Obituaries
Charles H. Ries
Charles H. Ries, 86, passed away on January 10, 2020 at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House in Hiawatha, surrounded by his family.Visitation will be 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday, January 12, 2020 at St. Mary Catholic Church in Vinton and for an hour before Mass at the church on Monday. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, January 13, at St. Geraldine Marie (Foley) Martin
Geraldine Marie (Foley) Martin, age 92, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, January 8, 2020 at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House in Hiawatha. A rosary will be recited at 1:45 PM, Sunday, January 12, 2020 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Van Horne, with visitation following from 2:00 until 5:00 PM, also at the church. Marian (Mary) Siegfreid
Marian (Mary) Siegfreid, 94, of Austin, Minnesota, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019, at her home after a seven-month battle with ovarian cancer.Marian Siegfreid, 94Mary was born Sept. 12, 1925, on a farm in Big Grove Township, Benton Country, Iowa, the daughter of George and Elsie (Hanneman) Schueler. Mary was baptized into the faith of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod on Oct.
Jerome “Jerry” Sonka Jr.
Jerome “Jerry” Sonka Jr., age 75, died Monday, January 6, 2020, at his home in rural Newhall.Memorial services will be held at 3:00 PM, Saturday, January 11, 2020 at the Phillips Funeral Home Chapel (212 E. 6th Street) in Vinton. The family will greet friends from 1:00 until service time at the funeral home on Saturday.Jerry was born on November 13, 1944, in Cedar Rapids, to Jerome John and Marcella (Pickart) Sonka Sr. Duane Leo Holtz
Duane Leo Holtz, 75, died peacefully Saturday, January 4, 2020 at the Keystone Nursing Care Center from complications of Parkinson's Disease. Visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at Van Steenhuyse-Russell Funeral Home, Vinton. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, January 8, at Van Steenhuyse-Russell Funeral Home. Doris Lunde
Former Vinton teacher, Doris Lunde, 91, of Traer, died December 31, 2019, of natural causes. She was born July 12, 1928, in Quarry, Iowa, daughter of Jerome and Mamie (Haskell) Lunde. Doris graduated from high school in Marshalltown, and UNI (formerly Iowa State Teachers College) in 1948. Traer was her home while she taught for 31 years in several Iowa schools and after retirement. Wilbur Clarence Kleckner
Wilbur Clarence Kleckner, 91 of Elma, Iowa, formerly of Riceville, passed away Saturday, December 28, 2019 at Colonial Manor. Wilbur was born August 21, 1928 in Riceville, to Henry Clarence and Opal Merle (Torney) Kleckner and was raised on the family farm. He attended a rural one-room school (Jamestown No. 8) through 8th grade and then graduated from Riceville High School in 1946. Joan Leona Grovert
Joan Leona Grovert was welcomed into the loving arms of her Lord and Savior on December 29, 2019, after many years of failing health due to dementia.The family invites you to join them at a visitation from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Friday, January 3, 2020, at St. John Lutheran Church, Newhall, Iowa.A celebration of earthly life services will be held 10:30 a. Mary Kathryn "Kathy" Mahr Lea
Mary Kathryn "Kathy" Mahr Lea passed away on Dec. 25, 2019, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House in Hiawatha. Private services held.Kathy was born Jan. 25, 1952, to Reginald and Evelyn Casey Mahr in Spring Grove, Minn. She graduated from Washington High School in Vinton and St. Luke's Nursing School in Cedar Rapids. She worked as a nurse at Iowa Lutheran in Des Moines and retired from the dialysis unit at Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids. Shannan Lee Hughes
Shannan Lee Hughes, 47, of Vinton, passed away Dec. 27, 2019.Shannan is survived by his mother, Lorri Hughes of Palo; father, Philip Hughes of Toddville; sister, Tracy Hughes (Thanh Nguyen) of California; grandmother, Lavonne Furman of Cedar Rapids; girlfriend, Shirley Fraise of Shellsburg; several uncles, aunts and cousins; and his beloved Chessie, Scout.