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Des Moines Register ST OBITUARIES Monday, June 13, 2005 Page 7A MARGARET GREEN Des Moines Margaret Green, 80, died Friday, June 10, 2005 at Taylor Hospice. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Wednesday, June, 15, 2005 at Mt. Olive Baptist Church. Margaret is survived by her children, Donavon, Darryl, Deborah, Billy Jo Green and Elizabeth Adams; 15 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; and her sister, Etta Mae Thomas.

Visitation will be held 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Nichols Funeral Home. Nichols Funeral Home JANET E. ROHWEDDER Des Moines Janet E. Rohwedder, 85, of Des Moines, formerly of Earlville, died Friday, June 10, 2005, at the Mercy Hospice in Johnston, following a brief illness.

Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 14, 2005, at the United Parish Church in Earlville, with Rev. Ross Wyman officiating. Friends may call from 6 until 8 p.m. Monday at the Clifton-Murdoch Funeral Home Cremation Service in Earlville, and for an hour before services on Tuesday at the church.

Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in Earlville. Janet was born on March 20, 1920 in Colesburg, lowa, the daughter of Les and Agnes (Nebel) Koeneke. She graduated in 1937 from Colesburg High School in Colesburg. On August 14, 1940, Janet was united in marriage to Harlan Rohwedder in Charles City. The couple raised their family in Earlville and were active in the community.

Janet worked at the Ertl Toy Company in Dyersville for many years. Upon her retirement, Janet resided in Des Moines for the past 23 years. She recently moved to 3801 Grand Avenue Assisted Living in Des Moines and enjoyed her new home immensely. Family and friends were first in Janet's life. She was a devoted mother and friend to all she met.

Her kindness, generosity and sense of humor were evident in her daily life. She was especially proud to help support her children's higher education. Janet was an excellent baker and afghan maker. She was a sports enthusiast who loved her Chicago Cubs and lowa Hawkeyes! Janet is survived by her two sons, Allen Lee Rohwedder (Kathy Sharpless) of Chapel Hill, North Carolina and Roger Dean Rohwedder (Connie) of Ankeny; her daughter, Cindy Jo Velline (Harold) of Grinnel; six grandchildren; four greatgrandchildren; two brothers, Carroll (Dorothy) Koeneke and Bud (Alita) Koeneke all of Manchester; and a nephew, Kevin Koeneke of Cedar Rapids. Janet was preceded in death by her parents, Les and Agnes Koeneke; her husband, Harlan Rohwedder in 1992; and a niece, Paula Koeneke.

In lieu of flowers, Janet's family suggest memorials be directed to the Earlville Little League, Camp Sunnyside in Des Moines or Mercy Hospice in Johnston. RANSOM W. ARNOLD Chariton Funeral services for Ransom W. Arnold will be held 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Fielding Funeral Home.

He is survived by his niece, Maxine Metalone of Des Moines. Open visitation will be held after 2 p.m. on Monday. DR. HERBERT H.

KERSTEN Fort Dodge Dr. Herbert H. Kersten, 85, passed away on Friday, June 10, 2005 at his home. Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 14 in the chapel of the Laufersweiler-Siev- ers Funeral Home and 10:30 a.m.

at Corpus Christi Church for a Mass of Christian Burial. Burial will be in Corpus Christi Cemetery with Military Rites by the VFW Post 1856. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. on Monday at the Kersten's home, 730 Wraywood Drive. A vigil for the deceased will be held at 7 p.m.

Herbert Kersten was born on May 7, 1920 in Fort Dodge to Anne and Dr. E.M. Kersten. He graduated from Fort Dodge Senior High and attended University of Notre Dame and The University of lowa for undergraduate studies. He then graduated from the University of lowa School of Medicine.

He enlisted in the United States Army where he served during World War Il in Charleston, SC, Chicago, the Philippines and Japan where he was in charge of a 1,000 bed hospital in Tokyo. After serving in the army, Dr. Kersten returned to the United States where he completed his surgical residencies and joined his father and brothers John and Paul in the practice of medicine at the Kersten Clinic in Fort Dodge. Dr. Kersten met Cecelia Burke, a nurse at the Kersten Clinic, and they were married on February 19, 1955 at St.

Joseph's Catholic Church in Lohrville, Iowa. Dr. Kersten and Mrs. Kersten have four children, Amy Kersten Bruno of South Bend, Indiana, Ernie (Laura) Kersten and Jim (Laurie) Kersten of Fort Dodge and Joanne Kersten (Steve) Hudson of Winnetka, Illinois. They have fourteen grandchildren, Anthony, Katie, Nick, Ben and Maria Rachel, Emily and Charlie Kersten; Jennifer, Annie, Jack and Kelli Kersten; and Forrest and Amy Hudson.

