Obituaries
Thomas Peter Chris Jensen
Thomas Peter Chris Jensen, (father of Christine (Chris) Elliott of Vinton) age 99, died Thursday February 16, 2012 at the Lutheran Home for the Aged in Vinton, Iowa.
Services will be held at 11:00 am Monday February 20, 2012 at the Goettsch Funeral Home in Anamosa. Rev. Bill Nielsen will officiate. Visitation will be 2 to 5 pm Sunday February 19, 2012 at the Funeral Home. Joseph F. Kozlik
Joseph F. Kozlik, 87, died Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha, following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 17, at Salem United Methodist Church in Van Horne with Pastor Norman Bennett officiating. Interment will be held at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Blairstown, with graveside military rites conducted by M. Ruth E. Kray
Ruth E. Kray, 93, of Newhall, formerly of Garrison, died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, at Heritage Nursing & Rehab in Cedar Rapids. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, at the Garrison United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Lanette Sue Van officiating. Interment will be held at the Garrison Cemetery. Arthur Chapin Corbett
VINTON – Arthur Chapin Corbett 89, of Vinton died Saturday, February 11, 2012 at Virginia Gay Hospital in Vinton. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM, Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at the First Christian Church in Vinton with Pastor Connie Wacht officiating. Interment will be in Maplewood Cemetery in Vinton with full military rites conducted by Geo. Dean William Swenson
VAN HORNE: Dean William Swenson, 78, died of cancer Friday, February 10, 2012 at his home surrounded by his loving family.
A Mass Of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, February 13, 2012 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Van Horne with Father Brian Dellaert as Celebrant. Committal Services will be held at Holy Cross Cemetery near Keystone. Donald A. Wheeler
Donald Wheeler, 81, died Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids from complications of heart disease. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 6, at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Newhall, with Father Brian Dellaert as celebrant. Private committal services will take place. Public visitation will be from 2 to 5 p. Erma C. Kruger Fish
Erma C. Kruger Fish, 91, died Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, at the Strawberry Point Lutheran Home in Strawberry Point following a brief illness. A memorial service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at Church of Christ United in Winthrop with Pastor Dean Schlitter officiating. Friends may register at the church before the service. Private committal services will be held at the Urbana Cemetery in Urbana. Leroy Stewart
VINTON: Leroy James Stewart, 78, died peacefully in his sleep early Tuesday morning, January 31, 2012.
He is survived by his wife, Linda of Vinton; two daughters, Mandi (Mike) Techau of Stanwood, and Myndie (Larry) Talbott of Vinton and one brother, David Stewart of Vinton. He also has six grandchildren, Chase, Tiffanie, Colton, Shayla, Shayanna and Shayne. Larry Jay Michel
Larry Michel died Friday, Jan. 27, 2012 from injuries sustained from a car accident. A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Larry, better known as Poke to his family and friends, was born August 16, 1977 to Larry Michel, Sr. and Susan Michel. Larry attended Vinton Schools and Latter Urbana. Poke searched several jobs but his favorite job was his first as a chef at CR Restaurant (Poke was a good cook). Dale Frederick Birch
Dale Frederick Birch, 81, of 3608 Stone View Circle SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404, formerly of Blairstown, died Jan. 27, 2012., at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, due to complications from an illness. Memorial services: 2 p.m. Tuesday at Central Church of Christ, Cedar Rapids, with Norman Bales officiating. Arrangements by Phillips Funeral Home, Blairstown.