Obituaries
DuWayne Schirm
DYSART: DuWayne Edward Schirm, 92, of Dysart passed away peacefully from a courageous battle with leukemia on January 21, 2014 in Iowa City.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30am on Saturday January 25, 2014 at St. Mark Lutheran Church in Garrison with Pastor Mark Leckband officiating. Interment will be held at the Keystone Cemetery. Norman D. Noggle
VINTON: Norman D. Noggle, 82 of Vinton died Monday, January 20, 2014 at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids. Funeral Arrangements are pending with Phillips Funeral Home in Vinton.
Roy H. Rippel
VINTON: Roy Rippel, 96, died Sunday, January 19, 2014 at Virginia Gay Hospital following a brief illness.
Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, January 23, 2014 at Wesley United Methodist Church in Vinton with Pastor Mike Ferguson officiating. Interment will be held at Evergreen Cemetery with Graveside Military Rites conducted by Geo. Betty McIntyre
VINTON: Elizabeth Marie “Betty” McIntyre, 95, of Fort Dodge and formerly of Vinton died Friday, January 17, 2014 at Fort Dodge, Iowa. Funeral Services will be held at 11 AM, Monday, January 20, 2014 at Wesley United Methodist Church in Vinton with Pastor Michael Ferguson officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9:00 AM until service time at the church on Monday. Bessie K. Kaloupek
ELBERON: Bessie K. Kaloupek, 101, died Saturday, January 18, 2014 at Belle Plaine Nursing and Rehab Center.
Graveside Services will be held at the National Cemetery in Vining at a later date.
Bessie was born November 24, 1912 on her family's 80 acre farm near Elberon to John and Frances (Hlavack) Silhanek.
Frances M. Wieditz
GARRISON:
Frances M. Wieditz, 97, died Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at Virginia Gay Nursing & Rehab following an extended illness.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday January 20, 2014 at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Garrison with Rev. Mark Leckband officiating. Donald E. McAtee
Van Horne
Don "Mac" McAtee, 81, died Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, at Belle Plaine Nursing & Rehab in Belle Plaine following an extended illness. A Military Memorial Service will be 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, at Phillips Funeral Home in Keystone. Friends may register from 2 p.m. until service time Saturday. Private committal services will take place. Gordon L. West
Gordon L. West, 55, of Brandon, Iowa, died on Sunday, January 12, 2014, at his home.
Memorial Services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, January 17, 2014, at the United Methodist Church in Brandon, Iowa, with Rev. Mark Dieter officiating. Burial will be in Brandon Cemetery in Brandon. Merlyn Leroy Harrelson
GARRISON: Merlyn Leroy Harrelson, 78, died Monday, January 13, 2014 at his residence following a brief illness.
A Funeral Service will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, January 16, 2014 at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, 212 E. 6th St. in Vinton, with Rev. David Gates officiating. Private Committal Services will be held. Kristy Ann Armstrong
ATKINS: Kristy Ann Armstrong, 57, died Saturday, January 11, 2014 at her residence of a sudden illness.
Public Graveside Services, conducted by Rev. Douglas Woltemath, will be held at 12 p.m., Saturday, January 25, 2014, at St. Stephen's Cemetery in Atkins. The family will receive friends on Saturday, from 10 a.