Obituaries

Arwin W. Hothan, 82,of Mt. Pleasant, died Sunday, Oct. 30, 2005, at the home of his daughter, Dr. Beth Hothan-Zielinski.      A memorial service will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3 at the Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel in Mt. Pleasant, after which the family will receive friends. Friends may sign the register at the memorial chapel beginning after noon on Thursday, Nov. 3. In lieu of flowers, memorials have been

Violena Pauline Myers, 79, of the Trenton community, died Monday, Oct. 31, 2005, at her home.      The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4 at the Trenton Missionary Church. Burial will be in Forest Home Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. A memorial has been established to the Trenton Missionary Church. The Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel of Mt. Pleasant, is in charge

John Alden Dawson, 68, of Washington, died Friday, Oct. 28, 2005, at Washington County Hospital, following declining health.      Funeral services were today at United Methodist Church in Washington. Burial with military rites accorded was in Elm Grove Cemetery. Memorials have been established for United Methodist Church, Washington County Hospital or Hospice of Washington County.      Mr. Dawson was born Nov. 14,

LONE TREE - Hazen Francis Loan, 70, of rural Iowa City, died Sunday, Oct. 30, 2005, at Mercy Medical Center in Dubuque.      A Mass of the Resurrection will begin at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 2, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Lone Tree, with the Rev. Vitalis Torwel officiating, and parish life coordinator Carol Kaalberg assisting. Burial will be in Lone Tree Cemetery. Following committal services at the cemetery, a

Dorothy B. Campbell, 94, of Cedar Falls died Sunday, Oct. 30, 2005, at home.      Graveside services will begin at noon, Friday, Nov. 4, at Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington. A memorial has been established for the Cedar Valley Hospice in Waterloo. Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington is assisting with arrangements.      Mrs. Campbell was born June 23,1911, in Washington County, to William and Arminta (Wallace)

EAST PLEASANT PLAIN - Galen Leroy Kaska, 70, of Bettendorf, formerly of Fairfield, died Monday, Oct. 24, 2005, in Bettendorf.      A Mass and services were held Oct. 28 at St. Joseph's Church in East Pleasant Plain.      Mr. Kaska was born Feb. 22, 1935, in East Pleasant Plain, to Frank and Helen (Zaharris) Kaska.

OTTUMWA - Sally Delores Kurtz, 71, of Ottumwa died Thursday, Oct. 27, 2005, at her home.      A funeral Mass was held today in Ottumwa. Burial was in Calvary Cemetery in Ottumwa. Memorials have been established for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or Hospice.      Mrs. Kurtz was born Sept. 21, 1934, to Harold and Mary (Finnigan) Kent in Ottumwa. She married James Joseph Kurtz on Nov. 17, 1953. He preceded her

Arwin W. Hothan, 82, of Mt. Pleasant, died Sunday, Oct. 30, 2005, at the home of his daughter, Dr. Beth Zielinski. Funeral arrangements are pending at Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel in Mt. Pleasant.

Katherine C. "Kay" Stewart, 87, of Washington, died Saturday, Oct. 29, 2005, at Washington County Hospital, following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services will begin at 1:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 4, at United Presbyterian Church in Washington, with the Rev. Kitch Shatzer officiating. Private family burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington. Visitation will begin at noon, Thursday at Jones-Eden Funeral Home

KALONA - James Aloyisius Wirthlin, 93, of Kalona, died suddenly on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2005, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.      A memorial service will begin at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, in the Pleasantview Chapel at Pleasantview Home in Kalona, with the Rev. David L. Yoder officiating. There will be no visitation. The Yoder-Powell Funeral Home in Kalona is handling arrangements.      Mr. Wirthlin was born Nov. 5,