Obituaries

Hazel Auestad

 Hazel Auestad, 101, of Moline, died on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014, at the Amber Ridge Assisted Living in Moline. Funeral services to celebrate the life of Hazel May (Scott) Auestad, 101, of Moline, will be 10 a.m on Tuesday, Nov. 11, at Esterdahl Mortuary in Moline. Visitation will be 9 a.m. until the service time. Burial and graveside services will be at Mt.

Bronson Werning

NEWHALL:      Bronson Paul Werning, 23, died Sunday, November 9, 2014 at his rural Newhall home.      Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, November 15, 2014 at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, 212 E 6th St. in Vinton, with Rev. Connie Wacht officiating.  Interment will be at St. John Cemetery near Newhall.

Viola M. (Salger) Petersen

Viola Petersen DYSART:  Viola M. (Salger) Petersen, 91 of Dysart died Saturday, November 8, 2014 at her home surrounded by her family.  Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM, Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at Zion Lutheran Church in Dysart with Rev. James R. Raddatz and Rev. Gary L. Johnson officiating.  Interment will be in the Dysart Cemetery.

Charles J. Allers

Charles Jackson Allers BELLE PLAINE:     Charles Jackson Allers, 75, died Friday, November 7, 2014 at Windmill Manor in Coralville following an extended illness.      Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at Phillips Funeral Home in Blairstown where friends may call from 9 a.m. until service time.  Interment will be held at Oak Hill Cemetery in Belle Plaine.

Dorothy Geater Yerkes

Greene: Funeral services for Dorothy Yerkes, 83, of Greene, will be 10:30am Thursday, November 6th, 2014, at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Greene with Pastor Gary Hatcher officiating. Burial will be at Rose Hill Cemetery at a later date. Visitation will be from 5-7pm., Wednesday, November 5th, 2014, at Retz Funeral Home, 519 N. First St., Greene, Iowa.

Gertrude Janett

Vinton--Gertrude Janett, 94, died peacefully Sunday, November 02, 2014 at Rock Ridge Residential Care Center in Shellsburg.  Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, November 5, 2014 at Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church in Vinton with Rev. Mark C. Urlaub officiating.  Visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Van Steenhuyse-Russell Funeral Home in Vinton and an hour before services at the church on Wednesday.

Dorothy Mae Yerkes

Dorothy Mae Yerkes    Funeral services for Dorothy Yerkes, 83, of Greene, will be 10:30am Thursday, November 6th, 2014, at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Greene with Pastor Gary Hatcher officiating. Burial will be at a Rose Hill Cemetery at a later date. Visitation will be from 5-7pm., Wednesday, November 5th, 2014, at Retz Funeral Home, 519 N. First St.

Anna E. Buelow

Anna E. Buelow BLAIRSTOWN:  Anna E. Buelow, 97 died Friday, October 31, 2014 at Virginia Gay Hospital in Vinton.  Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM, Tuesday, November 4, 2014 at Grace Lutheran Church in Blairstown with Rev. David Rempfer officiating.  Interment will be in St. John Lutheran Cemetery, Newhall.  Visitation will be from 4 – 7 PM, Monday at Phillips Funeral Home in Blairstown.

Paul Duello

  Paul Joseph Duello was born on July 9, 1967 in Vinton, Iowa, the son of Robert Paul and Leita Fern (Cook) Duello. He grew up in Vinton and graduated from Vinton High School in 1986 . Paul received his Associate Degree for Animal Science from Hawkeye Technical College. Paul worked at Ledger Hog Farrowing, He moved to Missouri and worked in the hog business, then on to Colorado before buying his farm near Kinross in 1995.

Ray Logan

Ray Logan DES MOINES:      Ray Logan, 82, of Des Moines and formerly of Van Horne, completed his vocation as husband and father and passed into eternal life on October 27, 2014, with his wife, Ethel by his side at Ramsey Village Continuing Care in Des Moines.           A Mass Of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.