Obituaries

Helen Fern Hayes, 88, of Warrenton, Mo., formerly of Washington, died Monday Nov. 21, 2005, at Warrenton Manor Nursing Home in Warrenton, Mo.      Celebration of Life services will begin at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 26, at Jones-Eden Funeral Home, with the Rev. Robert Wollenberg officiating. Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington. Visitation will begin at noon, Friday, at the funeral home, where the

IOWA CITY-Julia A. Daering, 82, of Hills, died Sunday, Nov. 20, 2005, at Atrium Village in Hills, following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 23, at Gay and Ciha Funeral Home in Iowa City. Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, at the funeral home. There will be a family gathering and luncheon at United

Rex Nafziger, 82,of Amarillo, Texas, formerly of West Burlington, died at 7:10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, 2005, at the Veterans Hospital in Amarillo.      The memorial service was at 11 a.m. today at Schoolers Funeral Home in Amarillo. The body has been cremated.      Mr. Nafziger was born Feb. 24, 1923, in Wayland, the son of Menno J. and Anna B. Rich Nafziger.

Donald Frederick Wyse, 76, of rural Washington, died Thursday, Nov. 17, 2005, at his home, following a brief illness.      Funeral services were this morning at Beatty Funeral Home in Washington. Burial was in Elm Grove Cemetery. Memorials have been established for Hospice of Washington County or the American Lung Association.      Mr. Wyse was born Sept. 29, 1929, in Wayland, to Hubert and Emily (Speidel) Wyse. He

Dorothy Gwendolyn Denly, 94 of Farmington, died at 11:50 a.m. on Sunday Nov. 20, 2005 at the Clark County Nursing Home in Kahoka, Mo.      Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 23 at the Hofbauer-Schmitz-Lynk Funeral Home in Farmington with Rev. Barb Krueger officiating. Burial will be in the Greenglade Cemetery in Farmington. Memorials may be made to her son John Denly of the Center Village in

Dolly Grace Downey, 90, of New London, formerly of Seattle, Wash., and Fayette, Mo., died at 12:52 a.m. Friday, Nov. 18, 2005, at Henry County Health Center in Mt. Pleasant.      The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 22 at Elliott Chapel in New London, with Pastor Robert Russell officiating. Burial will be in Burge Cemetery in New London. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until time of the service on

WELLMAN - Della May Eimen, 92, died Friday, Nov. 18, 2005, at Parkview Manor in Wellman, following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services were this morning at Powell Funeral Home in Wellman. Burial was in Madison Cemetery near Aurora. A memorial has been established for Hospice of Washington County.      Mrs. Eimen was born June 17, 1913, near Aurora, to Rodney and Vera (Sampson) Weeks. She married Clifford Yoder

CORALVILLE - Nancy Fredrikki Carson Cookes, 89, of Coralville, died Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2005, at Lantern Park Nursing Home in Coralville.      A memorial service will be held at a later date. A memorial has been established for Iowa City Hospice.      Mrs. Cookes was born Oct. 21, 1916, to Kit and Gertrude (Sonner) Carson in Custer, Mont.

Donald Frederick Wyse, 76, of rural Washington, died Thursday, Nov. 17, 2005, at his home following a short illness.      The funeral service was today at 11 a.m. at the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington, with Ilene Schnicker officiating. Burial was in Elm Grove Cemetery. Memorials have been established to Hospice of Washington County or the American Lung Association. A video tribute may be viewed and online

Nancy L. Prevett, 43, of Hillsboro, died Friday, Nov. 18, 2005, in her home after a battle with cancer.      Family and friends are invited to a potluck in her honor at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 26, at the Hillsboro Community Center in Hillsboro. Memorials may be directed to the Prevett family. Online condolences may be left to the family on the Cremation Society of Eastern-Central-Western Iowa's Web site at