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Thursday • March 6, 2014
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Terry Balentine
Terry
W.
“Butch” Balentine,
70,
of
Keokuk
died Tuesday,
March 4, 2014,
at Fort Madison Community Hospital.
Born Dec.
16, 1943, in Mount Sterling, Ill, he
was the son of Eulis and Genevive
Farrel Everett.
Mr. Balentine worked at St.
Louis Die Casting, Seabolds
Animal Farm and CHMI, all
in Keokuk. He retired in 2004.
He enjoyed the company of his
friends at local bars.
Survivors include two sisters,
Betty St. Clair of Kahoka, Mo. and
Sandra Egley of Wayland, Mo.;
one brother, Donald Balentine of
Keokuk; one half-brother, Albert
“Buster” Oswald; four half-sisters,
Mary Mohler, Sharon Salvador,
Wanda Balentine and Nancy Balentine; nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by
his parents.
The gathering of remembrance
of family and friends for Mr. Balentine will be from 6 to 8 p.m.
Friday at Vigen Memorial Home
in Keokuk. Burial will be at a later
date in Kahoka Cemetery.
Stanley Rubin,
prolific TV and movie
writer-producer
Los Angeles Times
LOS ANGELES — There was a
69-year gap between the time Stanley Rubin enrolled at the University
of California, Los Angeles, in hopes
of launching a writing career and
2006, when he actually graduated.
And during that seven-decade
break in schooling, the prolific film
and television writer and producer
left his mark at nearly every studio
in Hollywood, helped run the Writers Guild and Producers Guild, and
took home one of the first Emmys
ever awarded.
Rubin, 96, died Sunday in his
sleep at his home above the Sunset Strip, said actress Kathleen
Hughes, his wife of 59 years.
Born Stanley Creamer Rubin on
Oct. 8, 1917, in the Bronx, he was
a teenager when he took a Greyhound bus across the country to
enroll at UCLA in 1933. After working as the editor of the school’s
newspaper, the Daily Bruin, he was
a few units shy of graduating when
he dropped out in 1937 to work for
a weekly Beverly Hills newspaper
owned by Will Rogers Jr.
From there he went to work in
the Paramount Pictures mailroom,
where his radio, TV and film career
was launched. In 1949, the first
year the Emmys were awarded, he
accepted the statue for best film
made for television for an episode
of the dramatic anthology series
“Your Show Time” called “The
Necklace.”
By 1940 he had become a writer
at Universal Studios; in 1946 he
switched to Columbia Pictures,
and in 1948 he moved to a producing job at NBC. Rubin worked as a
theatrical film producer for a variety of movie studios in the early
1950s before returning to television
producing at CBS. He moved back
to TV production at Universal Studios in 1960, took a TV producing
post at 20th Century Fox in 1967
and then at MGM from 1972 to 1977.
Along the way, he wrote 19 movies and produced more than two
dozen feature and TV films, including a 1955 Francis the Talking Mule
comedy and 1967’s “The President’s
Analyst” starring James Coburn.
Producing “River of No Return” in
1954, Rubin turned into a diplomat
when he mediated between strict
director Otto Preminger and mercurial star Marilyn Monroe.
After leaving MGM, he worked
as an independent film producer.
His last screen credit in 1990 was
as co-producer of Clint Eastwood’s
“White Hunter Black Heart.”
Hughes said her husband’s
favorite movie was “The Narrow Margin,” a 1952 thriller about
assassins stalking a woman taking
a train from Chicago to Los Angeles to testify against the mob.
The movie’s release was delayed
when RKO Radio Pictures head
Howard Hughes became enthused
by the film and asked Rubin to
reshoot it with an A-list cast
instead of Marie Windsor starring as the woman and Charles
McGraw playing a police detective
trying to protect her. Rubin refused
on grounds that the whole film
would have to be recast and reshot.
Rubin could be stubborn when
he stood up to studio chiefs,
recalled a friend, film historian
Alan K. Rode.
He once refused when another
studio head insisted a fictional
movie about Adolf Hitler escaping
Nazi Germany and hiding in the
U.S. be changed to a film about
communists making nerve gas in
the Midwest, he said.
Vivian Wilkins
George Meth
Wayland Lander
Carole Haynes
William Mortland
Vivian Delores Wilkins, 43,
of Burlington
died Tuesday,
March 4, 2014,
at Great River
Medical Center
in West Burlington.
