Edith V. Coy

PHILLIPS FUNERAL HOME
February 11, 2011 11:39 am

SHELLSBURG:  Edith V. Coy, 98 died Thursday, February 10, 2011 at Heritage Nursing and Rehab Center in Cedar Rapids.  Public Graveside services will be held at 10:30 AM, Monday, February 14, 2011 at Oakwood Cemetery in Shellsburg with Rev.

Lorna I. Banse

VANSTEENHUYSE FUNERAL HOME
February 9, 2011 4:28 pm

VINTON – Lorna Idella Banse, 92, of Vinton, died Wednesday, February 9, 2011, at the Vinton Lutheran Home. Funeral services will be held 11:30 a.

Lenard J. Armstrong

PHILLIPS FUNERAL HOME
February 8, 2011 8:42 pm

ATKINS:  Lenard J. Armstrong, 82, died Tuesday, February 8, 2011 at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids following an extended illness.      To honor Lenard's wishes a brief Memorial Service will be held at 10:30 a.

David Lee Rinderknecht

PHILLIPS FUNERAL HOME
February 7, 2011 7:29 am

David Lee Rinderknecht, 67, died Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids following a lengthy illness. Memorial services will be at 10 a.

Ruby Ann (Lint) Wheeler

PHILLIPS FUNERAL HOME
February 3, 2011 9:58 am

GARRISON:  Ruby Ann (Lint) Wheeler, 74 of Garrison died Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at her home following a sudden illness.  Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, February 5, 2011 at Phillips Family Center (605 Second Avenue) in Vinton with Rev.

John J. Dieter

PHILLIPS FUNERAL HOME
February 1, 2011 8:16 pm

VINTON:  John J. Dieter, 49 of Vinton died Sunday, January 30, 2011 at his home following a sudden illness.  Funeral Services will be held 11:00 AM, Monday, February 7, 2011 at the River of Life Church in Cedar Rapids.

Charles “Chuck” Gahring

PHILLIPS FUNERAL HOME
February 1, 2011 2:48 pm

KEYSTONE:  Charles “Chuck” Gahring, died on his 87th birthday this past Monday, January 31, 2011 following a sudden illness.      Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.

The first lesson in the classroom of grief

VINTON TODAY
February 1, 2011 10:32 am

       This is a time of grief for people in the Vinton area. As we mourn the passing of a man who died too soon with so much left to do and to offer, I thought this would be a good time to share some lessons I learned nearly a decade ago, after burying my mom, and then my grandfather three weeks later.

JoAnn Arlene (Flickinger) Michaelson

VINTON TODAY
January 30, 2011 9:39 pm

      On January 23, 2011, surrounded by family in her home in Prescott Valley, Arizona, JoAnn Arlene (Flickinger) Michaelson, 75, passed peacefully from this life to heaven’s glory.

Robert E. Dittmar

VANSTEENHUYSE FUNERAL HOME
January 30, 2011 8:33 pm

VINTON – Robert E. Dittmar, 79, of Vinton, died Saturday, January 29, 2011, at Virginia Gay Hospital in Vinton following a sudden illness. Cremation has been accorded, and private services will be held at a later date with inurnment in Oakwood Cemetery, Shellsburg.