Obituaries

KEOSAUQUA-Dorothy Pearl Sayre, 95, of Keosauqua, died Wednesday, March 3, 2004, at West Point Care Center in West Point.      Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. on Saturday, March 6, at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, with the Rev. Jerry Caughron officiating. Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington. Visitation will begin at 3 p.m. on Friday, at the funeral home, with family present from 7 to 8

Robert L. Anderson, 74, of Washington, died Tuesday, March 2, 2004, at home, following a lengthy illness.      Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 6, at Elm Grove Cemetery, with the Rev. Kitch Shatzer officiating. A gathering of family and friends will be held from 6 to 8 p.m., Friday, at Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington. Memorials may be directed to Hospice of Washington County or

LAKELAND, Fla.-Robert Lee Johnson, 75, of Lakeland, Fla., died Monday, March 1, 2004, at home, of cancer.      Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, March 5, at Lakeland Memorial Gardens in Lakeland, Fla. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, at Lakeland Funeral Home in Lakeland, Fla. Memorials may be directed to Good Shepherd Hospice in Auburndale, Fla., or Crystal Lake United Methodist

Martha H. Holtkamp, 84, of rural Hillsboro, died at 10:20 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 29, 2004, at the Van Buren County Hospital in Keosauqua.      The Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 4 at St. John's Catholic Church in Houghton, with Father Dennis Hoffman officiating. Burial will be in St. John's Catholic Church. Visitation will be at Link Funeral Home in West Point from 6 to 8 p.m. with a

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