Obituaries
Ruby D. Bachman
VAN HORNE: Ruby D. Bachman, 96 of Vinton and formerly of Van Horne died Friday, December 26, 2014 at the Vinton Lutheran Home. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM, Monday, December 29, 2014 at St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Van Horne with Rev. David C. Lingard officiating. Interment will be in St. John Lutheran Cemetery, Newhall. Elizabeth Rodman Hemingson
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Elizabeth Rodman Hemingson, 100, passed away peacefully on December 24, 2014 at Taylor House Hospice in Des Moines.
Private Graveside Services will be held at the Bear Creek Cemetery north of Vinton, with Rev. Jessica Crane-Munoz officiating.
Elizabeth was born December 12, 1914 in Waterloo to Charles and Hertha (Krueger) Baker and grew up near Brandon. Theresa Margaret Kuntz
SHELLSBURG: Theresa Margaret Kuntz, 93, formerly of Minot, passed away Monday, December 22, 2014, at the Rockridge Care Center, Shellsburg, Iowa.
Theresa was born on February 14, 1921, the daughter of Mike and Katherine (Weninger) Pfeifer. She was united in marriage to Joseph Kuntz on November 21, 1939, at Blumenfeld Church, rural Orrin, ND. Carl L. Spilman
VAN HORNE: Carl L. Spilman, Jr., 79, died Sunday, December 21, 1014 at the Keystone Nursing Care Center in Keystone following an extended illness.
A Celebration Of Life will be held from 2 – 5 PM, Saturday, January 3. 2014 at Porky’s on J Street SW in Cedar Rapids.
In lieu of flowers a memorial fund has been established.
Carl was born April 8, 1935 to Carl William and Helen (Jakoubek) Spilman, Sr. Dorothy McKinley Sloan
BRANDON - Dorothy McKinley Sloan, 86, passed away and entered into her heavenly home on December 21, 2014, while receiving hospice care at La Porte City Nursing and Rehab Center.
A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 30, 2014, at the Brandon United Methodist Church with Pastor Lexie Kirkpatrick and Rev. Carol Kress officiating. David C. Hite
VINTON - David Charles Hite, age 77, of Vinton, passed away peacefully on December 21, 2014, at Virginia Gay Nursing and Rehab in Vinton from complications of multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease. Dave had been a resident at VGNR since May of 2007.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, December 29, 2014, at Wesley United Methodist Church in Vinton with Rev. Irene L. Geater
VINTON -- Irene Leona Geater, 91, of Vinton, died Sunday, December 21, 2014, at Finley Hospital in Dubuque.
Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, December 23, 2014, at Prairie Creek Christian Church in rural Vinton with Pastor David Arnold officiating. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, December 22, at Van Steenhuyse-Russell Funeral Home in Vinton. Barbara 'Barb' K. Woodhouse
Barbara K. “Barb” Woodhouse, 68, Rockford, passed away Thursday, December 18, 2014, in her home. She was born November 22, 1946, in Iowa City, Iowa, the daughter of Robert and Marguerite (Delaney) Jess. Barb was a National Merit Scholar and was the Salutatorian of her high school class, second only to her best friend, Michele Telford of Rock Rapids, Iowa.
Virginia M. Evans
Funeral services and Mass of Christian Burial for Virginia M. Evans, 83, of Davenport, formerly of Big Rock, Iowa, will be 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 22, 2014, at Holy Family Catholic Church in Davenport. Burial will follow at Davenport Memorial Park. The family will greet friends 1-4 p.m. Sunday at Cunnick-Collins Mortuary in Davenport. Mrs. Evans died on Wednesday, Dec.
Eldon James Hans
Eldon James Hans, age 91, of Iowa City, died Thursday, December 11, 2014 at Melrose Meadows.
A memorial service will be held at 10:00 AM Monday, January 5, 2015 at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Cedar Rapids in the chapel. The family will receive friends in the church parlor immediately following the memorial service.
Eldon was born the son of George T.