Obituaries

RIVERSIDE ? Clifford M. Baker, 82, Riverside, died March 18, 1999, while wintering in Donna, Texas.Visitation will be Wednesday at the Trimble Funeral Home in Coal Valley, Ill., where further funeral arrangements are pending.

F?By Journal staffKALONA ? Alton B. Miller, 83, Kalona, died March 21, 1999 at his home after a brief illness.Funeral services will be Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the Sharon Bethel Church near Kalona with Walter Beachy and Mose Gingerich as ministers in charge. Burial will be in the Sharon Bethel Cemetery.For more on this obituary, see tonight's Journal.

WINFIELD ? Marlen A. Bitting, 82, Crawfordsville, died March 18, 1999 at Mercy Hospital, Iowa City.Funeral services will be Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at the Spring Run United Methodist Church with the Rev. Jo Hary officiating. Burial will be in the Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington.For the rest of this obituary, see tonight's Journal.

HARRISBURG, Ill. ? Levenia Waite, 90, Harrisburg, Ill., died Feb. 26, 1999 after a brief illness.Mrs. Waite was born Aug. 3, 1908 in Olney, Ill., to Lee and Effee Starnecker Jolly. She grew up in rural Washington County and graduated from the Ainsworth School and the Washington County Hospital School of Nursing.For the rest of this obituary, see tonight's Journal.

She was born Sept. 15, 1914 in LaCr?By Journal staffPOCATELLO, Idaho ? Helen J. Welsh, 84, died Feb. 24, 1999.She was born Sept. 15, 1914 in LaCrosse, Wis., to Carl and Olga (Smevog) Jungbluth. She graduated from Washington High School in 1932 and from Washington Junior College in 1934.For the rest of this obituary, see tonight's Journal.

COLUMBUS JUNCTION ? Frances Jennings, 75, Letts, died March 17, 1999, at Community Health Resources, Muscatine.Funeral services will be Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Letts United Methodist Church, Letts. Burial will be in the Letts Cemetery, Letts.For the rest of this obituary, see tonight's Journal.

NORTHVILLE, Mich. ? Sheila Szot, 55, Northville, Mich., died March 16, 1999, following a brief illness.Burial will be Saturday in Orland Park, Ill.For the rest of this story, see tonight's Journal.

WINFIELD ? Orval John Miller, 78, Olds, died March 15, 1999, at the Park Place Care Center in Mount Pleasant.Funeral services will be Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at the United Church in Crawfordsville with the Rev. Jo Hoover officiating. Burial will be in the Cambrian Cemetery in rural Columbus Junction.For the rest of this obituary, see tonight's Journal.

IOWA CITY ? Peggy Lou Goff Buchmayer, 65, Iowa City, died March 16, 1999 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City following a lengthy illness.Funeral services will be Thursday at 10 a.m. at the George L. Gay Funeral Home in Iowa City with Sister Agnes Giblin officiating. Graveside services will be Thursday at 11:15 a.m. in Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington with the Rev. Denny Martin officiating.For the rest of this obituary,

AINSWORTH ? James Ivan Lewis, 80, an Ainsworth resident for the past nine years, died March 16, 1999 at Mercy Hospital, Iowa City.Funeral services will be Friday at 2 p.m. at the Norman Funeral Home, Lancaster, Mo. Burial will be in Arni Memorial Cemetery in Lancaster, Mo.For the rest of this story, see tonight's Journal.