Obituaries

Edward Marks

Edward Marks

Mar 23, 2017

Edward Wayne Marks, 88, of Holland, passed away at his home on Thursday, March 23, 2017 following 2 years of battling congestive heart failure and chronic kidney failure. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, March 28th from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at the Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home. The funeral service will be held on Wednesday, March 29th at 10:30 AM...

Caryl Smith

Caryl Smith

Mar 20, 2017

Caryl Ann Smith, 78, of Grundy Center, passed away on March 20, 2017 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital, Long Term Care. Services and interment are private.

Patricia Patter

Patricia Patter

Mar 15, 2017

Patricia Van Patter of Eldora passed away Wednesday, March 15, at Mercy Hospice in Johnston, IA. She was 92. She was born June 16, 1924, to Leo and Eugenia Harrison Wolcott. She graduated from Eldora High School in 1942 and attended Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls. On July 26, 1945, she married Keith Van Patter of Eldora at...

Diane Kopsa

Diane Kopsa

Mar 15, 2017

Diane C. Kopsa, 84, of Cedar Falls, formerly of Grundy Center, passed away on Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at the Bickford Cottage in Cedar Falls while under Care Initiatives Hospice. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, March 20, 2017 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Gabriel Catholic Church in rural Reinbeck, Iowa. Burial will follow at Rose...

Lucille Anderson

Lucille Anderson

Mar 8, 2017

Lucille Ellen Buhmann Anderson, 88, of Reinbeck, Iowa, passed away on Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at Parkview Manor in Reinbeck. Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 12, 2017 at the French-Hand Funeral Home in Reinbeck. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, March 13, 2017 at the French-Hand Funeral...

Pearl Koch

Pearl Koch

Mar 7, 2017

Pearl Edith Koch, 98, of Aplington, formerly of Wellsburg, passed away on Tuesday, March 7th at the Maple Manor Nursing Home in Aplington. The funeral service will be held on Saturday, March 11th at 11:00 AM at the Wellsburg Reformed Church, 617 E. 4th Street, Wellsburg, IA, preceded by one hour of visitation at the church. Interment will follow services...

Steven Shoemaker

Steven Shoemaker

Feb 27, 2017

Steven M. Shoemaker, 70, of New Hartford, Iowa, passed away on Monday, February 27, 2017 at the UnityPoint Health Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa after a brief illness. Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at the Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home, Dike Chapel, 680 Main Street in Dike. A funeral service will...

LaVonne Frampton

LaVonne Frampton

Feb 27, 2017

LaVonne Frampton, 93, of Reinbeck, Iowa died Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at her home in Reinbeck, Iowa. A funeral service for LaVonne will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 4, 2017 at French-Hand Funeral Home in Reinbeck, Iowa. Burial will follow at the Reinbeck Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m on Friday,...

Mary Coleman

Mary Coleman

Feb 24, 2017

Mary E. Bixby Coleman, of Dike, formerly of Grundy Center, passed away on Friday, February 24, 2017 at her home in Dike after a sudden illness. A memorial visitation will be held on Monday, February 27th from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM at the Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home in Grundy Center where there will be a Rosary Service at 7:00 PM....

Richard Tharp

Richard Tharp

Feb 22, 2017

Richard Paul Tharp, 84, of Grundy Center, IA, passed away on Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at his home in Grundy Center with his wife Darlene at his bedside, while under the care of UnityPoint Hospice. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, February 25th at 10:30 AM at the United Methodist Church in Grundy Center, preceded by one hour...

Herman Beenken

Herman Beenken

Feb 21, 2017

Herman Lutjen Beenken, 86, of Morrison, Iowa, passed away on Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital, while under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice. Visitation will be held on Sunday, February 26, 2017 from 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.at the French-Hand Funeral Home in Reinbeck. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday,...

Sherry Kosanke

Sherry Kosanke

Feb 17, 2017

Sherry A. Kosanke, 61, of Grundy Center, Iowa died Friday, February 17, 2017 at Grundy County Memorial Hospital while under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice. A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at the United Methodist Church in Reinbeck, Iowa with Pastor Terry Plocher officiating. Burial will follow at the Washington Township...

Edgar Henricks

Edgar Henricks

Feb 16, 2017

Edgar "Beaver" Henricks, 89, of Reinbeck, Iowa died Thursday, February 16, 2017 at Grundy County Memorial Hospital Long Term Care. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, February 20, 2017 at the First Presbyterian Church in Reinbeck, Iowa. Burial will be in the Reinbeck Cemetery with graveside military rites conducted by the American Legion Post #242...

Hazel Harms-Pence

Hazel Harms-Pence

Feb 15, 2017

Hazel I. Harms-Pence, 94, of Eldora, Iowa died Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at Eldora Specialty Care in Eldora, Iowa. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, February 20, 2017 at St. Paul Lutheran Church with Pastor David Splett officiating. Burial will follow at Eldora City Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00...

John Shoup Jr

John Shoup Jr

Feb 7, 2017

John "Jack" Shoup Jr., 78, of Reinbeck, passed away on Tuesday, February 7th at his home in Reinbeck while under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice. Visitation will be held on Sunday, February 12th from 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM at the Union Congregational United Church of Christ, 225 Broad St., Reinbeck, IA with a Masonic Service beginning at 7:00...

Dean Wiarda

Dean Wiarda

Feb 6, 2017

Dean Wiarda, 96, of Grundy Center, Iowa, passed away on Monday, February 6, 2017 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital, Long Term Care. Visitation will be held from 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 12, 2017 at the Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home in Grundy Center. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, February 13, 2017...

Phyllis Harner

Phyllis Harner

Feb 4, 2017

Phyllis A. Harner, 73, of Elk River, Minnesota, and formerly of Eldora, Iowa died Saturday, February 4, 2017 at Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Funeral services for Phyllis will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 9, 2017 at the Ivester Church of the Brethren in Ivester, Iowa. Burial will follow the service at the...

Alan Primus

Alan Primus

Feb 2, 2017

Alan M. Primus, 65, of Wellsburg, Iowa passed away Thursday, February 2, 2017 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital while under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, February 11, 2017 at the Steamboat Rock Presbyterian Church in Steamboat Rock, Iowa. The family will greet friends from 9:30 a.m. on Saturday...

Kent Beiner

Kent Beiner

Feb 2, 2017

Kent D. Beiner, 60, of Dike, Iowa graduated to eternal life on Thursday, February 2, 2017 at the Cedar Valley Hospice House in Waterloo, Iowa. Kent Dee Beiner, son of William and Dixie Trees Beiner was born to this life on November 3, 1956 in Cresco, Iowa. He would say his greatest achievement was raising his beautiful daughter, Brandy Anne...

Delbert Meyer

Delbert Meyer

Jan 31, 2017

Delbert W. Meyer, 96, of Grundy Center, Iowa passed away on Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at the Grundy Care Center while under the care of Unity Point Hospice and Grundy Care. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, February 4, 2017 at Orchard Hill Church at Lincoln Center in Grundy Center, with Pastor Brian Steenhoek officiating....