Obituaries
JoAnn Meints
Jul 31, 2024
JoAnn Meints, 92, of Parkersburg, Iowa, formerly of Wellsburg, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, July 31, 2024, at Parker Place Retirement Community in Parkersburg, Iowa. Memorial visitation will be held at St. Paul Lutheran Church, rural Wellsburg on Friday, August 9, 2024, from 9:30 a.m. until time of memorial service at 10:30 a.m. Inurnment will follow at St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery....
Norma C Smith
Jul 31, 2024
Norma C. Smith, 94, formerly of Reinbeck, died July 31, 2024.
Norma was born April 29, 1930, in Clinton, Iowa, the daughter of Harry and Ruth (Benham) Staack. She married Robert Smith on June 10, 1951, in DeWitt, Iowa. She graduated from DeWitt High School and attended the Iowa State Teaching College in Cedar Falls, Iowa. After which, she taught several...
Harriet Lois Hohenberger
Jul 29, 2024
Harriet L. Hohenberger, 98, of Dike, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on July 29, 2024 at UnityPoint-Allen Hospital.
Harriet was born November 24, 1925, daughter of George A. and Annie (Van Deest) Tjepkes. She graduated from Dike High School in 1944. Harriet married the love of her life, Russell Samuel Hohenberger, June 28, 1946, after his return from serving...
Frank Edward Clark
Jul 20, 2024
Frank Edward Clark, 80, of Reinbeck, Iowa, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, July 20, 2024. A memorial visitation will be held on Sunday, July 28, 2024, from 1:00 p.m. until time of memorial service at 3:00 p.m. at Abels Funeral and Cremation Service, Creps Chapel in Eldora, Iowa. The burial will be private.
Frank was born on February 12,...
Alfred Louis Harberts
Jul 18, 2024
Alfred Louis Harberts, 87, of Grundy Center, Iowa, passed away at his home on Thursday, July 18, 2024, of natural causes. A visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 23, 2024. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, at First Presbyterian Church in Grundy Center. Burial will...
Bruce A Legreid
Jul 12, 2024
Bruce Allan Legreid was born June 17, 1940, at Buffalo Center, Iowa to Burnild and Ingeborg Legreid. He entered eternity on July 12, 2024 at the Hospice Home in Waterloo, Iowa under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice.
About the age of two, he moved with his parents to a farm near Hayward. Minnesota. After spending a few months in Bisbee, Arizona,...
Donna Mae Clark
Jul 7, 2024
Donna Mae Otto Clark, 90, of Eldora, Iowa, passed away on Sunday, July 7, 2024, at the Israel Family Hospice in Ames Iowa. A memorial visitation will be held on Monday, August 5, 2024, from 9:30 a.m. until time of memorial service 10:30 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Eldora. Burial will be held privately by the family in...
Dean N. Maddux
Jul 5, 2024
Dean N. Maddux, 87, of Grundy Center, Iowa, passed away on Friday, July 5, 2024, at UnityPoint Allen Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. until time of funeral service at 11:00 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Grundy Center. The burial will be held at Washington Township Cemetery in Morrison,...
Minetta C. Tjepkes
Jun 29, 2024
Minetta Tjepkes, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away peacefully at the age of 90 in Grundy Center. She lived a life filled with love, faith, and joy, leaving a lasting impression on all who had the privilege of knowing her. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 7, 2024, at Abels Funeral...
JoAnn Carol McKinnon
Jun 28, 2024
JoAnn Carol Dirks (Oltman) McKinnon
JoAnn began her life’s journey on a stormy spring day on May 20, 1950 in Grundy Center, Iowa and continued to be a proud Iowan for her entire life. She was the daughter of Harold Dirks and Thelma DeBerg Dirks, farmers in Grundy County. Chores were plentiful but there was also play time on the farm.
Joann...
Vaneda Veryl Doyen
Jun 26, 2024
Vaneda Veryl Doyen, 91 of Wellsburg, Iowa passed away on June 26, 2024. She was born on October 14, 1932, daughter of John and Grace (Weichers) Freese at Fern, Iowa. Vaneda graduated from Grundy Center High School in 1951. On November 8, 1952, she entered into marriage to Dennis D. Huisman at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. Dennis...
