Obituaries
Harm Rust
Dec 20, 2009
Harm A.Rust, 89, of Grundy Center, Iowa died Saturday, December 19, 2009, at Marshalltown Medical and Surgical Center in Marshalltown, Iowa. Funeral services will be at 10:30 am on Wednesday, December 23, 2009, at the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Grundy Center with Pastor Tom Bower officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery in Grundy Center. Visitation will be from...
Melvin Kosanke
Dec 18, 2009
Funeral services will be at 10:30 am on Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at the Eldora United Methodist Church in Eldora. There will be one hour of visitation at the church prior to the services.
Melvin was born October 5, 1917, in rural Eldora , Iowa , son of Fred H. and Anna M. (Garbe) Kosanke....
Loretta Stull
Dec 10, 2009
Loretta M. Stull, 92, of Eldora, formerly of Grundy Center, passed away on Thursday, December 10, 2009 at the Eldora Nursing and Rehab Center of natural causes. A Mass of Christian burial will be on Monday, December 14, 2009 10:30 A.M. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Eldora with Father Paul Baldwin officiating. Visitation will...
Carl Christiansen
Dec 9, 2009
Carl H. Christiansen, 84 of Reinbeck, formerly of Parkersburg, Iowa passed away, Wednesday, December 9, 2009 Grundy County Memorial Hospital, in Grundy Center, Iowa. A Celebration of Life will be held Sunday, December 13, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. at the United Methodist Church in Reinbeck with pastor Paul Shadig officiating. Visitation will be Saturday, December 12, 2009 from 3:00 p.m....
Betty Roll
Dec 9, 2009
Betty Mae Roll, 83, of Iowa Falls, passed away on Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at the Ellsworth Municipal Hospital in Iowa Falls of natural causes. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 10:30 A.M. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Eldora. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, December 15 from 5 to 8 P.M....
Varinia Marias
Dec 8, 2009
Varina DesMarias, M.D., of Grundy Center , Iowa , died December 8, 2009, at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo . She graduated from Grundy Center High School with the class of 1933, and from the University of Iowa College of Medicine in 1940. She is survived by one sister, Lillian DesMarias of Private graveside services for Varina DesMarias will...
Emma Rose
Dec 8, 2009
Emma Rose, 81, of Grundy Center , Iowa passed away, Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at Grundy County Memorial Hospital Long Term Care, in Grundy Center , Iowa ; where she was a resident for the last 12 years of her life. Funeral Services will be Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. at...
Margie Jurchen
Dec 4, 2009
She worked at several small jobs in Wellsburg until gaining employment with the Grundy Memorial Hospital where she worked until 1971. Margie then worked for Mapco Gas Company in Eldora until 1986 and then for Snittjer Grain Company in Wellsburg, retiring in 2001. She was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church and the UNI Scholarship Club. She enjoyed watching basketball, football, and...
Arline Eckhoff
Nov 30, 2009
Arline M. Eckhoff, 89, of Grundy Center, Iowa went to the Lord, Monday, November 30, 2009 at Grundy County Memorial Hospital Long Term Care, in Grundy Center, Iowa. Funeral Services will be Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 1:30 pm at the First Baptist Church in Grundy Center with Pastor Michael Nemmers officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to service...
Daniel Cross
Nov 28, 2009
Daniel G. Cross, 56, of Jesup, formerly of Eldora, passed away at home on November 28, 2009. Funeral services will be held at 11:30 A.M. on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at Creps-Abels Funeral Home in Eldora with visitation one hour prior at the funeral home. Inurnment will be at the Eldora City...
Jon Eckheart
Nov 26, 2009
Jon is survived by his parents Joseph and Janell; 2 brothers Justin Ethan and Joseph Eckheart Jr.; grandparents Clint and Rosan Walters and Douglas and Brenda Vrem; great-grandparents Nancy and Joseph Bramon, Betty Walters and Patricia Eckheart; uncles James Eckheart, Christopher Vrem and aunt Jennifer Morrison; many other aunts and uncles. He was preceded in death by his great-grandmother...
Myrna Meyers
Nov 26, 2009
She was born on December 30, 1924, in rural LaPorte City, daughter of Della Brandt and Jack Maxfield. She married Jack Meyers on November 1, 1946. He died November 20, 2000. Myrna is survived by: 2 children, Theresa Walters of Orlando, FL and Michael Meyers; 4 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren; sister –in-law Jean Klosterboer. She...
Edith Janssen
Nov 16, 2009
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 pm, Thursday, November 19 at the First Assembly of God in Eldora with Pastor Steve Neumeyer officiating. Visitation will be held at the church on Thursday one hour of prior to the service.
She attended country school near Robertson and then graduated from Iowa Falls High School in...
Donald Stahl
Nov 14, 2009
Donald Stahl, 79, of Grundy Center, passed away on Saturday, November 14, 2009 at the Mayo Clinic Methodist Hospital in Rochester, MN. Funeral services will be held on Friday, November 20, 2009 1:30 P.M. at the Colfax Presbyterian Church with Pastors Larry Hoop and Larry Doughan officiating. A visitation will be held on Thursday, November 19, 2009 from 4...
Helen Soska
Nov 9, 2009
Helen Margaret Soska, 91, of Reinbeck, Iowa, died from complications of a stroke Monday, November 9, 2009, at Parkview Manor in Reinbeck while under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M., Thursday, November 12, 2009, at Union Congregational United Church of Christ Church in Reinbeck, Iowa, with Pastor Joel Love officiating. Burial will follow at...
Daniel Butterfield
Nov 7, 2009
Daniel Butterfield, 24, of Toledo, Iowa, died Saturday, November 7, 2009, at his home. Funeral services will be held 10:30 A.M. Monday, November 16, 2009, at First Baptist Church in Reinbeck with Pastor Cal Turner officiating. Visitation will be Sunday, November 15, 2009, from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. with the family present to greet friends at French Hand Funeral...
Gary Andersen
Nov 4, 2009
Gary L. Andersen, 66, of Dike, passed away on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at the Grundy Care Center in Grundy Center, Iowa while under the care of the Cedar Valley Hospice. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, November 7, 2009 at Fredsville Evangelical Lutheran Church in rural Cedar Falls, Iowa with Pastor Don Feurhak officiating. Interment will...
Gilberto Martinez
Oct 31, 2009
Gilberto Martinez, 33, of St. Louis , Missouri , died from injuries sustained in an auto accident near Steamboat Rock, Iowa on Saturday, October 31, 2009. Gilberto’s body will be returned to the place of his birth in Loreto, Zacatecas , Mexico for burial at a later date.
He was...