Obituaries

KEOTA-Ray Eakins, 62, of Keota, died Thursday, July 15, 2004, at home, following a lengthy illness.      A Mass of the Resurrection was held this morning at Holy Trinity Parish-St. Mary Catholic Church in Keota, with the Rev. Marty Goetz and the Rev. Robert Mann officiating. Burial was in St. Mary Cemetery. A general memorial fund has been established. Powell Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Keota is handling

COLUMBUS JUNCTION-Warren Dean Jennings, 83, of Letts, died Sunday, July 18, 2004, at Lutheran Homes in Muscatine.      Funeral services will be Wednesday, July 21, at 10 a.m., at Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home in Columbus Junction, with the Rev. Kimberly Bowles officiaiting. Burial will be in Letts Cemetery with full military rites accorded by the Allen Wright Hanft Post No. 100 American Legion. Following services at the

KALONA-Jeff Merritt, 45, of Richmond, died Saturday, July 17, 2004, in Oxford, following an electrical accident.      Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 22, at Shiloh in rural Kalona, with the Rev. Chuck Rogness officiating. Burial will be at a later date. A private family visitation will be held. The body has been cremated.      Mr. Merritt was born on July 28, 1958, in Beautfort, S.C., to

RIVERSIDE-Kenneth E. Rogers, 67, of Riverside, died Thursday, July 15, 2004, at home, following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services were held this afternoon at Sorden-Lewis Funeral Home in Riverside, with the Rev. Rudy Juarez officiating. Burial was in Riverside Public Cemetery in Riverside. A general memorial fund has been established.      Mr. Rogers was born on Aug. 9, 1936, in Iowa City, to Elmer and Velma

Virgil Ernest Vetter, 84, of Washington, died Sunday, July 18, 2004, at United Presbyterian Home in Washington, following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 21, at St. James Catholic Church in Washington, with the Rev. Ed O'Melia officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery in Nichols, with military rites accorded. Visitation will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on

Nina Kimmel, 87, of Baylis, Ill., formerly of the Washington and Noble areas, died Monday, July 12, 2004, at St. John's Hospital in Springfield, Ill., following a heart attack.      Funeral services will be held on Friday, July 16, at Shafer-Cody Funeral Home in Meredosia, Ill., at 11 a.m. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery in Meredosia, Ill.

Beverly Jean Tolander, 75, of Kalona, died Tuesday, July 13, 2004, at Pleasantview Home in Kalona, following a lengthy illness.      Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, June 16, 2004, at National Cemetery in Keokuk, with Dr. Edward Peterson officiating. Visitation will begin at noon on Thursday at Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington. Memorials may be directed to Pleasantview Home in Kalona.      

Ann Carole Maurina, 67, died at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, June 24, 2004, at the Holland Home Hospice Center in Grand Rapids, Mich.      The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 26 at Mayfair Christian Reformed Church in Grand Rapids with the Rev. Wilmer Witte officiating. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. today at Zaagman Memorial Chapel in Grand Rapids. In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established

KALONA-Emma V. Hostetler, 77, of Kalona, died Thursday, July 8, 2004, at Pleasantview Home in Kalona, following a brief illness.      Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 10, at Fairview Conservative Mennonite Church in rural Kalona, with the Rev. John Hershberger, the Rev. Perry Miller, and the Rev. David L. Yoder officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 9

COLUMBUS JUNCTION-Jeffrey Allen Paetz, 36, of Columbus Junction, died Tuesday, July 6, 2004, at Unity Hospital in Muscatine.      Funeral services will be held on Saturday, July 10, at 10 a.m., at Columbus Junction United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Cathy Whitlatch officiating. Burial will be in Columbus City Cemetery. Visitation will be on Friday, at Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home in Columbus Junction, from 4 to 8