Obituaries

COLUMBUS JUNCTION - Rev. Alton Koch, 89, of Columbus Junction, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2002, at Colonial Manor Care Center in Columbus Junction, following a brief illness.      Funeral services will be held at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, at Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home in Columbus Junction. Visitation will be held from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. A memorial has been established at the funeral home.

Robert D. ?Bob? Connop, 88, died at Sunrise Terrace Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, on Feb. 3, 2017.Services will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, at 10:30 a.m., at Mt. Union United Methodist Church, with burial at Trinity Cemetery. Rev. Randy Moser will officiate. Visitation will begin after 1 p.m., on Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, and family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m., at Elliott Chapel, in New London. ...

Beulah ?Joan? Vasquez, 87, of Portaville, Calif., died on Jan. 29, 2017.According to her wishes, she will be cremated. Burial will be held at a later date.Vasquez was born on Oct. 16, 1929, the daughter of Roy and Othel Nau.She retired from Goodyear.Vasquez is survived by a daughter, Vickie Ridgeway; two sons, Randy and Gary Riley; and two sisters, Blondie Gholson and Debbie Cooksey.She was preceded in death ...

Iowa Wesleyan University (IWU) is embarking on a new adventure this February with a brand new program, ?Just Desserts: A Valentine Variety Show and Gift Auction?.This production will be held on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, in the IWU Chapel Auditorium at 7 p.m.The show will feature the talents of Iowa Wesleyan students, Concert Choir, Broad Street Connection, the Jazz Combo and Big Band, in addition to the Mt. ...

Allan Duane Strawhacker, 74, of Newark, Del., and formerly of New London, died on Jan. 28, 2017, at Christiana Hospital, in Wilmington, Del.A Celebration of Life was held on Saturday afternoon at Wyndham, The Alumnae House of Bryn Mawr College, in Bryn Mawr, Pa. A memorial service will be held at Elliott Chapel, in New London, at a later date.A memorial has been established for technology at H.J. Nugen Public ...

Bette Mae Fowler, 77, of San Diego, Calif., formerly of Mt. Pleasant, died at 11:03 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2002, at a San Diego hospital.      A private family funeral service will be under the direction of the Poway-Bernardo Mortuary in Poway, Calif. The private family burial will be later this week at the Forest Home Cemetery in Mt. Pleasant, under the direction of the Weir Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant. There

Merrill F. Cooksey, 81, of Fairfield, died at 6:25 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2002, at the Parkview Care Center in Fairfield.      The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 23 at the Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield with the Rev. David Albert officiating. Following the service the body will be cremated and burial will be at a later date in the Maple Hill Cemetery in Birmingham. Visitation will be

Lynn Leon Sanderson, 45, of Wever, died at 5 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2002, at his home.      The funeral service will be at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 22 at King-Lynk Funeral Home in Fort Madison. Visitation will be after 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 22 until the time of the funeral at the funeral home. His body will be cremated following the service and burial will be at a later date in the Hillsboro Cemetery. A

Edith Lucille Mills, 88, of Mt. Pleasant, died on Friday, Jan. 18, 2002, at the Great River Medical Center in Burlington.      The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 22, at the Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Richard Iles officiating. Visitation began at noon on Monday, Jan. 21, at the funeral home with the family present from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Burial will be in the Hillsboro Cemetery.

Marlan R. Staff, 66, of New London, died at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2002, at his home.      The funeral service was at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 20 at the Shinar Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Pleasant Grove with the Rev. Harry F. Hollingsworth officiating. Burial was in Prairie Grove Cemetery in West Burlington. A memorial has been established to the Des Moines County 4-H Fair Fund.