Obituaries

Darrel Richard Olson

Darrel Olson        Dedicated husband and respected father Darrel Richard Olson died in his Menomonie, Wis., home on March 10, 2011 after a courageous 2 ½ year battle with prostate cancer.      Mr. Olson was born on February 17, 1948, in Vinton, Iowa, to Erick and Vernie Olson. He grew up on a farm until attending Iowa State University for agriculture.

Vaughn R. Franklin

VINTON:  Vaughn R. Franklin, 64, died Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids following a sudden illness.       A Memorial Service will be held at 3 pm, Saturday, March 12, 2011 at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, 212 East 6th Street in Vinton, with Pastor Jim Blair officiating.  Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 pm until service time.

Geraldine Ann Hegewald Boddicker

Tama—Geraldine Ann Hegewald Boddicker, age 87, died Sunday, March 06, 2011 at the Keystone Nursing Care Center.  Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 10, 2011 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, 900 Park St., Tama, with Fr. Michael Mescher as celebrant.  Visitation will be 8:30 a.m. until mass time at the church on Thursday.

Gage Allen Robinson-Emerson

Gage Allen Robinson-Emerson Gage Allen Robinson-Emerson, age 3 months, the son of Dawn Smith and Thomas Emerson, died Wednesday, March 2, 2011, at University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics. Gage was born with a heart defect and survived open heart surgery on November 22, 2010, and got to come home on February 9, 2011. He loved his swaddler and his binky and had a loud voice.

Judith Wallace

Judy Wallace Judith Clare Wallace, 72, died Wednesday, March 2, 2011, at the residence following an extended illness. A memorial service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, March 5, at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church in Van Horne, with the Rev. David Lingard officiating. Private committal services will be at St. John Cemetery near Newhall. Friends may register at service time on Saturday at the church.

Jean "Peggy" Maher

Jean LAS VEGAS, NEVADA:  Jean "Peggy" Maher, 73 of Las Vegas, Nevada and formerly of Van Horne and Cedar Rapids, Iowa passed away on Friday, February 25 2011, in her home following a long illness. Peggy was born January 8th 1938 in Iowa City, the daughter of Edwin and Regina (Donahue) Maher from Van Horne, Iowa.  Peggy graduated from Van Horne Consolidated High school in 1956.

Carlos Lee Phillis

Carlos L. Phillis VINTON:  Carlos Lee Phillis, 92, of Burbank, CA and formerly of Vinton died of natural causes on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at ManorCare Nursing Home in Boulder, CO.  Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM, Saturday, March 5, 2011 at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, 212 E. 6thSt.in Vinton with Rev. Clark E. Frederick officiating.  Interment will be held at Evergreen Cemetery in Vinton.

Paul Kelly

Paul Kelly VAN HORNE: Paul Kelly, 85, died Sunday, February 20, 2011.      A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 AM, Saturday February 26, 2011 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Van Horne with Father Brian Dellaert as Celebrant.  Interment will be held at Calvary Cemetery near Van Horne.  Friends may call at Phillips Funeral Home in Keystone from 4 to 7 PM, on Friday where a Scripture Service will begin at 7 PM  Friends may also call at the church in Van Horne after 9:30 a.

Thekla M. Dohrmann

Thekla M. (Juengel) Dohrmann CEDAR RAPIDS: Thekla M. (Juengel) Dohrmann, 98, of Cedar Rapids, formerly of Newhall, passed away Sunday, February 20, 2011 at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha.       Funeral Services will be at St. John Lutheran Church in Newhall on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. with Rev. Steven Rempfer officating.

Albert Gottlieb Seboldt

Albert Gottlieb Seboldt VAN HORNE:   After a long and eventful life Albert Gottlieb Seboldt, 89, passed away at home, surrounded by his family on Friday, February 18, 2011.      A visitation will be held from 2 to 5 p.m, Sunday, February 20th, 2011, in the Fellowship Hall of St Andrews Lutheran Church, 305 3rd Avenue, Van Horne, Iowa.