Obituaries
Eugene Huisman
Sep 27, 2006
Eugene ?Gene? L. Huisman, 89, of Holland, Iowa, died Wednesday, September 27, 2006, at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa. Funeral services will be 1:30 P.M., Saturday, September 30, 2006, at Bethany Presbyterian Church in Grundy Center, Iowa, with Pastor Matt Miller officiating. Burial will follow at Hazel Green Cemetery, rural Cleves, Iowa, where full military rites will be provided...
Roger Bieber
Sep 26, 2006
Roger W. Bieber, 80, of Reinbeck, Iowa, died Tuesday, September 26, 2006, at Parkview Manor in Reinbeck, Iowa. Roger was born December 30, 1925, at home in Reinbeck, the son of Elias P. and Zora Ione (Wells) Bieber. Roger was raised and educated in Reinbeck, graduating from Reinbeck High School in 1943. After graduating from high school, Roger enlisted in the...
Evelyn Campbell
Sep 24, 2006
Evelyn Campbell, 85, of Gifford, Iowa, died from natural causes Sunday, September 24, 2006, at Valley View Nursing and Rehab Center in Eldora. Funeral services will be at 10:30 am, Thursday, September 28 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Eldora with Pastor David Splett officiating. Burial will follow at Eastlawn Memory Gardens in Eldora. Visitation is from 5 pm to...
Mavis Whitmire
Sep 23, 2006
Mavis J. Whitmire, 83, of Allison, Iowa, formerly Grundy Center and Fort Madison, died from natural causes on Saturday, September 23, 2006 at the Allison Health Care Center in Allison. Funeral services will be at 10:30 am on Tuesday, September 26, at Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home in Grundy Center with Pastor Matt Miller of the Grundy Center First United Methodist Church...
Wendell Venenga
Sep 23, 2006
Wendell Wayne Venenga was born on December 7, 1937 on the family farm near Wellsburg, IA, son of Menno B. and Anna (Meyer) Venenga. He was raised in the Wellsburg area and attended country school at Colfax #4. Wendell worked as a farmhand for his father and many area farmers. Wendell was united in marriage to Norma Jeanne Walton on...
Kenneth Slifka
Sep 22, 2006
Kenneth L Slifka was born on December 27, 1943 in Cresco, IA, son of Michael L. and Velma M. (Womack) Slifka. He was raised and attended school in Cresco. After graduating from Cresco High School in 1962, Kenneth moved to Charles City, IA to work at Oliver. It was in Charles City that Kenneth met Mary Martin. On October 2,...
Lyle Bokholt
Sep 21, 2006
Lyle was born January 8, 1914 in Millboro, South Dakota, the son of August N. and Velma (Woodruff) Bokholt. He was raised and educated in Millboro where he graduated from Millboro High School. On August 1, 1948, he was united in marriage to Lois Itnyre. Lyle worked as an electrician for Teasedale Electric. He retired in 1976. Lois died on...
Willie Giesking
Sep 19, 2006
Willie Ernest Giesking, 89, of Wellsburg died from natural causes on Tuesday, September 19, 2006 at the Grundy Care Center in Grundy Center, Iowa. Willie was born August 1, 1917 in rural Wellsburg, Iowa, son of Henry and Hermina (Koch) Giesking. Willie was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Wellsburg. He attended country school near his home....
Leland Luwe
Sep 17, 2006
Leland D. Luwe, 80, of West Des Moines, Iowa, formerly of Wellsburg, Iowa, died Sunday, September 17, 2006, at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa. Funeral services will be at 1:30 pm on Thursday, September 21, 2006 at the United Reformed Church of Wellsburg with Rev. Dr. James K. Stein and Pastor Todd Rempe officiating. Burial will follow in...
David Oelschlager
Sep 16, 2006
David W. Oelschlager, 33, of Lincoln, Iowa, died Saturday, September 16, 2006, at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo, Iowa. David Wayne Oelschlager was born August 27, 1973, in Marshalltown, Iowa, the son of Gary Lee and Alice Marie (Ihns) Oelschlager. David was raised in rural Reinbeck, and attended both elementary school and high school. During high school, David participated in...
