Obituaries
PHILLIPS FUNERAL HOME - September 16th, 2011 2:16 pm

URBANA- Ted Wyckoff, son of Margie and Russell L. Wyckoff of Vinton, Iowa, was born Dec. 18, 1949, and passed away Sept. 15, 2011, at the age of 61.
He attended school in Urbana and Vinton and graduated from Urbana in 1968. On Jan. 15, 1969, he married Connie Ferguson in Urbana. To this union was born one son, John Michael. The couple later divorced.
PHILLIPS FUNERAL HOME - September 11th, 2011 1:01 pm

VINTON: Jo Warner, 82 of Vinton died Sunday, September 11, 2011 at Virginia Gay Hospital in Vinton following a brief illness.
The family will receive friends at Phillips Family Center, 605 Second Avenue in Vinton from 4 – 6 PM, Wednesday, September 14, 2011. There will be no public services and Private Family Interment will be at Evergreen Cemetery.
VANSTEENHUYSE FUNERAL HOME - September 8th, 2011 4:50 pm

VINTON – Vincent Earl Blank, 84, of Vinton, died peacefully Thursday, September 8, 2011, at his home in Vinton.
Graveside services will be held 10:00 a.m. Monday, September 12, 2011, at Evergreen Cemetery in Vinton with Pastor Jim Blair officiating. Visitation will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday, September 11, at Van Steenhuyse-Russell Funeral Home in Vinton.
PHILLIPS FUNERAL HOME - September 8th, 2011 2:14 pm
Velma R. (Parmater) Blough, 88, of Branson, Mo., formerly of Vinton, died Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011, at home following a brief illness. Private committal services will be at Evergreen Cemetery. Arrangements are with Phillips Funeral Home, Vinton.
Velma was born Aug. 28, 1923, in Vinton, the daughter of C. Earle and Elizabeth (Ross) Parmater. She graduated from Vinton High School in 1941 and married Orval R.
PHILLIPS FUNERAL HOME - September 6th, 2011 9:40 am

Lois Mae Schellhase Wieditz, 83, died Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011, at the Vinton Lutheran Home following an extended illness. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Garrison with the Rev. Mark Leckband officiating. Interment will be held at the Garrison Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the Phillips Family Center, 605 Second Ave.
PHILLIPS FUNERAL HOME - September 1st, 2011 7:10 am

Leona Anna Meyer, 94, of Vinton, formerly of Urbana and Williamsburg, died Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011, at the Vinton Lutheran Home following a brief illness. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6, at Phillips Family Center (due to storm damage to Trinity Lutheran Church), 605 Second Ave., Vinton, with the Rev. Clarke E. Frederick officiating.
PHILLIPS FUNERAL HOME - August 30th, 2011 9:56 am

Miriam Scott Hellwig, 93, died Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011, at the Keystone Nursing Care Center from complications of old age. Funeral Services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 2, at St. John Lutheran Church, Keystone, with the Rev. Richard Osslund officiating. Interment will be held at the Keystone Cemetery. Friends may register at the church from 9 a.
PHILLIPS FUNERAL HOME - August 27th, 2011 9:48 am

Glenn H. Dietrich, 92, died Friday, Aug. 26, 2011, at the Keystone Nursing Care Center in Keystone following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church in Van Horne, with the Rev. David Lingard officiating. Interment will be held at Keystone Cemetery, with graveside military rites.
PHILLIPS FUNERAL HOME - August 22nd, 2011 11:05 pm

VINTON – Ernie Severtsgaard, 87 of Vinton died Monday, August 22, 2011 at Virginia Gay Nursing & Rehab Center in Vinton following complications of several strokes.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM, Saturday, August 27, 2011 at Phillips Family Center, 605 Second Avenue in Vinton (due to storm damage at Trinity Lutheran Church) with Rev.
PHILLIPS FUNERAL HOME - August 20th, 2011 2:29 pm

NEWHALL – Joyce A. Kranz, 77 of Newhall died Saturday, August 20, 2011 at her home following a sudden illness. Memorial Services will be held at 10:30 AM, Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at St. John Lutheran Church in Newhall with Rev. Steven Rempfer officiating. Private Family Interment will be in St. John Cemetery, near Newhall.