Obituaries

Colleen Janko

Colleen Marie (Melcher) Janko Colleen Marie (Melcher) Janko Shellsburg"”Colleen Marie (Melcher) Janko, age 49, passed away Friday, July 14, 2017. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at ...

Ronald Lee "Ron" Brehm

Shellsburg: Ronald Lee "Ron" Brehm, 78, died Thursday, July 13, 2017 at his residence following a courageous battle with Pancreatic Cancer. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 AM, Wednesd...

Shannon M McDowell

BLAIRSTOWN: Shannon M. McDowell, 42, of Hopatcong, New Jersey, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 7, 2017, at Morristown Medical Center. She was born on August 11, 1974, in Marengo, Iowa, to C...

Rose Vesely Sass

SHELLSBURG: Rose Vesely Sass, 93, died Sunday, July 9, 2017 at Northbrook Manor in Cedar Rapids. Funeral Services will be 10:30 AM, Thursday, July 13, 2017 at Zion Lutheran Church in Shellsburg wit...

Curtiss P. Dart

Curtiss P. Dart Curtiss P. Dart VINTON - Curtiss Phillip Dart, 57, died at his home in Vinton on Friday, July 7, 2017, following a courageous battle with ALS. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date...

Marita Anne Irmiter

Marita Anne Irmiter, 67, died Sunday, June 25, 2017 in Pearland, Texas. Memorial services were held in Texas. She was born in 1949 to Dr. Willard and Pearl Irmiter. She graduated from Benton Commun...

Robert E. "Gene" Thurman

VINTON: Robert E. "Gene" Thurman, 76, died Tuesday, July 4, 2017 at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids. Funeral services will be held at 11 AM, Monday, July 10, 2017 at the Vinton Presbyterian Ch...

Joyce (Franzenburg) Vargason

KEYSTONE: Joyce (Franzenburg) Vargason, age 89, passed peacefully on Wednesday, July 5, 2017, after a long and wonderful life. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM, Saturday, July 8, 2017 at St....

Derrol W. Armstrong

ATKINS: Derrol W. Armstrong, 88 died Friday, June 30, 2017 at the Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha. A Celebration of Life will be held at the Atkins City Park Pavilion, 320 - 2nd Avenue, Atkins from...

Zola Charlene (Sanders) Cerny

Zola Sanders Cerny, 95, of Sunnyvale, Calif., formerly of Vinton, died Friday, June 23, 2017. A brief memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 27, at Phillips Family Center, 605 Sec...