Obituaries
Marilyn L. (Primrose) Bickal
Marilyn L. (Primrose) Bickal, age 79, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 20, 2024, at her son’s home in Toddville with family by her side. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, November 23, 2024, at the Phillips Funeral Home Chapel (212 E. 6th Street) in Vinton. Visitation will be held from 10:00 AM until service time, also at the funeral home. Jimmy Kearns
Family and friends are invited to an informal Sweet Memories Celebration for Jimmy Kearns. Please come to the Fellowship Hall of the First Christian Church at 2PM on April 26th. ---Jimmy Kearns was born at home on January 18, 1933. He grew up on a farm with his parents, Henry Archibald and Clementine Mae (Carter) Kearns.Jim proudly served during the Korean War for four years in the US Navy. Coletta D. (Becker) Frese
Coletta D. (Becker) Frese, age 89, passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 16, 2024, at Meadow View Memory Care Village in Cedar Rapids, with her children by her side. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 AM, Friday, November 22, 2024, at St. Michael Catholic Church in Norway, Iowa with Rev. Jacob Dunne as celebrant. Interment will be held at St. John Wayne Austin
John Wayne Austin, 75, passed away Thursday, November 14, 2024. Visitation will be 3:00 to 7:00 p.m., Saturday, December 7, at Van Steenhuyse-Teahen Funeral Home, Vinton. Memorial services will be 2:00 p.m., Sunday, December 8, at the funeral home. John was born February 13, 1949, in Falmouth, KY, the son of John and Marion (Cozad) Austin. Duane Robert Konicek
Duane Robert Konicek, 89 of Belle Plaine, IA passed away at Rose Haven Nursing Home, Marengo, Wednesday, November 13, 2024. Duane was born August 14, 1935 in Clutier, IA the son of John R. and Rose (Stahr) Konicek. He grew up in Elberon before moving with his family to Belle Plaine, where graduated from Belle Plaine High School. Following school, he was drafted into the United States Army, which he served during the Korean Conflict.
Ada Bell Diveley
Ada Bell Diveley, 84, of Center Point, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, November 13, 2024, at Virginia Gay Nursing & Rehab in Vinton, Iowa. Funeral Service: 10:30 am. Saturday, November 23, 2024, at the Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Center Point. Visitation: 4 – 7 p.m. Friday, November 22 at the funeral home. Burial: Center Point Cemetery. Taylor Jo Randall
Taylor Jo Randall passed away November 8th of 2024 surrounded by family and friends in Fort Collins, Colorado. For 30 years Taylor Jo blessed this earth. While her time was all too short, her memory and spirit will carry on by those who loved her forever. Taylor was welcomed into Heaven with wide open arms by her dad, David.Taylor was born April 20, 1994, to Angela and David Randall in Atkins, Iowa. Kathleen “Kathy” Ann Wood
Following a short illness, Kathleen “Kathy” Ann Wood, 76, of Vinton, passed away Tuesday, November 12, 2024, at University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City. Private services will be held. Van Steenhuyse-Teahen Funeral Home is caring for Kathy and her family.Kathy was born February 14, 1948, in Walker, the daughter of Gerald and Erna (Wutzke) Wood. Robin Eugene Powers
Born on January 1, 1950, in Vinton, Iowa, as the first New Year's baby, Robin Eugene Powers passed away on November 5, 2024, in Marshalltown, Iowa. He was the son of Eugene Leonard and Ima Jean Powers.Raised in Vinton, Robin attended the Vinton Community School System. After high school, he proudly served in the US Army, achieving the rank of Sergeant and earning the National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, and Vietnam Campaign Medal. Tony J. Carr
Tony J. Carr, 67, of Maquoketa, Iowa, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday morning, November 10, 2024, after a ten-year battle with cancer.Tony J. Carr was born on July 10, 1957, Cheyenne, Wyoming, to Jerry "The Ole Cherokee" and Billie Jane (Bocklett) Carr. He grew up in Cedar Rapids and after receiving his high school diploma attended Kirkwood Community College where earned an Associates of Applied Science degree in Water and Wastewater Management.