Obituaries
Kevin R. Etscheidt
WATKINS: Kevin R. Etscheidt, 55, of Watkins died Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids following an extended illness.
Funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 AM, Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Watkins with Father Craig Steimel as Celebrant. Elsie B. Henkle
Elsie B. Henkle, 97, died Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines following an extended illness.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 18, 2013, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Vinton. Interment will be held at Evergreen Cemetery in Vinton. Friends may call at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, 212 E. Sixth St, from 4 to 7 p.
Velda Plett
STERLING, Kansas -- Velda M. Plett, devoted wife, mother and grandmother, 81, died April 12, 2013, at her home in Sterling. She was born May 5, 1931, in Conway, Kan., the daughter of Elmer and Beulah Hylton Mills. She graduated from Windom High School. A resident of Sterling since 1954, she was a homemaker.
She belonged to the Sterling Women's Bowling Association, was a bloodmobile volunteer and election board volunteer.
Mary Evelyn Woods Fowler
Mary Evelyn Woods Fowler, 92, passed peacefully into Heaven on Wednesday, April 10, 2013, at her home in Vinton.
Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday, April 15, 2013, at First Christian Church in Vinton with Rev. Connie Wacht officiating. Visitation will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday, April 14, at the church and also one hour prior to services on Monday. Raymond A. Clemen
SHELLSBURG: Raymond A. Clemen, 44 of Hiawatha and formerly of Shellsburg died Sunday, April 7, 2013 at the St. Luke’s Hospice Inpatient Unit in Cedar Rapids following a battle with esophageal cancer.
Funeral Services will be held at 10 AM, Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at Phillips Family Center, 605 Second Avenue in Vinton. Kali Rena Miller
BLAIRSTOWN: Funeral Services for Kali Rena Miller, stillborn daughter of Anthony and Lisa (Dake) Miller, will be held at 4:30 PM, Wednesday, April 10, 2013, at Phillips Funeral Home in Blairstown with Rev. Mike Kleeburger officiating. Interment will be held at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Blairstown. Friends are invited to attend a fellowship luncheon at the Blairstown Community Building beginning 6 PM, on Wednesday. Harold James Schmelzer
Harold James Schmelzer, 67, of Mission, South Dakota, passed away over Easter weekend.
Harold was a teacher of Mathematics and Science, most recently in the Foundational Studies program at Sinte Gleske University on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. Harold graduated from high school in Vinton, Iowa, in 1963 and then, in 1966, from the University of Northern Iowa, with a degree in Education. Donald Lee Sutton
VINTON: Donald Lee Sutton, Jr., 51, of Marshalltown and formerly of Vinton, died Tuesday, April 2, 2013. Funeral Services will be held at 11 AM, Saturday, April 6, 2013 at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, 212 East Sixth Street, where friends may register from 9 AM until service time. Rev. Walt Grimes will officiate. Ines Beatrice 'Bea' Lang
VINTON – Ines Beatrice “Bea” Lang, 95, died Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at Virginia Gay Nursing and Rehab in Vinton following a long illness.
Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Monday, April 8, 2013, at Van Steenhuyse-Russell Funeral Home in Vinton with Pastor Joshua Graber officiating. Visitation will be held Monday at the funeral home from 9:30 a. Helen M. Waddle
Helen M. Waddle, 86, of Urbana, Iowa, died Sunday, March 31, 2013, at Northbrook Manor Care Center, Cedar Rapids, after an extended illness. Services: 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 4, 2013, at St Mary’s Catholic Church, Urbana. Family will greet friends from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, 2013, with a 7:00 pm Scripture Service, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Center Point.