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Wednesday, January 2, 2019
Vivian M. Rinaberger
Age: 84
City: Cantril
Funeral Date
11:30 a.m., Saturday, 1/5, Maple Grove Cemetery, Cantril
Funeral Home
Pedrick Funeral Home
Wednesday, January 2, 2019
Vivian M. Rinaberger
VIVIAN M. RINABERGER
Cantril
Vivian M. Rinaberger, 84, formerly of Cantril, Iowa, passed away on Dec. 31, 2018, at Granger Nursing and Rehabilitation in Granger, Iowa. She was born March 20, 1934, in Cantril, Iowa, to Ralph and Helen Weir Jamison. She grew up in Cantril and graduated from Cantril High School. Vivian married C. Philip "Phil" Rinaberger in Cantril on Dec. 18, 1955. He preceded her in death on April 28, 1994.
Vivian was a homemaker, but also worked a few places along the way, including the drug store in Cantril and Pella Windows. She was a member of the Friends of the Cedar Rapids Public Library and founder and president of the Cedar Rapids Postcard Club. Vivian enjoyed visiting the Dutchman's Store and organizing Cantril school reunions and had a collection of articles and other historical information about Cantril, Iowa.
She is survived by a daughter, Karen (Tim) Bunch of Carbondale, Colo.; three grandchildren, Phil (Shannon) Easton of St. Marys, Iowa, Ashley (Glenn) Holland of Kansas City, Mo., and John Bunch of Martensdale, Iowa; two great-grandchildren, Athena and Finley Easton; a stepsister, Marcia (Joe) McLeland; two sisters-in-law, Barb Jamison of Fairfield, Iowa, and Irene Jamison of Lawton, Okla.; and nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; stepmother, Willa Jamison; husband, Phil Rinaberger; a granddaughter, Ginney Easton; and three brothers, Craig Jamison, Robert Jamison and Harold Jamison.
Graveside services will be at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019, at Maple Grove Cemetery in Cantril, Iowa, with the Rev. Donna Olinger officiating. A visitation will be from 10:30 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 5, at Pedrick Funeral Home in Keosauqua.
A memorial in Vivian's honor has been established to the Friends of the Cedar Rapids Public Library and may be left at the funeral home or mailed c/o Karen Bunch, 401 E. Eighth St., Suite 214-878, Sioux Falls, SD 57103.