Obituaries
Ruth E. Mehlert
MT. AUBURN – Ruth E. Mehlert, 85, died peacefully on Wednesday, March 11, 2015, at the Vinton Lutheran Home Assisted Living Center.
Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 16, 2015, at the Mt. Auburn United Methodist Church with Pastor Mike Ferguson officiating. Visitation will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday, March 15, at Van Steenhuyse-Russell Funeral Home in Vinton. Ellsworth L. Wiley
BELLE PLAINE:
Ellsworth L. Wiley, 93, died Saturday, March 6, 2015 at the Keystone Nursing Care Center in Keystone following an extended illness.
Funeral Services will be held at11 a.m., Thursday, March 12, 2015 at the United Methodist Church in Elberon with Rev. Rose Calderon-Khan officiating. Interment will be held at the Walthman Cemetery near Elberon with Graveside Military Rites conducted by American Legion Post # 226 of Elberon and Iowa Military Funeral Honors. Carol M. Timmer
VINTON – Carol Marie Timmer, 70, died Saturday, March 7, 2015, at the Vinton Lutheran Home following a battle with Alzheimer’s.
Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 11, 2015, at the Vinton Presbyterian Church with Rev. Lisa Ross Thedens officiating. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, at Van Steenhuyse-Russell Funeral Home in Vinton. Beverly Lyons
Beverly Lyons, 63, a resident of Milan, Illinois, formerly of Shellsburg, IA passed away, Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at Trinity Rock Island, Illinois.
A Celebration of Life will be held at the Vinton Legion at 3:00pm, Saturday, March 7, 2015.
Born on January 23, 1952 in Cedar Rapids, IA, Beverly was the daughter of Roy and Virginia (Cook) Harrelson.
John M. Kelley
VINTON:
John Matthew Kelley, 92, died Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at his residence following an extended illness.
Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, March 9, 2015 at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, 212 E. 6th St. in Vinton with Roger Uthoff officiating. Military Rites will be conducted by Geo. Harland 'Wayne' Craddock
VINTON:
Wayne Craddock, 81, died Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at Northewat Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, MO following an extended illness.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, 212 E. 6th St. in Vinton with Elder Jerry Eccles officiating. Kendall J. Werning
NEWHALL:Kendall J. Werning, 54, died Friday, February 27, 2015 at his rural Newhall home of Cardiac Arrhythmia
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, March 7, 2015 at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, 212 E 6th St. in Vinton, with Rev. Connie Wacht officiating.Interment will be held at later date.Friends may call at the funeral home from 4 to 8 p. Emma G. Redlinger
VINTON: Emma G. Redlinger, 14, died February 28, 2015 at University of Iowa Children's Hospital in Iowa City.
A Celebration of Life will be held at 4 PM, Thursday, March 5, 2015 at the Vinton Presbyterian Church with Rev. Connie Wacht officiating.
Emma was born August 4, 2000 at Cedar Rapids to Steve and Aimee Graves Redlinger. Sherry Marie Higgins Haferbecker
CEDAR RAPIDS: Sherry Marie Higgins Haferbecker, 44, died February 24, 2015 at her residence in Cedar Rapids.
Funeral Services will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, March 7, 2015 at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, 212 E. 6th St. in Vinton with Rev. Walt Grimes officiating. Interment will be held at Evergreen Cemetery in Vinton. Mary Louise Lint
Mary Louise Lint of Houston, Texas, went to be with our Lord and Savior, Monday February 23rd, at Southeast Memorial hospital, she was 86 years old.
She was born May 20, 1928, in Massena, Iowa, the daughter of the late Addie Dill and Lucius Wells and adopted daughter of the late Rowena Lavina and Harold Hays Higdon. She was married December 14, 1946 to the late Charles E.