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Zelda Bower
ZELDA HELEN MARIE BOWER
Vinton
Zelda Helen Marie Bower, 78, died Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017, at her home in Vinton due to complications of Parkinson's disease.
Funeral services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 2, at Prairie Creek Christian Church, rural Vinton. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1, at Van Steenhuyse-Russell Funeral Home in Vinton and one hour before services at the church on Thursday. Interment: Bear Creek Cemetery, rural Vinton.
Zelda is survived by her children, Blaine Bower and Valerie (Adam) Bearbower, both of Vinton; brother, Lyle (Lillian) Geater, and sister, Mary Ellen Rogers, both of Vinton; and five grandchildren, Tyler, Liam and Jonathan Bower and Ayden and Ava Bearbower.
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