Obituaries

Vaughn Edward McCants, 77, of West Burlington, died at 11:30 a.m. Friday, April 29, 2005, at Burlington Care Center.      The funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 3 at Lunning Chapel, with the Rev. Forrest Krummel officiating. Burial will be in Aspen Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. today at the chapel, with family present from 5:30 to 7 p.m. A memorial has been established to GRMC

Irma Audrey Cooper, 83, formerly of New London, died Sunday, March 20, 2005, at Coastal Carolina Medical Center at Bluffton, S.C.      A graveside memorial service will be at 11 a.m., May 16, in Forest Home Cemetery in Mt.Pleasant, with the Rev. Matthew Miller officiating. Memorials have been established to the National Alzheimer's Organization and New London United Methodist Church.Survivors include two sons,

Glenn Thompson, 89, of Macomb, Ill., formerly of Blandinsville, Ill., died at 1:20 a.m. Saturday, April 30, 2005, at McDonough District Hospital in Macomb.      The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 4 at Clugston-Tibbitts Funeral home in Blandinsville, with the Rev. Lyren Haney officiating. Burial will be in Glade City Cemetery in Blandinsville. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 3 at

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