Dr. Kersten is survived by his brother, Dr. John Kersten. He was preceded in death by his wife, Cece (March 25, 2005); his parents, Dr. and Mrs.

E.M. Kersten; son-in-law, Mike Bruno; brothers, Don and Paul; and sister, Frances Anne Wolf. Dr. Kersten was active in the Fort Dodge Rotary Club, Fort Dodge Historical Society, the Head Start program, the Fort Museum, a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons and the lowa Medical Society. He was an avid bridge player, a former recreational pilot and a conservationist who loved nature and trees.

Everyone who knew him respected his love of his tree farm, Walnut farms, located west of Fort Dodge. Dr. Kersten had many hobbies: woodworking, oil and water painting, bridge, The Republican Party, physics, livestock and grain farming and music. He was a naturalist who was very involved in environmental and world population issues. Dr.

Kersten held a broad world vision of humanity, and a myriad of personal and academic interests, which he pursued with diligent and thorough research. He was a skilled and dedicated surgeon, committed to high standards of excellence in all that he did. Dr. Kersten was the essence of integrity and honesty, an exemplary gentleman. His noble devotion to his wife, family, patients and profession i is greatly appreciated by all who have been touched by his life.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be left to the Alzheimer's Association. DAVID O. BRYANT Des Moines David O. Bryant, 53, of Des Moines died April 11, 2005. David's cremains will be inurned 3 p.m.

Tuesday, June 14 at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Des Moines with family and friends welcome. Hamilton's JANE ELVA ROBINSON HOLLIDAY Des Moines Jane E. Robinson Holliday died Wednesday at Kavanagh House in West Des Moines. Services are pending following the notification of family. Memorials made to Hospice of Central lowa.

Hamilton's You may reach the obituary desk by calling 515-284-8021 The obituary hours are: Monday-Friday 8:30 am 5:00 pm Saturday 8:00 am 5:00 pm Sunday 9:00 am 4:00 pm Holidays 10:00 am 3:00 pm GRACE BENGE Manilla Grace Benge, 91, of Manilla died Saturday at Manilla. Visitation is after 4 p.m. Monday at Ohde Funeral Home in Manilla. Services are 2 p.m. Tuesday at United Methodist Church in Defiance with burial in Union Township Cemetery in Defiance.

Wilma Canada, 74, died Wednesday, June 8, 2005 at I.M.M.C. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 14, 2005 at Mt. Herbron Baptist Church. Visitation will be held 5 to 7 p.m.

Monday at Nichols Funeral Home. Wilma is survived by her children, Martha Williams, Richie Canada, Liza Canada and Dennis Canada; 22 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and One great- orgal Nichols Funeral Home WILMA CANADA Des Moines ELEANOR LANDIS DAY Marshalltown Funeral services for Eleanor L. Day, 93, will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday at PurselDavis Funeral Home and Crematory. Burial will follow at the Riverside Cemetery.

Visitation will be held 5 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. IRVIN WITTE Des Moines Irvin Witte, 73, died Thursday, June 9, 2005. A funeral service will be 10 a.m. Monday, June 13 at St.

Ambrose Catholic Church (6th Avenue and High) with interment at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Newton. Hamilton's ART SCHOLTUS Rose Hill Funeral services for Art Scholtus will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Bates Funeral Chapel in Oskaloosa. Visitation will begin Tuesday after 10 a.m. and the family will be present 6 to 8 p.m.

Tuesday to greet friends and relatives. MILDRED E. WELTY Nevada Mona Welty, 98, died on Sunday at Story County Medical Center. Services will be held 3 p.m. Tuesday, June 14 with visitation from 2 to 3 p.m.

at Chet Ryan Mortuary in Nevada. "Burial will be in Nevada Cemetery. KATHRYN SNOOK Prairie City Kathryn Marie Langford was born in Russell, Iowa on October 19, 1926 to Ben and Marie Langford. She went to be with her Savior on June 11, 2005. Kathryn's parents, one brother and one child preceded her in death.

Kathryn has two surviving brothers, John and Bill; and one sister, Joan Aldridge. Kathryn married Ivan Snook in 1945 and had four children. They lived on a farm four miles north of Promise City nearly all of their married lives. Funeral services will be held 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 14 at Randolph's Funeral Cordon.

Burial will be in the Cordon Cemetery. Memorials are established at the Cordon Bible Church and Hospice of lowa. The Des Moines Register runs obituaries at no charge for the first eight lines. Families who choose to present additional information may do so for a fee. Please consult your funeral director or call 515-284-8021.

