 2005, at Henry County Health Center.      The funeral service was held this morning. Burial was in Forest Home Cemetery in Mt. Pleasant. Memorials have been established for the American Cancer Society, the Kidney Foundation or the American Red Cross.      Mr. Foster was born on May 26, 1912, to Harlan and

Kenneth H. White, 93, of Washington, died Thursday, Sept. 15, 2005, at Halcyon House in Washington, following failing health for several months.      Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 18, at Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery in Cumberland, Md., at a later date. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. on Sunday at the funeral home, with family present from

Leonard Charles Kokesh, 81, of Longmont, Colo., formerly of Washington, died Saturday, Sept. 3, 2005, following a brief illness.      A memorial service was held Sept. 7. A memorial has been established for the Humane Society.      Mr. Kokesh was born Feb. 14, 1924, to William and Josephine (Petra) Kokesh, near Trier. He married Dorothy Euwer of Washington in December 1945.