Obituaries
VANSTEENHUYSE FUNERAL HOME - November 26th, 2018 1:53 pm

Maribelle Hesson, 86, went to be with her Lord on Monday, November 26, 2018, at the Vinton Lutheran Home.
Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Friday, November 30, 2018, at Blessed Hope Church in Vinton with Rev. Matt Hantz officiating. Visitation will be held at the church from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Thursday, November 29, and one hour prior to services on Friday.
PHILLIPS FUNERAL HOME - November 26th, 2018 5:14 am
Clara Marie (Wharton) Rinderknecht, 95 died Tuesday, November 20, 2018 at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha. Graveside Services will be held at 11:30 AM, Friday, November 23, 2018 at St. Stephen’s Lutheran Cemetery near Atkins. Clara Marie Wharton was born January 24, 1923 to Franklin Benjamin and Cathryn Elizabeth (Cahill) Wharton.
PHILLIPS FUNERAL HOME - November 26th, 2018 5:13 am

Betty Nolan, 86, died Wednesday, November 21, 2018, at the Keystone Nursing Care Center following an extended illness. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, November 24, 2018, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Van Horne with Father Craig Steimel as celebrant. Interment will be held at Holy Cross Cemetery near Keystone.
VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR - November 26th, 2018 5:13 am
Vern Roseberry, 84, of Center Point, Iowa, passed away Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018, at the Dennis & Donna Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha, Iowa. The family will greet friends from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov, 27, 2018, with services beginning at 11:30 a.m. at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Vern was born June 20, 1934, in Cedar Rapids, the son of Paul and Merle (Thompson) Roseberry.
PHILLIPS FUNERAL HOME - November 26th, 2018 5:13 am

Robert L. “Bob” Schwab, 92 died Thursday, November 22, 2018 at Belle Plaine Specialty Care in Belle Plaine. Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM, Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at Phillips Funeral Home, 92 5th Avenue, Keystone with Don Drahos officiating. Visitation will be from 9 AM until service time also at the funeral home.
PHILLIPS FUNERAL HOME - November 17th, 2018 7:22 pm

Richard Dean Fisher, age 78, passed away Friday, November 16, 2018 at Sunnycrest Nursing Center in Dysart.
Graveside services will be held at 10:30 am, Tuesday, November 20, 2018 at Bear Creek Cemetery rural Vinton. Visitation will be held from 4 until 7 pm on Monday, November 19, 2018 at the Phillips Funeral Home Chapel (212 E. 6th Street) in Vinton.
VINTON TODAY - November 17th, 2018 4:29 pm
Sheila K. Wayson, 72, died Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. Iowa Cremation, Cedar Rapids.
VANSTEENHUYSE FUNERAL HOME - November 17th, 2018 4:29 pm

Walter Edward Tuttle, 81, died Monday, November 12, 2018, in Vinton.
Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday, November 19, 2018, at Van Steenhuyse-Russell Funeral Home in Vinton. Visitation will be held Monday from 9:00 a.m. until service time at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Cox Cemetery, rural Urbana, with military rites by Iowa Military Funeral Honors and the Urbana American Legion Post 264.
VANSTEENHUYSE FUNERAL HOME - November 16th, 2018 1:58 pm

Stacy Gail Rosonke, 48, died Monday, November 12, 2018 at her residence in Vinton following a sudden illness.
A Celebration of Stacy’s life is pending. Watch the funeral home website for updates.
Stacy Gail Stewart was born November 4, 1970 in Vinton and attended school in Vinton. She later received her dental assistant certification and worked as a dental assistant for many years.
VANSTEENHUYSE FUNERAL HOME - November 13th, 2018 11:47 am

Kenneth John “Ken” Stark, 83, died Monday, November 12, 2018, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids following a brief illness.
Funeral services will be held 11:30 a.m. Saturday, November 17, 2018, at Blessed Hope Church in Vinton with Rev. Matt Hantz officiating. Visitation will be held from 9:00 to 11:30 a.