All obituaries may be viewed online for 120 days at www.DesMoinesRegister.com EUNICE I. ASH Des Moines Eunice I. Ash, 76, passed away at home June 7, 2005. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 15th at Westminster Presbyterian Church With burial at Masonic Mausoleum.

Eunice was born on May 9, 1929 in Auburn, NE and she was the daughter of Charles and Lois Harris. Eunice has lived most of his life in the Des Moines area. She was retired as a secretary for Roosevelt High School. She was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church she liked gardening and her cats, she also enjoyed volunteer work and travelling and she was very active in her church. Eunice is survived by her son, David of Saginaw, MI; and two grandchildren, Kyle and Ryan.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Bob; and her parents, Charles and Lois Harris. Visitation will be held 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday evening at Westover Funeral Home. Memorials may be directed to Westminster Presbyterian church, the MDA or the Animal Rescue League. Westover Iles Funeral Homes SERVICE AND VISITATION announcements Jennie Ewanoski Samuel Norman Grandview Park 265-1652 11 AM Wednesday at ilesfuneralhomes.com Tifereth Israel Synagogue Chapel Dunn's Funeral Home 244-2121 Dr.

Donald McBride ilesfuneralhomes.com 10 AM Monday at St. Augustin's Catholic Church John E. Parry Dunn's Funeral Home 244-2121 11 AM Wednesday at ilesfuneralhomes.com Westover Funeral Home 276-4567 ilesfuneralhomes.com ANITA McDONALD West Des Moines Anita McDonald, 94, died Saturday, June 11 at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 15 at Westover Funeral Home.

6337 Hickman Road, Des Moines, Visitation for friends will begin one hour prior to the services. Burial will be at the Union Cemetery, Crystal Lake, Illinois. Anita was born in McHenry, Illinois on June 26, 1910, the daughter of Henry and Alice Hutson. She graduated from Crystal Lake Community High School and was a homemaker. She married Grant McDonald who preceded her in death in 1950.

Anita was an avid reader, enjoyed bridge, and closely followed current events on CNN. Anita is survived by sons, Philip (Elaine) McDonald of Colorado Springs, CO and Charles (Louise) McDonald of West Des Moines; granddaughters, Cynthia Geier of Vernon Hills, IL and Christine McDonald of Des Moines; her grandson, Steven McDonald is of San Jose Costa Rica; a great-granddaughter, Elizabeth; and three great-grandsons, Michael also of San Jose, Costa Rica and Alex and David Geier of Vernon Hills, Illinois. Memorials may be given to the First United Methodist Church of Crystal Lake, Illinois or the Animal Rescue League, Des Moines, lowa. Westover Iles Funeral Homes JOHN EMLYN PARRY Granger Granger John Parry, 60, passed away on Saturday, June 11, 2005 at Kavanagh House on West Grand Avenue, after a nearly three-year battle with cancer. Memorial services will be held 11 a.m.

Wednesday, June 15 at Westover Funeral Home 6337 Hickman Road in Des Moines with Pastor John S. Gallentine of Covenant Presbyterian Church presiding. Private burial of his cremated remains will be at Highland Cemetery in New Sharon, Iowa. John was born on May 2, 1945 at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines to Emlyn Clemens Parry and Arlene (Colville) Parry McBane. He was a graduate of Grandview College and earned a BA from Drake University in May 1975.

John served in the U.S. Naval Reserve, active duty two years, August 1966 to August 1968, being discharged in 1971. He was self-employed ten years while operating "Wood Design" in Ankeny where he repaired, restored and reproduced antique furniture and made cabinets. He joined Goodwill Industries of Des Moines as Industrial Services Director and remained there nearly eighteen years before his illness. John had several interests including golf, music, gardening, model trains, sailing and home projects.

John is survived by his mother, Arlene Parry McBane of Heather Manor in Des Moines; his brother, Alan Parry of Earlham; his niece, Patrica Parry of Des Moines; his nephews, Timothy (Susan) of Des Moines, Jeffrey (Sue) of Des Moines, Michael of Des Moines and Brian (Yoong) Parry of West Des Moines; and six grand nieces and nephews. The family suggests memorials be made to Hospice of Central lowa or the lowa Chapter of the American Cancer Society. Westover Iles Funeral Homes SAMUEL JESSE BRYANT Des Moines Samuel J. Bryant passed away Saturday, June 11, 2005. Services will be announced later from: Hendersons 309-6550 DONALD L.

GRAHAM Princeton, MO Services for Donald L. Graham, 73, will be held 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Hamilton's Funeral Home. Burial will be in Highland Memory Gardens. Visitation will be 5 to 9 p.m.

today at the funeral home. Hamilton's In Loving Memory of GEORGE IVANOVICH June 13, 2000 We little knew that morning five years ago today that god was going to call your name. In life we loved you dearly, in death we do the same. It broke our hearts to lose you. You did not go alone for part of us went with you the day God called you home.

