Obituaries

Vernal E. Sparrow, 83, of Salem, died Saturday, July 2, 2005, at his home.      The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 6 at the Salem Friends Church in Salem, with Pastors Tom Palmer and Daryl Coffin officiating. Burial will be in Cedar Creek Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. today at Beatty-Murphy Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant, with family present from 6 to 8 p.m. Memorials have been

Morris "Gregg" Richard, 68, of Round Lake Beach, Ill., formerly of Eldridge and Mt. Pleasant, died Saturday, July 2, 2005, at Elk Grove Village in Elk Grove, Ill.      The graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Friday, July 8 in Long Creek Cemetery in Danville, with Pastor Rick Latta officiating. The precession will leave from Elliot Chapel at 10:30 a.m. A service will be held in Grayslake earlier in the week.

Alice Gay, 72, of Croton, died at 10:32 p.m. Monday, July 4, 2005, at the Van Buren County Hospital in Keosauqua.      A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 9 at the Hofbauer-Schmitz-Lynk Funeral Home in Donnellson. Burial will be in Colorado at a later date. Visitation at the funeral home will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday, July 9, with the family present from noon to 1 p.m. A memorial has been

Ruth Nadine Irvin, 87, of Ottumwa, died at 9:33 a.m. June 29, 2005, at the Ridgewood Nursing and Rehab Center.      The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 1 at Faith Baptist Church in Ottumwa, with the Rev. Phil Griffith officiating. Burial will be in Cuba Cemetery near Avery. Visitation will begin after 1 p.m. today at Reece Funeral Home in Ottumwa, with family present from 6 to 8 p.m. A memorial

James Herman Leichty, 70, of rural Wayland, died Tuesday, July 5, 2005, at Washington Care Center, following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, July 8, at Bethel Mennonite Church, with the Rev. Herb Yoder officiating. Burial will be in Bethel Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon on Thursday, at the church, with family present from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Memorials

Robert Lee "Bob" Dickinson, 64, of Washington, died Saturday, July 2, 2005, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, following a brief illness.      Funeral services will begin at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 6, at Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington, with the Rev. James Cluney officiating. Visitation began at noon today at the funeral home, where the family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. this evening. Burial will

Emily N. Koenigsacker, 58, of Washington, died Saturday, July 2, 2005, at University of Iowa Hospitals, following a lengthy illness.      A funeral mass will begin Friday, July 8, at 11:30 a.m. at St. James Catholic Church in Washington with the Rev. Edward O'Melia officiating. A memorial has been established for St. Patrick's Parish in Omaha, Neb.Mrs. Koenigsacker was born March 24, 1947, near North Liberty to

KALONA - Leo Yoder, 90, of Kalona, died in his home Friday, July 1, 2005, following a lengthy illness.      Celebration of Life services were held today at Sunnyside Conservative Mennonite Church in Kalona, with the Rev. Floyd Helmuth, the Rev. John King, and the Rev. David L. Yoder officiating. Burial was in Fairview Cemetery in Kalona. Memorials have been established for Hospice of Washington County or Sunnyside

FAIRFIELD - Bernard Frederick Hermann, 85, of Fairfield, died Sunday, July 3, 2005 at Parkview Care Center in Fairfield.      Graveside services will begin at 2 p.m. in Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington with the Rev. Marvin Robeck officiating. A memorial has been established for the Alzheimer's Association.      Mr. Hermann was born Dec. 21, 1919, to Fred and Rosanna (Hammen) Hermann in Washington. He married Betty

RIVERSIDE - Louis P. Eckrich, 87, of Riverside, died Saturday, July 2, 2005.      Funeral services will begin Wednesday, July 6, at 11 a.m. at Lensing Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City, with the Rev. Michael Phillips officiating. Burial with military rites will be accorded in Riverside Cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. A memorial has been established for Riverside