Obituaries

John Bill Fenton, 91, of Mt. Pleasant, died 6:55 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10, 2005, at Arbor Court.      The funeral will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, Feb. 14, at the First United Methodist Church in Mt. Pleasant with the pastor, Dr. Edward R. Peterson officiating. Burial will follow at the Forest Home Cemetery.      Visitation will begin at 12 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 13, at the Beatty Funeral Home and the Masonic Lodge #8

Donald Milton Wasson, 79, of New London, died Thursday, Feb. 10, 2005, at his home.      Mr. Wasson has been cremated according to his wishes. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Feb. 15, at Elliott Chapel with burial following at Burge Cemetery in New London.      The Henry County Honor Guard will conduct full military rites.                   Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until the time of the

Doris Boshart, 74, a Mt. Pleasant native, died Feb. 9, 2005 at her daughter's home in Minneapolis, Minn.      The funeral service will be Saturday, Feb. 12 at the United Methodist Church in Willmar, Minn.      Mrs. Boshart was among eight women who walked off their jobs at Citizens National Bank in Willmar for nearly two years in the late 1970s. She gained fame in a labor dispute as part of the so-called "Willmar

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