Obituaries
Lorena C Swanson
VINTON – Lorena C Swanson, 92, died Tuesday, July 30, 2013, at the Vinton Lutheran Home.
Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, August 3, 2013, at Van Steenhuyse-Russell Funeral Home in Vinton with Rev. Lori Robinson officiating. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, August 2, at the funeral home. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Vinton. Donah Leah Clausen
ATKINS:
Donah Leah Clausen, age 71, died Friday, July 26, 2013 at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids, following a sudden illness.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM, Thursday August 1, 2013 at St. Stephen’s LutheranChurchin Atkins with Rev. David Rempfer officiating. Interment will be held at Oakwood Cemetery Shellsburg. Donah Clausen
Donah Clausen, 71, died Friday, July 26, 2013, funeral arrangements are pending with Phillips Funeral Home, Vinton.
Owen Todd Burrichter
URBANA -- Owen Todd Burrichter, 4, died peacefully at his home Wednesday, July 24, 2013.
A celebration of Owen’s life will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 27, 2013, at Wesley United Methodist Church in Vinton with Rev. Dr. Judith Bunyi officiating. Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, July 26, at Van Steenhuyse-Russell Funeral Home in Vinton. Leona Ida (Bickal) Walker
Leona Ida (Bickal) Walker, 91, died peacefully at the Vinton Lutheran Home on Sunday, July 21, 2013. Services: 11:00 A.M. Thursday at Prairie Creek Church, rural Vinton, by Rev. Dennis Sackett and Rev. David Arnold. Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Vinton. Friends may call from 5 to 8 P.M. Wednesday and after 10:00 A. Irene Dorothea Anderson
VINTON: Irene Dorothea Anderson went to be with the Lord and join her dearly-loved husband, Don, on Saturday, July 20, 2013, at the age of 97. She was a seven year resident of Rock Ridge Care Center in Shellsburg, Iowa.
Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, July 27, 2013 at the Phillips Funeral Home Chapel (212 E. Bonnie (Scott) Montgomery
Bonnie (Scott) Montgomery, 87, died Friday, July 19, 2013, at the Vinton Lutheran Home, following an extended illness. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 23, at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel (212 E. Sixth St.) in Vinton. Interment will be held at Oakwood Cemetery in Shellsburg. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Arlene F. Brecht
Vinton—Arlene F. Brecht, 96, died Friday, July 19, 2013, at the Vinton Lutheran Home.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, July 24 , 2013, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Vinton with Father Ardel Barta as Celebrant. Visitation will be from 9 a.m until Mass time on Wednesday at the church. Interment will be at 1:30 p. Harold James Schmelzer
VINTON – Harold James Schmelzer, 67, of Mission, South Dakota, passed away April 1, 2013.
Graveside committal services will be held 1:00 p.m. Saturday, July 27, 2013, at Evergreen Cemetery in Vinton with Rev. Connie Wacht officiating.
Harold was born in Vinton, Iowa, on September 15, 1945. He graduated from Washington High School in Vinton in 1963. Hazel M. Snydock
VINTON – Hazel Marie Snydock, 94, died Thursday, July 11, 2013, at her daughter’s home in Vinton due to chronic heart failure. Beloved mother of 9, grandmother of 39, great-grandmother of 74 and great-great-grandmother of 27 went to be with her Lord Savior and family that had gone before.
Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 16, 2013, at Prairie Creek Christian Church in rural Vinton with Rev.