Obituaries

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

Jessie Mae Mangold, 99, of Rice Lake, Wis., and formerly of Washington, died Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2003, at Rice Lake Convalescent Center in Rice Lake, Wis.      Private family services will be held Monday, Feb. 17, with the Rev. Brett Best officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington.

Mabel M. Lane, 96, of Mt. Pleasant, died Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2003, at the Pleasant Manor Care Center in Mt. Pleasant.      The funeral will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 15, at the Beatty Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant, with the Rev. Charles Tweed officiating. Burial will follow in the Forest Home Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. There will be no family visitation. A

CEDAR RAPIDS - James Charles Soukup, 62, of Dallas City, Ill., and formerly of Ainsworth, died Saturday, Feb. 8, 2003, in Burlington.      Graveside services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, at Salem Church in Ainsworth. Memorials may be directed to the American Cancer Society.

Ronald Joseph Merschbrock, 49, of Rochester, Minn., formerly of West Point, died at 2:15 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 9, 2003, at his home after a battle with cancer.      The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 13 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in West Point, with the Revs. Dennis Hoffman and Dennis Martin officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery in West Point. Visitation will begin at noon on Wednesday,

Jerry Lee Greiner, 61, of Washington, died Saturday, Feb. 8, 2003, at Washington County Hospital, following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12, at Jones-Eden Funeral Home in Washington, with the Rev. Mark Young officiating. Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery. Visitation begins at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, where the family will receive friends from 6 to

WAPELLO - Julie Lynn Staats, 49, of rural Columbus Junction, died Saturday, Feb. 8, 2003, at her home.      Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11, at Marion Avenue Baptist Church in Washington, with the Rev. Larry Brown officiating. Burial will be in Wapello Cemetery in Wapello. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Dudgeon-McCulley Funeral Home in Wapello, where the family will