Obituaries

LaVine Dudden

LaVine Dudden

Jan 16, 2016

LaVine J. Dudden, born November 26, 1930, in Dike, Iowa went home to her Lord and Savior on January 16, 2016. Born to Otto & Dena Grimmius at the beginning of the Great Depression, LaVine was part of a generation that lived history. Raised on the family farm, she rose before daybreak to share in the farming chores, all before...

Terry Folkerts

Terry Folkerts

Jan 15, 2016

Terry Lee Folkerts, 68, of Eldora, passed away at home on Friday, January 15, 2016. Visitation will be held on Sunday January 17, 2016 at Creps-Abels Funeral Home in Eldora, from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, January 18, 2016 at the Steamboat Rock Baptist Church. Burial will be held...

Ardith Culbertson

Ardith Culbertson

Jan 14, 2016

Ardith Vera Culbertson, 85, of Gladbrook, formerly of Grundy Center, passed away on Thursday, January 14th at the Westbrook Acres Nursing Home in Gladbrook. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, January 19th at 11:00 AM at the Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home, 509 4th St., Grundy Center, IA. Memorial visitation will be held on Monday, January 18th from 5 to...

Harlan Nielsen

Harlan Nielsen

Jan 14, 2016

Harlan Carl Nielsen, 92, of Dike, Iowa, passed away on Thursday, January 14, 2016 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital, Long Term Care. A funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, January 18, 2016 at Fredsville Lutheran Church in Rural Cedar Falls, Iowa. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the funeral service at the church....

Alice Ennenga

Alice Ennenga

Jan 13, 2016

Alice Elaine Ennenga, 88, of Grundy Center, Iowa, passed away on January 13, 2016 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital, Long Term Care. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 16, 2016 at the United Methodist Church in Reinbeck. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the funeral service at the church. Burial will...

Ethel Rhoads

Ethel Rhoads

Jan 12, 2016

Ethel Faye Rhoads, 88, of Grundy Center, passed away on Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital in Grundy Center after a brief illness. A funeral will be held on Thursday, January 14th at 10:30 AM at the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Grundy Center. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, January 13th from 5 to 7 PM...

Maureen Carlson

Maureen Carlson

Jan 8, 2016

Maureen E. Carlson went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Friday, January 8, 2016 at the age of 78. She passed peacefully in her sleep at home in the care of Iowa River Hospice of Marshalltown. Visitation for family & friends will be from 5-7 on Friday, January 15, 2016 at Creps-Abels Funeral Home, 905 Edgington Avenue...

Ronald Itzen

Ronald Itzen

Jan 8, 2016

Ronald Gene Itzen, 76, of Grundy Center, passed away, Friday, January 8, 2016, at Cedar Valley Hospice in Waterloo. Per Ronald's request he was cremated. There will be no visitation or service.

Elizabeth Schildroth

Elizabeth Schildroth

Jan 6, 2016

Elizabeth Douglas Schildroth, of Grundy Center, passed away on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital, Grundy Center, Iowa. She was born May 14, 1926 in Orange County, North Carolina, daughter of James and Bertha Douglas Clegg. She attended schools in Hillsborough, North Carolina and graduated in 1942. Following high school she attended Duke University in Durham,...

Linda Graeber

Linda Graeber

Jan 2, 2016

Linda Ruth Graeber 65, of Reinbeck, passed away on January 2, 2016, at the University of Iowa Hospital. Funeral service will be Wednesday, January 6, 2016, at 1:00 pm, at French-Hand Funeral Home in Reinbeck. Pastor Joel Love will be officiating. Burial will be following the service at Reinbeck Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the American Heart Association. Linda...

Genofega Szegda

Genofega Szegda

Jan 1, 2016

Genofega Eva Szegda, 90, of Grundy Center, Iowa, passed away, Friday, January 1, 2016, at Allen Memorial Hospital, in Waterloo, Iowa. Funeral Service will be held Wednesday, January 6, 2016, at 11:00 am, at the First Baptist Church in Grundy Center, with Pastor Nathan Barkley officiating. Family will receive friends half hour prior to the service. Burial will be at...

Reba Wehrman

Reba Wehrman

Dec 31, 2015

Reba D. Wehrman, went to heaven to be with her beloved husband, Wendy on December 31, 2015. Reba was born in Eldora, Iowa on December 30, 1923 to Arnold Reinhold and Clara Alvina (Jass) Ziesman. She attended Goose Creek School #4 and helped on her parent's farm until she met and married Wendell William Wehrman, Nov. 15, 1942. After marriage...

Jeanette Folkerts

Jeanette Folkerts

Dec 31, 2015

Jeanette J. Folkerts, 84, of Steamboat Rock, Iowa died Thursday, December 31, 2015 at the Scenic Manor in Iowa Falls, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at Steamboat Rock Baptist Church in Steamboat Rock, Iowa with Pastor Harrison Lippert officiating. Burial will follow the service at the Steamboat Rock Cemetery. A visitation...

David Heiden

David Heiden

Dec 26, 2015

David A. Van Heiden, age 62 of Hudson, Iowa, died peacefully December 26, 2015 at Grundy County Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be held at the French-Hand Funeral Home on Wednesday, December 30, 2015 from 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 31, 2015 at Bethany Presbyterian Church in Grundy Center....

Dana Grimm

Dana Grimm

Dec 25, 2015

Dana R. Grimm, 61, of Grundy Center passed away on Friday, December 25, 2015 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital. Dana was born on December 1, 1954 at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to Melvin and Marilyn (Klein) Grimm. Dana grew up in the Dysart area and graduated from Dysart High School in 1973. Dana married Virginia "Jinny"...

Darla Wills

Darla Wills

Dec 25, 2015

Darla Marie Wills, 59, of Grundy Center, Iowa passed away on Friday, December 25, 2015 at Allen Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa, from complications of kidney disease, which she battled since 1976. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at the American Lutheran Church in Grundy Center. Burial will be held privately by the...

Marsha Bean

Marsha Bean

Dec 23, 2015

Marsha K. "Crunch" Bean, 63, of Reinbeck, passed away on Wednesday, December 23rd at the Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo. A memorial service will be held on Monday, December 28th at 10:30 AM at the Union Congregational United Church of Christ in Reinbeck with Rev. Joel Love officiating. Memorial visitation will be held on Sunday, December 27th from 2 to...

Alan Berends

Alan Berends

Dec 17, 2015

Alan K. Berends, 65, of Steamboat Rock, Iowa, passed away on Thursday, December 17th at the Eldora Specialty Care Center while under Care Initiatives Hospice. A memorial service will be held on Monday, December 21st at 10:30 AM at the First Presbyterian Church in Steamboat Rock with Pastor Bruce Baillie officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the...

Doris Slessor

Doris Slessor

Dec 10, 2015

Doris A. Slessor, 89, of Reinbeck, passed away peacefully Thursday, December 10, 2015 at Parkview Manor. A Funeral Service for Doris will be held, Monday, December 14, 2015, at 10:30 am at the United Congregational Church of Christ In Reinbeck. Burial will follow the service at the Reinbeck Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service, were the...

Lorraine Siefken

Lorraine Siefken

Dec 2, 2015

Lorraine P. Siefken, 93, of Iowa Falls, formerly of Wellsburg, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Wednesday, December 2nd at the Heritage Care Center in Iowa Falls. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, December 5th at 11:00 AM at the St. Paul's Lutheran Church in rural Wellsburg. Visitation will be held one hour prior...