Obituaries
Lois Feller
Jul 7, 2009
Lois Marie Feller, 85, of Grundy Center, Iowa, died Tuesday, July 7, 2009, at her residence in Grundy Center, Iowa. Lois was born September 24, 1923 in Durango, Iowa the daughter of Clarence and Esther (Poston) Luchsinger. She was raised in Durango and graduated from Dubuque Senior High School in 1942. She attended Bayless Business College in Dubuque, Iowa for...
Harold Mabe
Jul 6, 2009
Harold Wayne Mabe, 64, of Eldora, passed away on Monday July 6, 2009 at his home while under the care of the Iowa River Hospice and under the care of his loving wife Vonda. Funeral services will be 11:00 am on Friday July 10, 2009 at the Community Church of Union in Union , IA. A visitation will be held...
Duane Steinfeldt
Jul 4, 2009
Duane C. Steinfeldt, 65, of Steamboat Rock, Iowa , died at his home while under the care of Care Initiatives Hospice on Saturday, July 4, 2009. Visitation is from 5 pm to 8 pm on Wednesday at Creps-Abels Funeral Home in Eldora. Memorials may be directed to the American Cancer Society. He attended grade school and Jr. high...
Paul Rewerts
Jul 3, 2009
Paul T. Rewerts, 92, of Ackley, Iowa died on Friday, July 3, 2009, at The Presbyterian Village in Ackley. Funeral services will be at 10:30 am on Monday, July 6, 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 3 pm...
Tracy Rose
Jun 19, 2009
Tracy R. Rose, 34, of Eldora, went to be with his Lord and Savior in Heaven on Thursday, June 18, 2009. Visitation will be at the church on Wednesday morning, one hour prior to the services. In lieu of the flowers a memorial fund has been established in Tracy ’s name.
Richard Steinfeldt
Jun 18, 2009
Richard Eugene Steinfeldt, 57, of Eldora , Iowa passed away peacefully on June 18, 2009 at his home from pancreatic cancer. He was under the care of Iowa River Hospice. Funeral services will be at 10:30 am on Monday, June 22, 2009 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Eldora with Pastor David Splett officiating. Visitation is from 5...
Charles Barfels
Jun 14, 2009
Charles Dean Barfels, 77, of Grundy Center, died from natural causes on Sunday June 14, 2009, at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital in Grundy Center, Iowa. Charles was born November 17, 1931 in Grundy Center, Iowa the son of Mandus (Mike) Obailey Barfels and Mary Velva ?French? Barfels. He was raised in Grundy Center and graduated from the Grundy Center...
Gladys Meinert
Jun 11, 2009
Gladys Emalina Meinert, 90, of Grundy Center, Iowa, died Thursday, June 11, 2009, at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital Long Term Care Unit under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice in Grundy Center, Iowa. Gladys was born October 4, 1918 on a farm near Hubbard, Iowa, the daughter of Frederick W. and Anna Wilamina Roll Herzog. She attended school in...
Phillip Bittner
Jun 8, 2009
Phillip D. Bittner, 46, of Gifford, passed away at his home on Monday, June 8, 2009 of natural causes. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 am on Saturday, June 13 th , 2009 at the United Methodist Church in Gifford, IA. Interment will be private.
He is survived by his parents...Leisa (Patrick)
May 31, 2009
Leisa Ann Sanders, 57, of Mound City, Kansas, formerly of Reinbeck, Iowa, died Sunday, May 31, 2009, at University Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa. Per Leisa's wishes she was cremated. A private family memorial service is being planned. Memorials may be made to the Leukemia Foundation or ASPCA in Leisa's name. Leisa was born April 11, 1952, in...
Betty Beninga
May 26, 2009
Betty Jean Beninga, 79, of Dike, died Tuesday, May 26, 2009, at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa of natural causes. Betty was born February 17, 1930, in Cedar Falls, Iowa, the daughter of John (Jack) and Dena (Kalkwarf) Webrand. Betty attended country school and then Dike High School graduating in 1948. On August 15, 1949 she was united in...
Henry Bergman
May 23, 2009
Henry Bergman, 96, of Grundy Center, Iowa, died Saturday, May 23, 2009 at Grundy County Memorial Hospital in Grundy Center, Iowa. Funeral Services will be 10:30 A.M. Wednesday, May 27, 2009, at the American Lutheran Church in Grundy Center, Iowa, with Pastor David Turner officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery in Grundy Center. Visitation will be on Tuesday ,...
Janice Bower
May 23, 2009
Janice Kay Bower, 68, of Grundy Center, died from natural causes on Saturday May 23, 2009, at the St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, MN. Funeral Services will be Thursday, May 28, 2009 at 10:30 am at the First Baptist Church in Grundy Center. Visitation will be on Wednesday, May 26, 2009 at the Engelkes - Abels Funeral Home in Grundy Center...
Nellie Smith
May 21, 2009
Nellie M. Smith, 88, of Eldora, died from natural causes on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at the Ellsworth Memorial Hospital in Iowa Falls while under the care of Hospice of North Iowa. Burial will follow in Eastlawn Memory Gardens in Eldora. Memorials may be directed Hospice of North Iowa. She attended Waverly High School and was married to...
Peter Badje
May 10, 2009
Peter Carl Badje, 90, of Dike, Iowa, died Sunday, May 10, 2009, at Western Home Communities in Cedar Falls, while under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice. Following cremation, Memorial Services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Tuesday June 9, 2009, at the Dike United Methodist Church in Dike, Iowa, with Pastor Dan Ridnouer officiating. Memorials may be directed to...
Delpha Wood
May 4, 2009
Delpha graduated from Eldora High School in 1940 and then attended Iowa State Teacher’s College in Cedar Falls where she received her teacher’s certificate. Her first job was at rural school Mason Number 6 where she taught a small group of young neighborhood farm kids who had “run off” the prior year’s teacher. Delpha and Robert moved to what became...
Thelma Karkosh
May 3, 2009
Thelma Charlene Karkosh, 85, of Reinbeck, Iowa, died Sunday, May 3, 2009, at Westbrook Acres in Gladbrook, Iowa. Thelma Charlene Karkosh, age 85, of rural Hudson, Iowa passed away on Sunday, May 3, 2009, at Westbrook Nursing Home in Gladbrook, Iowa, where she had been living since November 2007. Thelma was born May 7, 1923, in Tama County, Iowa the...
Duane Lloyd
May 3, 2009
Duane Kenneth Lloyd, 74, of Eldora, died from natural causes on Sunday, May 3, 2009 while staying with his daughter and son-in-law in Sparks , Oklahoma and under the care of Valair Hospice. Burial will follow in the Eldora City Cemetery . Memorials may be directed to Calvary Baptist Church or the Hospice of your choice. He graduated...