Obituaries

Melvin Meester

Melvin Meester

Aug 31, 2005

Melvin Meester, 77, of Grundy Center, died from natural causes on Wednesday, August 31, 2005 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital in Grundy Center. Funeral services will be at 10:30 AM, Saturday, September 3, 2005 at Pleasant Valley Reformed Church near Fern, Iowa with Pastor Russell Muilenburg officiating. Burial will be at 12:00 PM, following lunch at the church, at...

Fred Keller

Fred Keller

Aug 30, 2005

Fred "Bud" W. Keller, 80, of Hudson, Iowa, died Tuesday, August 30, 2005, at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo, Iowa. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M., Friday, September 2, 2005, at Union Congregational United Church of Christ in Reinbeck, Iowa, with Pastor Randy McGrady Beach officiating. Burial will follow at the Reinbeck City Cemetery in Reinbeck. Visitation will be Thursday,...

Marie Last

Marie Last

Aug 27, 2005

Marie ?Meme? Last, 97, of Eldora, Iowa, died Saturday, August 27, 2005, at her residence in Eldora, of natural causes. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M., Tuesday, August 30, 2005, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Eldora, with Pastor David Splett officiating. Burial will follow at the Eldora City Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday, August 29, 2005, from 6:00 P.M....

Edward Hildebrand

Edward Hildebrand

Aug 26, 2005

Edward D. Hildebrand, 81, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, died Friday, August 26, 2005, at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls, Iowa, of natural causes. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M., Monday, August 29, 2005, at First Presbyterian Church in Reinbeck, Iowa, with Pastor Randy McGrady-Beach officiating. Following cremation, private family burial will occur at a later date. Visitation will be...

Mary Wubben

Mary Wubben

Aug 17, 2005

Mary Etta (Moore) Wubben, 91, of Steamboat Rock, Iowa departed her earthly life to enter her heavenly reward on Wednesday, August 17, 2005 at USA Healthcare in Urbandale, Iowa where she had resided the last year. Her death resulted from complications of Alzheimer's. Funeral services will be at 1:30 PM on Saturday, August 20, 2005 at the First Baptist Church...

Duane Sparenborg

Duane Sparenborg

Aug 17, 2005

Duane Sparenborg, 75, of Grundy Center died from natural causes on Wednesday, August 17, 2005 at St. Anthony Medical Center in Crown Point, Indiana. Funeral services will be at 10:30 AM, Monday, August 22, 2005, at American Lutheran Church in Grundy Center, Iowa, with Pastor Paul Schaedig officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery in Grundy Center with full...

Harriett Dykstra

Harriett Dykstra

Aug 14, 2005

Following a seven-week struggle with an aggressive brain tumor, Harriett (Primus) Dykstra, age 75, went to meet her gracious Lord and Savior on August 14, 2005. Harriett was born May 2nd, 1930 in Wellsburg, Iowa, the daughter of William and Jennie (Beninga) Primus. She so enjoyed a busy family life with her husband Loren, four children, and later eleven grandchildren...

John Eller

John Eller

Aug 8, 2005

John E. Eller, 85, of Eldora, died from natural causes on Monday, August 8, 2005 at Ellsworth Municipal Hospital in Iowa Falls. Funeral services will be at 10:30 AM on Friday, August 12 at the Eldora United Methodist Church with Pastor Douglas Harding officiating. Burial will follow at the Eldora Cemetery with full military honors provided by Walter-Sayer Post 182...

John Hoodjer

John Hoodjer

Aug 6, 2005

John R. Hoodjer, 84, of Wellsburg, Iowa, died Saturday, August 6, 2005, at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo, Iowa, of natural causes. Funeral services will be 1:30 P.M., Tuesday, August 9, 2005, at the United Reformed Church in Wellsburg, Iowa, with Pastor Harold Miller officiating. Burial will follow at Shiloh Cemetery in Wellsburg, with military rites provided by the Wellsburg...

Vivian Billman

Vivian Billman

Jul 30, 2005

Vivan Billman, 82, of Waterloo, Iowa, formerly of Dike, died from natural causes on Saturday, July 30, 2005, at Harmony House in Waterloo, Iowa. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday August 2, 2005 at St. Mary?s Catholic Church in Dike at 2:00 P.M. Burial will be at the Church Cemetery in rural Dike. Visitation will be held...

