Obituaries
Velda Freed
Apr 4, 2016
Velda M. Freed, 94, of Waukee, passed away on Sunday, April 3, 2016 at the Granger Nursing & Rehab Center in Granger. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, April 6th at 10:30 AM at the Ivester Church of the Brethren in rural Grundy Center. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial...
Anna Bernard
Mar 31, 2016
Anna Mae Bernard, 88, of Ackley, formerly of Wellsburg, died Thursday, March 31, 2016 at the Hansen Family Hospital in Iowa Falls, Iowa. A visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Monday, April 4, 2016 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Wellsburg, Iowa. Following the visitation, Funeral services will be held at 11:15 a.m. on Monday...
Earl Wical Jr
Mar 30, 2016
Earl M. Wical, Jr., 84, of Grundy Center, Iowa passed away on Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at UnityPoint-Allen Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Thursday April 7, 2016 at the Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home in Grundy Center. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, April 8, 2016 at...
Gordon Sloth
Mar 30, 2016
Gordon C. Sloth, 89, of Dike, passed away on Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at UnityPoint Health-Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Friday, April 1, 2016 at Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home, Dike Chapel, 680 Main Street in Dike. A remembrance service will held at 7:00 p.m. A funeral service will be held...
Jessie Watt
Mar 29, 2016
Jessie C. Watt, 56, of Eldora, Iowa, died Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at his home following a sudden illness. A private family memorial service for Jesse will be held at a later date. Arrangements were made with the Creps-Abels Funeral Home in Eldora, Iowa. Jessie Coleman Watt, son of Arvin and Mary Sharp Watt was born February 11, 1960 in...
Gladys Deest
Mar 22, 2016
Gladys Rose Van Deest "Gram", 100, of Grundy Center, Iowa, passed away on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at her home in Grundy Center, while under the care of Unity Point Hospice. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 27, 2016 at the Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home in Grundy Center. A funeral service will be held...
Luverne Hawn
Mar 20, 2016
Luverne Earl Hawn "Moe", "Papa", "Papa Bill", 76, of Grundy Center, passed away on Sunday, March 20, 2016 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital Long Term Care, in Grundy Center after a long and courageous battle with cancer. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at the United Methodist Church, 707 6th Street,...
Larry Williams
Mar 19, 2016
Larry D. Williams, 76, of Steamboat Rock, Iowa, died Saturday, March 19, 2016 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at the Steamboat Rock Baptist Church with Pastor Bruce Baillie officiating. Memorial visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00...
Marcella High
Mar 18, 2016
Marcella Irene High, 90, of Grundy Center, passed away on Friday, March 18, 2016 at the Grundy Care Center in Grundy Center. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 at 10:30 AM at the St. Gabriel Catholic Church in rural Reinbeck with Father David Kucera officiating. Visitation will be held on Monday, March 21st...
Harold Wieben
Mar 18, 2016
Harold Warner Wieben, 88, of Reinbeck, passed away on Friday, March 18, 2016 at Parkview Manor in Reinbeck after a brief battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 10:30 A.M. at the Union Congregational United Church of Christ. Burial will follow at the Reinbeck Cemetery, in Reinbeck. In lieu of flowers, a memorial...
Leola Schmidt
Mar 16, 2016
Leola Marie Schmidt, 93, of Grundy Center, passed away on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at the Cedar Falls Health Care Center in Cedar Falls, IA. A funeral service will be held on Monday, March 21st at 10:30 AM at the American Lutheran Church in Grundy Center, preceded by an hour of visitation. A private burial will take place at the...
Roger Neisen
Mar 13, 2016
Roger Allen Neisen, 41, of Dike, Iowa passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 13, 2016 at home. Funeral service will be held Saturday, March 19, 2016 at 10:30 A.M. at the Dike High School in Dike. Visitation will be held Friday, March 18, 2016 from 4:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. at Engelkes-Abels Chapel in Dike. In lieu of flowers, a...
Lori Matejka
Mar 13, 2016
Lori A. Matejka, 53, of Cedar Falls, Iowa died Sunday, March 13, 2016 at the Cedar Valley Hospice House in Cedar Falls, Iowa. A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 17, 2016 at the Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home in Grundy Center, Iowa. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery in Grundy Center. Lori Ann Malven, daughter...
Deanna Spear
Mar 12, 2016
Deanna Lynne Spear, 60, of Reinbeck, passed away on Saturday, March 12, 2016 at Parkview Manor in Reinbeck. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 19, 2016 at 10:00 A.M. at Salem Church of Lincoln in Lincoln, Iowa. Burial will be held at 1:00 P.M. following the service at Reinbeck Cemetery in Reinbeck. Visitation will be on Friday, March...
Aaron Buss
Mar 12, 2016
Aaron Dean Buss, age 38, of Waconia, Minnesota, formerly of Grundy Center, Iowa, passed away on Saturday, March 12, 2016 in Red Wing, Minnesota. Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Friday, March 18, 2016 at the Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home in Grundy Center. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 19,...
Emily Ziesman
Mar 12, 2016
Emily J. Ziesman, 96, of Eldora, Iowa, died from natural causes on Saturday, March 12, 2016 at Eldora Specialty Care in Eldora, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, March 18, 2016 at the Eldora United Methodist Church with Rev. Vicki Reece officiating. Burial will follow at Eastlawn Memory Gardens Cemetery in Eldora. A visitation will...
Elton Venenga
Mar 8, 2016
Elton John "Butch" Venenga, age 70, of Grundy Center, Iowa passed away on March 8, 2016 at his home in Grundy Center. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, March 11, 2016 at the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Grundy Center, Iowa. Burial will be held at Rose Hill Cemetery in Grundy Center. A visitation will be...
Agnes Williams
Mar 7, 2016
Agnes E. Williams, 89, of Marshalltown, Iowa and formerly of Eldora, Iowa died Monday, March 7, 2016 at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown, Iowa, where she has been residing for the past seven years with her husband, Kenneth. A celebration of life gathering will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Friday, March 11, 2016 at the...
Robert Camp
Mar 6, 2016
Robert Anthony Camp, 63, of Grundy Center, passed away on Sunday, March 6, 2016 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital in Grundy Center. Rob was born on March 11, 1952 in Ohio. On October 15, 2004 he was united in marriage to Kathleen Marie Hill in Polk County. He loved everything about fishing, from spending time out on the water...
Charles Pratt
Mar 1, 2016
Charles L. Pratt, 79, of Eldora, Iowa, died Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at his home while under the care of Care Initiatives Hospice. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 6, 2016 at the Steamboat Rock Baptist Church with Pastor Harrison Lippert officiating. Burial will be held at a later date at Eastlawn Memory Gardens...



