Obituaries

Joel Scott Meek, 43, died Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics following a brief illness. Graveside services will be held at a later date. Scott was born August 15, 1970 in Waterloo, Iowa, the son of Joel and Janet Hagge Meek. Scott is survived by his mother, Janet of Buckingham; sister, Diana (Dennis) Bramow, Vinton; brother, Larry, Buckingham and several nieces and nephews.

VINTON – Bonetta M. Christy, 83, died Tuesday, April 22, 2014, at the Vinton Lutheran Home following a brief illness. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 25, 2014, at First Baptist Church in Vinton with Pastor Zach Zajicek officiating. Visitation will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 24, at Van Steenhuyse-Russell Funeral Home in Vinton and also one hour prior to services at the church on Friday.

Joyce L. Jackson passed away April 15, 2014. She was born September 17, 1926 in Wood Center (near Edgewood) Iowa to parents Otto and Floy (Rause) Appleton. She attended Iowa State Teacher’s College and became a Kindergarten teacher in Vinton Iowa. There she met her future husband, Ray F. Jackson. They were married August 7, 1949. She was the loving mother of two children, Jeannine and Jim.

   Marion E. Umbdenstock, 86, of Vinton, Iowa, died Sunday, April 20, 2014, at Lutheran Home, Vinton. Services: 11:00 a.m. Saturday, April 26, 2014, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Center Point. Family will greet friends from 4-7 p.m. Friday, April 25, 2014, at the funeral home. Burial: Urbana Cemetery, Urbana, Iowa.    Survivors include her son, Gary (Jane Carson) Umbdenstock of Urbana; five grandchildren and their children, Chris (Roxanne) Umbdenstock and their two children, Tyler and Dylan, Angie (Brent) McDonald and their two children, Madi and Brayden, Amber (Mike) Fry and their two children Kolby and Karter Fry, Andy “A.

VINTON:  Elsie Martha Vaupel Wilson, 88 passed away Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at MercyMedical Center in Cedar Rapids following surgery.        Funeral Services will be held at 11 AM, Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Vinton with Rev. Stephen Preus officiating.  Visitation will be one hour prior to service time at the church on Tuesday.

     NEWHALL:  Rose Edna Joyal, 97 of Cedar Rapids and formerly of Newhall died April 15, 2014 at Heritage Nursing Home in Cedar Rapids.       Private Family graveside services will be held at St. Patrick and St. Paul Catholic Cemetery.       Rose Edna Goselin was born August 17, 1916 to DaMase and Eugenie (Bisson) Gosselin at LaBroquerie, Manitoba, Canada.

BLAIRSTOWN:      Harold John Martin, 90, died Monday, April 14, 2014 at the Keystone Nursing Care Center, in Keystone following an extended illness.      A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, April 16, 2014 at St. John Catholic Church in Blairsstown with Father Jim Miller as Celebrant.

VINTON:     Jerry Lynn Cunningham, 47, died Friday, April 11, 2014 at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids following an extended illness.      Memorial Service will be held at 6:30 p.m, Thursday, April 17, 2014 at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. David Gates officiating.  The family will receive friends from 4 to 6 p.

SHELLSBURG:     George M. Coy, 84, of Shell Rock, formerly of Shellsburg, died Thursday, April 3, 2014 at the Shell Rock Healthcare Center following a short illness.      Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 am, Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at the Phillips Funeral Home Chapel (212 E. 6th Street) in Vinton with Pastor Matt Hantz officiating.

NEWHALL:     Kenneth "Kenny" Leaven, 76, died Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha following an extended illness.      Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 am, Monday, April 7, 2014 at St. John Lutheran Church in Newhall with Rev. Steven Rempfer officiating.