Obituaries

BRIGHTON-Floyd R. Clark, 82, of Brighton, died Sunday, July 18, 2004, at Washington County Hospital and Clinics in Washington.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 21, at Gould Funeral Home in Brighton, with the Rev. Charles J. Fladung officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in East Pleasant Plain. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, at the funeral home,

KALONA-Jean Marie Gustafson, 53, of Kalona, died Saturday, July 17, 2004, at home.      Memorial services will be held on Tuesday, July 20, at 11 a.m., at Kalona United Methodist Church. Private burial will be in Sharon Hill Cemetery in Kalona. Visitation began at Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona this morning, where the family will be present today from 1 to 4 p.m. and from 6 to 8 p.m. A memorial fund has been

GRAND JUNCTION-Floyd E. Dobson, 79, of Wellman, died Friday, July 16, 2004, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.      Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 20, at First United Methodist Church in Grand Junction with the Rev. Steve Ranson and the Rev. Elvin Martin officiating. Burial will be in Junction Township Cemetery in Grand Junction, with military rites accorded by Ray Hawbaker American Legion

KEOTA-Ray Eakins, 62, of Keota, died Thursday, July 15, 2004, at home, following a lengthy illness.      A Mass of the Resurrection was held this morning at Holy Trinity Parish-St. Mary Catholic Church in Keota, with the Rev. Marty Goetz and the Rev. Robert Mann officiating. Burial was in St. Mary Cemetery. A general memorial fund has been established. Powell Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Keota is handling

COLUMBUS JUNCTION-Warren Dean Jennings, 83, of Letts, died Sunday, July 18, 2004, at Lutheran Homes in Muscatine.      Funeral services will be Wednesday, July 21, at 10 a.m., at Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home in Columbus Junction, with the Rev. Kimberly Bowles officiaiting. Burial will be in Letts Cemetery with full military rites accorded by the Allen Wright Hanft Post No. 100 American Legion. Following services at the

KALONA-Jeff Merritt, 45, of Richmond, died Saturday, July 17, 2004, in Oxford, following an electrical accident.      Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 22, at Shiloh in rural Kalona, with the Rev. Chuck Rogness officiating. Burial will be at a later date. A private family visitation will be held. The body has been cremated.      Mr. Merritt was born on July 28, 1958, in Beautfort, S.C., to

RIVERSIDE-Kenneth E. Rogers, 67, of Riverside, died Thursday, July 15, 2004, at home, following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services were held this afternoon at Sorden-Lewis Funeral Home in Riverside, with the Rev. Rudy Juarez officiating. Burial was in Riverside Public Cemetery in Riverside. A general memorial fund has been established.      Mr. Rogers was born on Aug. 9, 1936, in Iowa City, to Elmer and Velma

Virgil Ernest Vetter, 84, of Washington, died Sunday, July 18, 2004, at United Presbyterian Home in Washington, following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 21, at St. James Catholic Church in Washington, with the Rev. Ed O'Melia officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery in Nichols, with military rites accorded. Visitation will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on

Nina Kimmel, 87, of Baylis, Ill., formerly of the Washington and Noble areas, died Monday, July 12, 2004, at St. John's Hospital in Springfield, Ill., following a heart attack.      Funeral services will be held on Friday, July 16, at Shafer-Cody Funeral Home in Meredosia, Ill., at 11 a.m. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery in Meredosia, Ill.

Beverly Jean Tolander, 75, of Kalona, died Tuesday, July 13, 2004, at Pleasantview Home in Kalona, following a lengthy illness.      Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, June 16, 2004, at National Cemetery in Keokuk, with Dr. Edward Peterson officiating. Visitation will begin at noon on Thursday at Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington. Memorials may be directed to Pleasantview Home in Kalona.