Obituaries
Marvin Henry Rommann
VINTON – Marvin H. Rommann, 81 of Canon City, Colorado and formerly of Vinton died Thursday, October 10, 2013 at St. Thomas More Hospital in Canon City, Colorado. Public Graveside Services will be held at 11 AM, Thursday, October 17, 2013 with the Geo. G. Luckey American Legion Post #57 Chaplain officiating at the Garrison Cemetery. Military Honors will also be conducted by Geo. Murray L. Gallaher
Murray L. Gallaher, 81, of Waterloo, died at Allen Memorial Hospital, on Friday October 11, 2013, complications of a stroke.
He was born on November 17, 1931 in Brandon, IA son of Murray and Lyle Burroughs Gallaher. He graduated from Van Horne High School in 1950 and received an AA degree in bookkeeping from AIC in Cedar Falls in 1988.
Murray served in the United States Navy as a Firefighter Instructor, receiving an honorable discharge in 1954. Maylene Burrows
CEDAR RAPIDS: Maylene C. Hupfeld Burrows, 68, died Saturday, October 5, 2013 at Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha following an extended illness.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM, Wednesday, October 9, 2013 at St. John Lutheran Church in Keystone with Rev. Brad A. Martha Groth
SHELLSBURG: Martha Groth, 82, died Monday, September 30, 2013 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids.
A Memorial Visitation will be held at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, 212 E. 6th St. in Vinton on Thursday, October 10, 2013 from 4 to 8 p.m. A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, October 11, 2013 at Zion Lutheran Church in Shellsburg with Rev. David William Wood
Summerville, SC – David William Wood, 65, of Summerville, SC, husband of Joan Disher Wood, passed away Friday, September 27, 2013, at his home.
A memorial service will be held Tuesday, October 1, 2013 at 11 am at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd which gathers at Wesley United Methodist Church, 125 Pressley Avenue, Summerville, SC. Lucas Samuel Johnson
Lucas Samuel Johnson, 38, passed away in the loving arms of his family on September 27, 2013 at his home in Vinton, Iowa after a courageous battle against lymphoma.
Visitation will be 11:00 to 1:00 Wednesday October 2, 2013 at the Goettsch Funeral Home in Anamosa. Funeral services will be held at Goettsch Funeral home in Anamosa at 1:00pm Wednesday October 2, 2013. Carole Patterson McGrath
Fresno, CA—Carole Patterson McGrath, 64, died peacefully at her home, under hospice care, on June 12, 2013 from complications of multiple sclerosis. Her husband, Bob, wanted all her friends in Vinton to know. Carole's father was a Highway Patrolman and the family lived in Vinton for a number of years. Carole was a member of the class of 1967.
Ruth Huck
La Porte City — Ruth Huck, 89, died Sunday, September 22, 2013 at the La Porte City Nursing and Rehab of natural causes.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of Jubilee, 12007 Jubilee Rd, La Porte City, with Rev. Jenna Couch officiating. Visitation will be 5 to 7 pm Tuesday, September 24, at Van Steenhuyse-Russell Funeral Home in Vinton and an hour before service time at the church on Wednesday.
Cynthia McBride
BLAIRSTOWN: Cynthia McBride, 64 of Blairstown died Thursday, September 19, 2013 at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids. Funeral Arrangements are pending with Phillips Funeral Home in Blairstown.
Freeman 'Jake' Abernathey
VINTON: Freeman Jake Abernathey, 71, died Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at Virginia Gay Nursing & Rehab in Vinton following an extended illness.
Friends may call at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, 212 E. 6th St. in Vinton from 10 to 11:15 AM on Saturday, September 21, 2013 prior to processing to a public Graveside Services at Oakwood Cemetery in Shellsburg with Chaplain Dwayne Potter officiating.