Ivan Slifer

Ivan Slifer

Jul 29, 2005

Ivan D. Slifer, 77, of Wellsburg, Iowa died from natural causes on Friday, July 29, 2005 at the Grundy County Hospital Long Term Care Unit in Grundy Center, Iowa. Funeral services will be at 1:30 PM, Monday, August 1 at the United Reformed Church in Wellsburg with Pastor Harold Miller officiating. A luncheon will follow the funeral service and then...

LaVerna Murphy

LaVerna Murphy

Jul 28, 2005

LaVerna A. Murphy, 88, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, formerly of Reinbeck, Iowa, died Thursday, July 28, 2005 at Silver Pines Nursing Home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Funeral Services will be at 2:00 P.M., Monday, August 1, 2005, at the French-Hand Funeral Home in Reinbeck, Iowa, with Pastor Joel Love officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the funeral...

Daryl Anderson

Daryl Anderson

Jul 22, 2005

Daryl G. Anderson, 49, of Wellsburg, Iowa, died Friday, July 22, 2005, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa, from complications following a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be 1:30 P.M., Tuesday, July 26, 2005 at First Christian Reformed Church, rural Wellsburg, Iowa, with Pastor Tom Vos officiating. Burial will follow at First Christian Reformed...

Arthur Koht

Arthur Koht

Jul 17, 2005

Arthur W. Koht, 74, of Phoenix, Arizona, formerly of Reinbeck, Iowa, died Sunday, July 17, 2005, at Hospice of Arizona, in Phoenix, Arizona. Memorial services will be 1:30 P.M., Friday, August 12, 2005, at the United Church of Christ in Reinbeck, Iowa, with Pastor Joel Love officiating. Inurnment will follow at the Reinbeck Cemetery in Reinbeck, with full military rites...

Martha Hauen

Martha Hauen

Jul 16, 2005

Martha Jennie VanHauen, 82 of Grundy Center, Iowa, passed away on Saturday, July 16, 2005, at the Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, July 20, 2005 at 1:30 P.M, at the New Life Fellowship Church formerly the Holland Christian Reformed Church with burial following in the Rose Hill Cemetery. Pastor Gary Nibbelink and...

Ralph Reed

Ralph Reed

Jul 12, 2005

Ralph H. Reed, 86, of Steamboat Rock, Iowa, died from natural causes on Tuesday, July 12, 2005, at the Presbyterian Village in Ackley, Iowa. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M., Friday, July 15, 2005, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Eldora, Iowa, with Pastor David Splett officiating. Burial will follow at 1:45 P.M., at the Radcliffe Cemetery in Radcliffe, Iowa....

Walter Petersen

Walter Petersen

Jul 8, 2005

Walter William Petersen, 82, of Gladbrook, Iowa, died Friday, July 8, 2005, at Marshalltown Medical and Surgical Center in Marshalltown of natural causes. Memorial services will be 1:30 P.M., Monday, July 11, 2005 at Salem Church of Lincoln in Lincoln, Iowa. Pastor Wade Ditty will officiate. Burial will be at the Maple Hill Cemetery near Gladbrook, Iowa. American Legion Post...

Helen Bakker

Helen Bakker

Jul 2, 2005

Helen G. Bakker, 85, of Wellsburg, Iowa, died from natural causes on Saturday, July 2, 2005, at Ellsworth Municipal Hospital in Iowa Falls, Iowa. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M., Monday, July 11, 2005 at the First Christian Reformed church in rural Wellsburg with Pastor Tom Vos officiating. Burial will follow at the First Christian Reformed Church Cemetery, rural Wellsburg....

Alice Andreessen

Alice Andreessen

Jun 30, 2005

Alice M. Andreessen, 94, of Ames, Iowa, formerly of Dike, died from natural causes on Thursday, June 30, 2005, at the Riverside Manor Nursing Home in Ames, Iowa. Funeral services will be 11:30 A.M., Tuesday, July 5, 2005, at the United Methodist Church in Dike, Iowa, with Pastor Matt Conover officiating. Burial will be at 1:30 at the Stout Cemetery...

Elmer Ruter

Elmer Ruter

Jun 30, 2005

Elmer J. Ruter, 78, of Wellsburg, Iowa, died Thursday, June 30, 2005, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo, Iowa. Funeral services will be 1:30 P. M., Monday, July 4, 2005, at Wellsburg Reformed Church in Wellsburg, with Pastor Todd Rempe officiating. Burial will follow at the Wellsburg Reformed Church Cemetery, with military rites provided by the Wellsburg AMVETS...