Obituaries
PHILLIPS FUNERAL HOME - December 24th, 2014 11:50 am

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Elizabeth Rodman Hemingson, 100, passed away peacefully on December 24, 2014 at Taylor House Hospice in Des Moines.
Private Graveside Services will be held at the Bear Creek Cemetery north of Vinton, with Rev. Jessica Crane-Munoz officiating.
Elizabeth was born December 12, 1914 in Waterloo to Charles and Hertha (Krueger) Baker and grew up near Brandon.
PHILLIPS FUNERAL HOME - December 23rd, 2014 2:13 pm

SHELLSBURG: Theresa Margaret Kuntz, 93, formerly of Minot, passed away Monday, December 22, 2014, at the Rockridge Care Center, Shellsburg, Iowa.
Theresa was born on February 14, 1921, the daughter of Mike and Katherine (Weninger) Pfeifer. She was united in marriage to Joseph Kuntz on November 21, 1939, at Blumenfeld Church, rural Orrin, ND.
PHILLIPS FUNERAL HOME - December 23rd, 2014 2:12 pm

VAN HORNE: Carl L. Spilman, Jr., 79, died Sunday, December 21, 1014 at the Keystone Nursing Care Center in Keystone following an extended illness.
A Celebration Of Life will be held from 2 – 5 PM, Saturday, January 3. 2014 at Porky’s on J Street SW in Cedar Rapids.
In lieu of flowers a memorial fund has been established.
Carl was born April 8, 1935 to Carl William and Helen (Jakoubek) Spilman, Sr.
VANSTEENHUYSE FUNERAL HOME - December 22nd, 2014 9:05 pm

BRANDON - Dorothy McKinley Sloan, 86, passed away and entered into her heavenly home on December 21, 2014, while receiving hospice care at La Porte City Nursing and Rehab Center.
A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 30, 2014, at the Brandon United Methodist Church with Pastor Lexie Kirkpatrick and Rev. Carol Kress officiating.
VANSTEENHUYSE FUNERAL HOME - December 22nd, 2014 3:54 pm

VINTON - David Charles Hite, age 77, of Vinton, passed away peacefully on December 21, 2014, at Virginia Gay Nursing and Rehab in Vinton from complications of multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease. Dave had been a resident at VGNR since May of 2007.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, December 29, 2014, at Wesley United Methodist Church in Vinton with Rev.
VANSTEENHUYSE FUNERAL HOME - December 22nd, 2014 12:44 pm

VINTON -- Irene Leona Geater, 91, of Vinton, died Sunday, December 21, 2014, at Finley Hospital in Dubuque.
Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, December 23, 2014, at Prairie Creek Christian Church in rural Vinton with Pastor David Arnold officiating. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, December 22, at Van Steenhuyse-Russell Funeral Home in Vinton.
VINTON TODAY - December 20th, 2014 2:28 pm
Barbara K. “Barb” Woodhouse, 68, Rockford, passed away Thursday, December 18, 2014, in her home. She was born November 22, 1946, in Iowa City, Iowa, the daughter of Robert and Marguerite (Delaney) Jess. Barb was a National Merit Scholar and was the Salutatorian of her high school class, second only to her best friend, Michele Telford of Rock Rapids, Iowa.
VINTON TODAY - December 20th, 2014 2:28 pm
Funeral services and Mass of Christian Burial for Virginia M. Evans, 83, of Davenport, formerly of Big Rock, Iowa, will be 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 22, 2014, at Holy Family Catholic Church in Davenport. Burial will follow at Davenport Memorial Park. The family will greet friends 1-4 p.m. Sunday at Cunnick-Collins Mortuary in Davenport. Mrs. Evans died on Wednesday, Dec.
CEDAR MEMORIAL - December 16th, 2014 4:29 pm

Eldon James Hans, age 91, of Iowa City, died Thursday, December 11, 2014 at Melrose Meadows.
A memorial service will be held at 10:00 AM Monday, January 5, 2015 at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Cedar Rapids in the chapel. The family will receive friends in the church parlor immediately following the memorial service.
Eldon was born the son of George T.
VANSTEENHUYSE FUNERAL HOME - December 15th, 2014 1:11 pm

VINTON - Lorna L. Schwartz, 88, died Sunday, December 14, 2014 in the Ed & Joan Hemphill Hospice Unit at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Vinton with Pastor Stephen Preus and Pastor Mark Leckband officiating. Visitation will be 9:00 to 11:00 a.