Obituaries
Dorothy Winslow
May 25, 2008
Dorothy E. Winslow, 94, of Friendship Village, Waterloo and formerly of Grundy Center, died May 25, 2008 at Friendship Village following a short illness. Funeral services will be 1:30 P.M., Saturday, May 31, 2008, at the United Methodist Church in Grundy Center with Rev. Matthew Miller officiating. Visitation will be 11:00 A.M. on Saturday at the church until service time....
Leasa Bleeker
May 25, 2008
Leasa Dell Bleeker, was born November 23, 1936, in New Hartford, Iowa, the daughter of Lee and Evelyn ?Early? Sells. Leasa was raised in the New Hartford and Finchford area. She graduated from Roberts High School in 1954 in Roberts, Wisconsin. On October 5, 1957 he was united in marriage to Harm ?Toby Bleeker at the New Hartford united Methodist...
Shirley Luhring
May 25, 2008
Shirley A. Meyer was the daughter of Henry and Edith (Tjabben) Meyer. She was born February 22nd, 1937 in the home on her family farm 3 miles north of Austinville. The night of her birth there was a blinding snowstorm and the doctor had to be ?fetched? from the road. Shirley attended Crooked school in Washington township through the 7th...
Isabel Ammann
May 24, 2008
Isabel P. Ammann, 88, of Grundy Center, Iowa, formerly of Wellsburg, Iowa and Port Charlotte, Florida, died from natural causes on Saturday, May 24, 2008 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital Long Term Care Unit in Grundy Center, Iowa. Following cremation, memorial services will be held at 1:30 pm on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at the United Reformed Church in...
Alan Hinders
May 24, 2008
Alan Hinders, 48, of Reinbeck, Iowa, died from natural causes on Saturday, May 24, 2008, at his home in Reinbeck, Iowa. Alan was born September 5, 1959 in Grundy Center the son of Marvin Ray and Alice M. (Stickfort) Hinders. He grew up in Reinbeck, Iowa and graduated from Reinbeck High School. He was a very hard worker and worked...
Ronald Swires
May 22, 2008
Ronald D. Swires, 65, of Whitten, Iowa died at his home from natural causes on Thursday, May 22, 2008. Funeral services will be 10:30 am Saturday, May 24 at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Eldora with Pastor Bob Miller of Immanuel Memorial United Church of Christ in Alden officiating. Burial will follow in Benson Cemetery, rural Whitten....
Albert Kruse
May 20, 2008
Bert Kruse, 87, of Grundy Center, Iowa, died Tuesday, May 20, 2008, at Grundy County Care Center, Grundy Center, Iowa under the care of Iowa Hospice. Albert Vander Las Kruse was born May 18, 1921 in Grundy County the son of Harm J. and Susie (Vander Las) Kruse. He graduated from Grundy Center High School in 1939. He then attended...
Daryl Meyer
May 19, 2008
Daryl Dean Meyer, 59, of Grundy Center, Iowa, died Monday, May 19, 2008, at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Daryl was born February 24, 1949 at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa, the son of James and Esther (Peters) Meyer. Daryl passed away after courageously battling a long illness on May 19, 2008. He was educated in the...
Mabel Claassen
May 12, 2008
Mabel Claassen, 94, of Ankeny, Iowa, formerly of Wellsburg, Iowa, died Monday, May 12, 2008, at the Sunny View Care Center in Ankeny. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M., Friday, May 16, 2008, at the United Reformed Church in Wellsburg, Iowa, with Pastor Harold Miller officiating. Burial will follow at Shiloh Cemetery in Wellsburg. Visitation will be Thursday, May 15,...
Robert Travis
May 9, 2008
Mr. Robert E. Travis, age 71, of Canton, MO, formerly of Dubuque, IA died Friday, May 09, 2008 at 4:35 a.m. in Canton, MO. He was born December 20, 1936 in Eldora, Iowa a son of Earl and Mildred Willig Travis. He married Adeline Maronn on August 27, 1960 in Eldora, Iowa. She survives. He graduated from Eldora High School,...
