Obituaries

COLUMBUS JUNCTION - Juana "Mama" Enriquez Martinez, 83, of Conesville, died Sept. 14, 2003, at the Lone Tree Care Center in Lone Tree.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 18, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Columbus Junction. Visitation will be Wednesday, from 4 to 7 p.m., at Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home in Columbus Junction, with a prayer service at 7 that evening. Burial will be in

WINFIELD-August W. Grothe, 85, of rural Winfield, died Thursday, Sept. 11, 2003, at home.      Funeral services will be held on Monday, Sept. 15, at 10:30 a.m., at Swedesburg Evangelical Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Philip Borleske officiating. A private family burial will be in Swedesburg Church Cemetery prior to the service. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, at Honts Funeral Home in Winfield,

BRIGHTON-Helen McEldoon, 70, of Brighton, died Friday, Sept. 12, 2003, at University Hospitals in Iowa City, following a brief illness.      Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 15, at Brighton United Church, with the Rev. Kitch Shatzer officiating. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery in Brighton. Family visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. on Sunday at Gould Funeral Home in Brighton. A

August W. Grothe, 85, of rural Winfield, died on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2003, at his home.      The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 15 at Swedesburg Evangelical Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Philip Borleske officiating. Private family burial will be prior to the service in Swedesburg Church Cemetery. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 14 at Honts Funeral Home in Winfield,

Viola G. Crane, 97, of Mt. Pleasant, died at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003, at Parkview Care Center in Fairfield.      The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 15 at the First United Methodist Church in Mt. Pleasant, with the Rev. Kimberly Bowles officiating. Burial will be in Forest Home Cemetery in Mt. Pleasant. Visitation will be from noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 14 at Beatty Funeral

LaVerne C. Hult, 92, of Swedesburg, died on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.      The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 13 at the Swedesburg Evangelical Lutheran Church with the Rev. Philip Borleske officiating. Burial will follow at the Swedesburg Church Cemetery. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. today at the Honts Funeral Home in Winfield, with family present

Kenneth G. Keck, 57, of Floris, died at 12:12 p.m. on Sept. 8, 2003, at the Davis County Hospital in Bloomfield.      The funeral service will be at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 11 at Reece Funeral Home in Ottumwa. Burial will be in Shaul Cemetery. Visitation began at 10 a.m. today, with family present from 6 to 8 p.m. A memorial has been established.      Survivors include a daughter, Misty Keck of Floris; a son,

Virginia M. Coen, 88, of Mt. Pleasant, died on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2003, at Pleasant Manor Care Center in Mt. Pleasant.      There will be no service and the cremains will be buried in Forest Home Cemetery at a later date. Elliott Chapel in New London is in charge of arrangements.      Survivors include two sisters, Vera Johnson of Fairfield, and Helen Snelling of Galesburg, Ill.      She was preceded in death by her

COLUMBUS JUNCTION - James "Dick" Russell Blodgett, 68, of Columbus Junction, died Saturday, Sept. 6, 2003, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.      Funeral services will be held at the Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home in Columbus Junction, at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10, with the Rev. Donald Bundy officiating. Visitation will be held Tuesday evening from 4 to 7 at the Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home. A memorial has been established

KALONA-Gladys Miller, 88, of Kalona, died Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2003, at Pleasantview Home in Kalona, following a brief illness.      Celebration of Life services will be held on Saturday, Sept. 13, at 10 a.m., at Pleasantview Chapel in Kalona, with the Rev. David L. Yoder and the Rev. Phil Schrock officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in rural Kalona. Visitation will be Friday, Sept. 12, from 2 to 8 p.m., at