Obituaries

RICHLAND-Elizabeth M. Hoskins, 80, of Richland, died Sunday, Dec. 21, 2003, at home.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 24, at Woolson Friends Church, south of Richland, with the Rev. Ned Van Nostrand officiating. Burial will be in Richland Friends Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, at Gould Funeral Home in Richland, with the family present from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

IOWA CITY-David E. Metz, 53, of Iowa City, died Thursday, Dec. 18, 2003, at home, following a lengthy illness.      Celebration of Life services were held this morning, at Lensing Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City. Military rites were accorded by local military organizations. Private family burial was in Oakland Cemetery in Iowa City. Memorials may be directed to Iowa City Hospice, Domestic Violence

KALONA - Jess M. Peachy, 85, of Kalona, died Thursday, Dec. 18, 2003, at his home, following a brief illness.      A Celebration of Life will be held at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 21, at the home of Duane Miller on Cosgrove Road in rural Kalona, with Ivan Borntrager and Truman Miller officiating. Burial will take place Tuesday, Dec. 23, in Guthrie, Ky. Visitation will begin at 4:30 p.m. Friday and continue through the

BRIGHTON-Evelyn A. Deutsch, 83, of rural Brighton, died Friday, Dec. 19, 2003, at Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield.      A Funeral Mass was held this morning at St. Joseph Catholic Church in East Pleasant Plain. Burial was in the parish cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the Lupus Foundation.      Mrs. Deutsch was born on Feb 13, 1920, south of East Pleasant Plain, to Charles and Lucy (Lisk) Peck. She

Robert Newell DeLong, 88, of Mt. Pleasant, died on Monday, Dec. 15, 2003, at Arbor Court in Mt. Pleasant.      The funeral service will be at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 19 at the Calvary Baptist Church, with the Rev. Jeff Crawford officiating. Burial will be in the Burge Cemetery in New London. Visitation will be from noon to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 18 at the Olson~Powell Memorial Chapel, with family present from

Mary Antoinette Smith, 75, of Burlington, formerly of Amarillo, Texas, died at 3 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2003, at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington.      The Mass of the Resurrection will be at 10 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 19 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Burlington, with the Rev. Father Patrick J. Hilgendorf as celebrant. Burial will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery. Visitation will be from noon to

CORALVILLE-Eleanora "Betsy" Ross, 71, of Coralville, died Monday, Dec. 15, 2003, at home, following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services will be held on Sunday, Dec. 21, at 1 p.m., at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Iowa City, with the Rev. David Aanonson officiating. Family graveside services will be held Monday, at Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington. Visitation will be Saturday from 4 to 7 p.m., at Lensing's

Donna A. Burchett, 74, of Independence, Kan. died at 12:05 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12, 2003 at the Midwest Regional Medical Center in Midwest City, Okla.      Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Cathedral of Praise in Independence, with the Pastor Gary Don Newman officiating. The family will conduct a memorial service at 10 a.m. today, at the Word of Life Church in Garden City, Kan. Burial will follow in

KENNEWICK, Wash.-Maynard Charles Mineart, 73, of Kennewick, Wash., died Friday, Dec. 5, 2003, at Tri-Cities Chaplaincy Hospice House in Kennewick, Wash.      A Mass of Christian Burial was held on Dec. 11, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Kennewick, Wash. Mueller's Chapel of the Falls in Kennewick, Wash., was in charge of arrangements.      Mr. Mineart was born on July 23, 1930, in Ottumwa, to Henry William and

Catheryne G. Caldwell, 96, of Washington, died Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2003, at United Presbyterian Home in Washington, following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 18, 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 Thursday, at the funeral home. Memorials