Obituaries

Florence Pauline Bergstrom, 93, of Swedesburg, died Thursday, March 4, 2004 at the Ottumwa Regional Hospital.      Funeral services will be Monday, March 8, at 10:30 a.m. at the Swedesburg Evangelical Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Philip Borleske officiating. Burial will be in the Swedesburg Church Cemetery. Visitation will be from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Honts Funeral Home in Winfield. Family will be present

Betty Jane Murray Schwartz, 84, of Thousand Oaks, Calif., died on Friday, Feb. 20, 2004, at Thousand Oaks.      The graveside service will be at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 6 at Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Danville, with Randall Tiffany officiating. Visitation with family at Elliott Chapel in New London, will immediately follow the committal. A memorial has been established to the Parkinson's Foundation.Survivors

Virginia Irene Moody, 81, of Lone Tree, died Tuesday, March 2, 2004, at the Lone Tree Health Care Center following an extended illness.      Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 6, at the Conesville Cemetery in Conesville. There will be no visitation. Memorials may be made to the National Parkinson Foundation. The Sorden-Lewis Funeral Home in Lone Tree is in charge of the arrangements.Surviv

Col. Ret. Kenneth Lowry Marple, 85, of Rockledge, Fla., died on Monday, March 1, 2004, at Wuesthoff Hospital in Rockledge.      The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. on Monday, March 8 at Elliott Chapel in New London, with the Rev. Sue Tomlinson officiating. Burial will be in Sharon Cemetery in Farmington with military rites conducted by the Henry County Honor Guard. Visitation will be after noon on Sunday, March 7

LONE TREE-Virginia Irene Moody, 81, of Lone Tree, died Tuesday, March 2, 2004, at Lone Tree Health Care Center in Lone Tree, following a lengthy illness.      Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 6, at Conesville Cemetery in Conesville. There will be no visitation. Memorials may be directed to the National Parkinson Foundation. Sorden-Lewis Funeral Home of Lone Tree is in charge of

Raymond Fredrick Iserman, 90, of Danville, died on Sunday, Feb. 29, 2004, at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington.      The graveside service will be at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 3 at Prairie Grove Cemetery in West Burlington, with the Rev. Richard Latta officiating. Visitation will be after noon today at Elliott Chapel in New London, with family present form 6 to 8 p.m. A memorial has been established.Su

KEOSAUQUA-Dorothy Pearl Sayre, 95, of Keosauqua, died Wednesday, March 3, 2004, at West Point Care Center in West Point.      Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. on Saturday, March 6, at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, with the Rev. Jerry Caughron officiating. Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington. Visitation will begin at 3 p.m. on Friday, at the funeral home, with family present from 7 to 8

Robert L. Anderson, 74, of Washington, died Tuesday, March 2, 2004, at home, following a lengthy illness.      Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 6, at Elm Grove Cemetery, with the Rev. Kitch Shatzer officiating. A gathering of family and friends will be held from 6 to 8 p.m., Friday, at Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington. Memorials may be directed to Hospice of Washington County or

LAKELAND, Fla.-Robert Lee Johnson, 75, of Lakeland, Fla., died Monday, March 1, 2004, at home, of cancer.      Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, March 5, at Lakeland Memorial Gardens in Lakeland, Fla. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, at Lakeland Funeral Home in Lakeland, Fla. Memorials may be directed to Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale, Fla., or Crystal Lake United Methodist

Martha H. Holtkamp, 84, of rural Hillsboro, died at 10:20 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 29, 2004, at the Van Buren County Hospital in Keosauqua.      The Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 4 at St. John's Catholic Church in Houghton, with Father Dennis Hoffman officiating. Burial will be in St. John's Catholic Church. Visitation will be at Link Funeral Home in West Point from 6 to 8 p.m. with a