Obituaries

Aug 6, 2022

Janet Harberts, age 100 passed away on August 6, 2022, in Reinbeck, Iowa. Janet was born in Aplington, Iowa on June 27, 1922, to Klaas and Jantje (Hekman) Mulder. She met and married Charles W. W. Harberts on January 28, 1943. Visitation will be held on Thursday August 11, 2022, from 5:00pm to 7:00pm at the Abels Funeral and...

Aug 5, 2022

Janet Kaye (Havens) Folkerts, 74, of Eldora, passed away on Friday, August 5, 2022 with her son and daughter at her side.

Memorial service will be held on August 16th at 10:30 a.m., at Steamboat Rock Baptist Church, 107 2nd St, Steamboat Rock, IA, followed by internment at Steamboat Rock Cemetery. Fellowship luncheon will follow at the church....

Aug 5, 2022

Craig Smoldt, age 80, passed away August 5 at Methodist Hospital, Rochester, Minnesota following a battle with cancer. He grew up an inquisitive farm boy in Grundy Center, Iowa – even trying to hatch wild pheasant eggs in an incubator in his bedroom as a child. After high school, he obtained a B.A. from the University of Colorado including...

Aug 4, 2022

Margie Jane McStockard, 82, of Eldora, Iowa, passed away on Thursday, August 4, 2022, at Oakview Nursing Home in Conrad, Iowa. A public visitation will be held from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Monday, August 8, 2022, at the Abels Funeral and cremation Service, Creps Chapel in Eldora. Funeral service and burial will be held privately by the...

Jul 22, 2022

Rilla Jo Pabst, 85, of Grundy Center, Iowa, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family, on Friday, July 22, 2022, at Arlington Place in Grundy Center. Visitation will be held on Monday, July 25, 2022, from 9:30 a.m. until time of funeral service at 10:30 a.m. at Bethany Presbyterian Church in Grundy Center. Burial will follow at Rose Hill...

Jul 17, 2022

Anna Darlene (Schipper) Harms, age 82 passed away on Sunday July 17th, 2022, in the Grundy Center Hospital. she was born the 6th of 7 children to Jessie Marks and Richard Schipper on December 22nd, 1939.  She grew up on a couple of rural farms near the town of Kesley, Iowa and attended a rural school. When they closed...

Jul 12, 2022

Troy Patrick O’Donnell, age 47 passed away at his home in Holland, Iowa on July 12, 2022. He was born on June 20, 1975, in Mason City, Iowa to John and Diana (Lamfers) O’Donnell. A Visitation will be held from 4:00pm to 8:00pm on Monday July 18, 2022, at Abels Funeral Home and Cremation, Engelkes Chapel, in...

Jul 11, 2022

Barbara Jane Myers, 86 passed away on July 11, 2022, at her home in Dike, Iowa. She was born on April 23, 1936, in Pittsfield, Illinois to Harvey and Dorothy (Main) Coultas.  A visitation will be held from 5:00pm to 7:00pm on Thursday July 14, 2022, at Abels Funeral Home and Cremation, Dike Chapel in Dike, Iowa. Services will...

Jul 8, 2022

Marlys J. Wrage , age 89, passed away Friday, July 8, 2022, under the care of Westbrook Acres and Cedar Valley Hospice in Gladbrook. A visitation will be held from 5:00pm to 7:00pm on Tuesday July 12, 2022, at Abels Funeral and Cremation Service, Engelkes Chapel in Grundy Center. Funeral service will be held at 10:00am on...

Jul 4, 2022

Peggy Leigh Husmann, age 73 passed away on Monday July 4th, 2022, at Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo, Ia. Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Friday, July 8th, 2022, at the Abels Funeral and Cremation Service, French Hand Chapel in Reinbeck. A Visitation at Fawn Creek Country Club, 1601 130th St. in Anamosa, IA...

Jun 30, 2022

Mr. Richard Ray Conradi , 73 of Clover, SC passed away peacefully at his home Thursday June 30th, 2022. Funeral services will be 3:30 p.m. Sunday July 3rd, 2022, at Greater Life Ministries, 3307 Filbert HWY., Clover, SC with Rev. Milton Smith officiating. The family will receive friends I hour before the services at the church. Internment...

Jun 24, 2022

Harold “Harry” Dole, age 89, died on Friday, June 24th. He passed peacefully in his home, surrounded by his loving family. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at the Grundy Center High School, Main Gymnasium; and on Wednesday, June 29, 2022, from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the Mass...

Jun 22, 2022

Dr. Don A. Buchanan, long-time resident of Grundy Center and its main veterinarian for more than 40 years, passed away quietly at his home north of Grundy Center on June 22, 2022.

Don was born in Wheatland Iowa on July 1, 1929, the first son of Albert and Beulah (Muhl) Buchanan. Don spent his youth in Wheatland...

Jun 20, 2022

John Lee Claussen, 97 of Hudson Iowa, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 20, 2022, at his home, surrounded by loved ones. Visitation will be held on Sunday, June 26, 2022, from 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. followed by a brief funeral service at the Abels Funeral and Cremation Service, French-Hand Chapel, in Reinbeck, Iowa. Burial will be held...

Jun 15, 2022

Wanda Lou Akers, 82, of Grundy Center, passed away on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo, Iowa. Memorial visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Friday, June 17, 2022, at Abels Funeral and Cremation Service, Engelkes Chapel in Grundy Center. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m....

Jun 12, 2022

Marlen Dennis Berghuis passed from this life on Sunday, June 12, 2022, at the age of 86. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 16, 2022, at the Abels Funeral and Cremation Service, Creps Chapel in Eldora. A funeral service will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, June 17, 2022, at the...

Jun 11, 2022

Gabriel “Skip” McConnell, a proud retired Army Veteran, passed away on Saturday June 11th, 2022, surrounded by his loved ones. Skip was born on September 7th, 1948, in Belvidere, Illinois to Gabriel George McConnell and Mary Lee Shaw-McConnell.

At the age of 18, Skip enlisted in the United States Army. He valued this service highly. He served...

Jun 11, 2022

Jayne E. Rossell, 77, of Des Moines, Iowa, passed away on June 11, 2022, at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital. Services will be held at a later date. Memorials may be directed to the family. A memorial visitation will be held at Christ the King Catholic Church in Des Moines, Iowa from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., with a...

Jun 9, 2022

Ellen Darlene (Boers) McCrea, 100, of Eldora, Iowa passed away on Thursday, June 9, 2022, at Ramsey Village in Des Moines, Iowa. A memorial visitation will be held one hour prior to the memorial service at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 6, 2022, at the Eldora United Methodist Church. Inurnment will follow at Eastlawn Memory Gardens in Eldora. Memorials...

Jun 9, 2022

Mary Joy Harms, 89, of Eldora, passed away on Thursday, June 9, 2022, at her home in Eldora under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, at the Abels Funeral and Cremation Service, Creps Chapel in Eldora. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held...