Obituaries

Gloria Elaine (Jones) Close

Gloria Elaine (Jones) Close VINTON:     Gloria Elaine (Jones) Close, 75, of Vinton, died Sunday, September 20, 2015 at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo.  She was born August 26, 1940 in LaPorte Ci...

Don Mehlert

Don Mehlert, 85, of Grinnell, died on Friday, September 18, 2015, at Grinnell Regional Medical Center. A funeral service will be held 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, September 22, 2015, at the Smith Fune...

Rosemary Eichenberger

ATKINS:      Rosemary Marie Eichenberger, 69, died Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at the U Of I Hospitals and  Clinics in Iowa City following a sudden illness.   ...

Shirley Jean Butts

  Shirley Jean Butts passed away September 13, 2015 at Belle Plaine Nursing & Rehab Center following a courageous battle with cancer.     Shirley was born April 8, 1943...

Gerald 'Jerry' Lyphout

VINTON:    Gerald “Jerry” Lyphout, 68 died Saturday, September, 12, 2015 at his home in rural Vinton following a diagnosis with brain cancer in November of 2013.  Je...

Lester J. Geiger

Lester J. Geiger, 89, of Cedar Falls, died Thursday, September 10 at Windsor Nursing & Rehab Center. He was born January 28, 1926 in Vinton, son of Leland J. and Lucille Babcock Geiger. He...

John Edward “Ed” Kibbie

John Edward “Ed” Kibbie John Edward “Ed” Kibbie, 70, of Palo, died suddenly Wednesday, Sep. 9, 2015, of natural causes at home in peace. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, Sep. 15, at Phillip...

LaVerne C. Welch

LaVerne C. Welch, 72, a resident of New Liberty, Iowa, passed away Friday, Sept. 4, 2015, at University of Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City, surrounded by his family. In keeping with his wishes, the rite...

Brad Curtis Cronbaugh

Brad Cronbaugh Brad Curtis Cronbaugh, 56, passed away after a long battle with cancer on September 4, 2015, at the Ed and Joan Hemphill Hospice Unit at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids. He was born Septe...

Eugene Gustav Kraus

           Eugene Gustav Kraus was born November 10, 1923, in Garnavillo Township, Clayton County, IA to August and Irene (Herchert) Kraus. He attended school in the ...