Alice Rohweder
May 6, 2008
Alice Dora Rohweder, 95, of Lincoln, Iowa, died Tuesday, May 6, 2008, at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital in Grundy Center, Iowa, of natural causes. Alice was born September 22, 1912, in Lincoln, Iowa, the daughter of Claus and Dora (Petersen) Storjohann. She was raised in the Lincoln area and graduated from Reinbeck High School in 1931. On March 3,...
Lillian Muller
May 2, 2008
Lillian Muller, 86, of Grundy Center, Iowa, died Friday, May 2, 2008, at the Grundy Care Center in Grundy Center, Iowa. Lillian was born on December 1, 1921 in Lincoln Township Grundy County, Iowa the daughter of Heiko and Tena (Grimmius) DeLange. She attended Lincoln Township Country School #8 thru the 8th grade. On January 14, 1947 she was united...
Edna Lyman
May 2, 2008
Edna E. Lyman, 86, of New Providence, Iowa, died Friday, May 2, 2008, at Scenic Manor in Iowa Falls. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M., Monday, May 5, 2008, at Creps-Abels Funeral Home in Eldora, Iowa, with Pastor Arlen Daleske and Pastor Lloyd McDonald officiating. Burial will follow at the Eldora City Cemetery in Eldora. Visitation will be Sunday, May...
Mary Bowen
May 1, 2008
Mary Lou Bowen, 97, of Reinbeck, Iowa, died Thursday, May 1, 2008, at Parkview Manor Nursing Home in Reinbeck, of natural causes. Mary Lou Roberts Bowen was born January 22, 1911 near Ashland, Wisconsin, the sixth child and third daughter of Everett M. and Ina McWhirter Roberts. The family later moved to the Reinbeck area and Mary Lou attended various...
A. Swaim
Apr 29, 2008
A. Grace Swaim, 91, of Eldora, Iowa, died Tuesday, April 29, 2008, at the Scenic Manor in Iowa Falls, Iowa. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M., Saturday, May 3, 2008, at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Eldora, Iowa, with Pastor Corey Larson officiating. Burial will follow at Sheppard Cemetery, rural Union, Iowa. Visitation will be Friday, May...
Carol Freed
Apr 27, 2008
Carol Freed, 81, of Reinbeck, Iowa, died Sunday, April 27, 2008, at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo, Iowa, of natural causes.Carol was born November 30, 1926, in Lincoln, Iowa, the daughter of Henry C. and Lillian L. (Boege) Storjohann. She was raised in the Lincoln area and graduated from Reinbeck High School in 1944. On February 22, 1948, Carol was...
Roger Henricks
Apr 25, 2008
Roger Henricks, 56, of Grundy Center, Iowa, died April 25, 2008, at the Maple Manor Care Center in Aplington, Iowa under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice. Roger was born May 5, 1951, in Eldora, Iowa, the son of Harold and Mattie (Iblings) Henricks. Roger was raised in rural Holland and received his education Grundy Center High School graduating with...
Leland Huisman
Apr 23, 2008
Leland Duane Huisman, 78, of Parkersburg, Iowa, died Wednesday, April 23, 2008, at the Maple Manor Nursing Home in Aplington, Iowa. Leland was born February 12, 1930, in Holland, Iowa, the son of Jerry D. and Swanetta ?Nettie? (Ross) Huisman. He was raised near Holland, Iowa, and attended school thru the 10th grade. He served his country in November of...
Edward Cole
Apr 22, 2008
Edward Junior "Short" Cole, 62, of Eldora, Iowa, died Tuesday, April 22, 2008, at The Eldora Nursing and Rehab Center while under the care of Hospice of North Iowa. Funeral services will be at 10:30 am on Friday, April 25, 2008 at Creps-Abels Funeral Home in Eldora with burial to follow at the Union Cemetery in Union, Iowa. Visitation is...
Gary Gardiner
Apr 21, 2008
Gary R. Gardiner, 68, of Eldora, Iowa, died Monday, April 21, 2008, at his home in Eldora, Iowa, while under the care of Hospice of North Iowa. Funeral services will be at 10:30 am on Thursday, April 24 at the Eldora United Methodist Church in Eldora with Pastor Richard Boatman officiating. Burial will follow at Eastlawn Memory Gardens in Eldora....