Obituaries

Ruth Belle Rauscher, 86, of Lockridge, died Feb. 29, 2004 at Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield.      Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 3 at the First Augustana Lutheran Church in Lockridge with the Rev. David Franker officiating. Burial will be in the Glasgow Cemetery. A family visitation will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield on Tuesday. In lieu of

BETTENDORF-Verna Clinton, 86, of Davenport, died Saturday, Feb. 28, 2004, at Crest Health Center in Davenport.      Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 2, at McGinnis-Chambers Funeral Chapel in Bettendorf. Burial will be in Rock Island National Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. on Tuesday, at the funeral home. Memorials may be directed to Asbury United Methodist Church's Our

KALONA-Ethel L. Miller, 94, of Kalona, formerly of Wellman, died Thursday, Feb. 26, 2004, at Pleasantview Home in Kalona, following a lengthy illness.      Celebration of Life services were held today. Burial was in Wellman Public Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to Wellman Mennonite Church or Sweetland United Methodist Church. Peterseim Funeral Service in Kalona is in charge of arrangements.      Mrs. Miller

John M. "Jim" or "JM" Harrison, 78, of Salem , formerly of Warsaw, Ill., died suddenly Saturday evening, Feb. 28, 2004, at the Henry County Health Center in Mt. Pleasant.      The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 3, at the Beatty Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant with the Rev. Tom Palmer officiating. Burial will be in the Salem South Cemetery with military rites. Visitation begins at noon on Tuesday,

Alice L. Tait, 87, of Washington, died Thursday, Feb. 26, 2004, at the McCreedy Home in Washington.      The Mass of Christian Burial was at 10:30 a.m. today at St. James Catholic Church in Washington with the Rev. Ed O'Meila officiating. Burial was in the Elm Grove Cemetery. Memorials have been established for the St. James Catholic Church. Beatty Funeral Home in Washington was in charge of arrangements.Survivors

Velma R. Rich, 100, of Mt. Pleasant, died on Friday, Feb. 27, 2004, at the Pleasant Manor Care Center in Mt. Pleasant.      The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, March 2 at the Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel in Mt. Pleasant, with the Rev. Dr. Jerry Kelly officiating. Burial will be in Forest Home Cemetery. Visitation will be from noon to 8 p.m. today at the chapel. The family will receive friends one hour

WELLMAN-Dorothy Jean Beason Yoder, 76, of Wellman, died Friday, Feb. 27, 2004, at home, following a brief illness.      Celebration of Life service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, March 1, at Kalona Mennonite Church in Kalona, with the Rev. Jay Miiller, the Rev.Scott Swartzendruber, and the Rev. Dean Swartzendruber officiating. Burial will be in Wellman Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. on

Alice Tait, 87, of Washington, died Thursday, Feb. 26, 2004, at McCreedy Home in Washington.      A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, March 1, at St. James Catholic Church in Washington, with the Rev. Ed O'Meila officiating. Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington. Visitation will be from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday, at Beatty Funeral Home in Washington. Memorials may be directed

Juanita Lora Westbrook, 79, of Fairfield, died at 5:48 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 27, 2004, at the Parkview Care Center in Fairfield.      The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, March 2 at the Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield, with the Rev. Jeff Crawford officiating. Burial will be in the Memorial Lawn Cemetery in Fairfield. Visitation will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. A memorial has been

Louise "Annette" Morgan Montgomery, 84, of Oakland, Calif. died on Feb. 3, 2004.      Funeral services were held on Feb. 7 at the Castro Valley First Baptist Church in Castro Valley, Calif. A memorial has been established for the local hospice in California.Survivors include her husband of Woodland, Calif.; two sons, Carl Vandagriff of Davis, Calif. and Charles Vandagriff of Oakland; a daughter, Ann Reed of