Obituaries

WASHINGTON - Rae Alan Wittmayer, 67, of Washington, died at his home Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2005, following a lengthy illness.      A Celebration of Life service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, Feb. 14, at Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington, with the Rev. Brian Gentz officiating. Visitation will be from noon until 6 p.m., Sunday at the funeral home, where the family will be present from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday and

Jerry Alan Ross, 66, of Carthage, Ill., died of cancer at 11 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005, at his son's home in West Salem, Ill.      The funeral service was at 10:30 a.m. today at the United Methodist Church in Carthage, with the Rev. Bill Pyatt officiating. Burial will be at 3 p.m. in Winfield-Scott Township Cemetery in Winfield. A memorial has been established.Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Debra Jean

OWATONNA, Minn. - Ruth M. Wenger, 97, of Owatonna, Minn., died Monday, Feb. 7, 2005, at Cedarview Care Center.      Funeral services will be held Saturday, Feb. 12, 2005, at 1 p.m., at United Methodist Church in Owatonna, Minn., with the Rev. Pat Hinker officiating. Visitation will be held at Michaelson Funeral Homes in Owatonna, Friday, from 3 to 7 p.m., and Saturday at United Methodist Church from 12 noon to 1

WASHINGTON - Edna A. Wilson, 90, of Washington, died Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2005, at Brownlee Health Care Center in Washington, following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 12, 2005, at the United Presbyterian Church in Washington, with the Rev. Kitch Shatzer and the Rev. Dick Gorham officiating. Interment will follow services in Elm Grove Cemetery. Visitation will begin at

NORTH LIBERTY-Norm Benn, 65, of North Liberty, died Sunday, Feb. 5, 2005, at his home.A memorial lunch will be held at the American Legion Hall in North Liberty on Friday, Feb. 8. A memorial service will be held at Pleasant Hill Church in Washington on Saturday, Feb. 12. Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington. Doug Chalupa is handling the arrangements, (319-330-1064).Mr. Benn was born on April 13, 1939,

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Meredith John Chance, 99, of Springfield, Mo., died Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2005.      Memorial services will be held in Springfield, Saturday, Feb. 12. Inurnment will take place later in the spring in DeKalb, Ill. A private memorial fund has been established.      Mr. Chance was born in Washington, Sept. 11, 1905, to John and Anna (McAvoy) Chance. He married Mabel Kupka of Washington.

Lorretta Zuhn, 93, of Phoenix, Ariz., died Jan. 23, 2005.      A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Feb. 19 at Kenwood Park Presbyterian Church in Cedar Rapids. Arrangements are being handled by Cedar Memorial in Cedar Rapids.      Survivors include a daughter, Judy and her husband Ken Beach of Phoenix; two grandsons and five great-grandchildren.      She was preceded in death by her husband, Fred Zuhn, a former

KALONA-David E. Yoder, 67, of Kalona, died Thursday, Feb. 10, 2005, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, following a brief illness.      Celebration of Life services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 14, at Kalona United Mennonite Church, with the Rev. Lynn Patrick and the Rev. Delmar Bontrager officiating. Burial will be in Sharon Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 12, at

Kelly Carl Walker, 48, of the Morning Sun Care Center, formerly of Mt. Pleasant, died Monday, Feb. 7, 2005, at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington.      The funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 11 at the Beatty Funeral Home, with Pastor Randy Gearheart officiating. Burial will be in Forest Home Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10 at the funeral home, with family

Jeremy Michael Barrett, 24, of Pearl City, Hawaii, formerly of Winfield, died Sunday, Feb. 6, 2005, at Waialu, Hawaii.      The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15 at the United Methodist Church in Winfield, with the Rev. Greg Carr officiating. Burial with full military rites will be at the Winfield-Scott Township Cemetery. Visitation will be from noon to 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 14 at the Honts Funeral