Obituaries

Jeanne Holmes

Jeanne Holmes

Apr 26, 2006

Jeanne Washington Holmes, 45, of Lawndale, California, formerly of Cedar Falls, Iowa, died Wednesday, April 26, 2006, at Torrance Memorial Hospital in Torrance, California, after a long illness. Following cremation, memorial services will be 10:30 A.M., Wednesday, May 10, 2006, at First Presbyterian Church in Reinbeck, Iowa, with Pastor Randy Mc-Grady Beach officiating. Burial will follow at the Reinbeck Cemetery...

Maude Primus

Maude Primus

Apr 25, 2006

Maude Helen Primus, Age 98, of Minneapolis, MN, passed away peacefully on April 25, 2006. Local funeral services will be at 1:30 pm, Tuesday, May 2 at the First Christian Reformed Church of Wellsburg, Iowa with Pastor Thomas Voss officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Visitation will be from noon until service time on Tuesday at the church....

Jacobus Hemmen

Jacobus Hemmen

Apr 23, 2006

Jacobus Hemmen, 89, of Dike, died on Sunday, April 23, 2006 at Maple Manor Care Center in Aplington, Iowa. Memorials may be directed to Wycliffe Bible Translators, P.O. Box 628200, Orlando, Florida, 32862-822. Jacobus was born January 11, 1917, at home in Aplington, Iowa, son of Hayo and Fannie (Karsjens) Hemmen. Jacobus grew up and was raised in the Aplington...

Harriet Thede

Harriet Thede

Apr 21, 2006

Harriet Ann Thede, 72, of Reinbeck, Iowa, died Friday, April 21, 2006, at Grundy County Memorial Hospital in Grundy Center, Iowa, while under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice, from complications of surgery. Following cremation, Memorial Services will be 11:00 A.M., Tuesday, April 25, 2006, at Union Congregational United Church of Christ, in Reinbeck, with Pastor Joel Love officiating. Private...

Wayne Shaffer

Wayne Shaffer

Apr 17, 2006

Wayne E. Shaffer, 87, of Reinbeck, Iowa, formerly of Hudson, Iowa, died Monday, April 17, 2006, at Parkview Manor in Reinbeck, Iowa. Following cremation, Memorial Services will be 10:30 A.M., Thursday, April 20, 2006, at French Hand Funeral Home in Reinbeck, with Pastor Gary Johnson officiating. There will be no visitation. Burial will follow at the Reinbeck Cemetery in Reinbeck,...

Anna Galatas

Anna Galatas

Apr 17, 2006

Anna E. Galatas, 97 of Dike, died Monday, April, 17, 2006 at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls. Memorials may be directed to the Dike United Methodist Church. Anna was born on August 25, 1908, on a farm near Dike the daughter of John and Anna ?Zapp? Weber. She graduated from Dike High School in 1928. She worked at Dizlers...

Ruth Hough

Ruth Hough

Apr 14, 2006

Ruth H. Hough, 98, of Naperville, Illinois, formerly of Eldora, Iowa, died Friday, April 14, 2006, at Tabor Hills Nursing Home in Naperville. Following cremation, Memorial Services will be 2:00 P.M., Saturday, April 22, 2006, at First United Methodist Church in Eldora, Iowa, with Pastor Douglas Harding officiating. Private family burial will occur at the New Providence Cemetery in New...

August Steinmeyer

August Steinmeyer

Apr 13, 2006

August L. Steinmeyer, 79, of Grundy Center, died on Thursday, April 13, 2006 at Grundy County Memorial Hospital Long Term Care Unit in Grundy Center, IA. August was born March 19, 1927, at home in Lincoln Township, Grundy Center, IA, son of August Lammert and Grace (Rozevink) Steinmeyer. August attended country school and graduated from Grundy Center High School in...

Doris Sheller

Doris Sheller

Apr 11, 2006

Doris I. "Dorie" Sheller, 84, of rural Eldora, Iowa, died Tuesday, April 11, 2006, at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital in Grundy Center, Iowa, from complications of heart disease. Funeral services will be 1:30 P.M., Saturday, April 15, 2006, at Ivester Church of the Brethren, rural Grundy Center, Iowa, with Pastor Timothy Button-Harrison officiating. Burial will follow at Sheller Cemetery,...

Gayl Cummings

Gayl Cummings

Apr 10, 2006

Gayl A. Cummings, formerly of Dike, died Monday, April 10, 2006 at the home of her daughter of cancer. Gayl was born and raised in Dike, Iowa the daughter of Harold and Mae (Arends) Cummings. She lived in Stewartville, Minnesota for 25 years, Branson, Missouri for 15 years and Westfield New Jersey the last year and a half. A registered...

