Obituaries

COLUMBUS JUNCTION - Earl Masterson, 78, of Letts, died Monday, Jan. 7, 2002, at Unity Hospital in Muscatine.      Graveside services with military rites will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11, in Grandview Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home in Columbus Junction. A memorial has been established at the funeral home.

Earl Masterson, 78, of Letts, died on Monday, Jan. 7, 2002, at the Unity Hospital Iowa in Muscatine.      A graveside service will be at 1 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 11 at the Grandview Cemetery with military rites. Visitation will be on Thursday, Jan. 10 at the Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home from 5 to 8 p.m. A memorial has been established.

WAPELLO - Cora Mae Sabin, 81, of Waterloo, and formerly of Muscatine, died Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2002, at Ravenwood Care Center in Waterloo.      Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, at Dudgeon-McCulley Funeral Home in Wapello, with the Rev. Harlan W. Winter officiating. Burial will be in Grandview Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

RED OAK - Doris Peterson, 81, of Red Oak, died Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2002, at Stanton Care Center in Stanton, following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 11, at First Covenant Church in Red Oak, with the Rev. David Carlson officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Red Oak. Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, at Nelson-Boylan-LeRette Funeral Chapel

Anora Louise Posivenko died on Jan. 6, 2017.A memorial service for Posivenko was held on Jan. 13, 2017, in Carrollton, Ga.Posivenko was born on June 24, 2016, the daughter of Alex Posivenko and Shelly Wolf Posivenko in Carrollton.Posivenko is survived by her father, Alex; two brothers, Adrian and Garrett; and her grandparents, Bob and Cathy Wolf, of Wayland, and Anatoli and Anna Posivenko, of Omsk, Russia.She ...

Joan M. Schmickle, 68, of Libertyville, Ill., died Sunday, Jan. 6, 2002, at Condell Medical Center in Libertyville.      Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 9, at Burnett-Dane Funeral Home in Libertyville, with the Rev. Patrick Henry Reardon officiating. A graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. Friday at Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until the time of services

Armilda Irene Hartley, 93, of Park Place Long Term Care Unit in Mt. Pleasant, died on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2002, at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington.      A private family funeral service was held at the Weir Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant, with the Rev. Philip A. Borleske, pastor of Swedesburg Evangelical Lutheran Church and Chaplain of Southeast Iowa Crossroads Hospice, officiating. Burial was in the Forest

Joe Lewis Halferty, 70, of Mt. Pleasant, died Tuesday, January 8, 2002 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City of an apparent heart attack.      Friends may call after 12:00 noon Thursday at the Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel in Mt. Pleasant, where the family will receive friends from 6-8:00 p.m. Thursday evening. Funeral services will be held Friday, at 10:00 a.m., at the Harmony Bible Church in

Doris Lucille Peterson, 81, of Red Oak, died on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2002, at the Stanton Care Center in Stanton, after an extended illness.      The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 11, at the First Covenant Church with the Rev. David Carlson officiating. Burial will be in the Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 10 at the Nelson-Boylan-LeRette Funeral Chapel.

John H. Orr, 87, of Keosauqua, died at 11:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 4, 2002, at Van Buren Good Samaritan Center in Keosauqua.      The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 8, at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua, with the Rev. Ellis Andrews officiating. Burial will be in Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Douds. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 7 at the funeral home with family present from 7:30