Bruce A. York
Jun 22, 2024
Bruce A. York, age 65, of Grundy Center, Iowa, was called home to his heavenly father early Saturday, June 22, 2024, while vacationing in Costa Rica with his wife Christine, granddaughter Addison, his brother and his family, and a long-time friend. Visitation will be held on Saturday, June 29, 2024, from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at St. Gabriel Catholic...
Maxine F. Boomgarden
Jun 22, 2024
Maxine Faye Boomgarden, 86, passed away on June 22,2024 at the Hansen Family Hospital in Iowa Falls. Inurnment will be held privately by the family.
Maxine was born on June 8, 1938 in Eldora, Iowa to Lawerence and Fern (Hutzel) Balvanz. She graduated from Eldora high school in 1956. She was united in marriage to Ralph Boomgarden on July 1, 1956...
Dorothy M. Weltha
Jun 20, 2024
Dorothy M. Weltha, 80, of Grundy Center, Iowa, passed away on Thursday, June 20, 2024, at MercyOne Medical Center, Des Moines, Iowa. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 29, 2024, at the Reinbeck Community Church. Burial is private. Memorials may be directed to the family.
Dororthy was born on May 30, 1944, in Grundy Center,...
Pamela Ann Crosser
Jun 18, 2024
Pamela Ann Crosser
Born Pamela Ann Rose on July 27, 1945, in Spencer, Iowa, passed away on June 18, 2024 in Grundy Center, Iowa. She was a beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother.
After graduating from high school, Pamela attended beauty school to become a beautician. She was united in marriage to Marlyn D. Crosser on January 7, 1978. Pamela worked as a...
Dale Roger Oudekerk
Jun 16, 2024
Dale Roger Oudekerk, 82, of Voorhies, passed away Sunday, June 16, 2024. He was born November 4, 1941, at home in Woden, Iowa to John and Harriett (Knapper) Oudekerk. On April 16, 1950, he made his profession of faith. Dale received his GED while he served in the U.S. Navy. Dale truly enjoyed his time in the Navy. When his...
Steven Byron Johnson
Jun 14, 2024
Steven Byron Johnson, 73 of Dike, Iowa passed away on June 14, 2024.... Flag Day.
He was born July 1, 1950, to Byron and Edith (Jessen) Johnson. Steven attended school in Dike, IA and Wilcox, AZ, graduating in 1968. He served in the US Army from June 10, 1971, until March 9, 1973. Shortly thereafter, he began working at John Deere...
Gladys Ann Noltensmeier
Jun 12, 2024
Gladys Ann Noltensmeier was born May 13, 1943, in Mitchell, South Dakota. The first-born daughter of Vernon Noltensmeier and Helen Tupper Noltensmeier. She attended Reinbeck and River Hills Schools. After school she lived in Waterloo and worked at Goodwill Industries and Hardees in the Maucker Union at the University of Northern Iowa until her retirement.Gladys is survived by her companion...
Dorothy R. Knudsen
Jun 11, 2024
Dorothy Ruth Knudsen
August 12, 1934 – June 11, 2024
Dorothy Ruth (Henriksen) Knudsen, 89, was born August 12th, 1934 in McIntire, Iowa, to Henry and Delores (Schlamp) Henriksen. Her childhood years were spent in Dike, Iowa graduating from Dike High School in 1952. Dorothy married Donald Edward Knudsen on September 14th, 1956 at the Dike Methodist Church. Don passed away in...
Keith Hall
Jun 8, 2024
Keith Hall, age 85, passed away on June 8, 2024 at the Ramsey Village Continuing Care in Des Moines, Iowa. He was born to Joseph and Amy Hall, He grew up on a farm in Emmetsburg, Iowa. He developed an interest in athletics and played both football and baseball in high school.
He graduated from Emmetsburg High School in 1957, Emmetsburg...
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