Obituaries
Delores M. Wiebbecke
Delores M. Wiebbecke, 76, of Cedar Rapids, formerly of Vinton, died Friday, May 18, 2012, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hopsice House of Mercy in Hiawatha following an extended illness. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, 212 E. Sixth St., Vinton. Private committal services will be held at Evergreen Cemetery in Vinton. Don Eugene Hite
SHELLSBURG: Don Eugene Hite, 93 of Shellsburg died Saturday, May 12, 2012 at Rock Ridge Residential Care Center in Shellsburg.
Funeral Services will be held at 11 AM, Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at Oakland Church of the Nazarene, 3000 – 42nd Street NE in Cedar Rapids with Rev. David King officiating. Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Shellsburg. Gloria Jean (Collins) McElroy
God called Gloria Jean McElroy home on Wednesday, May 9, 2012. Her beautiful life began on September 2, 1949, in Vinton, Iowa.
Gloria was a sales consultant for State Beauty Supply and a member Rolling Hills Christian Church.
On September 8, 1967, she married John L. McElroy in Vinton, Iowa. He survives. She is also survived by her daughters, Heather R.
L. Neil Waldorf
VINTON – L. Neil Waldorf, 89, of Vinton, died Tuesday, May 8, 2012, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha following a sudden illness. He had been a resident at Windsor Manor in Vinton for the past three years.
A Celebration of Life service will be held 11:00 a.m. Monday, May 14, 2012, at the Vinton Presbyterian Church with Pastors Fred Darbonne and Kara Courtney officiating. Charles H. Briggs
VINTON -- Charles H. Briggs, 95, of Hammond, Wisconsin, formerly of Vinton, died Monday, May 7, 2012, in St. Paul, MN.
Charles was born October 28, 1916, in Chickasaw County, Iowa, the son of John W. and Emma Niewoehner Briggs. On December 18, 1938, he married Marian Brandenburg, and they had two daughters. She preceded him death. Doug Stufflebeam Celebration of Life set for Saturday
There will be a Celebration of Life service for Doug Stufflebeam at the Vinton Country Club this Saturday, May 12, at 1:30 p.m. Everyone is invited to come honor Doug's memory.
He died March 11, in Mount Vernon, Washington. See his complete obituary HERE.
Gale E. Cook
URBANA: Gale E. Cook, age 89 of Osage, formerly of Manly and Urbana died May 5th at Mitchell County Regional Health Center in Osage. Graveside Services will be held at 11 AM, Saturday, May 12, 2012 at Urbana Cemetery with full military rites conducted by the Walter J. Meycoks American Legion Post # 264 and Iowa Military Funeral Honors. Josephine N. Grunewald
BLAIRSTOWN – Josephine N. Grunewald, 98, of Blairstown, died peacefully Saturday, May 5, 2012, at Colonial Manor in Amana under the care of Essence of Life – Iowa Hospice.
A Celebration of Life service will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 12, 2012, at the Blairstown Presbyterian Church with Gene Spicer and John Wilson officiating. Francine Barbara (Kruse) Strausz
VINTON: Francine Barbara (Kruse) Strausz, of Palm Desert, CA and formerly of Vinton, passed away peacefully Friday, April 20, 2012 at the age of 81. Francine was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Bob Strausz. They enjoyed more than twenty-five years
of a happy and full life in their homes in Palm Desert and Friday Harbor, Washington. Betty Catherine Snyder Pingenot
Our Mom, Betty Catherine Snyder Pingenot, 93, passed away on Sunday, April 29, 2012from complications of advanced age at the Lutheran Home for the Aged in Vinton. Our mom was a wonderful person, always busy with her Sunday School nursery class which she taught consecutively for 53 years at the First Baptist Church in Vinton. She also faithfully served in many other areas in church.