Obituaries

Marita Anne Irmiter

Marita Anne Irmiter, 67, died Sunday, June 25, 2017 in Pearland, Texas. Memorial services were held in Texas. She was born in 1949 to Dr. Willard and Pearl Irmiter. She graduated from Benton Commun...

Robert E. "Gene" Thurman

VINTON: Robert E. "Gene" Thurman, 76, died Tuesday, July 4, 2017 at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids. Funeral services will be held at 11 AM, Monday, July 10, 2017 at the Vinton Presbyterian Ch...

Joyce (Franzenburg) Vargason

KEYSTONE: Joyce (Franzenburg) Vargason, age 89, passed peacefully on Wednesday, July 5, 2017, after a long and wonderful life. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM, Saturday, July 8, 2017 at St....

Derrol W. Armstrong

ATKINS: Derrol W. Armstrong, 88 died Friday, June 30, 2017 at the Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha. A Celebration of Life will be held at the Atkins City Park Pavilion, 320 - 2nd Avenue, Atkins from...

Zola Charlene (Sanders) Cerny

Zola Sanders Cerny, 95, of Sunnyvale, Calif., formerly of Vinton, died Friday, June 23, 2017. A brief memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 27, at Phillips Family Center, 605 Sec...

Leone Seboldt

VAN HORNE: Leone Grace (Miller) Seboldt, 92 died June 22, 2017 at the Vinton Lutheran Home following a sudden illness. Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM, Monday, June 26, 2017 at St. Andrew L...

Loren Wayne Stiegelmeyer

Cedar Rapids: Loren Wayne Stiegelmeyer, 57, formerly of Vinton, died Thursday, June 15, 2017, at his residence following a sudden illness. Loren was born Feb. 28, 1960, in Vinton to Howard and Ell...

Dorothy M. Morris

SHELLSBURG: Dorothy Morris, 90, died June 18, 2017 at West Ridge Care Center in Cedar Rapids, following an extended illness. Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM, Friday, June 23, 2017 at Oak ...

Jeanette "Jean" Norton

VAN HORNE: Jeanette "Jean" Kanke Norton, 70, died Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at the Belle Plaine Nursing & Rehab Center following a brief illness. A Memorial Service will be held at ...

Arlo James Becker

NORWAY: Arlo James Becker Jr., age 79, died Monday, June 12, 2017 from injuries suffered in an accident on his farm near Shellsburg. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, June 17, ...