Obituaries
Gertrud Rosenbauer Stark
Gertrud (Rosenbauer) Stark, 77, passed away January 25, 2014, in her home surrounded by her children and grandchildren after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
Services will be held on Saturday Feb. 1, at the First Baptist Church in Sister Bay, Wisc., at 11 a.m. There will be a lunch and time of fellowship to follow the service.
She was born in Zirndorf, Germany, where she met her husband, Roger Stark. Robert Klostermann
Robert John Klostermann, 69, of Tama, and formerly of Vinton, passed away Thursday, January 23, 2014 at his home in Tama.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Wednesday, January 29, at 10:30 AM at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Tama with Father Michael Mescher as celebrant. Interment will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery in Toledo. Visitation will be held Tuesday, January 28 from 4-7 PM at the St. Karen Roma Cole Moody
MT. AUBURN: Karen Roma Cole Moody, 74, entered eternal rest at her rural farm home on Thursday, January 23, 2014 with her loving family at her side.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., on Monday, January 27, 2014, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Vinton with Rev. Stephen Preus officiating. Interment will be held at the Mt. Allen McNamee
VINTON: G. Allen McNamee, 95 of Vinton and formerly of Waterloo and Bella Vista, Arkansas died Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at the Vinton Lutheran Home following an extended illness. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, January 25, 2014 at the Vinton Presbyterian Church with Rev. Jessica Crane-Munoz officiating. Interment will at 2:00 PM on Saturday at the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Waterloo. DuWayne Schirm
DYSART: DuWayne Edward Schirm, 92, of Dysart passed away peacefully from a courageous battle with leukemia on January 21, 2014 in Iowa City.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30am on Saturday January 25, 2014 at St. Mark Lutheran Church in Garrison with Pastor Mark Leckband officiating. Interment will be held at the Keystone Cemetery. Norman D. Noggle
VINTON: Norman D. Noggle, 82 of Vinton died Monday, January 20, 2014 at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids. Funeral Arrangements are pending with Phillips Funeral Home in Vinton.
Roy H. Rippel
VINTON: Roy Rippel, 96, died Sunday, January 19, 2014 at Virginia Gay Hospital following a brief illness.
Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, January 23, 2014 at Wesley United Methodist Church in Vinton with Pastor Mike Ferguson officiating. Interment will be held at Evergreen Cemetery with Graveside Military Rites conducted by Geo. Betty McIntyre
VINTON: Elizabeth Marie “Betty” McIntyre, 95, of Fort Dodge and formerly of Vinton died Friday, January 17, 2014 at Fort Dodge, Iowa. Funeral Services will be held at 11 AM, Monday, January 20, 2014 at Wesley United Methodist Church in Vinton with Pastor Michael Ferguson officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9:00 AM until service time at the church on Monday. Bessie K. Kaloupek
ELBERON: Bessie K. Kaloupek, 101, died Saturday, January 18, 2014 at Belle Plaine Nursing and Rehab Center.
Graveside Services will be held at the National Cemetery in Vining at a later date.
Bessie was born November 24, 1912 on her family's 80 acre farm near Elberon to John and Frances (Hlavack) Silhanek.
Frances M. Wieditz
GARRISON:
Frances M. Wieditz, 97, died Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at Virginia Gay Nursing & Rehab following an extended illness.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday January 20, 2014 at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Garrison with Rev. Mark Leckband officiating.