Obituaries
Frank 'Frankie' Buhr
F. Frank "Frankie" Buhr, 82, died Sunday, July 18, 2010 at University Of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City following a brief illness.
Funeral Services will be held at 1:30 PM, Thursday, July 22, 2010 at Phillips Funeral Home in Keystone with Rev. Dr. James Eggert officiating. Interment will be held at the Keystone Cemetery. Lynn Fraker
Lynn Suzanne Stiff was born December 1, 1955, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to James William and Jeneane Butterbrodt Stiff. At the age of 54, Lynn Fraker died from injuries sustained in an automobile accident near Mexico, Missouri, on Sunday, July 11, 2010.
Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, July 16, at Van Steenhuyse-Russell Funeral Home, 1212 1st Ave. Janice 'Jan' L. Leaven
NEWHALL: Janice "Jan" L. Leaven, age 62 of Moravia and formerly of Newhall, died Thursday, July 8, 2010 at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines following a short illness. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM, Monday, July 12, 2010 at St. John Lutheran Church in Newhall with Rev. Dr. James Eggert officiating. Interment will be in St. Keith Merlin Ohrt
VINTON: Keith Merlin Ohrt, 83, died Monday, June 28, 2010 at his residence following a brave battle with cancer.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM, Friday, July 2, 2010 at the Presbyterian Church in Vinton with Rev. Ronald Sumption officiating. Interment will be held at Evergreen Cemetery in Vinton with Graveside Military Rites conducted by Geo. Nathan L. Keegan
Nathan L. Keegan, 51, formerly of Blairstown, died Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids following a sudden illness.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM, Saturday, June 26, 2010 at Phillips Funeral Home in Blairstown. Interment will be held at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Blairstown. Kerry Halva-Cash
Kerry Halva-Cash, 40, of West Union, granddaughter of Jeanne Gulick of Vinton, died June 15 at University Hospitals in Iowa City. Services were held on Saturday at the United Methodist Church in West Union.
Kerry was born Dec. 5 1969, the daughter of Gary and Karen (Gulick) Halva. In March of 1995, Kerry was married to Williams Cash.
Gary H. Demmel
CEDAR FALLS: Gary H. Demmel, 67, formerly of Vinton, died Thursday, June 17, 2010 at Cedar Valley Hospice House in Waterloo following a long battle with cancer.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM, Monday, June 21, 2010 at St. Timothy's United Methodist Church in Cedar Falls with Rev. Dick Clark officiating. Jack Roster
Jack Wesley Roster 78, of Canon City, Colorado died June 25, 2009, in Canon City.
He was born Nov. 2, 1930, to Loren M. and Kathryn M. (Graham) Roster in Tribune, Kansas.
Jack's family moved to Vinton, Iowa, after he was born, where he graduated from Lincoln High School in 1950.
He served in the U.S. Army from January of 1953 to December of 1960.
Josephine Less
Josephine E. Less, 95, died Sunday, June 13, 2010 at the Keystone Nursing Care Center in Keystone where she had been a resident the past 2 1/2 years.
A Mass Of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 AM, Thursday, June 17, 2010 at St. John Catholic Church in Blairstown with Father Jack McClure C.PP.S. as Celebrant. Martha Perry
Martha Sue "Schrader" Perry, 43, died Saturday, June 12, 2010 at the U Of I Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City following an extended illness.
Funeral Services will be held at 11 AM, Thursday, June 17, 2010 at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, 212 E. 6th St., in Vinton with Rev. John Karrick officiating.