Obituaries
LOCKE FUNERAL SERVICES - January 5th, 2026 6:00 pm

Linda M. Niedert, 75, of La Porte City, passed away Thursday January 1, 2026, at MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center.She was born in Waterloo on March 18, 1950, daughter of Carroll and Lillian (Berk...
PHILLIPS FUNERAL HOME - January 5th, 2026 2:29 pm

John Wilbert Schanbacher, 74, of Atkins, passed away surrounded by his family on Sunday January 4, 2026, at West Ridge Care Center.Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM, Thursday, January 8, ...
HRABAK-NEUHAUS FUNERAL SERVICE - January 5th, 2026 10:52 am

Virgil R. Witt, Sr., 84 of Belle Plaine, IA passed away, Saturday, January 3, 2026 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids after a sudden illness. Virgil was born November 9, 1941 to Lloyd M. Wi...
VINTON TODAY - January 5th, 2026 10:23 am

Harold Lee England, 82, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Thursday, January 1, 2026, at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinic, with his family by his side. A Celebration of Life will be held on Fr...
PHILLIPS FUNERAL HOME - January 3rd, 2026 4:17 pm

Barbara Henry, 53, died Thursday, January 1, 2026, at her apartment in Cedar Rapids. Visitation will be held at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel (212 E. 6th Street, Vinton, IA 52349) on Friday, January ...
MURDOCH FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION SERVICE - January 1st, 2026 11:39 am

Donna Elaine Chamberlain, 93, of Central City, Iowa, passed away on Tuesday, December 30, 2025, at the Virgina Gay Nursing & Rehab in Vinton, Iowa. A Funeral Service will be held at 11 a.m. o...
LOCKE FUNERAL SERVICES - January 1st, 2026 11:29 am

Mary Rae Van Dorn, 81, of La Porte City, passed away on Saturday, December 27, 2025 at her home in La Porte City.Mary Rae was born on May 15, 1944, in Waterloo, the daughter of Raymond and Marjorie Ku...
VINTON TODAY - December 31st, 2025 4:01 pm

Nicholas E. Owens, 44, a resident of Fairfield, passed away Saturday, December 27, 2025 at Regional Medical Center in Manchester, Iowa, after a brave battle with B-Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma.A celebr...
VINTON TODAY - December 31st, 2025 3:57 pm

Don Richard Haven, sailor and educator, passed away on December 28, 2025. He was born in La Porte City, Iowa, in 1947, and graduated from La Porte City (now Union) High School and Upper Iowa Universit...
IOWA CREMATION - December 31st, 2025 8:37 am

Charles “Chuck” LeRoy Koopman age 89, passed away December 27, 2025, peacefully surrounded by love. Charles was born on January 15, 1936, in Newhall, IA. A lifelong farmer and trucker, he was a ma...