Obituaries
Leona Korte
Aug 1, 2006
Leona C. Grote was born on March 15, 1912 in Bowling Green, MO, daughter of Theodore and Elizabeth Grote. She was raised in the Bowling Green area and helped her parents care for the younger siblings. Leona moved to St. Louis, MO where she worked as a maid for a prominent family for over 12 years. Leona had known Edward...
Marlys Vanderwerf
Jul 29, 2006
Marlys A. Vanderwerf, 78, of Wellsburg, died from natural causes on Saturday, July 29, 2006 at the Presbyterian Village in Ackley. Funeral services will be at 10:00 am, Tuesday, August 1 at St. Peter's United Church of Christ, rural Wellsburg, with Pastor Harold Miller officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation is from 5 pm to 8 pm...
JoAnn Meyeraan
Jul 29, 2006
JoAnn Meyeraan, 71, of the Ackley Presbyterian Village, formerly Wellsburg, died from natural cause on Saturday, July 29, 2006 at the Presbyterian Village. Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, August 1 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, rural Wellsburg, with Pastor Bruce Bailey from the First Presbyterian Church in Steamboat Rock and the Presbyterian Village officiating. Burial will...
Dorothy Dudden
Jul 29, 2006
Dorothy Dudden, 89, of Grundy Center, Iowa, passed away on Saturday, July 29, 2006, of natural causes at the Strawberry Point Lutheran Home in Strawberry Point, Iowa. Memorial may be directed to the Grundy County Hospice or the Bethany Presbyterian Church. Dorothy was born on May 7, 1917 in Colfax Township, Grundy County, Iowa, the only child of Henry Jr....
Carl Dingel
Jul 28, 2006
Carl J. Dingel was born on January 15, 1916 in Holland, IA, the son of John and Reka (Sitters) Dingel. When Carl was 8 years old, the family moved to Morrison, IA where he lived until April 2005, when he entered the nursing home in Grundy County Memorial Hospital. Carl owned and operated his own cattle truck before entering the...
Winnie Nuis
Jul 27, 2006
Winnie Nuis, 101, of Grundy Center, Iowa, died Wednesday July 26, 2006 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital Long Term Care Unit in Grundy Center. Funeral services will be 10:00 am, Saturday, July 29, 2006 at Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home in Grundy Center with Pastor Daniel C. Graham officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery, Grundy Center. Visitation will be...
Bruce Stephan
Jul 27, 2006
Bruce Jay Stephan was born on June 30, 1944 in Waterloo, IA, son of Chris Joseph and Grace Elizabeth (Stone) Stephan. Bruce was born and raised in Reinbeck. After graduating from Reinbeck High School in 1962, Bruce worked with his brothers at Stephan?s DX which later became Stephan?s Dodge. In 1971, Bruce went to work for Dorfman Auto Parts in...
Edna Jensen
Jul 26, 2006
Edna was born January 13, 1914, the daughter of John and Kate Prehn. She was united in marriage to Ewald Jensen on January 25, 1939. He preceded her in death in 1967. Edna was well known as the waitress at Orries Supper Club. She worked there from the time it opened until it closed. Edna was a member of the...
Verna Stackhouse
Jul 24, 2006
Verna Stackhouse, age 88, died Monday, July 24, 2006 at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo, IA. Verna Rominger was born on June 17, 1918 in Orange County, Indiana, daughter of Harry and Maud (Abel) Rominger. Verna attended and graduated from country school near French Lick, Indiana. Verna married Hugh Stackhouse on November 15, 1933. Together they lived in Hampton and...
Marie Pastorino
Jul 24, 2006
Marie Kathryn Pastorino, 83, of Reinbeck, Iowa, formerly of Tama, Iowa, died Monday, July 24, 2006, at Parkview Manor in Reinbeck. Marie was born October 4, 1922 in rural Iowa City, Iowa, the daughter of Phillip and Clara ?Laschke? Murphy. She attended St. Patrick?s High School in Iowa City graduating in 1940. She then attended St. Joseph?s Hospital School of...
