Obituaries

KALONA-Glenn D. "Cotton" Palmer, 93, of Mission, Texas, formerly of Keota, died Sunday, May 23, 2004, at Mission Hospital in Mission, Texas, following a brief illness.      Celebration of Life services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, May 28, at Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona. Burial will be in Keota Public Cemetery in Keota. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, at the funeral home. Masonic services

Lois Opal Miles, 81, of Washington, died Tuesday, May 25, 2004, at home, following a lengthy illness.      Memorial services have been set for 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 29, at Beatty Funeral Home in Washington, with the Rev. Mark Young officiating. Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, with family receiving friends two hours prior the service on

Dwight LeRoy Laughlin, 86, of Ainsworth, died Monday, May 24, at United Presbyterian Home in Washington, following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 27, at Ainsworth Community Church in Ainsworth, with the Rev. Scott Nesbitt officiating. Burial with military rites accorded will be in Parsons Cemetery in Oakville. Visitation will begin at noon on Wednesday, at

RICHLAND-Sarah Mae Morgan, 69, of rural Richland, died suddenly Wednesday, May 26, 2004, at home.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 1, at Gould Funeral Home in Richland, with the Rev. Paul Biaotto and Carol Long officiating. Burial will be in Richland Friends Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. on Monday, at the funeral home. Memorials may be directed to the Rubio Community

Richard L. Lease, 80, of Crawfordsville, died Monday, May 24, 2004, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, following heart complications.      Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, May 27, at United Church of Crawfordsville with the Rev. Nancy Oehler and Larry Fletcher officiating. Burial will be in Crawfordsville Cemetery with military rites accorded. Visitation began at noon today at Jones-Eden Funeral

KEOTA-Darlene Dorothy Adams, 81, of Keota, died Sunday, May 23, 2004, at English Valley Care Center in North English, following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services will be held at Hope Lutheran Church in Sigourney on Wednesday, May 26, at 10:30 a.m., with the Rev. Richard Meyer officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Clarion, at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Visitation will be at Powell Funeral Home in

CRAWFORDSVILLE-Benjamin Brown, 62, of Crawfordsville, died Saturday, May 22, 2004, at Vintage House in Crawfordsville.      Graveside services were held this afternoon at Graceland Cemetery with the Rev. Scott Jones officiating. Foster Funeral Home and Cremation Services is in charge of arrangements.      Mr. Brown was born on Dec. 18, 1941, in Santa Barbara, Calif., to Lyman and Rilla (Boynton) Brown.

BURLINGTON-Marion "Griff" Griffin, 83, of Burlington, died Friday, May 21, 2004, at the home of his son, following a three-month struggle with pancreatic cancer.      Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 25, at Grace United Methodist Church in Burlington with the Rev. Trevor Davis officiating. Burial will be in Aspen Grove Cemetery with full military honors accorded by the Veteran's Honor Guard

BRIGHTON-Edmund "Butch" Lowe, 58, of Brighton, died Wednesday, May 19, 2004, at University Hospitals in Iowa City, following a brief illness.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, May 24, at Gould Funeral Home in Brighton, with the Rev. Kitch Shatzer officiating. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery following cremation. Family visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, at the funeral home.

COLUMBUS JUNCTION-James C. DeLaughter, 66, of Columbus Junction, died Monday, May 17, 2004, at home.      Visitation will be held on Thursday, May 20, at Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home in Columbus Junction from 4 to 8 p.m. A general memorial has been established.      Mr. DeLaughter was born on Feb. 24, 1938, in Texarkana, Texas, to Vivian Clifford and Desdemona (Aiken) DeLaughter. On June 17, 1984, he married Evelyn Mae