Obituaries

WELLMAN - Calvin Lester Scalf, 74, of Wellman, died Monday, April 25, 2005, at his home.      A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, April 30, 2005, at Wellman Baptist Church, with military rites to be accorded by Wellman American Legion. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Washington County or Wellman Baptist Church. Cremation Society of Eastern Iowa is handling the arrangements.      Mr. Scalf was

WELLMAN - Korene Ethel Wirtz, 91, died on Wednesday, April 27, 2005, at Eagle Point Nursing and Rehab Center in Clinton, following a lengthy illness.      A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 21, 2005, at Powell Funeral Home in Wellman, with the Rev. Rich Pippert officiating. Burial will be in Wellman Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. until service time at the funeral home. A

RIVERSIDE, Calif.-Duane Dawson of Riverside, Calif., formerly of Washington County, died Wednesday, April 27, 2005, in Riverside, Calif.      Memorial services will be held in California.      Mr. Dawson was born in Washington County to Vern and Georgia Dawson.

Martha Kriege, 98, of Remsen, died Wednesday, April 13, 2005, at Floyd Valley Hospital in LeMars.Survivors include three daughters, Mary Ann and Keith McClain of Luther, Mont., Charleene and her husband Stan Stigge of Mt. Pleasant, and Doris and her husband Jim Krogman of Remsen; five sons, Richard and his wife Sherron Kriege, Robert and his wife Jo Ann Kriege, all of Skiatook, Okla., Louis and his wife Karen Kriege

COLUMBUS JUNCTION-Merry Lois Boyd, 89, of Columbus Junction, died Saturday, April 23, 2005, at Colonial Manor Care Center.      Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, April 26, at 2 p.m., at Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home in Columbus Junction, with the Rev. Cathy Whitlatch officiating. Burial will be in Columbus City Cemetery. Visitation will be today from 4 to 7 p.m. at Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home in Columbus Junction.

VICKSBURG, Miss.-Marcia Coffey Morgan, 100, of Vicksburg, Miss., died Friday, April 22, 2005, at her home.      The body has been cremated, and burial will be in a cemetery near Boone. Memorials may be directed to Patients Choice Hospital in Vicksburg, Miss.      Mrs. Morgan was born on Nov. 23, 1904, in Wellman, to E.I. and Lola Coffey. She married William Robert Morgan on June 13, 1931, in Wellman.

Laurel M. Triska, 56, of Washington, died Friday, April 22, 2005, at Washington Care Center, following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 27, at Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington with the Rev. Julie Poulsen officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery in Washington. Visitation will begin at noon on Tuesday, at the funeral home, with family present from 7 to

RIVERSIDE-Mary Rita Shradel, 77, of Riverside, died Friday, April 22, 2005, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, following a lengthy illness.      A Mass of the Resurrection will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 26, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Riverside, with the Rev. Rich Adam officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Riverside. Visitation will be today from 4 to 7 p.m., with a 7 p.m. rosary said at

Edward L. "Ed" Nardy, 83, of Washington, died Monday, April 25, 2005, at his home, following a brief illness.      Funeral services will begin at 10:30 a.m., Friday, April 29, 2005, at St. James Catholic Church, with the Rev. Ed O'Melia officiating. Interment will take place in Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington, with military honors accorded. Visitation will begin at noon on Thursday at Jones-Eden Funeral Home, where

Russell Stanley Harper, 83, of Mt. Pleasant, died Monday, April 25, 2005, at the Sunrise Terrace Care Center in Winfield.      A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 28, at the Elliott Chapel, with Pastor Matt Miller officiating. Burial will follow at the Burge Cemetery in New London. Visitation will be at 9 a.m. Thursday, April 28, with the family receiving friends from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. A