Obituaries
Della Marie (Mary) Ball
Della Marie (Mary) Ball, age 91, a resident of Creekside at Elfindale in Springfield, MO, entered into her Heavenly home to be with her Savior on Sunday, March 9, 2014.
She was born September 5, 1922, in Vinton, IA, to Gustav and Maria ( Johansson Karlsson) Krohn who had immigrated from Sweden in 1917. Mary went to grade school in a one room school house. Lucylle H. Struve
VAN HORNE: Lucylle Helen Struve, 83, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Sunday, March 9, 2014.
Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at 10:30 am at Salem United Methodist Church in Van Horne with Rev. Grant Vander Velden of First Presbyterian Church in Waukon officiating. Interment will be held at Salem Cemetery in Van Horne. John Smalley
MT. AUBURN: John Smalley, of Schaumburg, IL and formerly of Mt. Auburn, died March 6, 2014 in Schaumburg. John was born June 14, 1935 to Harold and Ella (Struve) Smalley.
He was preceded in death by his parents, sister, Ruth, and brothers, Roy and Norman.
John is survived by his sister, Doris Wood Pippert of Vinton, brothers, Lee of Menomonie, WI, Jim of Quincy, MA, and Gene of Schaumburg, IL.
Kenneth F. Horning
VINTON – Kenneth Freeman Horning, 76, died March 7, 2014, at his home in Vinton due to an accidental fall.
A Celebration of Life Service will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 29, 2014, at the Vinton Presbyterian Church. Inurnment with military rites will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Vinton.
Kenneth was born November 20, 1937, in Vinton, Iowa, the son of Clarence and Ethel Pingenot Horning. Fay A. Strait
CENTER POINT:
Fay A. Strait, 84, died Friday, March 7, 2014 at his family home where he lived his entire life, surrounded by his family and friends.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, 212 E. 6th St. in Vinton with Pastor Zach Zajicek officiating. Frances Porter
VINTON: Frances Porter, 91, died Thursday, March 6, 2014 at Virginia Gay Nursing & Rehab in Vinton following an extended illness.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, March 10, 2014 at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, 212 E. 6th St. in Vinton, with Pastor Darran Whiting officiating. Interment will be held at Evergreen Cemetery in Vinton. Nadine I. Wright
VINTON – Nadine I. Wright, 84, died peacefully surrounded by her family on Wednesday, March 5, 2014, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City following a short illness.
Funeral services will be held 12:30 p.m. Monday, March 10, 2014, at the Vinton Presbyterian Church with Rev. Jessica Crane-Munoz officiating. Visitation will be held from 3 to 7 p. Leland LeRoy 'Lee' Laton
VINTON:
Leland LeRoy "Lee" Laton, 91, died Friday, February 28, 2014 at the Vinton Lutheran Home following an extended illness.
Funeral Services will be held 10:30 AM, Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, 212 E. 6th St. in Vinton with Pastor Zach Zajicek and Pastor John Karrick officiating. Wilbert D. Sindt
VAN HORNE:
Wilbert D. Sindt, 89, of Story City, formerly of Van Horne, died suddenly Friday, February 28, 2014 at Bethany Manor in Story City.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church in Van Horne with Rev. David Lingard officiating. Merlon G. Kranz
NEWHALL: Merlon G. Kranz, 79, died February 27, 2014 at his family's Century Farm near Newhall.
Memorial Services will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at St. John Lutheran Church in Newhall with Rev. Steven Rempfer officiating. Committal services will be held at St. John Cemetery near Newhall.