Obituaries

Robert L. Marek, age 75, of Washington died suddenly Thursday, Sept. 2, 2004, at Washington County Hospital.      Funeral Mass service will be held 10 a.m. Monday at St. James Catholic Church with Father Edward O'Meila. Knights of Columbus Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Jones Eden Funeral Home. Burial will take place in St. Vincent's Cemetery in Riverside. Visitation will be begin at 10 a.m. Sunday

Rev. Dale Edwin Brehmer, 89, of Washington, died Monday, Aug. 30, 2004, at United Presbyterian Home in Washington.      Memorial services will be held at 6:30 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 5, in conjunction with Evensong at United Presbyterian Home, with the Rev. Kitch Shatzer officiating. Memorials may be directed to Sterling College in Sterling, Kansas.      Rev. Brehmer was born in Atlantic on May 20, 1915, the son of

Derald Fredrick Edwards, 82, of Wayland died Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2004, at home following a brief illness.      Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 4, at Cottonwood Church, with the Rev. Nancy Renfro officiating. Burial will be in Cottonwood Cemetery in Wayland. Military services will be conducted at the cemetery. Visitation begins at noon Friday, at Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington, with

BRIGHTON-Norma Maxine Hesseltine, 75, formerly of Brighton, died Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2004, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, following a brief illness.      Mrs. Hesseltine was born Oct. 11, 1928, near Germanville to Christ and Lydia (Kern) Pohren. She married Robert D. Hesseltine in Muscatine, Dec. 9, 1955.      Funeral services will be held at Brighton United Church at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 4, with Rev. Kitch

James Francis McLaughlin, 72, of Mediapolis, died Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2004, at the Great River Medical Center-Klein Center in Burlington.      Funeral services will be held Saturday, Sept. 4, at 10:30 a.m., at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Dodgeville, with Rev. Gerald Stouvenel officiating. Burial will take place at St. Mary's Church Cemetery. Friends may call from noon until 8 p.m., Friday, at the Hagele and Honts

Linda L. Allen, 59, of West Burlington, died at 7:45 p.m. Monday, Aug. 30, 2004.      The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 3 at Lunning Chapel in Burlington, with Pastor Greg Carr officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Grove Cemetery in rural New London at a later date. Visitation will be from noon to 8 p.m. Thursday at the chapel with family present from 6 to 8 p.m.Survivors include three

COLUMBUS JUNCTION - Ellery Virzi, 48, of Columbus Junction, died Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2004.      Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4, 2004 at Stacy-LewisFuneral Home in Columbus Junction. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3, at the funeral home.

LONE TREE - Wilma Marie Hirt, 94 of Riverside, died Monday, Aug. 30, 2004, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City following a brief illness.      Private family services will be held at a later date. Burial will be in Riverside Public Cemetery. There will be no visitation. A memorial fund has been established toRiverside First Responders.      Mrs. Hirt was born June 10, 1910, in Kalona, the daughter of George and Clara

KALONA - Martin J. Dvorak, 86, of Hills, died Friday, Aug. 27, 2004, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, following a brief illness.      A Celebration of Life will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 1, at Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona, with the Rev. Judy Gingerich officiating. Burial will be in Rogers Grove Cemetery in Ely. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, at the funeral home. Memorials may be directed

COLUMBUS JUNCTION - Steven Wayne Hurlbut, 34, of Columbus Junction, died Friday, Aug. 27, 2004, due to a boating accident south of Muscatine.      Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 31, at Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home in Columbus Junction. Burial will be in Letts Cemetery in Letts. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 this evening at the funeral home. A memorial fund has been established at Stacy-Lewis