Obituaries
Bob McElrath
URBANA – Bob McElrath, 69, of Urbana, died Wednesday, December 26, 2012, at the VA Health Care System in Iowa City following a sudden illness.
Memorial visitation will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, December 30, 2012, at Van Steenhuyse-Russell Funeral Home in Vinton. A private family memorial service will be held at a later date. George S. Barr
BLAIRSTOWN: George S. Barr, 90, died Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at Keystone Nursing Care Center in Keystone.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM, Thursday, January 3, 2012 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Belle Plaine with President Rick L. Sparks officiating. Interment will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Blairstown with graveside military rites conducted by the M. Doris J. Laton
VINTON: Doris J. Laton, 90, died Christmas Day, December 25, 2012 at the Vinton Lutheran Home following an extended illness.
Funeral Services will be held Saturday, December 29, 2012 at 10:30 a.m at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, 212 E. 6th St. in Vinton with Pastor Zach Zajicek officiating. Interment will be held at Evergreen Cemetery in Vinton. Mary Weideman
Mary Weideman passed from this world peacefully, at home, on December 22, 2012 after a 2 1/2 year struggle with colon cancer. She was surrounded by her family.
A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 3:30pm, Friday, December 28th at Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service, Iowa City, with Rev. Stephen Protzman officiating. Visitation will be Thursday from 5 to 8pm at the funeral home. Bernita Flickinger
VINTON: Bernita E. Flickinger, 82, died Sunday, December 23, 2012 at the Vinton Lutheran Home following an extended illness.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Vinton with Rev. Stephen K. Preus officiating. Interment will be held at Evergreen Cemetery in Vinton. The family will receive friends from 9:00 a. Mary Elizabeth (LeClere) Janssen
VINTON: Mary Elizabeth (LeClere) Janssen, 80, of rural Vinton passed away Sunday, December 23, 2012 and entered her heavenly home after a courageous battle with cancer at her son's home in Van Horne surrounded by her family.
A Celebration of Life service will be held at 11 am, Friday, December 28, 2012 at River Of Life Church, 3701 Blairsferry Rd, NE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with Pastor Steve Irwin officiating. Barbara A. Bolin
VINTON – Barbara A. Bolin, 62, of Vinton, died suddenly on Wednesday, December 19, 2012, at her home at Windsor Manor in Vinton.
A Celebration of Life service will be held 1:00 p.m. Saturday, December 22, 2012, at Vinton Presbyterian Church with Pastor Fred Darbonne officiating. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. until service time Saturday, December 22, also at the church. Bob Baldridge
Vinton—Robert D. Baldridge Jr. (Brother Isadore O.S.B./obl), 86, died peacefully at his home on Sunday, December 16, 2012 surrounded by his family.
Visitation will be at Van Steenhuyse-Russell Funeral Home from 4-6 pm Tuesday, December 18, 2012 with a Rosary service at 6 pm. There will be a Latin Requiem Mass at 10 am Wednesday, December 19 at the funeral home with the Most Rev. Sandra Kay Von Ahsen
NEWHALL: Sandra Kay Von Ahsen, 64, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, December 14, 2012 at the Keystone Nursing Care Center.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at St. John Lutheran Church in Newhall with Rev. Steven Rempfer officiating. Visitation will be held from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., Monday at the church. Linda K. Streeter
Dumont—Linda K. Streeter, 62, formerly of Independence and Brandon, died Friday, December 14, 2012, at the Dumont Wellness Center of pneumonia.
Graveside services at the Brandon Cemetery will be held at a later date.
Linda was born August 4, 1950 in Independence, Iowa, the only daughter of Roy and Kathryn Young Streeter.