Born Jan. 11,
1971, in Buffalo, N.Y., she was the
daughter of Haywood Love Jr. and
Bertha Hunter. In 1990, she married Paul Wilkins in Burlington,
and they divorced.
Ms. Wilkins graduated from
Burlington High School in 1989.
He was a member of Faith Temple Church of God in Christ. She
enjoyed listening to Christian
music.
Survivors include one son, Paul
Wilkins Jr. of Burlington; three
daughters, Ciera Wilkins of Burlington, and Yasmeen Tish and
Tamia Tish, both at home; her
mother, Bertha Brown of Burlington; her father of Buffalo; two sisters, Terah Hunter of Burlington
and Kasey Brown of West Burlington; two brothers, Robert Clark of
Atlanta and Dominique Peterson
of Burlington; one grandfather,
Norford Hunter of Buffalo; nieces
and nephews.
She was preceded in death by
one grandmother.
The funeral for Ms. Wilkins will
be at 11 a.m. March 12 at Faith
Temple Church of God in Christ
in Burlington, with Pastor Fred
Starling officiating, and family
will receive friends from 10 to 11
a.m. before the service. Burial will
be in Aspen Grove Cemetery in
Burlington.
A memorial has been established for her children.
Prugh Funeral Service in Burlington is in charge of arrangements.
George Alan
Meth, 64, of
S we d e s b u r g
died Sunday,
March 2, 2014,
at his home.
Born Dec.
10, 1949, in
Fairfield, he
was the son
of
Robert
Irvin and Ruth
Allene Charles
Meth.
Mr. Meth graduated from
Mount Pleasant High School in
1968. He made his career in the
Navy, serving from 1969 to 1978.
He was primarily involved with
navigation systems on submarines and serving on the USS
George Bancroft.
He re-enlisted in 1980 and
served as an inertial navigation
systems technician aboard the
USS Woodrow Wilson and the
USS Daniel Boone. He toured
the world and was honorably discharged in 1992. He earned several medals, ribbons and awards
during his time in the Navy.
He was also a partner in a
small electronics supply and
repair business. He moved from
Summerville, S.C., to California, and returned to the Henry
County area in 1996. He worked
for Mike Vincent and Kelly Overton in their counter top installation and carpentry business.
He was a HO Train hobbyist,
attending train shows and conventions. He also maintained collections of other memorabilia. He
enjoyed family gatherings.
Survivors include two brothers, Robert Meth of Van Buren,
Ark., and Ray Meth of Olds; one
sister, Deborah Derby of Swedesburg; nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by
his parents and two brothers.
The memorial service with
military rites for Mr. Meth will
be at a later date. The body has
been donated to the Department
of Anatomy and Cell Biology of
University of Iowa Carver College
of Medicine.
A memorial has been established for a charity to be named
at a later date.
Kimzey Funeral Home in
Mount Pleasant is in charge of
arrangements.
Wayla nd
“Theo” Lander,
77, of Keokuk,
formerly
of
Warsaw,
Ill.
died, Tuesday,
March 4, 2014,
at
Keokuk
Area Hospital.
Born June
26, 1936, in
Carthage, Ill.,
he was the son
of George Wayland and Dorothy “Jincy” Frazer Lander. He
married Karen Alice Thompson,
and she died in 1981.
Mr. Lander worked as a castmaker at Sheller Globe and St.
Louis Dye Casting in Keokuk.
He graduated from Hamilton, Ill.,
High School and attended Carl
Sandburg College. He served in
the Army. He was of the Lutheran
faith. He enjoyed fishing and billiards. He was an accomplished
artist, specializing in painting.
Survivors include two daughters, Terri Lander and Tracy
“Lander” Hymes, both of Keokuk;
three sisters, Jincy Cathey of
Arlington, Texas, Darlene Varner
of Keokuk and Leslie Grossman
of Virginia; five grandchildren;
and many great-grandchildren.
Besides his wife, he was preceded in death by one daughter,
his parents and one grandmother.
The memorial service for Mr.
Lander will be at 1 p.m. Saturday
at Lamporte-St. Clair Funeral
Home in Hamilton, with Bill
Hauser officiating, and visitation
will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. with
family receiving friends from
noon to 1 p.m. before the service.
