Obituaries

Jul 31, 2023

Beverly Louise Ingols Mumm, aged 84 of Roseville, CA, passed away July 31, 2023, with family by her side. With her death, the world has lost a kind, thoughtful, gentle soul who loved her family above all. Beverly was born on December 31, 1938, in Waterloo Iowa, to Helen and Mervel Ingols. Her brother Robert (Bob) was born in 1944...

Jul 30, 2023

Terry L. Exline, 76 of Marshalltown, Iowa passed away on July 30, 2023. There are no services scheduled at this time.

Jul 22, 2023

Joyce Arlene Hoffman passed away July 22, 2023, in Cape Coral Florida. She was 82 years old.

Celebration of Joyce’s life will be held on Saturday, September 9, 2023, at 11 AM at Abels Funeral Home in Grundy Center. Memorials can be made to the Grundy County Memorial Hospital Foundation.

Joyce was born on April 6, 1941, in Perry, Iowa...

Jul 20, 2023

 

Merna Evelyn Folkerts Johnson, 90, formerly of Steamboat Rock, passed away on Thursday, July 20, 2023 at Grand Plains Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation in Pratt, Kansas.  A graveside service will be held at the Steamboat Rock Cemetery on September 9, 2023 at 9:00 a.m.  All are invited to a brunch immediately following at the Pine Lake Wildlife Club.

Merna...

Jul 10, 2023

Connor Michael Allen, age 17 of Reinbeck, Iowa passed away on July 10, 2023 from injuries sustained from a UTV accident.

Connor was born September 12, 2005 in Waterloo, IA.  He graduated from Gladbrook-Reinbeck High School on May 14, 2023.  He was planning on starting Hawkeye Community College in the fall to begin his degree in social work.  While in...

Jul 9, 2023

 

Eldon Laverne DeVries of Grundy Center, Iowa peacefully entered the arms of Jesus on July 9, 2023 at the age of 81. After several months of declining health, Eldon died peacefully with his beloved wife Geri and family by his side.

Eldon was born on July 24, 1941, to Elky and Clara DeVries on the farm near Fern, Iowa....

Jul 5, 2023

Richard Volkens, 95, of Reinbeck, Iowa, passed away on July 5th, 2023, at Grundy County Memorial Hospital. He was under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice. Visitation will be held from 12:30 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 9, 2023, at the Abels Funeral and Cremation Service, French-Hand Chapel in Reinbeck. Burial will follow the visitation at the Reinbeck Cemetery.

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Jul 4, 2023

 

 Zora Kay Teater, 84 of Eldora passed away on July 4th, 2023. She was born on April 29th, 1939 in Gifford Iowa to Charles and Pauline (Choate) Barnes. Zora graduated from Eldora High School in 1958. After she graduated, she met, married and later divorced Richard Murphy with whom she had two children. On October 21st, 1971, she married...

Jun 30, 2023

Richard Dick Owings, 75, of Marshalltown, formerly of Conrad, passed away on Friday, June 30, 2023, at the VA Central Iowa Health Care System in Des Moines, Iowa. A memorial visitation will be held on Saturday, July 8, 2023, from 10:00 a.m. until time of memorial service at 11:00 a.m. at the Mosaic Church, located at the “old YMCA”, 108...

Jun 24, 2023

Scott T. Hootman, 75, of Eldora, Iowa, passed away on Saturday, June 24, 2023, at Mercy One Medical Center in Mason City, Iowa. A graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m., on Friday, June 30, 2023, at Eldora, City Cemetery in Eldora, Iowa, with Military Honors conducted by the Eldora American Legion -Walter Sayer Post #182 and V.F.W Roll-Harless...

Jun 17, 2023

Eva Dell Clark, 76, of rural Reinbeck, Iowa, passed away from brain cancer on June 17, 2023, at the Grundy Care Center. 

Eva was born July 27, 1946, at home in Dinsdale, Iowa, to Harold and Ruth (Ritchey) Brubaker. She was united in marriage to Robert Clark on December 19, 1964, at the Dike Methodist Church in Dike, Iowa. They made their...

Jun 10, 2023

Jun 8, 2023

Cathy (Albright) Harness of Grundy Center passed away on June 8, 2023, at Creekside Living in Grundy Center, Iowa.

Cathy was born on September 6, 1948, to Amos and Marian (Kopsa) Albright. Cathy was united in marriage to Jim Harness on July 28, 1978. Jim passed away on September 29, 2003

Cathy graduated from Grundy Center Hight School in 1966....

Jun 8, 2023

Nora Lee Rickert passed away at home on June 8, 2023 while under great Cedar Valley Hospice Care.

Nora was born to Lawrence Gaylord Kilbourne and Dorothy Ellen Wallen Kilbourne in Lone Tree, Iowa on January 10, 1930.  After graduating from Lone Tree High School she attended Iowa Wesleyan College for the two year teaching program and graduated in 1951....

Jun 7, 2023

Marie Anderson, 91, of Aplington, Iowa, passed away on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo, Iowa. A visitation will be held on Sunday, June 11, 2023, from 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. at the First Christian Reformed Church in rural Wellsburg. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, June 12,...

Jun 5, 2023

Robert "Bob" C. Isenhower Jr, 89, of Reinbeck, passed away Monday, June 5, 2023, in Waterloo. A visitation will be held Monday, June 12, 2023, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Cedar Valley Church in Waterloo. A funeral service will follow the visitation immediately. Burial will take place Monday, June 12, 2023, 3:00 p.m. at Reinbeck Cemetery. Memorials may...

Jun 3, 2023

Lanette Jane Saathoff, 87 of Westbrook, MN, formerly of Grundy Center, IA died June 3, 2023 at the Sanford Medical Center in Westbrook, MN. A visitation will be held Thursday, June 8, 2023, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Engelkes-Abels Funeral and Cremation Service in Grundy Center, Iowa. A funeral service will be held Friday, June 9, 2023, at...

May 31, 2023

 

Clyde Edward Luiken was born June 11, 1942, in Oelwein, Iowa to Lyle & Dorothy (Barker) Luiken. Their farm home near Arlington was the source of hard work with dairy cattle and boyhood pranks. Clyde graduated from Arlington High School in 1960 and went on to the Universal Trade School in Omaha, NE where he earned a Doctor of...

May 28, 2023

Billy Gene Brubaker, 83, of Eldora, IA, passed away in his home on Sunday, May 28, 2023. A visitation will be held Saturday June 3, 2023 from 9:00-11:00 a.m. with funeral mass immediately following at 11:00 a.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church, 614 Washington St., Eldora IA.  Memorials will be directed to the family.

 

Billy was born March 5,...

May 25, 2023

Paul Louie Sells, 85, of Grundy Center, passed away on Thursday, May 25, 2023, at Creekside Living in Grundy Center. Visitation will be held at the American Lutheran Church in Grundy Center, on Wednesday, May 31, 2023, from 10 a.m. until time of funeral service at 11:00 a.m. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery in Grundy Center.

Paul...