Dorothy Ruppelt
Jul 17, 2006
Dorothy Louise (Slifer) Ruppelt, 96, of Steamboat Rock, died Sunday July 17, 2006 at the Ellsworth Municipal Hospital in Iowa Falls under the care of the North Iowa Hospice. Funeral Services will be held at 1:30 pm, Friday, July 21, 2006 at the First Baptist Church of Steamboat Rock with Pastor Harrison Lippert officiating. Visitation will be 1 hour prior...
Gertrude Waldo
Jul 16, 2006
Gertrude I. Waldo, 87, of Eldora, Iowa, died from natural causes on Sunday, July 16, 2006 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital Long Term Care Unit. Funeral services will be 1:00 P.M., Friday, July 21, 2006, at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Eldora, Iowa, with Pastor Corey Larson officiating. Burial will follow at Eastlawn Memory Garden Cemetery...
Florence Rickert
Jul 15, 2006
Florence Rickert, age 90, died Saturday, July 15, 2006 at the Eagle Point Nursing & Rehab Center in Clinton, IA. Funeral services will be 10:30 AM Thursday, July 20 at the United Church of Christ in Reinbeck. Rev. Joel Love will be officiating. Burial will follow at Reinbeck Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday with family present from 5:00 PM to...
Delmar Garr
Jul 12, 2006
Delmar G. Garr, 67, of Eldora, died from natural causes on Wednesday, July 12, 2006 at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. Funeral services will be at 1:00 pm on Monday, July 17, 2006 at Creps-Abels Funeral Home in Eldora with Pastor Corey Larson officiating. Burial will follow at Eastlawn Memory Gardens in Eldora. Visitation is from 6:00 pm to 8...
Charlie Duncan
Jul 10, 2006
Charlie Duncan was born on August 16, 1925 in Salida, CO, son of Solon and Lela (Burton) Duncan. Charlie graduated from high school in Salida. After graduating, Charlie served in the U.S. Navy during WWII. Charlie and Phyllis Rold were united in marriage on July 10, 1948 in Salida. Shortly after they married, Charlie transferred to Reinbeck, IA to operate...
Arthur Flater
Jul 1, 2006
Arthur C. Flater, 87, of Grundy Center, died from natural causes on Saturday, July 01, 2006 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be at 1:30 pm on Thursday, July 6, 2006 at the American Lutheran Church in Grundy Center with Pastor David Turner officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery in Grundy Center. Visitation is from...
Brian Gregory Jr
Jun 28, 2006
Brian I. Gregory Jr., 23, of Eldora, Iowa, died Wednesday, June 28, 2006, in Eldora, Iowa. Funeral services will be 1:30 P.M., Monday, July 10, 2006, at the First United Methodist Church in Eldora, Iowa, with the Rev. Dr. Richard Boatman officiating. Burial will follow at the Eldora City Cemetery in Eldora, Iowa. Visitation will be Sunday, July 9, 2006,...
Ruth Clemons
Jun 27, 2006
Ruth E. Clemons, 85, of Eldora, died from natural causes on Tuesday, June 27, 2006 at the Eldora Nursing and Rehab Center. Funeral services will be at 1:30 pm, Saturday, July 1, 2006 at Creps-Abels Funeral Home in Eldora with Pastor Fred Rosenkrans officiating. Burial will follow at Eastlawn Memory Gardens in Eldora. Visitation is from 6 pm to 8...
Harold Rosburg
Jun 27, 2006
Harold L. Rosburg, 77, of rural Steamboat Rock, Iowa, died from natural causes on Tuesday, June 27, 2006 at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames. Funeral services will be at 10:30 am on Friday, June 30, 2006 at the United Methodist Church in Owasa with Pastor Ward Richards officiating. Burial will be at 1:00 pm on Friday at the Eldora...
Nettie Huisman
Jun 24, 2006
Nettie Huisman, 93, of Wellsburg, Iowa, died Saturday, June 24, 2006, at the Presbyterian Village in Ackley, Iowa. Funeral services will be 1:30 P.M., Tuesday, June 27, 2006, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, rural Wellsburg, Iowa, with Intern Pastor Joel Baranko officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Visitation will be Monday, June 26, 2006, from 6:00 P.M. to...