Obituaries

COLUMBUS JUNCTION - Thelma Rutt, 73, of Columbus Junction, died Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2001, at University Hospitals in Iowa City.Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, March 2, at the Columbus Junction United Methodist Church. Burial will be in the Columbus City Cemetery. Visitation with the family present will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home in Columbus Junction. A memorial

Elmer Ray Watson, 81, of New London, died Sunday, Feb. 25, 2001, at the Valley Lutheran Hospital in Mesa, Ariz.      The memorial service will be 2:30 p.m., Saturday, March 10, at Elliott Chapel in New London, with the Rev. Matt Miller officiating. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 10, with the family present from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Mr. Watson has been cremated. Military rites will be presented by New

Hazel Fay Watkins, 84, of Yarmouth, died Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2001, at Great River Medical Center, West Burlington.      The funeral service will be 10 a.m. Friday, March 2 at Elliott Chapel in New London with Dr. Robert B. Watkins officiating. Visitation will begin after noon Thursday, March 1 at the chapel with the family present from 6 to 8 p.m. Burial will be at Bethel Cemetery in Wapello. A memorial has been

Wanda F. (Ellis) Ford, 83, of Mt. Pleasant, IA, passed away Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at her home.A visitation will be held from 2-7 p.m. on Friday, October 9, 2015 at the Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel where the family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. that evening. A funeral service will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 10th at the Pleasant View Mennonite Church with Pastor John Yoder-Schrock officiating....

Wendell T. ?W.W.? Williams, 61, of Charles City, died Saturday, Feb. 24, at St. Mary?s Hospital of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., from complications of myelofibrosis.      The funeral service will be 4 p.m. Thursday, March 1, at Trinity United Methodist Church in Charles City with the Revs. Dianne Christopher and Diane Mitchell officiating. Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 28, with the

Jennifer Sue Box, 34, died Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015, at her residence.A funeral service will be held at 1:30 p.m., on Friday, Oct. 9, at the Faith Christian Outreach Church, in Mt. Pleasant. Rev. Monte Knudsen will officiate. Burial will be in the Bonaparte Cemetery, in Bonaparte. Friends may call from noon to 8 p.m., on Thursday, at the Kimzey Funeral Home, in Mt. Pleasant. The family will be present to receive ...

Christopher Martin, 46, of Davenport, and formerly of Washington, died Sunday, Feb. 25, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, following a brief illness.      Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 28, at the Runge Funeral Home in Davenport. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., prior to services.

COLUMBUS JUNCTION - Betty Allen, 74, of Letts, died Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2001, at Unity Hospital in Muscatine.      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 1, at the Stacy-Lewis Funeral Home in Columbus Junction. Burial will be in the Letts Cemetery. Visitation with the family present will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

William ?Bill? Hamilton, 91, of Winfield, died Sunday evening Feb. 25, 2001, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.      The funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 2 at the First Presbyterian Church of Winfield with the Revs. Don Patterson and Mike Johnson officiating. Visitation will begin at noon Thursday, Feb. 1 at Honts Funeral Home in Winfield with the family present from 6 to 8 p.m. Burial at the

Richard L.V. Thompson, 77, of Salem, died at 4:45 p.m. Sunday, February 25, 2001 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.      The funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 1 at Sharon Presbyterian Church near Farmington with the Revs. Jan Burns and Tom Palmer officiating. Burial will be in the Sharon Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 8 a.m. Wednesday at the Beatty Funeral Home in