Obituaries
Betty "Lou" Jean Mackie
Mar 29, 2023
Betty “Lou” Jean Mackie, 79 of Grundy Center, IA passed away Wednesday, March 29, 2023, at her home. A visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Monday, April 3rd at the Abels Funeral and Cremation Service, Engelkes Chapel in Grundy Center. A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 4th at the...
Mildred Elaine Everhart
Mar 27, 2023
Mildred Elaine Everhart (Teague), 87, of Grundy Center, Iowa, passed away Monday, March 27, 2023, at her home. A funeral service will be held Friday, March 31, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Grundy Center. A visitation will be held Friday, March 31, 2023, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. A burial will take place at...
Joyce Hermine Abbas
Mar 21, 2023
Joyce Hermine Abbas, of Grundy Center passed away on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at Allen Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa. Visitation will be held from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM on Saturday, March 25, 2023 at Bethany Presbyterian Church in Grundy Center. A funeral service will be held at 1:00 PM on Saturday, March 25 at Bethany Presbyterian Church. Burial...
Joan Frances Brubaker
Mar 18, 2023
Joan Frances (Schreck) Brubaker, 81, of Eldora, IA, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, March 18, 2023. A visitation will be held Friday, May 19, 2023 from 4:00-7:00 p.m. at St. Gabriel Catholic Church in rural Reinbeck. A funeral mass will be held Saturday, May 20, 2023, at 10:30 a.m., also at St. Gabriel Catholic Church. Memorials will be directed to...
Christian Balvanz
Mar 17, 2023
Christian Robert Balvanz, 61, of rural Wellsburg, went to his heavenly home on Friday, March 17, 2023. He died at Grundy County Memorial Hospital in Grundy Center, Iowa, of natural causes. A funeral service will be held Wednesday, March 22, 2023, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Eldora, Iowa, with a visitation at the church Tuesday, March...
Darlene Mae Mulder
Mar 15, 2023
Darlene Mae Mulder, 93, of Grundy Center passed away on Wednesday March 15, 2023 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital in Grundy Center. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday March 24th at the Stout Gospel Hall in Stout, Iowa. Burial will follow the luncheon at the Rose Hill Cemetery in Grundy Center. A visitation...
Marlys Jean Haverkamp
Mar 14, 2023
Marlys Jean Haverkamp, 93, of Grundy Center, Iowa, passes away on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at Creekside Living in Grundy Center. A memorial visitation will be held at the American Lutheran Church in Grundy Center, on Saturday, March 18, 2023 from 1:00 p.m. until time of memorial service at 2:00 p.m. Inurnment will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery in Grundy...
Lourine Edna Pruis
Mar 14, 2023
Lourine Edna Pruis, 86, of Grundy Center, Iowa, passed away on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at Arlington Place in Grundy Center. Visitation will be held at the Pleasant Valley Reformed Church in Rural Holland on Friday, March 17, 2023 from 11:00 a.m. until time of funeral service at 12:00 noon. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Memorials may be...
Harriett J Muller
Mar 11, 2023
Harriett June Muller, 92, of Grundy Center, Iowa passed away on Saturday afternoon March 11, 2023 at Parkview Manor in Reinbeck, Iowa. Harriett was born in Clear Lake, South Dakota on September 7, 1930 the daughter of George and Louise Thoren.
She grew up in Grundy Center and graduated from Grundy Center High School, Class of 1949. She married John Edward Muller of Parkersburg...
Jean Stephan
Mar 5, 2023
Jean (Shoup) Stephan, age 86, of Altoona, IA, formerly of Reinbeck, passed away on Sunday, March 5th, 2023, at the Taylor Hospice House after a short illness with cancer. A visitation will be held Thursday, March 9, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at St. Gabriel’s Catholic Church in rural Reinbeck. A Mass of Christian Burial will follow the...
Sharon Lea Appel
Mar 4, 2023
Sharon Lea (Anderson) Appel, 87, of Des Moines, formerly of Eldora, passed away on Saturday, March 4, 2023 in Des Moines, Iowa. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at the Abels Funeral and Cremation Service, Creps Chapel in Eldora. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March...
Marian Marie Thiel
Feb 23, 2023
Marian Marie Thiel, age 90 passed away on February 23, 2023 in Reinbeck, Iowa. She was born to Hiram and Clara Dutton on February 26, 1932 in Reinbeck. A graveside service will be held at 10:00am on Saturday March 4, 2023 at the Reinbeck City Cemetery.
Marilyn Jean Roberts
Feb 21, 2023
Marilyn Jean Roberts passed away Tuesday, February 21, 2023. She was born March 4, 1938, in Hudson, Iowa to her parents, Ed and Laura Snider. She attended Sacred Heart Catholic school in Waterloo and later junior high attended Reinbeck High School with the class of 1956. She worked for her father's business, Snider Implement, as a bookkeeper. She and her...
JoAnn Marie Harken
Feb 21, 2023
JoAnn M. Harken, 81, of Holland, IA, passed away on the morning of Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital in Grundy Center, IA. Following JoAnn’s wishes, cremation rites have been accorded. A Celebration of Life for JoAnn will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 25, 2023 at the Colfax Center Presbyterian Church...
Kenneth M DiRisio
Feb 9, 2023
Kenneth M. DiRisio age 56 passed away on February 9, 2023 in Marshalltown, Iowa. He was born December 10, 1966 to James and Hazel DiRisio.
A celebration of Kenny's life will be held at a later date.
Kent Pickering
Feb 8, 2023
Kent Pickering passed away on February 8, 2023 at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa. He was born on May 6, 1954 to Lawrence and Agnes Pickering.
He grew up in Hubbard, Iowa. Graduated high school from Hubbard High School in 1972. Studied drafting at Marshalltown Community College. He retired in May of 2020.
He enjoyed...
Carol Mae Bown
Feb 8, 2023
Carol Mae Bown was born May 3rd, 1935, in Davenport, Iowa to Albin and Esther Holmstrom. She grew up and attended school in Hazelton, Iowa graduating in 1952. After high school she attended Upper Iowa University obtaining a two-year degree in teaching. Following graduation, she took a teaching position with the Reinbeck School system. It was in Reinbeck where...
Carl H Kraetsch, Jr.
Feb 7, 2023
“I HAVE FINISHED MY COURSE”
Carl Henry Kraetsch Jr - Age 91, Son of Carl H. and Elizabeth E. Kraetsch, finished his course on Feb 7 2023, and entered the presence of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Carl was a man known to be able to fix nearly anything; he rarely ever crossed paths with any thing, that...
Esther Marie Blythe
Feb 5, 2023
Esther M. Blythe, 93 of Wellsburg, Iowa passed away on Sunday February 5, 2023. She was born in Marshalltown, Iowa on August 7, 1929 to Elmer and Helen Gauch. A visitation will be held from 2:30pm to 3:15pm on Friday February 10, 2023 at the Wellsburg Reformed Church in Wellsburg, Iowa. Funeral services will follow, and Esther will be laid...
V. Roger Newell
Feb 5, 2023
Roger (Virgil) Newell was born on November 12, 1943 to J. Stewart and Sylvia Mae Newell in Eldora, Iowa. Roger attended Wellsburg High School and he graduated with the class of 1962.
Roger married Joyce Ann in 1966 and lived in rural Kelly, Iowa. They have two children Ryan and Josie.
A visitation will be held from...
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