Obituaries

LONE TREE-Irene Forbes, 91, of Lone Tree, died Saturday, March 13, 2004, at Lone Tree Health Care Center, following a brief illness.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 16, at Sorden-Lewis Funeral Home in Lone Tree, with Russ Forbes officiating. Burial will be in Lone Tree Cemetery. Following services at the cemetery, a luncheon will be held at the Lone Tree American Legion. Visitation

CREAL SPRINGS, Ill.-Minetta V. Holden, 74, of Creal Springs, Ill., died Friday, March 12, 2004, at Herrin Hospital in Creal Springs, Ill.      Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 17, at Blue Funeral Home in Marion, Ill., with the Rev. Tony Holley officiating. Visitation will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. on Wednesday, at the funeral home. A general memorial has been established.      Mrs.

RIVERSIDE-Edna M. Weber, 80, of Iowa City, died Friday, March 12, 2004, at Crestview Nursing and Rehab Center in West Branch, following a brief illness.      Funeral services were held today, at Sorden-Lewis Funeral Home in Riverside, with the Rev. Sue Meade officiating. Burial was in Riverside Public Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the Iowa City Humane Society.      Miss Weber was born on Aug. 10, 1923, in

Matson "Matt" W. Cox, 76, of Burlington, died at 11:12 a.m. on Wednesday, March 10, 2004, at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington.      A memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 13 at Lunning Chapel in Burlington, with the Rev. Trevor Davis officiating. The body has been cremated. Burial will be in Aspen Grove Cemetery at a later date. Visitation will be today from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. at

Kelly Jo Cunningham, 34, of Mt. Pleasant, died at 4:07 p.m. on Wednesday, March 10, at Henry County Health Center.      The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 13 at Turnbull Funeral Home in Monmouth, Ill., with Gordon Nichols officiating. Burial will be in the Monmouth Cemetery in Monmouth. Visitation with family will be one hour prior to the service, 10 to 11 a.m.Survivors include her husband;

BRIGHTON-Harold S. Derby, 82, of Brighton, died Thursday, March 11, 2004, at Washington Care Center in Washington, following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, March 15, at Gould Funeral Home in Brighton, with the Rev. Kitch Shatzer officiating. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery in Brighton, with military rites accorded. Family visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. on

Harold S. Derby, 82, of Brighton died at the Washington Care Center in Washington on Thursday, March 11, 2004 after being in failing health the past several years.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, March 15, at the Gould Funeral Home in Brighton with the Rev. Kitch Shatzer officiating. Burial with military honors will be at Hillcrest Cemetery in Brighton. Family visitation will be from 2 to

MONROVIA, Calif.-Christopher Carl Eastland, 51, of Arcadia, Calif., died Friday, March 5, 2004, as the result of a traffic accident.      A memorial service will be held on Friday, March 12, at Douglass-Zook Mortuary in Monrovia, Calif.      Mr. Eastland was born on Dec. 13, 1952, in Washington.      Mr. Eastland was the second child of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Q. Eastland, who resided in Washington from 1951 till

Richard Glenn "Dick" Hileman, 80, of Mesquite, Texas, formerly of Des Moines, died on March 3, 2004, in Mesquite.      The funeral service was on March 6 in Sunnyvale, Texas, and a graveside memorial service will be in Burge Cemetery in New London later this spring. Elliott Chapel is in charge of local arrangements. A memorial has been established to Iowa Wesleyan College.Survivors include his wife; a son, Rich and

Mary L. Erickson, 91, of Washington, died Monday, March 8, 2004, at Washington Care Center in Washington, following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 11, at Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington, with the Rev. Brian Gentz officiating. Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington. Visitation will begin at noon on Wednesday, at the funeral home, with family