Burial with military rites will be
in Oakwood Cemetery in Hamilton.
A memorial has been established.
Carole Jean Haynes, 78, of
Bonaparte died at 4:54 p.m.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014, at her
home. Arrangements are pending
at Schmitz-Lynk Funeral Home in
Farmington.
William Mortland, 68, of
Mount Pleasant, died unexpectedly Wednesday, March 5, 2014,
at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.
Arrangements are pending at
Olson-Powell Memorial Chapel in
Mount Pleasant.
Patricia Olson
Patricia L.
Olson, 66, of
Oquawka, Ill.,
died at 8:35
a.m. Wednesday, March 5,
2014, at her
home.
Born Jan. 22,
1948, in Ipava,
Ill., she was the daughter of Orion
J. and Betty Huss Shinberger. On
March 13, 1965, she married Lynn
D. Olson in Oquawka, and he died
July 24, 2009.
Mrs. Olson was a homemaker.
She graduated from Union High
School in 1966. She was a member of Oquawka Eagles Club. She
enjoyed reading and crossword
puzzles.
Survivors include one daughter, Tina Olson Lox of Oquawka;
one son, Gerald “Tag” Olson of
Jackson, Mo.; two grandchildren;
two great-grandchildren; three
brothers; one sister; nieces and
nephews.
Besides her husband, she was
preceded in death by her parents.
No visitation or immediate service is planned for Mrs. Olson. The
body has been cremated.
McGuire and Davies Funeral
Home and Crematory in Monmouth, Ill., is in charge of arrangements.
Joan Loecke
J o a n
S.
“Dietz”
Loecke, 86, of
Wor th i ng ton
died Sunday,
March 2, 2014,
at Mercy Medical Center in
Dubuque.
Born Oct.
6, 1927, in Worthington, she was
the daughter of John A. and Isabelle Stieber Wolfe. On May 30,
1949, she married Bernard “Ben”
Loecke in Worthington.
The Loeckes owned and operated the former Loecke Feeds in
Worthington for 15 years. They
farmed in rural Worthington. She
was a graduate of St. Paul’s School
in Worthington.
She was a member of St. Paul’s
Catholic Parish in Worthington
and its Altar and Rosary Society.
She enjoyed gardening, feeding
the birds, riding her four-wheeler
to check flowers and animals,
baking and sending birthday and
anniversary cards.
Survivors include her husband;
three children, LuAnn Glaser
of Burlington, Robert Loecke of
Worthington and William Loecke
of Cedar Rapids; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death
by her parents, three sisters and
three brothers.
Visitation will be from 2 to 8
p.m. today at Reiff Funeral Home
in Dyersville, where a wake service will be at 4 p.m.
Services for Mrs. Loecke will
be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Paul’s
Catholic Church in Worthington
with the Rev. Dennis Quint officiating. Burial will be in St. Paul’s
Cemetery, Worthington.
Roman Edgington
R o m a n
Jason
Edgington, 41, of
Fort Madison
died Tuesday,
March 4, 2014,
at his home.
Born May
23, 1972, in
Mount Pleasant, he was the son of Wendell and
Donna Coleman Edgington. He
married Erin Thurman, and they
divorced.
Mr. Edgington worked as an
aide at Mercy Hospital in Cedar
Rapids and at various jobs in Fort
Madison. He enjoyed shooting
trap and fishing.
Survivors include one daughter, Louise Edgington of Cedar
Rapids; his father of Fort Madison;
his mother, Donna Shelangoski of
Yellville, Ark.; two sisters, Jeanette Haupt of Avondale, Mo., and
Jennifer Brooks of Savannah, Mo.;
one grandmother, Carla Edgington of New London; his fiancee,
Karrie Douthart of Fort Madison;
four stepbrothers; three stepsisters; nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by
his stepfather and three grandparents.
The celebration of life for Mr.
Edgington will be from 1 to 4 p.m.
Saturday at Lincoln Center in New
London, where family will receive
friends.
A memorial has been established.
King-Lynk Funeral Home and
Crematory in Fort Madison is in
charge of arrangements.
W i l m a
LaVonne Fullhart, 84, of
Wever
died
M o n d a y,
March 3, 2014,
at her home.
Born Nov.
