Obituaries

Irene Berniece Hotle, 82, of Washington, died Friday, Feb. 28, 2003, at Washington County Hospital after a brief illness.      Funeral services will be held Tuesday, March 4 at 2:30 p.m. at Jones-Eden Funeral Home with the Rev. Richard Boyd officiating. Burial will be in the West Chester Cemetery. Visitation begins at 12:30 p.m. at the funeral home with family present. A memorial has been established for the

Gretchen Sarah Quinn, 89, of Washington, died Friday, Feb. 28, 2003, at Halcyon House following a brief illness.      Funeral services will be held Tuesday, March 4, at 10:30 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church with the Rev. Brian Gentz officiating. Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery. Visitation began this morning at the Jones-Eden Funeral Home, where the family will be present from 5 to 7 p.m. this evening. A

Irene Elizabeth West, 96, formerly of Brighton, died Friday, Feb. 28, 2003, at Davenport Good Samaritan Center in Davenport.      Funeral services will be held Wednesday, March 5, at 1:30 p.m. at Brighton United Church with the Rev. Kitch Shatzer and the Rev. Dean Elmore officiating. Burial will be in New Sweden Methodist Cemetery in New Sweden. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Tuesday with family present from 4 to 7

Marvel Leota Smith, 87, of Wapello, formerly of Winfield, died on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2003, at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington, following a short illness.      The graveside service will be scheduled at a later date in Scott Cemetery in Winfield. Cremation Society of Eastern Iowa is in charge of arrangements. A memorial has been established for the Wapello Fire Department.

Joseph James Mehmert, 78, of St. Paul died suddenly on Saturday afternoon, March 1, 2003, at Trinity West Medical Center in Rock Island, Ill.      The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 5 at St. James Catholic Church in St. Paul, with the Rev. Dennis Hoffman officiating. Burial will be in St. James' Cemetery in St. Paul. Visitation will begin after 2 p.m. on Tuesday, March 4 at the church, where

Nancy C. Rule, 51, of Montrose, died on Friday, Feb. 28, 2003, at Fort Madison Community Hospital in Fort Madison.      The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, March 4 at Vigen Memorial Home in Keokuk, with the Rev. Monte Knudsen officiating. Burial will be in Montrose Cemetery. Visitation will begin after 1 p.m. today at the memorial home with family present from 7 to 9 p.m. Memorials have been

William Robert Riley, 89, of Ocala, Fla., died Feb. 26, 2003, following a lengthy illness.      A memorial has been established with Hospice of Marion County Incorporated, PO Box 4860, Ocala, FL 34478-4860.

Irene Elizabeth West, 96, formerly of Brighton, died at 2:20 a.m. Friday, Feb. 28, 2003, at the Davenport Good Samaritan Center in Davenport.      The funeral service will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, at the Brighton United Church, with the Revs. Kitch Shatzer and Dean Elmore officiating. Burial will be in the New Sweden Methodist Cemetery in New Sweden. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Tuesday, with the

Agnes Catherine Buck, 91, of Crystal Lake, Ill., died on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2003, at Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago.      The graveside service will be at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 1 at Green Mound Cemetery west of Trenton. Family and friends will gather at the Beatty Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant at noon on Saturday. A memorial has been established to the Salvation Army.

Florene Elmore, 81, went to heaven Saturday, February 22, 2003 while staying at Arlington Memorial Hospital in Arlington, Texas.      A memorial service will be held at Salem Friends Church in Salem on Monday, March 3, 2003, at 9 a.m.