Obituaries

Merle Dale "Fizz" Warner, 86, of Washington, died Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2003, at McCreedy Home in Washington, following a brief illness.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 30, at Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington, with the Rev. Don Hodson officiating. Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington, with military rites accorded. Visitation will begin at noon on Friday at the

WELLMAN - Glen William Stoddard, 87, of Wellman died Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2003, at Parkview Manor in Wellman, following a brief illness.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 30, at Salem Mennonite Church near Kinross, with the Rev. John Mark Miller and the Rev. Wilford Beachy officiating. Burial will be in the Salem Mennonite Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 2 t0 8 p.m., Friday, at the

OTTUMWA-Ruth M. Craig, 82, of Ottumwa, died Monday, Aug. 25, 2003, at her daughter's home in Monmouth, Ill., of cancer.      Funeral services will be held on Friday, Aug. 29, at 11 a.m., at Davis Street Christian Church in Ottumwa, with the Rev. Dan French officiating. Burial will be in Shaul Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. on Thursday at Reece Funeral Home in Ottumwa, with family present from 6 to 8 p.m.

Mrs. Eva Hoaglin Harlan, 99, of Hillsboro, died on Monday, Aug. 25, 2003, at 7:55 p.m. in Park Place of the Henry County Health Center in Mt. Pleasant.      The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 29, at Hillsboro Baptist Church. The Rev. David Doerr and the Rev. Bob Dameron will officiate. Interment will be in the Hillsboro Cemetery.      Visitation will be from noon to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 28 at

John W. "Jack" Huston, 77, of Los Altos, Calif., died at his home at the Villages in San Jose, on Friday morning, Aug. 15, 2003.      A memorial service will be at 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 28 at Christ Episcopal Church in Los Altos. A reception will follow in the church parish hall. The graveside service was today at the Christ Episcopal Church Columbarium in Los Altos, with the Masonic Lodge of Los Altos #712

COLUMBUS JUNCTION - Frances Katherine Sophia Mortensen Diveney, 90, of Conesville, died Friday, Aug. 22, 2003, after complications of a heart attack and stroke at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.      Funeral services were held this afternoon at the Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home in Columbus Junction, with the Rev. Robert Orr and the Rev. Michael McAfee officiating. Burial was in the Conesville Cemetery. A memorial has been

Doris P. Eash, 91, of Washington, died Friday, Aug. 22, 2003, at Washington County Hospital in Washington, following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. this afternoon, at Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington, with the Rev. Don Hodson and the Rev. Sheryl Campbell officiating. Burial was in Wellman Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the Halcyon House Good Samaritan Fund.      Mrs. Eash

Goldie F. Swift, 85, of Washington, died Saturday, Aug. 23, 2003. at Washington County Hospital in Washington.      Funeral Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 27, at Beatty Funeral Home in Washington, with the Rev. Richard Boyd officiating. Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington. Visitation began the morning at the funeral home and will continue this evening, with family present from 6 to

KALONA - Fanny Smucker, 94, of Kalona, died Friday, Aug. 22, 2003, at Pleasantview Home in Kalona, following a lengthy illness.      A Celebration of Life will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 26, at Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church in rural Kalona, with the Rev. Don Patterson, the Rev. David L. Yoder, and the Rev. Dean Swartzendruber officiating. Burial will be in Lower Deer Creek Cemetery. Visitation will be

Charles E. Jarvis, 51, of Excelsior Springs, Mo., died on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2003, in Kansas City, Mo.      The funeral service was on Saturday, Aug. 23 at Prichard Chapel in Excelsior Springs, followed by a graveside service in McFall Cemetery in McFall, Mo. with military honors. A memorial has been established.            Survivors include his wife; two sons, Eric Eugene and his wife Amber Lee Jarvis and Jason