11, 1929, in
Burlington,
she was the daughter of Oliver
James and Ethyl Eleanor Drinkall Marshall. On April 24, 1949,
she married Glen Louis Fullhart
in Burlington and he died Aug.
20, 2007.
Mrs. Fullhart was a 1947 Burlington High School graduate. She
worked four years at Ross Manufacturing, and 10 years at Snappy
Service. She was a cashier at
Hy-Vee for 31 years. She was a
member of First United Methodist Church and member and past
president of VFW Auxiliary. She
enjoyed crocheting, baking, cats,
camping, traveling, roller skating, bird watching and collecting
buffaloes.
Survivors include three children, Jerry Fullhart of St. Peters,
Mo., Sandra Fullhart Snyder of
Wever and Dale Fullhart of Fort
Madison; grandchildren; greatgrandchildren; and one sister,
Doris Hultgren of West Burlington.
Besides her husband, she was
preceded in death by her parents
and two sisters.
Family will receive friends
from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Lunning
Chapel in Burlington.
The funeral for Mrs. Fullhart
will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at
Thomas Lee
Lunning Chapel, with the Rev.
T h o m a s Dean Graber officiating. Burial
Dale “Tommy” will be in Aspen Grove Cemetery
Lee, 65, of in Burlington.
Memorials have been estabBurlington
died Tuesday, lished for Wever Fire Dept. and
March 4, 2014, P.A.W.S. Animal Shelter in Fort
at Great River Madison.
Hospice House
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in West Burlington.
Born Nov. 15, 1948, in BurlingSharri Richard
ton, he was the son of Dale G. and
Helen Loeffers Lee and his stepfaS h ar r i
L y n n
ther, Fred Bechtel Sr. He married
Richard,
Barbara Ciska, and they divorced.
age 49, of
He married Susan Ripple, and
Carman,
they divorced.
Illinois,
Mr. Lee played guitar and
died
at
enjoyed teaching students to play.
4:25 a.m.
He also enjoyed making people
Wedneslaugh, his dog, watching movies,
d a y ,
March 5,
golfing with friends, Napoli’s pizza
2014, at Great River Hospice
and sharing his love of music with
House in West Burlington,
others. He was known as a practiIowa. She was born Septemcal joker.
ber 2, 1964, in LaHarpe, IlliSurvivors include his mother,
nois, the daughter of R. Lynn
Helen Bechtel of Burlington; two
and Margie Burrell Brown.
sons, Eric Lee and Sean Lee, both
On February 12, 1983, she
of Burlington; two daughters,
married Brian G. Richard in
Shannon Kroll of Nashville, Tenn.,
Lomax, Illinois.
Sharri graduated from
and Bobbie Cobb of Houston; four
Southern High School in
grandchildren; one great-grandStronghurst and received
child; one brother, Ron Lee of
an Associate’s Degree in
Burlington; one stepbrother, Fred
Business
Administration
Bechtel Jr. of Burlington; and one
from Southeastern Comnephew.
munity College. She was an
He was preceded in death by
Administrative Assistant for
his father and his stepfather.
Burlington Care Center from
1982 to 1996. From 1996 until
The memorial service for Mr.
present, she was the District
Lee will be at 4 p.m. Friday at
Secretary, first for Southern
Prugh’s Chapel in Burlington,
Schools, and later the conwith Mark McBride officiating,
solidated West Central Unit
and family will receive friends
District 235. She was active
from 3 to 4 p.m. before the service.
in school and community afA memorial jam session will be
fairs, and enjoyed boating,
after the service at The Washingracing, and especially, her
grandchildren. She was a
ton in Burlington. The body has
member of the Lomax Chrisbeen cremated.
tian Church.
A memorial has been estabSurvivors include her huslished.
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Wilma L. Fullhart
The Funeral Service for
Mrs. Wilma LaVonne Fullhart,
84, who died Monday, March
3, 2014, will be 10:30 a.m.
Friday, March 7th, at Lunning
Chapel, with the Rev. Dean
Graber officiating. Interment
will be in Aspen Grove Cemetery. The family will receive
friends from 6 until 8 p.m. today at Lunning Chapel. In lieu
of flowers, memorials have
been established for Wever
Fire Dept. and P.A.W.S. Animal Shelter in Fort Madison.
Send a sympathy message at:
www.LunningFuneralChapel.com
Remembrance Picture Tributes
and Funeral Services may be viewed
at the respective obituaries
of participating families.
