Obituaries

Patricia J. Peiffer, 56, of Coralville, died Friday, Feb. 14, 2003, following a brief illness.      Funeral services will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, at Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington. The family will receive friends from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home and from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, at Mrs. Peiffer's home. A general memorial has been established.

Dorothy Eleanor Harms, 87, of St. Charles, Mo., and formerly of, Mt. Pleasant, died at 10:23 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, 2003, at the National Health Care Nursing Home in St. Charles.      The funeral will be at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 18, at the St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Mt. Pleasant, with the Rev. Nick Adam officiating. Burial will follow at the Forest Home Cemetery in Mt. Pleasant. Friends may call from noon

Florence Anna Watson, 85, of Winfield, died on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2003, at Sunrise Terrace Care Center in Winfield.      The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 19 at Honts Funeral Home in Winfield, with the Rev. Elwin Colson officiating. Burial will follow at the Winfield-Scott Township Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 18 at the funeral home. The family will

Elleen Faie Meek, 80, of Riverside, Calif., and formerly of Brighton, died Monday, Feb. 3, 2003, at Riverside Community Hospital, following a brief illness.      Funeral services were held Saturday, Feb. 8, in California.

Bernard A. Jacobsmeier, 78, of Houghton, died at 2:20 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2003, at his home.      The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 19 at St. John's Catholic Church in Houghton, with the Rev. Dennis Hoffman officiating. Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery. Visitation will begin after 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 18 at the church. A Knights of Columbus rosary will be recited at 3 p.m.

Lori Lynn Jenkins Griffis, 37, of Marion, died as a result of a car/train accident one half mile west of Danville, on Feb. 15, 2003.      The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 19 at the Danville Baptist Church, with the Rev. Harry Hollingsworth officiating. The body will be cremated after the service. Visitation will begin after noon on Tuesday, Feb. 18 at the Elliott Chapel, with family

RIVERSIDE - Curtis Oliver King, 81, of Iowa City, and formerly of Cedar Rapids, died Thursday, Feb. 13, 2003, at University of Iowa Hospitals, following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 17, at Sorden-Lewis Funeral Home in Riverside, with the Rev. Sam Hahn officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Public Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Monday before the service

WELLMAN - Helen Kehoe, 79, of Coralville, died Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2003, at University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City, following a lengthy illness.      A funeral Mass will be held at noon on Saturday, Feb. 15, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Wellman, with the Rev. Rich Adam officiating. Burial will be in Wellman Cemetery. The family will receive friends after the lunch following the mass. Powell Funeral Home and

Omera Inabelle McCabe, 77, of Mt. Pleasant, died at 6:20 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 10, 2003, at her residence.      The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15 at the Weir Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant, with the Rev. Dr. Edward R. Peterson, senior pastor of the First United Methodist Church in Mt. Pleasant officiating. Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in rural Mt. Pleasant. Visitation will

Robert Junior Jacobs, 82, of Rubio, died Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2003, at Washington County Hospital in Washington, following a lengthy illness.Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 14, at Ainsworth Community Church in Ainsworth, with the Rev. Scott Nesbitt officiating. Burial with military rites will be in Crawfordsville Cemetery. Visitation begins at noon on Thursday at Jones-Eden Funeral Home in