Obituaries

KEOTA - Verna Irene Dempsey, 91, of Ottumwa, and formerly of Keota, died Sunday, July 22, 2001, at the Ottumwa Regional Health Center, following a brief illness.A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 25, at Powell Funeral Home in Keota, with the Rev. Marty Goetz officiating. Private family interment will be held at a later time. Visitation will be held from 9 to 10 a.m. Wednesday at the

Zuleika Louise ?Zeke? Schenk, 87, of Winfield, died Tuesday evening, July 17 at Sunrise Terrace Care Center in Winfield.      The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Friday, July 20 at the Honts Funeral Home in Winfield, with the Rev. Greg Carr officiating. Burial will follow at the Winfield-Scott Township Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the funeral home with no family visitation. A memorial

Ethel Marie Christner, 91, of Wayland, died Thursday, July 19, 2001, at Parkview Home in Wayland.Funeral services were held today at Beatty Funeral Home in Wayland, with the Rev. Kenneth J. Hartman officiating. Burial was in Green Mound Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the Wayland Methodist Church, Parkview Home or Hospice of Washington County.

Edwin L. Sueppel, 67, of Burlington, formerly of Washington, died Tuesday, July 17, 2001, at Great River Medical Center in West Burlington, following a brief illness.Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 21, at Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington, with Father Dennis Martin officiating. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Friday, July 20, at Beatty Funeral Home in Washington. The family will receive

KALONA - Harvey Wiles, 89, of Wellman, died Wednesday, July 18, 2001, at Parkview Manor in Wellman, following a lengthy illness.      Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 21, at Peterseim Funeral Home in Kalona, with the Rev. Gene Carpenter officiating. Burial will be in Wellman Public Cemetery in Wellman. Visitation will be held Friday, July 20, from 3 until 8 p.m. at the funeral home. A memorial

MOLALLA, Ore., - Luella M. Blankenhorn Lasley, 63, of Molalla, Ore., died Monday, June 25, 2001, in Canby, Ore.      Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, July 23, at the United Presbyterian Church in Washington.

KALONA - James Robert Duwa, 54, of Florissant, Mo., formerly of Riverside, died Tuesday, July 17, 2001, in Florissant, Mo., following a workplace accident.Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 22, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Riverside, with Father Donald Waldschmidt officiating. A fellowship time will be held in the church fellowship hall, following the services. A general memorial has been

Gayle S. Hornbaker, 91, of Minnetonka, Minn., and formerly of Bonaparte, died on Saturday, March 19, 2016.A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m., on Saturday, June 4, 2016, at the Thompson Cemetery, in rural Bonaparte, with Mary Pugh officiating. Full military rites will be presented by the Bonaparte American Legion Sargent-Osweiler Post #563.Memorials may be made in his memory to the Lung Cancer Foundation...

Wilma Grace Shelton, 92, of Washington, died on Monday, July 16, 2001 at Halcyon House following a lengthy illness.      The funeral service will be at 1 p.m. on Friday, July 20 at the Clio United Methodist Church in Clio with the Rev. Leroy Perkins officiating. Visitation with the family present will be two hours prior to the service at the church. A celebration of life service will be at 7 p.m. on Thursday, July

RIVERSIDE - Rheta Frances Southwick, 81, of Riverside, died Monday, July 16, 2001, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 19, at the Riverside United Methodist Church in Riverside, with the Rev. Sung Joon Park officiating. Burial will be in the Riverside Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 18, at Sorden-Lewis Funeral Home in Riverside.