Irma Dighton

Irma Dighton

Apr 8, 2006

Irma Dighton, 94, of Union, Iowa, died from natural causes on Saturday, April 8, 2006 at Oakview Nursing Home in Conrad. Funeral services will be at 1:30 pm on Thursday, April 13, 2006 at the Union Church of Christ with Pastors Rick Schill and Helmer Peterson officiating. Burial will follow at the Union Cemetery. Visitation is from 6 pm to...

Mildred Lott

Mildred Lott

Apr 5, 2006

Mildred M. Lott, 91, of Eldora, formerly Whitten, died from natural causes on Wednesday, April 05, 2006 at Valley View Nursing and Rehab Center in Eldora while under the care of Amenity Hospice. Following cremation, memorial services will be held at 1:30 pm, Friday, April 7, 2006 at the Community Church in Whitten with Pastor James Hartman officiating. A memorial...

Marcia Gilliam

Marcia Gilliam

Apr 5, 2006

Marcia F. Gilliam, 52, of Dike, Iowa, died on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo, Iowa. Marcia was born September 24, 1953 in Grundy Center, Iowa, the daughter of Chris Edward and Esther Leona (Schmidt) Freese. She attended Dike Community School and graduated from there in 1971. She went on to attend and graduate...

Florence Rasmussen

Florence Rasmussen

Mar 28, 2006

Florence Ivadel Rasmussen, 94, of Reinbeck, Iowa, died Tuesday, March 28, 2006, at Bartels Lutheran Retirement Community in Waverly, Iowa. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M., Monday, April 3, 2006, at the United Methodist Church in Reinbeck, Iowa, with Pastor Dave Nolte and Pastor Keith Tomlinson of Bartels officiating. Visitation will be Sunday, April 2, 2006, from 5:00 P.M. to...

Ardath Johnson

Ardath Johnson

Mar 26, 2006

Ardath Anna Unrau Johnson, 98, of West Lafayette, Indiana, formerly of Reinbeck, Iowa, died Sunday, March 25, 2006, at the Westminster Healthcare Center in Lafayette, Indiana. Ardath was born August 20, 1907 in Reinbeck, Iowa, the daughter of Henry and Florence (Slessor) Unrau. She graduated from Reinbeck High School in 1925. She attended the University of Northern Iowa at Cedar...

Patricia Scheumann

Patricia Scheumann

Mar 26, 2006

Patricia A. Scheumann, 72 of Reinbeck, Iowa, died Sunday, March 26, 2006, at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo, Iowa. Funeral services will be at 10:00 A.M., Thursday, March 30, 2006, at St. John's Lutheran Church-LCMS, in Reinbeck, with Pastor Bruce Boyce officiating. Burial will follow at the Reinbeck Cemetery in Reinbeck. Visitation is from 12:00 noon to 8:00 P.M. on...

Jody Freese

Jody Freese

Mar 25, 2006

Jody Jane Drum Freese, 47, of Colbran, Colorado, died on Saturday, March 25, 2006 at the University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City, Iowa. Jody was born February 12, 1959, in Cedar Falls, Iowa, daughter of Robert and Darlyce (Smith) Drum. She grew up in Cedar Falls moving to Grundy Center when she was in Junior High School. She graduated...

Cora Koch

Cora Koch

Mar 24, 2006

Cora Ruth Koch, 94, of Eldora, Iowa, died Friday, March 24, 2006, at Valley View Nursing and Rehab Center. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M., Monday, March 27, 2006, at First United Methodist Church in Eldora, with Pastor Douglas Harding officiating. Burial will follow at the Eldora City Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday, March 26, 2006, from 5:00 P.M. to...

Dorothy Bee

Dorothy Bee

Mar 23, 2006

Dorothy Darlene Bee, 85, of Grundy Center, Iowa, died on Thursday March 23, 2006 at the home of her daughter in Sterrett, Alabama Dorothy was born on June 28, 1920 in Grundy County, Iowa, the daughter of John and Ruby (Elliott) Smith. She graduated from Grundy Center High School in 1938 and then attended Business College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa....

Vernon Mackie

Vernon Mackie

Mar 23, 2006

Vernon Winfield Mackie, 66, of Grundy Center, went to be with the Lord on Thursday March 23, 2006 at his residence in Grundy Center. Vernon was born September 29, 1939, in Waterloo, Iowa, the son of Harvey C. and Agnes (Dooyema) Mackie. He grew up in rural Grundy Center attended country school until the 9th grade and then attended Grundy...