Obituaries

Donald F. Pierce, 77, of Tacoma, Wash., and formerly of Salem, died Tuesday, May 2, 2000, at Allenmore Hospital in Tacoma.The funeral service and inurnment will be at 9 a.m. on Saturday, July 1, at Salem East Cemetery with Father Mark Osterhaus officiating. Military honors will be provided by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #2561 and American Legion Post #58. A memorial has been established to the History Department

Dora Abrisz, 96, of Winfield, died Thursday, June 29, 2000, at the Sunrise Terrace Care Center in Winfield.The funeral service will be 10:30 a.m., Monday, July 3, at Winfield United Methodist Church with the Rev. Jo Hary officiating. Burial will be in Burlington Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation with the family present will be 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Monday at the church prior to the service; there will be no visitation

Florence Fern Coughlin, 67, of Salem, died Wednesday morning, June 28, 2000, at the Henry County Health Center in Mt. Pleasant.The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 1, at Beatty Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant with Father William Barnabus Barker and Greg Heartsill officiating. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, June 30, with family present to greet friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. A

Barbara Katherine Litwiller, 54, of Washington, died Tuesday, June 27, 2000, in a car accident.Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, June 30, at the Washington Mennonite Church, with the Rev. Timothy Detweiler officiating.

Walter Leonard Llewellyn, 97, of Washington, and formerly of Ottumwa, died Monday, June 26, 2000, at Washington County Hospital in Washington.Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday, June 30, at the Robertson-Jay Funeral Home in Ottumwa, with the Rev. Donald Hunt officiating.

Max Chrisman, 92, of Johnson, and formerly of rural Blakesburg, died January 16, 2015, at Iowa Methodist Hospital, Des Moines.Max was born July 10, 1922 in Avery, IA, to Bert and Ruth Carlton Chrisman. He married Christina Herteen on April 19, 1944. They lived in Ottumwa, then farmed in rural Blakesburg for 44 years.Max attended school on Miller Ridge at Jake Oak and Punkin Center schools through 8th grade, ...

BROOKFIELD, Wis. ? Mary Liz McCleery, 84, of Milwaukee, Wis., died Saturday, June 24, 2000.Funeral services will be held Wednesday, June 18 in Brookfield, Wis. Ritter-Larson Bros. Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Mary Jo West, 55, of Iowa City, died Sunday, June 25, 2000, at University Hospitals in Iowa City, following a brain aneurysm.Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 29, at the New Horizons Methodist Church in Coralville, with the Rev. Chuck Kelsey officiating.

Tracey L. Richards, 34, of 508 West Saunders in Mt. Pleasant, died at 5:10 a.m., Thursday, June 22, 2000, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.The funeral service will be at 10 a.m., Monday, June 26, at the First Baptist Church of Mt. Pleasant with the Rev. David Plooster officiating. Burial will be in Greenmound Cemetery, west of Trenton. A memorial has been established for her sons? future education at

Bonnie Carol Craig Lewis, 72, of Cherokee Village, Ark., formerly of Mt. Pleasant, died December 11, 1999, at Wesley Medical Center in Hattiesburg, Miss.A memorial service will be held at 5:30 p.m., July 1, 2000, at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Mt. Pleasant. She had previously been cremated. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.Mrs. Lewis was born October 2, 1927, in Burlington, the daughter of