Obituaries
Helen Marie (Panek) Schmuecker
WATKINS: Helen Marie (Panek) Schmuecker, 82, when to rest with the Lord on Wednesday, January 16, while surrounded by family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Marvin in 2009. They were married on September 16, 1950 at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids. They lived and worked on their family farm for 55 years. Roy Albers
KEYSTONE: Roy Dale Albers. 85, died Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at the Keystone Nursing Care Center in Keystone.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, January 19, 2013 at St. John Lutheran Church in Keystone with Rev. B. Andrew Wright officiating. Interment will be held at the Keystone Cemetery with Graveside Military Rites conducted by Merkel-Bockholt American Legion Post #107 of Keystone and Iowa Military Funeral Honors. Margaret Elizabeth Kreutner
NEWHALL: Margaret Elizabeth Kreutner, 99, died Monday, January 14, 2013 at the Rockridge Residential Care Center in Shellsburg following an extended illness.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, January 18, 2013 at St. John Lutheran Church in Newhall with Rev. Steven Rempfer officiating. Kenny Mahr
Kenny Mahr, 64, died Monday, January 14, 2013 at the Vinton Lutheran Home following an extended illness.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, January 17, 2013 at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, 212 E. 6th St.in Vinton. Interment will be held at Evergreen Cemetery with Graveside Military Rites conducted by Geo. G. Luckey American Legion Post #57 and Iowa Military Funeral Honors. Lois Livingston
CEDAR RAPIDS: Lois Mellor Livingston, 67, died Sunday, January 13, 2013 at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha following an extended illness.
A Celebration Of Life Service will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, January 18, 2013 at Salem United Methodist Church, 3715 33rd Avenue SW in Cedar Rapids with Chaplain Deb Black officiating. Robert Wayne Robertson
VINTON: Robert Wayne Robertson, 86, died Jan. 11, 2013, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha. Funeral Services, with Dr. Darran J. Whitting officiating, will be held 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 15, at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, 212 E. Sixth St., Vinton, where friends may call from 9 a.m. until service time. Interment will be held at Garrison Cemetery in Garrison with full military rites conducted by the Geo. Pauline L. Thompson
VINTON:
Pauline Thompson, 98, died Friday, January 11, 2013 at the Anamosa Care Center in Anamosa following an extended illness.
Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, January 17, 2013 at the First Christian Church in Vinton where friends may register from 9 a.m. until service.The service will be officiated by Rev. Walt Grimes. Billy Wade Aldao
VINTON: Billy Wade Aldao, 65 died Friday, January 11, 2013 at Prime Care Nursing Home in Des Moines. Private Family Funeral Services will be held with burial at Maplewood Cemetery in Vinton.
Billy was born August 2, 1947 at Baltimore, Maryland to Rex Aldao and Flornia Mae (Bowen) McCoy. He served his country in the United States Air Force during Vietnam and was honorably discharged. Sharon Dziewanowski
URBANA: Sharon E. Dziewanowski, 65 died Thursday, January 10, 2013 at St. Luke’s Hospital following a brief illness.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 AM, Monday, January 14, 2013 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Urbana with Father David Ambrosy as Celebrant. Interment will be held at the St. Lois M. Tharp
VINTON – Lois Merle Tharp, 87, died Wednesday, January 9, 2013, at Virginia Gay Hospital in Vinton.
Visitation will be held from 9 to 10:15 a.m. Friday, January 11, 2013, at Van Steenhuyse-Russell Funeral Home in Vinton. A Celebration of Life service will follow at 10:30 a.m. with Rev. David Gates officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Vinton.