Obituaries

 Minnie M. Bullock, 87, passed away on Thursday, November 24, 2022 at Belle Plaine Specialty Care.Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM on Saturday, December 10, 2022 at the Phillips Funeral Home Chapel (212 E. 6th Street) in Vinton with Pastor Brian Channel officiating. Interment will be held at Maplewood Cemetery, Vinton. Visitation will be held from 1:00 PM until service time, Saturday at the funeral home.

Betty Jean Hersey was born October 29, 1927, in rural Butler County, daughter of John D and Tillie Huisman Hersey. She died on December 6, 2022. She attended country school and then New Hartford High School living with her grandparents during the week, graduating in 1944. She attended Iowa State Teachers College and earned a teaching certificate. She taught at a country school near Shell Rock with all boys until her marriage to George Ehmen in 1946.

Shirley Mae (Aldeman) Wiggins, 90, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at The Silver Oak Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Marion.Funeral Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, December 12, 2022 at Teahen Funeral Home, 3100 F Avenue NW, in Cedar Rapids. Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Vinton. Friends may visit with the family on Sunday at the funeral home from 1 to 4 p.

Martha Edna (Krug) Edwards, age 100, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 6, 2022, at the Vinton Lutheran Home. Memorial services will be held at 1:30 PM, Friday, December 9, 2022, at the Phillips Funeral Home Chapel (212 E. 6th Street) in Vinton, with Rev. Stephen Preus officiating.  Visitation will be held from 12:30 PM until service time.

Edward "Ed" Virgil Wilson, 75, of Urbana died on Friday, October 21, 2022. A Celebration of Life will be held at the Brandon Community Center on Saturday, December 10, 2022 from 3-7:00 p.m. Van Steenhuyse-Teahen Funeral Home is caring for Edward and his family.Ed is survived by Dwight Craft; two daughters: Tennille (Michael) Fain of Marion and Lindsey Seegers (Shane) of Denver; three granddaughters: Mckayla, Elizabeth and Reagan; two sisters: Madeline (Mike) Knowlton of Charles City and Carol Roy of Cedar Rapids; along with many, many nieces and nephews.

Madeline (Wheeler) Greenwood, age 92, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 3, 2022 at Virginia Gay Nursing and Rehab in Vinton. Visitation for Madeline will be held from 2:00 until 5:00 PM, Sunday, December 11, 2022, at the Phillips Funeral Home Chapel (212 E. 6th Street) in Vinton.  Interment will be held at Oakwood Cemetery in Shellsburg, at a later date.

John L. Brody, age 58, passed away on Saturday, November 26, 2022, at his home in Shellsburg following a sudden illness.  A Celebration of John’s life will be held on Saturday, December 10, 2022 from 2:00 until 6:00 PM.  at Wildcat Country Club in Shellsburg.  In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established.John was born on January 5, 1964 at Virginia Gay Hospital in Vinton, the son of Gary and Monika (Minzel) Brody.

Roseann Hovey, age 83, passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 26, 2022 at Benton House of Tiffany Springs in Kansas City, Missouri.Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM, Friday, December 9, 2022 at St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church in Atkins, with Rev. Doug Woltemath officiating. Interment will be held at St. Stephen’s Cemetery in Atkins. Visitation will be held Thursday, December 8, from 4 to 7PM, also at the church.

Betty Jean Stallman, 99 of Norway died Thursday, December 1, 2022 at St. Luke’s Hospice in Cedar Rapids. Services: 10 a.m. Friday at St. Jude Catholic Church by Rev. Nicholas March. Burial: St. Michael's Cemetery, Norway. Friends may visit with the family on Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Teahen Funeral Home and after 9 a.m. on Friday at the church.

Minnie M. Bullock, 87, passed away on Thursday, November 24, 2022 at Belle Plaine Specialty Care. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM on Saturday, December 10, 2022 at the Phillips Funeral Home Chapel (212 E. 6th Street) in Vinton with Pastor Brian Channel officiating. Interment will be held at Maplewood Cemetery, Vinton. Visitation will be held from 1:00 PM until service time, Saturday at the funeral home.