Obituaries

Robert J. Gonzalez, 69, of Iowa City, died Saturday, Aug. 14, 1999, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics following a lengthy illness.

Walter James Lyons, 72, of West Burlington died at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 10, 1999, at Burlington Medical Center.Services will be held at a later date with burial in the National Cemetery at Arsenal Island with full military honors. Family will receive friends from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 15, for a potluck dinner at the home of Rick and Kathy Myers in Gulfport, Ill. Mr. Lyons had deeded his body to the

Harry William Smith, 81, of Fish Lake Valley, Nev., died Friday, July 30, 1999, at his home.

Margery Murphy, 88, of Wellman, died Sunday, Aug. 8, 1999, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, following a brief illness.

Chester Miller, 72, of Kalona, died Friday, Aug. 6, 1999, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, following a lengthy illness.

Martha Katherine Stevens of Flagstaff, Ariz., died Tuesday, July 20, 1999. A private memorial service will be held at the end of August in Newport Beach, Calif.

Dorotha "Opal" Spence, 94, died Thursday, Aug. 12, 1999, at Pleasant Manor Care Center in Mt. Pleasant.The funeral service will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 14, at the Comstock Funeral Home in Unionville, Mo. Burial will be in Unionville Cemetery. Family visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight, Friday, at the funeral home. Memorials to the Thompson Cemetery and-or the Unionville Cemetery can be left or mailed to

Violet L. Mulligan, 97, formerly of Richland, died Friday, Aug. 6, 1999, at her son's home in Waterloo, following a lengthy illness.

Ralph Wesley Miller, 76, of Kalona, died Thursday, Aug. 5, 1999, at the Pleasantview Home in Kalona, following a lenghty illness.

Ida P. Smith, 84, of Columbus Junction, died Thursday, Aug. 5, 1999, at the Colonial Care Center in Columbus Junction.