Obituaries

Jul 8, 2022

Marlys J. Wrage , age 89, passed away Friday, July 8, 2022, under the care of Westbrook Acres and Cedar Valley Hospice in Gladbrook. A visitation will be held from 5:00pm to 7:00pm on Tuesday July 12, 2022, at Abels Funeral and Cremation Service, Engelkes Chapel in Grundy Center. Funeral service will be held at 10:00am on...

Jul 4, 2022

Peggy Leigh Husmann, age 73 passed away on Monday July 4th, 2022, at Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo, Ia. Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Friday, July 8th, 2022, at the Abels Funeral and Cremation Service, French Hand Chapel in Reinbeck. A Visitation at Fawn Creek Country Club, 1601 130th St. in Anamosa, IA...

Jun 30, 2022

Mr. Richard Ray Conradi , 73 of Clover, SC passed away peacefully at his home Thursday June 30th, 2022. Funeral services will be 3:30 p.m. Sunday July 3rd, 2022, at Greater Life Ministries, 3307 Filbert HWY., Clover, SC with Rev. Milton Smith officiating. The family will receive friends I hour before the services at the church. Internment...

Jun 24, 2022

Harold “Harry” Dole, age 89, died on Friday, June 24th. He passed peacefully in his home, surrounded by his loving family. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at the Grundy Center High School, Main Gymnasium; and on Wednesday, June 29, 2022, from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the Mass...

Jun 22, 2022

Dr. Don A. Buchanan, long-time resident of Grundy Center and its main veterinarian for more than 40 years, passed away quietly at his home north of Grundy Center on June 22, 2022.

Don was born in Wheatland Iowa on July 1, 1929, the first son of Albert and Beulah (Muhl) Buchanan. Don spent his youth in Wheatland...

Jun 20, 2022

John Lee Claussen, 97 of Hudson Iowa, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 20, 2022, at his home, surrounded by loved ones. Visitation will be held on Sunday, June 26, 2022, from 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. followed by a brief funeral service at the Abels Funeral and Cremation Service, French-Hand Chapel, in Reinbeck, Iowa. Burial will be held...

Jun 15, 2022

Wanda Lou Akers, 82, of Grundy Center, passed away on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo, Iowa. Memorial visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Friday, June 17, 2022, at Abels Funeral and Cremation Service, Engelkes Chapel in Grundy Center. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m....

Jun 12, 2022

Marlen Dennis Berghuis passed from this life on Sunday, June 12, 2022, at the age of 86. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 16, 2022, at the Abels Funeral and Cremation Service, Creps Chapel in Eldora. A funeral service will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, June 17, 2022, at the...

Jun 11, 2022

Gabriel “Skip” McConnell, a proud retired Army Veteran, passed away on Saturday June 11th, 2022, surrounded by his loved ones. Skip was born on September 7th, 1948, in Belvidere, Illinois to Gabriel George McConnell and Mary Lee Shaw-McConnell.

At the age of 18, Skip enlisted in the United States Army. He valued this service highly. He served...

Jun 11, 2022

Jayne E. Rossell, 77, of Des Moines, Iowa, passed away on June 11, 2022, at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital. Services will be held at a later date. Memorials may be directed to the family. A memorial visitation will be held at Christ the King Catholic Church in Des Moines, Iowa from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., with a...

Jun 9, 2022

Ellen Darlene (Boers) McCrea, 100, of Eldora, Iowa passed away on Thursday, June 9, 2022, at Ramsey Village in Des Moines, Iowa. A memorial visitation will be held one hour prior to the memorial service at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 6, 2022, at the Eldora United Methodist Church. Inurnment will follow at Eastlawn Memory Gardens in Eldora. Memorials...

Jun 9, 2022

Mary Joy Harms, 89, of Eldora, passed away on Thursday, June 9, 2022, at her home in Eldora under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, at the Abels Funeral and Cremation Service, Creps Chapel in Eldora. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held...

May 26, 2022

Linda Kay Sizemore, 71, passed away peacefully at the University of Iowa Hospital on May 26th, 2022, with her loving family by her side. A visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, at Abels Funeral and Cremation Service, Creps Chapel in Eldora. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m....

May 22, 2022

Mary Catherine “Cathie” Weaver, 70, of Hudson, Iowa, passed away on Sunday, May 22, 2022, at MercyOne Medical Center in Waterloo, Iowa. A memorial visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Friday, June 3, 2022, at the Steamboat Rock Baptist Church in Steamboat Rock, Iowa. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on...

May 22, 2022

Jean L. Klosterboer, 94, of Grundy Center, Iowa, passed away on Sunday, May 22, 2022 at the Iowa River Hospice House in Marshalltown, Iowa. Services and burial will be held privately by the family. There will be no visitation at this time, however, in lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to the family.

Jean was born...

May 18, 2022

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Richard “Dick” Hazelwood age 83 of rural Eldora, Iowa. Per Dick’s request, there will be no service. Memorials may be directed to the family which will be directed to Alzheimer’s research.

Dick was born on May 13, 1939, in rural Eldora, the son of Robert W....

May 12, 2022

Scott Allen Zimple of Dike, passed away May 12, 2022 in the comfort of his home surrounded by his family.

Scott was born on August 21, 1960 in Waterloo, Iowa to Wayne and Donna Zimple. He met the love of his life a few years later in 1978. He knew on their first date that he would...

May 10, 2022

Raymond H. Schult, 98, of Eldora, passed away surrounded by loved ones on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at Hubbard Care Center.

A time for visitation will take place at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 14, 2022, at the United Methodist Church in Eldora.  Funeral services will then take place at 10:00 a.m.  Interment will follow time for...

Apr 30, 2022

Lois E. Schick, 75, of Grundy Center, Iowa, formerly of Denver, Colorado, passed away on Saturday, April 30, 2022, at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital in Grundy Center. Memorial visitation will be held on Monday, May 9, 2022, from 9:30 a.m. until time of the memorial service at 11:00 a.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church in Reinbeck, Iowa. Burial...

Apr 30, 2022

John P. Henry, Jr., 65, of Grundy Center, Iowa, passed away on Saturday, April 30, 2022, at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital with his wife by his side. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 21, 2022, at St. Timothy’s Lutheran Church, 1 Thelma Street in Hudson, Iowa. Burial and luncheon will follow.