Obituaries

KIRKSVILLE, Mo.-Nola O'Detta Ruggles, 94, of Washington, formerly of Kirksville, Mo., died Thursday, Feb. 19, 2004, at Washington Care Center in Washington.      Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 22, at Travis-Noe Funeral Home in Kirksville, Mo., with her son, the Rev. Roger Ruggles, officiating. Burial will be in Rose Cemetery in Graysville, Mo. Visitation will be held one hour before the

Darrell Lee "Turk" Borchardt, 61 of Wayland, formerly of Washington, died on Monday, Feb. 16, 2004, at his home.      The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21 at the Sugar Creek Mennonite Church in Wayland, with the Rev. Robert Hartzler officiating. Burial will be in the North Hill Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 3 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 20 at the church, with family present from 6 to 8 p.m.

Willis Graber, 85, of Wayland, died on Monday, Feb. 16, 2004, at the Henry County Health Center.      The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 20 at the Sugar Creek Mennonite Church, with Pastors Robert Hartzler and Roger Farmer officiating. Burial will be in the Sugar Creek Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon on Thursday, Feb. 19 at the church, with family present from 6 to 8 p.m. A memorial

Jonas Merrell Harper, 84, of Loves Park, Ill., died Thursday morning on Feb. 12, 2004, of complications from a year's battle with ALS.      The memorial service was on Sunday, Feb. 15 at the Perry Chapel with the Rev. Kent Hadley of Wauwatosa, Wis., officiating. In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established to the Rockford, Ill., Burpee Museum's Dinosaur Exhibit, 813 N. Main St., Rockford, Ill., 61105.Survivor

Edna Mae Newman, 83, of Hamilton, Ill., died at 7:05 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 16, 2004, at Mercer County Hospital Hospice in Aledo, Ill.      The funeral service will be at 1 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 20 at Lamporte Funeral Home in Hamilton. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery in Hamilton. Visitation will be from noon to the time of service on Friday at the funeral home. A memorial has been established for the Edna Mae Newman

Ray Ogles, 57, of Mt. Pleasant, died unexpectedly on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2004, at the Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines while visiting family.      The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 18 at the Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel in Mt. Pleasant with the Rev. Nick Adam officiating. Military rites will be conducted at the service with Dean King, Commander. Following the service, the body will be

Bill White, 72, of Mt. Pleasant, died on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2004, at the McKenna Memorial Hospital in New Braunfels, Texas, of congestive heart failure.      The memorial service will be at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 19 at the First Presbyterian Church in Mt. Pleasant, with the Rev. Jerry Kelly officiating. Burial will be at a later date in the Forest Home Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on

Ruby Augusta Fry, 95, of Lockridge, died Friday, Feb. 13, 2004 at the Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield.      The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 18 at the Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield with the Rev. Diane Brokken officiating. Burial will be in the Evergreen Cemetery in Fairfield. Family visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. on Wednesday prior to the funeral. In lieu of flowers, memorials

Mabel T. White, 97, of Story City, formerly of Ames, died on Monday, Feb. 9, 2004, of heart failure at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames.      The funeral service will be at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 14 at Bethany Manor in Story City and at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 16 at the Hagele and Honts Funeral Home in Mediapolis. Burial will be in the Shinar Cumberland Cemetery in Sperry. Visitation will be today from 5

Bettijean Swan, 84, of Libertyville, died at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2003 at the Jefferson County Hospital.      The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 16 at the Libertyville United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Thomas Raphael-Nakos officiating. Burial will be in the Fell Cemetery near Libertyville. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 15 at the Raymond Funeral