Obituaries
Kay Snow
Kay Irwin Snow, 74, died Tuesday, July 12, 2011, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 5 p.m. Sunday, July 17, at River of Life Church in Cedar Rapids, with Pastors Steve Irwin and Brian Fink officiating. Her family will receive friends from 3 p.m. until service time at the church on Sunday. Leona Darlene Reasor
Leona D. Reasor, 71, of Norway, died Friday, July 8, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids following a sudden illness. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 14, at Phillips Funeral Home, 108 Fremont St. NW, Blairstown, (due to storm damage in Vinton), with the Rev. Paul Meeks officiating. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p. James L. Eastwood
VINTON: James L. Eastwood, Sr., 76, died Monday, July 4, 2011, at Virginia Gay Hospital in Vinton following an extended illness.
Funeral Services will be held at 10 am, Friday, July 8, 2011 at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, 212 E 6th St. in Vinton, with Pastor Larry Rodgers officiating. Interment will be held at Salem Cemetery in Van Horne, with Graveside Military Rites conducted by Emil H. Ray Van Steenhuyse
Vinton—Ray Van Steenhuyse, age 86, died peacefully Friday, July 01, 2011 surrounded by his family at Deerfield Retirement Community in Urbandale.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Vinton with Rev. Ardel Barta as celebrant. Burial at Evergreen Cemetery with military rites by the Emil H. Ila Jean Albert
VINTON – Ila Jean Albert, 78, died Tuesday, June 28, 2011, at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids.
Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, July 2, 2011, at First Christian Church in Vinton with Pastor Connie Wacht officiating. Visitation will be held 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, July 1, at Van Steenhuyse-Russell Funeral Home in Vinton and one hour prior to services Saturday at the church. Ruth L. Stuempfig
VINTON: Ruth L. Stuempfig, 93 of Vinton died Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at the Vinton Lutheran Home following a brief illness. Funeral Arrangements are pending with Phillips Funeral Homes - Vinton. Billy Mountain Craig
VINTON: Billy Mountain Craig (Red Horse Mountain), 78 of Vinton died Monday, June 27, 2011 at Virginia Gay Hospital in Vinton.
Billy Mountain Craig was born October 29th 1932. He went home to be with Jesus Monday the 27th after a courageous battle with health issues. He was a patient at Virginia Gay Hospital at the time of his death.
Paul E. McMann
BLAIRSTOWN: Paul McMann, 87 a resident of Highland Ridge Care Center in Williamsburg died Monday, June 27, 2011 following a brief illness.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM, Friday, July 1, 2011 at Grace Lutheran Church in Blairstown with Rev. David Rempfer officiating. Interment will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Blairstown with Graveside Military Rites conducted by the M. Francis J. Beggs
VINTON: Francis J. Beggs, of Cedar Rapids and formerly of Vinton, 84, died Sunday, June 26, 2011 at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids following a brief illness.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 am, Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at Wesley United Methodist Church in Vinton with Rev. Kären Larson officiating. Diane Marie Bigler-Hagenow
NEWHALL: Diane Marie Bigler-Hagenow, 55, of Newhall, IA, died Saturday, June 25, after a life filled with laughter, adventure, and service.
Funeral Service will be held at 10:30 am, Thursday, June 30, 2011 at St. John Lutheran Church with Rev. Steven Rempfer officiating. Visitation will also be held at the church, from 4 to 7 pm on Wednesday.