Obituaries
Ruth Huck
La Porte City — Ruth Huck, 89, died Sunday, September 22, 2013 at the La Porte City Nursing and Rehab of natural causes.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of Jubilee, 12007 Jubilee Rd, La Porte City, with Rev. Jenna Couch officiating. Visitation will be 5 to 7 pm Tuesday, September 24, at Van Steenhuyse-Russell Funeral Home in Vinton and an hour before service time at the church on Wednesday.
Cynthia McBride
BLAIRSTOWN: Cynthia McBride, 64 of Blairstown died Thursday, September 19, 2013 at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids. Funeral Arrangements are pending with Phillips Funeral Home in Blairstown.
Freeman 'Jake' Abernathey
VINTON: Freeman Jake Abernathey, 71, died Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at Virginia Gay Nursing & Rehab in Vinton following an extended illness.
Friends may call at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, 212 E. 6th St. in Vinton from 10 to 11:15 AM on Saturday, September 21, 2013 prior to processing to a public Graveside Services at Oakwood Cemetery in Shellsburg with Chaplain Dwayne Potter officiating. Rodney D. Clemens
MARION – Rodney Dean Clemens, 49, died Tuesday, September 17, 2013, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City due to health complications.
A celebration of Rod’s life will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, September 22, 2013, at Van Steenhuyse-Russell Funeral Home in Vinton. Private family inurnment will be held at the Dumont Cemetery, Dumont, Iowa. Gene Lewis
CENTRAL CITY: On September 16, 2013 Gene William Lewis, beloved husband of Sherry, lost his brave fight with cancer. Gene was born to Merton Chandle Lewis and Norma Emmeline Brewer Lewis of Central City on November 9, 1951.
The visitation will be at The First United Methodist Church, in Central City from 4:00-7:00 on Sunday, September 22nd 2013. Leila M. Boddicker
VINTON – Leila M. (Noeller) Boddicker, 94 of Vinton died Saturday, September 14, 2013 at her home following a sudden illness.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 AM, Friday, September 20, 2014 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Vinton with Father Ardel Barta as Celebrant. Visitation will be from 4:00 – 8:00 PM Thursday also at the church. Rose J. 'Babe' Gentle
MARION -- Rose Josephine "Babe" Gentle, 94, died Sunday, September 15, 2013, at Northbrook Manor Care Center in Cedar Rapids.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 18, 2013, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Vinton with Father Ardel Barta as Celebrant. Memorial visitation will be held from 10:00 a. Beverly A. Albert
BRANDON – Beverly Ann “Bev” Albert, 77, of Brandon, passed away Wednesday, September 11, 2013, at the Vinton Lutheran Home.
Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, September 14, 2013, at the Brandon United Methodist Church with Rev. Lexie Kirkpatrick officiating. Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, September 13, at Van Steenhuyse-Russell Funeral Home in Vinton. Marjorie Amy Smalley
Waterloo - Marjorie Amy Smalley, 82, of Waterloo, died Thursday, September 5 at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home.
She was born February 8, 1931 in Vinton, daughter of Leon and Ruth Avery Byam. She married Richard Smalley May 3, 1951 in Vinton. He died October 13, 1990.
Marjorie was employed as a telephone operator in Vinton and then worked at home taking in laundry and ironing as she raised her children. Joanne A. Sagan
VINTON – Joanne Adelaide Sagan, 78, died Wednesday, September 4, 2013, at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha.
Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, September 10, 2013, at Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church in Vinton with Rev. Jo Kinnard officiating. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.