Obituaries

Marian Brock, 90, of Tacoma, Wash., and formerly of Washington and Pleasant Plain, died Monday, Sept. 9, 2002, in Tacoma, Wash.      A memorial service and burial will take place in Tacoma, Wash.Mrs. Brock was born Nov. 6, 1911, near Pleasant Plain, to Henry and Klie Morgan Ballard. She married Stanley O. Brock.

COLUMBUS JUNCTION - Vera Ruth Solomon, 87, of Conesville, died Saturday, Sept. 7, 2002, at Mercy Medical Center in Iowa City.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10, at Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home in Columbus Junction, with the Rev. Cathy Whitlatch officiating. Visitation will be held this evening from 4 to 7 p.m., at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Conesville Cemetery.      Memorial

Jeanette B. Farley, 81, of Washington, and formerly of New Jersey and Florida, died Friday, Sept. 6, 2002, at her home, following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, at Coughlin Funeral Home in Califon, N.J., with the Rev. Ronald Good officiating. Visitation will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be directed to Hospice of

RICHLAND - Elba Jean Green, 76, of Richland, died Monday, Sept. 9, 2002, at University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City, of lung cancer.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, at Gould Funeral Home in Richland, with the Rev. Wilbur Morfitt officiating. Burial will be in Richland Friends Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11, at the funeral home. A general

H. Eldon Powers, 88, of New London, died Tuesday, February 6, 2018. Services are pending at Elliott Chapel, New London.

Harold Lloyd Wagner, 77, of Burlington, died at 8:20 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2002, at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington.      The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 31 at Lunning Chapel in Burlington, with the Rev. Charles Stevens officiating. Burial with military rites by VFW Posts 10102, 9162, American Legion Post 52 and the Marine Corps League will be in Aspen Grove Cemetery.

Opal Mae Pardall, 87, of Mt. Pleasant, died at 9:56 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 2, 2002, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.      The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 6 at St. Peter's United Church of Christ in Franklin with the Rev. Judy Holcomb officiating. Burial will be in St. Peter's Cemetery in Franklin. Visitation will begin after 1 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 5 at the Hofbauer

David F. Grossheim, 51, died suddenly, Aug. 27, 2002, in Valencia, Calif., after a long illness.      The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 7 at the Blessed Kateri Catholic Church of Santa Clarita, Calif., with the wake immediately following.

KEOTA -       John V. "Johnny Van" Smith, 64, of Harper, died Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2002, from injuries suffered in an automobile accident.      Memorial services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, at Powell Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Keota, with the Rev. Marty Goetz officiating. Interment will be in St. Elizabeth's Cemetery in Harper. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home,

Myong Suk Smith, 76, died January 13, 2018 while under hospice care at home. She was born in North Korea in May 1941. Her mother and father died after war broke out in 1950. She fled South with other refugees that winter. U.S. Army soldiers took her to safety in Seoul and on to an orphanage in Wonju where she continued to grow up. Myong met her husband, Douglas Smith, in Soksan-ni in 1970.They were married in ...