You left us peaceful memories, your love is still our guide. And though we cannot see you, you are always at our side. Our family chain was broken and nothing seems the same. But as God calls us one by one, the chain will link again. At the East gate of heaven we will see you, till then, we miss you so and still ask why? The George Ivanovich Family ARSHIA PRESS Clean sweep: A municipality cleaner sweeps the street after a bomb exploded Sunday near Imam Hussein Square in Tehran, Iran.

One person was killed and four were injured, hours after four bombs in southwest Iran killed as many as eight people. Pre-election attacks kill up to 9 in Iran By SORAYA SARHADDI NELSON KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS Tehran, Iran Iran's presidential election season erupted in violence Sunday, with five bombs killing as many as nine people and Iranian police beating and arresting protesters at a women's rights demonstration in Tehran. Four bombs exploded shortly after 11 a.m. local time in the southwestern city of Ahvaz, killing at least six people and wounding 70 more, the provincial governor told state-run Iranian television. Iranian journalists based in Ahvaz put the figure at eight dead and 80 wounded, however.

The fifth blast occurred about 9 p.m. local time in Tehran, killing one person and wounding four more, according to television and eyewitness accounts. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks, the deadliest in the Islamic republic in more than a decade and a rarity since the Iran-Iraq war ended in 1988. But Iranian television, which is controlled by Iran's conservative powerbrokers, accused the bombers of trying to disrupt Friday's presidential elections. Iranian apathy over a flagging economy and a government in which unelected clerics wield the true power has made voter turnout a key issue for the dominant conservatives.

Three of Sunday's bombs in Ahvaz exploded outside government buildings, including the governor's office, officials said. "Unfortunately, most of those killed were women and children," the governor of Ahvaz told Iranian television. The Tehran bomb, meanwhile, exploded inside a trash can in the city's center, said one journalist. Earlier that afternoon, police clashed with protesters attempting to join a sit for women's rights outside of Tehran University, beating back people with batons and arresting at least one person. A group of nearly 200 demonstrators were allowed to continue their hourlong, peaceful protest.

User safety touted in plan on online porn domain By ANICK JESDANUN ASSOCIATED PRESS New York, N.Y. A red-light district tentatively cleared for construction on the Internet the xxx" domain is being billed by backers as giving the $12 billion online porn industry a great opportunity to clean up its act. A distinct online sector for the salacious, one with rules aimed at forbidding trickery, will reduce the chances of Internet users accidentally stumbling on porn sites, they argue. If only it were so simple. Zoning in cyberspace has always been a daunting proposition, and participation in the porn domain will be voluntary.

Critics wonder why got the OK at all when so many other proposals sit unaddressed, some for years. Nearly five years after rejecting a similar proposal, the Internet's key oversight body, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, voted 6-3 this month to proceed with ICANN staff will now craft a contract with ICM Registry the Jupiter, company that made the bid. If the board and ultimately the U.S. Commerce Department approve it, "xxx" names could appear in use by the year's end. The market unquestionably exists: Two in five Internet users visited an adult site in April, according to tracking by comScore Media Metrix.

The company said 4 percent of all Web traffic and 2 percent of all surfing time involved an adult site. As envisioned, ICM would charge $60 for each of up to 500,000 names it expects to register, $10 of which would go to a nonprofit organization that would, among other things, educate parents about safe surfing for children. The nonprofit, run by representatives of adult Web sites, freespeech, privacy and childadvocacy concerns, would determine registration eligibility. Skeptics argue, however, that porn sites are likely to keep their existing storefronts, even as they set up shop in the new 'xxx" domain name. And that will reduce the effectiveness of software filters set up to simply block all names.

The "xxx" domain "legitimizes this group, and it gives false hope to parents," said Patrick Trueman, senior legal counsel at the Family Research Council and a former Justice Department official in charge of obscenity prosecutions. The adult entertainment industry is also hardly behind "xxx" as a group. Many of its webmasters consider the domain "the first step toward driving the adult Internet into a ghetto very much like zoning laws have driven adult stores into the outskirts," said Mark Kernes, senior editor at the trade monthly Adult Video News. Stuart Lawley, ICM's chairman and president, said use of could protect companies from prosecution under a 2003 federal law that bars sites from tricking children into viewing pornography as "xxx" would clearly denote an adult site. All sites using "xxx" would be required to follow yet-to-bewritten "best practices" guidelines, such as prohibitions against trickery through spamming and malicious scripts.

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