Wilma Fullhart
T h e
Funeral
Service
for Dorothy Marie
Springsteen,
82,
will
be 10:00
a.m. today
at
Thielen Funeral Home, with
Reverend Dean Graber officiating. Cremation will be entrusted to the care of Thielen
Crematory following the service. In lieu of flowers, memorials have been established
for the Des Moines County
Humane Society and Great
River Hospice.
Condolences may be sent from
www.thielenfuneralhome.com.
band; one daughter, Jamie
(Wayne) Landheer of Carman; three grandchildren,
Jayda Taha, Jaycee and
Jenna Daniels; her parents,
Lynn and Margie Brown
of Moore Haven, FL.; her
grandmother, Isabelle Brown
of Stronghurst; two sisters,
Julie (Doug) Brooks of Carman, Kathy (John) Lafary of
Smithshire, IL.; one brother,
Jim Brown of Stronghurst;
fifteen nieces and nephews,
Hillary, Mariah, Monica, Allison, Mallory, Jordyn, Erin,
Sean, Lindi, Brien, Megan,
Eric, Rio, River and Josh; and
one (soon to be) great-nephew, Brooks, whose arrival is
expected in March.
She was preceded in
death by grandparents,
George Brown and Jimmie
and Ruth Burrell; and two
uncles, Larry Burrell and William “Bill” Brown.
Visitation will be held from
5:00 until 8:00 p.m. Friday
in the West Central Middle
School Gymnasium in Stronghurst. Funeral Services will
be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 8, 2014, at West
Central Middle School Gymnasium, with Rev. Richard
Johnson officiating. Burial
will follow in the Carman
Cemetery. Memorials have
been established for West
Central Schools, and Henderson County Home Health
& Hospice. Banks & Beals
Funeral Home of Stronghurst
is in charge of arrangements.
Condolences may be offered
at
http://www.banksandbeals.com/.
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Thomas
“Tommy” Lee
Memorial Services for
Thomas
“Tommy”
D a l e
Lee, 65,
who died
Tuesday,
March
4, 2014,
at Great
River Hospice House, West
Burlington will be held in
Prugh’s Chapel Friday, March
7, 2014, at 4:00 p.m. Mr. Mark
McBride will officiate. The
family will receive friends
in Prugh’s Chapel one hour
prior to the service. Following
the service, a Memorial Jam
Session will be held at The
Washington. Cremation has
been entrusted to the care
of Prugh Funeral Service. In
lieu of flowers, a memorial
has been established in his
name.
Frank White Jr.
F u n e r a l
Ser vices
for Frank
W h i t e
Jr.,
90,
who died
Tuesday,
March 4,
2014, at
Locust
Grove, Georgia will be held
in Trinity Lutheran Church,
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at
11:00 a.m. Rev. Lawrence
Manson will officiate. Interment will be in Aspen Grove
Cemetery. The family will receive friends in Prugh’s Chapel on Monday evening from
6:00 until 8:00 p.m. Military
Rites will be conducted by the
Burlington Veterans Honor
Guard. A memorial has been
established in his name.
Vivian Wilkins
F u n e r a l
Ser vices
for Vivian
Delores
Wilkins,
43, who
d i e d
Tuesday,
March 4,
2014, at
GRMC ER, West Burlington
will be held in Faith Temple
Church of God in Christ,
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
at 11:00 a.m. Pastor Fred
Starling will officiate. Interment will be in Aspen Grove
Cemetery. The family will
receive friends at the church
one hour prior to the service.
A memorial has been established for Vivian’s Children.
Dr. Kenneth
Kokjohn
Memorial Services for
Dr. Kenneth John Kokjohn,
88, of Burlington who died
Sunday, March 2, 2014, at
Great River Medical Center,
West Burlington will be held
in Prugh’s Chapel Saturday,
March 15, 2014 at 11:00 a.m.
Fr. David Steinle will officiate.
Military Rites by Burlington
Area Veterans Honor Guard.
The family will receive friends
one hour prior to the service.
Interment will be in Fairview
Cemetery near Denmark,
Iowa. A memorial has been
established for Great River
Hospice.
Condolences may be sent to www.
prughfuneralservice.com.
Photo life tributes may be viewed
at the respective obituaries
of participating families.
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