Obituaries

Deborah "Debbie" Jean Shearon, 40, of Washington, died Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2000, at the Washington Care Center, following a brief illness.Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, at Keota Cemetery, with the Rev. Brett Best officiating. There will be no visitation. A general memorial fund has been established. Powell Funeral Home in Keota is in charge of arrangements.

WAYLAND - Mabel Anna Roth, 96, of Wayland, died Sunday, Nov. 5, 2000, at Parkview Home in Wayland.Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, at the Sugar Creek Mennonite Church in Wayland, with the Rev. Steve Good officiating. Burial will be in the North Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Beatty Funeral Home in Wayland, where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8

KEOTA - Marguerite Heisdorffer, 67, of Keota, died Sunday, Nov. 5, 2000, at the University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City.A memorial mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, at Holy Trinity Parish-Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church, with the Rev. Timothy Regan officiating. Burial will follow at the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the church.

Mabel Roth, 96, of Wayland, died at 3:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 5, 2000, at the Parkview Home in Wayland.      The funeral service will be 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, at the Sugar Creek Mennonite Church in Wayland with the Rev. Steve Good officiating. Burial will be in the North Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8, at the Beatty Funeral Home in Wayland with family present from 6 to 8 p.m.

Joyce Hole, 53, of Olds, died from injuries received in a single-car accident south of Trenton on Franklin Ave. (W-55) at 7 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2000.      Tbe funeral service was 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6, at Marion Avenue Baptist Church in Washington with the Revs. Larry Brown and John Herdman officiating. Burial was in Ollie Cemetery in Ollie. A memorial has been established. Arrangements were by the Weir

Dr. Ernest N. Lerner of Mt. Pleasant died at 1:10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2000, at Henry County Health Center.      A private family memorial service will be held Friday, Nov. 3, in Forest Home Cemetery. A memorial has been established to the Mt. Pleasant Public Library. Contributions may be sent to the library, 200 North Main, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa 52641.      Dr. Lerner was born Nov. 16, 1922, at Brooklyn, N.Y., the

Pearl Sylvia Hickenbottom, 100, of Fairfield, died 4:45 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3, 2000, at Jefferson County Hospital.      The funeral service will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, at the Behner Funeral Home with the Rev. Ed Elliott officiating. Burial will be in the Lockridge Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday, Nov. 6, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Behner Funeral Home with the family present. Memorials may be made to the

MT. PLEASANT - Joyce A. Hole. 53, of Olds, died Thursday, Nov. 2, of injuries received in an automobile accident south of Trenton.Funeral services were held today at the Marion Avenue Baptist Church in Washington. Burial was in the Ollie Cemetery in Ollie. A memorial fund has been established.

Frederic J. Schmidt, 85, of Winfield, died Saturday, Nov. 4, 2000, at Henry County Health Center.      The funeral service will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, at the Honts Funeral Home in Winfield with the Rev. Jo Hary officiating. Visitation will be from noon to 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 6, at the Honts Funeral Home with a Masonic service at 6:30 p.m. Burial will be in the Winfield-Scott Township Cemetery. A general memorial

SILVIS, Ill. - Clarence R. Lasek, 88, of East Moline, Ill., and formerly of Riverside, died Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2000, at Forest Hill Care Center in East Moline, Ill.Graveside services will be held at the Riverside Cemetery at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 4. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m.