VINTON - Wilbur Danforth, age 90, a resident of Village Ridge in Marion for the past year, died Saturday, October 6, 2007 at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids following a brief illness.
     Memorial Services will be held Tuesday, October 9, 2007 at 11 AM, at Wesley United Methodist Church in Vinton with Rev. Kären Larson officiating.  Committal Services will be held at Liberty Cemetery near Little Cedar, IA at a later date.  Phillips Funeral Home in Vinton is in charge of arrangements.
      Wilbur was born April 19, 1917 in Reeder, ND.  After his parents' homestead was destroyed by a tornado in 1923, they moved to his grandparents' family farm north of Little Cedar, IA where Wilbur later farmed with his father.  After graduating from Little Cedar High School, he attended Hamilton Business College.  In 1953 he moved to Osage where he was the first manager of Mitchell County Farm Service, a job that later took him to New Hampton and finally to Vinton.
     Wilbur and Vernice Shrode were married in 1938, and they were parents of Margaret (Mike) Potter of Richfield, MN, and Jerry (Nan) Danforth of Cedar Rapids, who survive him, as do his four grandsons; Chris Potter of Bloomington, MN, Tim (Michelle) Potter of Savage, MN, Jeff (Truscee Dorham) Danforth of Minneapolis, and Chad (fiancée, Janet Devine) Danforth of Chicago.  His great-granddaughters, Sarah and Sophie Potter also survive.
     Wilbur was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, his sister and his brother.
      He was a golfer and long-time member of the Vinton Country Club.  He also enjoyed traveling.  Wilbur was a Mason and a member of Wesley United Methodist Church in Vinton.
     Memorials may be made to Wesley United Methodist Church.