Obituaries

AUDUBON - Leonard Cameron Steen, 78, of Audubon County, died Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2002, at Salem Lutheran Nursing Home in Elk Horn.      Funeral services were held Saturday, Jan. 19, at Elk Lutheran Church in Elk Horn, with the Rev. Mike Marcum and the Rev. Mike Williams officiating. Burial with military rites accorded by the Harry Albertson Post No. 51 AMVETS was in Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Kimballton.

WELLMAN - Geraldine Faye Wilkins, 75, of Wellman, died Sunday, Jan. 20, 2002, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23, at First Baptist Church in Wellman, with the Rev. Gene Carpenter officiating. Burial will be in Wellman Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 3 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Powell Funeral Home and Cremation Service in

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