Obituaries

WATERLOO-Clara LaVonne (Gill) Wilhite, 68, of Waterloo, died Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2004, at Parkview Nursing and Rehab Center in Waterloo.      Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 10, at Kearns, Huisman-Schumacher Chapel on Kimball in Waterloo. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery in Brighton. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. today, and 1 hour prior to service time, Saturday. Memorials may be directed

FAIRFIELD-Danny Dean Essary, 52, of Fairfield, died Thursday, Jan. 8, 2004, at Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield.      Following Mr. Essary's wishes, his body has been cremated. Family and friends may pay their respects from noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 10, at 903 W. Burlington Street in Fairfield. Memorials may be directed to the family.      Mr. Essary was born to Donald and Donna (Snook) Essary. He

KEOTA-Ronald "R.J." James Williams, 17, of rural Keota, died Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2004, at University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City, from injuries suffered in a dirtbike accident near Keota.      Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 14, at Kalona Christian Fellowship Church in Kalona, with the Rev. Larry Rediger, the Rev. Shawn Powell, and Mr. Jeremy Blauvelt officiating. Burial will be in

Evelan Florence Jarvis, 81, of Yarmouth, died at 11:33 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2004, at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington.      The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 11 at Elliott Chapel in New London, with the Rev. Ed Davis offciating. Burial will be in Trinity Cemetery in Mt. Union. Visitation will be after noon on Saturday, Jan. 10 at the chapel, with family present from 6 to 8 p.m.

Wilma E. Kauffman, 91, of Mt. Pleasant, formerly of Wayland, died on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2004, at Park Place in Mt. Pleasant.      The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 10 at Wayland Mennonite Church, with Gerry Klopfenstein and Pam Gerig Unruh officiating. Burial will be in the North Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be from noon to 8 p.m. today at Beatty Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant, with family

Veda Marjorie Isaacson, 90, formerly of Stockport, died at 3:35 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2004, at Van Buren County Hospital in Keosauqua.      The funeral service will be at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 10 at the Stockport United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Catie Newman officiating. Burial will be in the Spencer Cemetery near Stockport. Visitation will begin after 2 p.m. today at Pedrick Funeral Home in

Kevin William McAfee, 43, died, Tuesday, January 6, 2004, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, after a nine-month-long battle with leukemia.      Family members will receive friends and family from 1-5 p.m. this Saturday, January 10, 2004, at Beatty Funeral Home in Washington. A service in celebration of his life will be held at 10:45 a.m. on Saturday, January 17, 2004, at New Oaks Church in Washington, with

Fern Ethel Brandau, 88, of Burlington, died at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2004, at Danville Care Center.      The funeral service will be at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 10 at Lunning Chapel in Burlington, with the Rev. Forrest Krummel officiating. Burial will be in Aspen Grove Cemetery in Burlington. Visitation will be from 8 a.m. until the time of service on Saturday, Jan. 10 at the chapel, with family present

Willis "Burl" Lamm, 80, of Keosauqua, died Thursday, Jan. 8, 2004 at the Van Buren County Hospital in Keosauqua.      The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 12, at the Beatty Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant with the Rev. Larry Wagner officiating. Burial will be at the Forest Home Cemetery. Open visitation will be Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m., with family receiving friends one hour prior to the service on

IOWA CITY-Harold D. Tadlock, 78, of Iowa City, died Monday, Jan. 5, 2004, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.      Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 9, at Wellman Cemetery in Wellman, with the Rev. Rich Pippert officiating. Vistation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, at Powell Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Wellman.      Mr. Tadlock was born in Washington County to Ralph and Doris