Obituaries

Mary Jane Kirk, 87, of Winfield and formerly of Los Angeles, died on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2002, at the Sunrise Terrace Care Center in Winfield.      The memorial service will be at 2 p.m. on Monday, March 4, at the Honts Funeral Home in Winfield. According to her wishes, the body has been cremated and there will be no visitation. Inurnment will follow the memorial service at the Winfield-Scott Township Cemetery. In

Lucille Stephens, 90, of Live Oak, Fla., died on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2002, at Live Oak.      A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 2 at the North Wayne Township Cemetery with the Rev. Philip Borleske of the Swedesburg Evangelical Lutheran Church officiating. Visitation with family present will be from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 2 at the Honts Funeral Home in Winfield. A memorial has

Margaret Elizabeth Christner, 72, of Mt. Pleasant and formerly of Little Rock, Ark., Mesa, Ariz., and Los Angeles, died on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2002, at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington.      A requiem holy Eucharist service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 2, at St. Michael?s Episcopal Church in Mt. Pleasant with the Revs. Wayne Kamm and Dian Ong officiating. Visitation will be from noon to

Robert S. Hills, 69, of Cedar Rapids, died on Tuesday morning, Feb. 26, 2002, at St. Luke?s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, following a sudden illness.      A Celebration of Life Service will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 2 at Ashbury United Methodist Church in Cedar Rapids, with the Rev. Ed Powers officiating. Visitation with family present will be from 4 to 8 p.m. on Friday, March 1 at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home

RIVERSIDE - John Leo Brophy, 61, of Riverside, died Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2002, at Parkview Manor in Wellman.      A funeral Mass will be held Thursday, Feb. 28, at 10 a.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Riverside, with the Rev. Rich Adams officiating. Burial with full military rites will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Visitation will continue through 8 p.m. this evening at the Sorden-Lewis Funeral Home in Riverside,

RIVERSIDE - Gordon B. Denton, 87, of rural Riverside died Monday, Feb. 25, 2002, at his home, following a lengthy illness.      A funeral Mass will be held Friday, March 1, at 10 a.m. at St. Mary's Church in Riverside. Burial with full military rites will be in the Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Riverside. Visitation will be held Thursday, Feb. 28, from 4 to 7:30 p.m. at Sorden-Lewis Funeral Home in Riverside, where a rosary

WEATHERFORD, Texas - Donald Sojka, 68, of Weatherford, Texas, and formerly of Washington, died Monday, Feb. 25, 2002, at a Weatherford, Texas hospital.      Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, at Centerpoint Church of God in Weatherford, Texas. Burial will be in Annetta Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the American Cancer Society. Galbreaith Pickard Funeral Chapel of Weatherford, Texas,

LONE TREE - Maynard "Abe" Cerny, 87, of Marshalltown, and formerly of Lone Tree, died Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2002, at Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown.      Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 2, 2002, at 10 a.m. at Sorden-Lewis Funeral Home in Lone Tree, with the Rev. Ann Rouse officiating. Burial with full military rites accorded by the Lone Tree American Legion will be in Lone Tree Cemetery. The

BRIGHTON - Edith M. Lowry, 87, of Brighton, died Thursday, Feb. 28, 2002, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, following a brief illness.      A funeral Mass will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, March 3, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in East Pleasant Plain, with the Rev. Charles Fladung officiating. Burial will be in the parish cemetery. Visitation will be held at Gould Funeral Home in Brighton,

BETTENDORF - Lillie M. Kimmel, 92, of Bettendorf, died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2002, at Genesis Medical Center, West Campus, in Davenport.      Funeral services were held today at McGinnis, Chambers and Sass Funeral Home in Bettendorf, with the Rev. Eugene Miller officiating. Burial was in Davenport Memorial Park. A memorial fund has been established.