Obituaries

Norma Jean Alter, 78, of Burlington, formerly of Morning Sun and Mt. Pleasant, died at 2:38 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 30, at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington.      The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 3 at the First United Methodist Church in Burlington, with the Rev. Dr. Dennis Tevis officiating. Burial will be at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 4 in Aspen Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be

WATERLOO-Paul F. McGraw, 90, of Waterloo, died Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2003, at Allen Memorial Hospital, of a heart attack.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 3, at Concordia Lutheran Church in Waterloo. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery in Waterloo. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. on Sunday, at Kearns, Huisman-Schumacher Chapel in Waterloo. Extended visitation will be one hour

COLUMBUS JUNCTION-Lonna Marie Adams, infant, of Washington, died Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2003, at University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City.      Funeral services will be held on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2003, at 2:30 p.m., at United Presbyterian Church in Columbus Junction, with the Rev. Linda Baldwin officiating. A general memorial has been established in Lonna's name.      Lonna Marie was born Sunday, Oct. 26, 2003, in Iowa

TUCSON, Ariz.-Gladys M. Coon, 94, of Tucson, Ariz., formerly of Ainsworth, died Sunday, Oct. 19, 2003, at home, following a brief illness.      Mrs. Coon donated her body to the Health Sciences Center of the University of Arizona, Tucson, for medical research. Cremation and a memorial service will be held at a later date, in Iowa.      Mrs. Coon was born on Dec. 13, 1908, in Richland, to Ellsworth and Mary

KALONA-Morgan "Steven" Erickson, 19, of Kalona, died Monday, Oct. 27, 2003, of injuries suffered in an auto accident.      Celebration of Life services will be held on Friday, Oct. 31, at 10:30 a.m., at Shiloh Church, with the Rev. John Sayer and Ed Forbes officiating. The body has been cremated. Inurnment will be at a later date, in Shiloh Cemetery. The family will receive friends following the service.

Jacob L. Stauffer, 3, of Wayland, died Thursday, Oct. 30, 2003, as the result of an auto accident.      A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 3, at St. James Catholic Church in Washington, with the Rev. Ed O'Melia and the Rev. Dennis Kuhns officiating. Burial will be in Wayland Cemetery. Visitation will be from noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday, at Beatty Funeral Home in Washington, with

ALBIA-Rev. S.A. Conrad, 76, of Albia, died Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2003, at Monroe County Hospital in Albia.      Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 31, at St. Peter's Catholic Church in Albia, and at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 1, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Keota. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery in Keota. Family visitation will be from 6 to 8 this evening at Gilbert-Boman Funeral Home

BRIGHTON-Harold H. Lynn, 90, of Brighton, died Friday, Oct. 24, 2003, at Washington County Hospital in Washington, following a brief illness.      The body has been cremated. Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 1, at Brighton United Church, with the Rev. Kitch Shatzer officiating. A private burial in Hillcrest Cemetery will be held at a later date. Memorials may be directed to Washington

Lilly May Hough, 93, of Washington, died Sunday, Oct. 26, 2003, at Washington Care Center in Washington, following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 29, at Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington, with the Rev. Richard Boyd officiating. Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington. Visitation will begin at noon on Tuesday, at the funeral home, with family

BRIGHTON-Trudy Pfeiffer, 39, of Washington, died Friday, Oct. 24, 2003, in Washington, following a brief illness.      Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 28, at Gould Funeral Home in Brighton, with the Rev. Rich Boyd officiating. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery in Brighton. Visitation will began this afternoon, at the funeral home, and family will be present from 7 to 8:30 this evening. A