Irma Lutterman
Sep 11, 2006
Irma E. Lutterman, 85, of Wellsburg, Iowa, died Monday, September 11, 2006, at the Presbyterian Village in Ackley, Iowa. Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, September 13, 2006, at St. John Lutheran Church, in Wellsburg, Iowa, with Pastor Bruce Zimmermann officiating. Burial will follow at Shiloh Cemetery in Wellsburg, with full military rites provided by the Wellsburg AMVETS Post...
Ralph Moore
Sep 8, 2006
Ralph L. Moore, 92, of Grundy Center, Iowa, passed away on Friday, September 8, 2006, of natural causes at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital in Grundy Center, Iowa. Ralph L. Moore was born on April 2, 1914 in Monroe County, IA, son of Charles O. and Mary A. (Best) Moore. He attended country school in the Albia, IA area and...
Helen Cable
Aug 27, 2006
Helen M. Cable, 97, of Eldora, died from natural causes on Sunday, August 27, 2006, at the Eldora Nursing and Rehab Center. Funeral services will be Wednesday, August 30, 2006, at 10:30 am at the Eldora United Methodist Church with Dr. Richard Boatman officiating. Burial will follow in Eastlawn Memory Gardens in Eldora. Visitation is from 5 pm to 7...
Lillian Rickert
Aug 21, 2006
Lillian M. Novotny was born on April 5, 1923 in Tama County, IA, daughter of William and Frances (Herink) Novotny. She was raised on a farm near Clutier, IA and attended country school. Lillian attended and graduated from Traer High School. On November 17, 1942, Lillian was united in marriage to Wayne C. Rickert in the Immaculate Conception Church in...
Treye Blythe
Aug 19, 2006
Treye Allen Blythe, 18, of Ackley, Iowa, died Saturday, August 19, 2006, at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, August 23, 2006, at the Ackley-Geneva-Wellsburg-Steamboat Rock High School Gymnasium in Ackley, Iowa, with Pastor Tim Diehl officiating. Burial will follow at the Faith Presbyterian Church Cemetery, rural Ackley, Iowa. Visitation will be...
Helen Shelton
Aug 13, 2006
Helen A. Shelton, 94, of Grundy Center, died from natural causes on Sunday, August 13, 2006 at the Marshalltown Medical and Surgical Center. Helen was born April 5, 1912 in Grundy County, Iowa, daughter of John and Tena (Johannsen) Boege. She was educated in country school near Lincoln. Helen worked as a child care provider in her early years. On...
Robert Hoeppner
Aug 12, 2006
Robert Ray Hoeppner, 77, of Reinbeck, Iowa, died Saturday, August 12, 2006, at the Parkview Manor in Reinbeck. Bob was born July 17, 1929, in rural Grundy County, the son of Harold and Olga (Billerbeck) Hoeppner. Bob was raised in Janesville, Iowa and in South Dakota. He received his education in Janesville, Iowa. On June 15, 1949 he was united...
Marguerite Wyatt
Aug 10, 2006
Marguerite Irene "Granny" Wyatt, 91 of Hudson Marguerite Irene "Granny" Wyatt, 91 a lifelong resident of rural Hudson and Reinbeck entered into eternal rest, Thursday August 10, 2006 at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo. Marguerite was born on July 23, 1915, the only child of Frank Noble and Sophia (Knaack) Mason. She graduated from Reinbeck High School with the class...
Marvin Hinders
Aug 8, 2006
Marvin R. Hinders, age 78, of Reinbeck, Iowa, died Tuesday, August 8, 2006, at his home in Reinbeck. Memorial services will be 3:00 PM, Saturday, August 19, 2006, at the First Presbyterian Church in Reinbeck, with Pastor Randy McGrady-Beach officiating. Burial will follow at the Reinbeck Cemetery in Reinbeck. Visitation will be Saturday, August 19, 2006, from 1:00 PM until...
Ric Garrison
Aug 2, 2006
Ric D. Garrison, 42, of Eldora, Iowa, died Wednesday, August 2, 2006, at St. Mary?s Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, after a brief illness. Following cremation, Memorial Services will be 1:30 P.M., Monday, August 7, 2006, at the Eldora New-Providence High School Auditorium, in Eldora. Fellowship will follow immediately after the memorial service at Camp Quaker Heights, rural Eldora, where homemade...