Obituaries

Truman Beckler, 82, of rural Mt. Pleasant, died Monday, Jan. 31, 2005, at his home.      The committal service will be held Friday, Feb. 4, 2005, at 10:15 a.m. at Bethel Cemetery. A Celebration of Life memorial service will follow at 11 a.m. at Bethel Church, with the Rev. Phil Slabaugh and the Rev. Herb Yoder officiating. Visitation will be held from 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday, at Bethel Mennonite Church, where the

RICHLAND-Nathan Allen Van Dyke, 53, of Salem, Ore., formerly of Richland, died at his home on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2005.      Memorial services will be held at 1:30 p.m., Saturday Feb. 5, 2005, at Trinity Friends Church in Richland, with the Rev. Stan Bauer officiating. Burial will be in Richland Friends Cemetery at a later time. Gould Funeral Home in Richland is in charge of arrangements. A general memorial has been

KALONA - William "Bill" Blumenstein, 52, of West Chester, died Monday, Jan. 31, 2005, at University of Iowa Hospitals following a brief illness.      A Celebration of Life service will be held Thursday, Feb. 3, 2005, at 2 p.m., at Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona, with the Rev. Lynn Patrick officiating. Visitation will be Wednesday, from 4 to 8 p.m., at the funeral home. Burial will be in Sharon Hill Cemetery in

TULSA, Okla. - Warner Bishop Pollock, 87, of Tulsa, Okla., died Jan. 29, 2005.      Graveside services will be held in Unionville, Mo., on Feb. 12, 2005.      Mr. Pollock was born Nov. 7, 1917, in Powersville, Mo. He married Aileen Hungate on Aug. 22, 1937.

Jason Louis Russell, 25, of Janesville, Wis., formerly of Keokuk, died Sunday, Jan. 30, 2005, in Janesville.      A time of remembrance will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3 at Vigen Memorial Home in Keokuk, with family present. Burial will be in Oakland Vincennes Cemetery in Vincennes at a later date. There will be no formal service. A memorial has been established.Survivors include his father of Keokuk; his

Truman Beckler, 82, of rural Mt. Pleasant, died Monday, Jan. 31, 2005, at his home near Wayland.      The committal service will be at 10:15 a.m. Friday, Feb. 4 at Bethel Cemetery in Wayland, followed by a celebration of life memorial service at 11 a.m. at Bethel Mennonite Church in Wayland, with Pastors Phil Slabaugh and Herb Yoder officiating. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3 at the church,

Kenneth Duane Durian, 79, of Torrance, Calif., died Saturday, Jan. 15, 2005, at Little Company of Mary Hospital in Torrance, after suffering severe cardiac arrest Jan. 8.      Services were held at Green Hills Chapel in Green Hills Memorial Park in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., Jan. 20 with full military honors and a Masonic service. A memorial has been established to the Masonic Home Endowment Fund.Survivors

Ronald Derby, 60, of Mt. Pleasant, died at 11:50 a.m. Monday, Jan. 31 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.      Funeral arrangements are pending at the Weir and Kimzey Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant.

Gregory David Glasgow, 18, of West Point, died unexpectedly Monday evening, Jan. 31, 2005, in West Point.      A celebration of life will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3 at Barr Memorial Chapel in Fort Madison. The body has been cremated and there will be no formal memorial service. A memorial has been established.Survivors include his parents; a sister, Elizabeth Anne Glasgow of West Point, maternal

WASHINGTON - Larry LeRoy Reschly, 55, of Washington, died Thursday, Jan. 27, 2005, at his home in Washington.      Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2005, at Beatty Funeral Home in Washington, with the Rev. Grant Nebel officiating. Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery. Visitation began at noon today, and family will be present from 6 to 8 this evening. Memorials may be designated to the