Obituaries
Robb Bright
Robb Bright, 52, died Wednesday, May 5, 2010 at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids following an extended illness.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM, Saturday, May 8, 2010 at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, 212 E. 6th St. in Vinton with Rev. Steve Benton officiating. Interment will be held at Maplewood Cemetery in Vinton. Alta Mae Pritchett
Alta Pritchett, 84, formerly of Vinton, died Friday, April 30, 2010 at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids following an extended illness.
Funeral Services will be held at 2 PM, Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, 212 E. 6th St. in Vinton with Rev. Scott Boucher officiating. Interment will be held at Evergreen Cemetery in Vinton. Wendell "Wendy" Williams
Wendell "Wendy" Williams, 86, died Thursday, April 29, 2010 at West Ridge Care Center in Cedar Rapids following an extended illness.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM, Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at St. Stephen's Lutheran Church in Atkins with Rev. Douglas Woltemath officiating. Interment will be held at St. Dorothy Schoonover
Dorothy Franklin Schoonover, 80, died Monday, April 26, 2010 at Windsor Manor in Vinton following a brief illness.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM, Saturday, May 1, 2010 at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, 212 E. 6th St. in Vinton with Rev. Tom Hartwell officiating. Interment will be held at Bear Creek Cemetery north of Vinton. 'Red' McFarland
"Red" McFarland, 64, died Friday, April 23, 2010 at University Of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in Iowa City following an brief illness.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM, Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Van Horne with Father Jack McClure,C.PP.S, officiating. Interment will be held at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Blairstown. Richard Whipple
Richard Stephan Whipple, 59, passed away peacefully at his home on April 7, 2010. A memorial service was held at 4 p.m. Thursday April 15 at Meadows Valley Jr-Sr High School, 500 Miller Ave in New Meadows, Idaho.
He was born March 16, 1951 in Des Moines, Iowa to Richard and Rose Whipple. During his early grade school years, his family moved to Vinton, Iowa and he spent most of his childhood there. Nina Marie 'Wax' Merchant
Nina Marie Wax Merchant, 93, died Wednesday, April 21, 2010, at the Vinton Lutheran Home. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday, April 26, at the Garrison Methodist Church, with the Rev. Lynette Van officiating. Interment will be at Big Grove Cemetery near Garrison. Friends may call at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, 212 E. Sixth St., Vinton, from 4 to 8 p. Mary Ellen Besta
Mary Ellen Besta, 85, died Sunday, April 18, 2010 at the Vinton Lutheran Home following an extended illness.
A Mass Of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 AM, Thursday, April 22, 2010 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Vinton with Father Ardel Barta as Celebrant. Graveside Services will be held at 1:45 PM on Thursday at St. Vincent Eugene 'Gene' Welsh
Vincent Eugene “Gene” Welsh
Vincent Eugene “Gene” Welsh passed away on Friday, April 9, 2010. Services were held Tuesday, April 13, at St. Joseph Church, St. Louis, for 10 a.m. Mass.
Gene’s death from complications of kidney failure and came peacefully at Garden View Care Center in Valley Park, MO, on Friday, April 9, 2010, at the age of 84. Eugene 'Red' Dale Koeppen
Eugene “Red” Dale Koeppen, 79, longtime Solon resident, passed peacefully to his eternal reward on April 17, 2010 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City..
Services will be held at 10:30 AM, Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at Solon Methodist Church. The Rev. Scott Meador will officiate the celebration of life service. Friends may call at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel in Keystone, from 6 to 8 PM on Monday and from 9 to 10:30 AM on Tuesday at Solon United Methodist Church prior to the service.