Paul R. Baiotto

      RICHLAND-Paul R. Baiotto, 87, of Keota, formerly of Rubio, died Thursday, March 22, 2007, at Maplewood Manor Nursing Home in Keota.

      Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 26, at Trinity Friends Church in Richland, with the Rev. Don Collings officiating. Burial will be in Richland Friends Cemetery, with military honors by Richland American Legion Post No. 504. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. Sunday at Gould Funeral Home in Richland, where the family will be present to greet friends from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. A general memorial has been established.

      Mr. Baiotto was born on June 14, 1919, in Lockman, to John Antonio and Veda Laura (Clouse) Baiotto. He married Helen M. Watkins on July 30, 1941, in Des Moines.