Obituaries

KALONA-Ellis Borntrager, 61, of Kalona, died Monday, Jan. 19, 2004, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, of complications of pneumonia.      Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 21, at the Duane Miller residence in rural Kalona, with the Rev. Ivan Borntrager officiating. Burial will be in South Gingerich Cemetery. Visitation began at 2 p.m. on Monday, at the Duane Miller residence in rural

COLUMBUS JUNCTION-Janice K. Bergen, 56, of Brighton, died Friday, Jan. 16, 2004, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.      Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 20, at 10 a.m., at Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home in Columbus Junction, with the Rev. Cathy Whitlatch officiating. Burial will be in Columbus City Cemetery. Following services at the cemetery, a time of food and fellowship will be held at

Agnes S. Peterson, 93, of Orlando, Fla., died Saturday, Dec. 17, 2004, in Orlando, Fla.      Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington. The family will receive friends at the Morrison Center of Halcyon House in Washington, beginning at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31. Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington are in charge of the arrangements. A memorial fund has been

RIVERSIDE-Aletha Duder, 68, of Riverside, died Saturday, Jan. 17, 2004, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, following a lengthy illness.      A Mass of the Resurrection will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 21, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Riverside. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Riverside. Following services at the cemetery, a time of food and fellowship will be held at St. Mary's Church Hall.

Richard Joseph "Dick" Fuller, 84, of Columbus Junction, died on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2004, at his home.      The funeral service was at 11 a.m. today at Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home in Columbus Junction, with the Rev. Cathy Whitlatch officiating. Burial with full military rites will be in Columbus City Cemetery. Following the committal service, a time of food and fellowship will be at the Columbus Junction American

COLUMBUS JUNCTION-Richard J. "Dick" Fuller, 84, of Columbus Junction, died Thursday, Jan. 15, 2004, at home.      Funeral services were held this morning at Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home in Columbus Junction. Burial was in Columbus City Cemetery, with full military rites accorded. Memorials may be directed to the Louisa County Conservation Commission.      Mr. Fuller was born on April 19, 1919, in Geneseo, Ill., to Ward

GRAND JUNCTION, Ariz.-Clarence V. Messenger, 80, of Grand Junction, Ariz., died Dec. 18, 2003, at St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction, Ariz.      Funeral services were held in Arizona. Burial was in Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Grand Junction, Ariz. Memorials may be directed to the VFW Clifton Post 4663 in Clifton, Colo.      Mr. Messenger was born on June 23, 1923, in Brighton.

COLUMBUS JUNCTION-Tracy Allen Clevenger, 39, of Grandview, died Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2004, at home.      Funeral services will be held on Friday, Jan. 16, at 1 p.m., at Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home in Columbus Junction, with the Rev. Cathy Whitlatch officiating. Burial will be in Columbus City Cemetery. Visitation will be on Thursday, at the funeral home, from 4 to 8 p.m. A general memorial has been established.      Mr.

Grace E. Cannon, 96, of Keosauqua, died at 10:53 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2004, at Van Buren County Hospital in Keosauqua.      The funeral service was at 11 a.m. today at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, with the Rev. Ellis Andrews officiating. Burial was in Fellows Cemetery in Keosauqua.In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents, three sisters and a brother.

TUCSON, Ariz.-Idah R. Long, 83, of Tuscon, Ariz., formerly of Brighton, died Dec. 17, 2003, at Holy Family Hospice in Tuscon, Ariz., following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services were held on Dec. 20, in Tuscon, Ariz. Burial was in South Lawn Cemetery in Tuscon, Ariz.      Mrs. Long was born on Dec. 29, 1919, in Keokuk County, to Clayton and Mae (Farrier) Martin. On Feb. 14, 1941, she married Arthur Long in