Obituaries

Nathaniel Bownes

Nathaniel Bownes

Oct 11, 2015

Nathaniel Charles "Chuck" Bownes, 89, of Morrison, passed away on Sunday October 11, 2015 at his home in Morrison while under Care Initiatives Hospice. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, October 15th at 10:30 AM at the Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home in Grundy Center. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, October 14th from 5 to 7 PM at the...

Dale Petty

Dale Petty

Oct 10, 2015

Dale Edwin Petty, 89, of Eldora, Iowa, passed away on Saturday, October 10, 2015 at his home in Eldora, while under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice. Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., with a Masonic Service at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at the Creps-Abels Funeral Home in Eldora. A funeral service will...

Larry Trout

Larry Trout

Oct 7, 2015

Larry Trout, 77, of Urbandale, IA passed away October 7, 2015 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines of congestive heart failure. Larry was born November 18, 1937 to Bernard Lowell and Maxine Edwards Trout on the farm in Pleasant Township, rural New Providence. The family moved to Gifford in 1950. He attended school in New Providence and later...

Betty Wrage-Ehrig

Betty Wrage-Ehrig

Oct 7, 2015

Betty M. Wrage-Ehrig, 90, of Grundy Center, Iowa, passed away of natural causes on Wednesday, October 7, 2015, at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital, Long Term Care; while under Cedar Valley Hospice. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Friday, October 9, 2015 at the Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home in Grundy Center. A funeral service will be...

Kyle Thompson

Kyle Thompson

Oct 6, 2015

Kyle Fuhrman Thompson, 83, of Eldora, Iowa died Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at Valley View Specialty Care in Eldora, Iowa while under the care of Care Initiatives Hospice. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, October 15, 2015 at the Eldora United Methodist Church with Rev. Vicki Reece officiating. Burial will follow at the Eldora City Cemetery....

Vernon Harris

Vernon Harris

Oct 2, 2015

Vernon Dale Harris, 79, of Eldora, passed away on Friday, October 2, 2015 at Valley View Specialty Care in Eldora; while under Care Initiatives Hospice. A memorial gathering for family and friends will be held from 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 8, 2015 at the Beaman Memorial Hall in Beaman Iowa. Burial will be held privately at...

Douglas Reece

Douglas Reece

Sep 29, 2015

Dr. Douglas L. Reece, 73, passed away September 29th, 2015 in Jackson, Michigan. Funeral services will be held October 10, 2015 at the Honey Creek Friends Country Church in New Providence, Iowa. Visitation starts at 11 a.m. and the funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Burial will immediately follow at the Honey Creek Cemetery. Creps-Abels Funeral Home in Eldora...

Janet Roberts

Janet Roberts

Sep 27, 2015

Janet L. Roberts, 74, of Waterloo, Iowa died Sunday, September 27, 2015 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, October 2, 2015 at the United Methodist Church in Reinbeck, Iowa with Pastor Terry Plocher officiating. Burial will follow in the Reinbeck Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior...

Ferne Wiarda

Ferne Wiarda

Sep 24, 2015

Ferne Marion Wiarda, 89, of Grundy Center, Iowa, passed away on Thursday, September 24, 2015 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital Long Term Care Unit in Grundy Center while under the care of Unity Point Hospice. A funeral service will be held on Monday, September 28th at 11:00 AM at the United Methodist Church in Grundy Center with Pastor Phil...

Frances Slifer

Frances Slifer

Sep 16, 2015

Frances Leone Slifer, 86, of Wellsburg, Iowa, passed away on Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City. Visitation will be held from 3:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 20, 2015 at the Doyen-Abels Funeral Home in Wellsburg. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, September 21. 2015 at...

Gladys Granzow

Gladys Granzow

Sep 14, 2015

Gladys L. Granzow, 100, of Eldora, Iowa died Monday, September 14, 2015 at Valley View Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Eldora, while under the care of Care Initiatives Hospice. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, September 18, 2015 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Eldora, with Pastor David Splett officiating. Burial will follow in the Eldora...

Avis Steinfeldt

Avis Steinfeldt

Sep 8, 2015

Avis M. Steinfeldt, 95, of Eldora, passed away on Tuesday September 8, 2015 at the Grundy Care Center. Visitation will be held on Monday September 14, 2015 from 9:30 a.m. until time of funeral service at 11:00 a.m. at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Eldora. Burial will be held at Eldora City Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the family....

Richard Bonnett

Richard Bonnett

Sep 8, 2015

Richard Lloyd Bonnett, 84, of Grundy Center, Iowa passed away Tuesday September 8, 2015 at the Grundy Center Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be held Friday, September 11th from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home in Grundy Center. Funeral services will be Saturday, September 12th at 10:30 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Grundy Center, with...

Dorothy Koerner

Dorothy Koerner

Sep 6, 2015

Dorothy Ruth Koerner, 94, of Groveland, California, died on September 6, 2015. Memorial services will be held at the Groveland Evangelical Free Church on September 21 at 2 PM. Memorial contributions may be directed to the American Heart Association or The Gideons International. Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home in Grundy Center assisted the family with local arrangements. Dorothy was born on January...

Scot Hunemuller

Scot Hunemuller

Sep 3, 2015

Scot Alan Hunemuller, 60, of Reinbeck, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, September 3rd at his home in Reinbeck. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, September 9th at 11:00 AM at the United Methodist Church, 505 Spruce St., Reinbeck. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, September 8th from 2 to 7 PM at the French-Hand Funeral Home in Reinbeck....

Wilda Janssen

Wilda Janssen

Aug 28, 2015

Wilda Jane "Billie" Janssen, 65 of Wellsburg, Iowa, passed away on August 28, 2015 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital while under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice. Visitation will be held at the Doyen-Abels Funeral Home in Wellsburg on Sunday, August 30, 2015 from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on...

Gary Taylor

Gary Taylor

Aug 27, 2015

Gary L. Taylor, 71, of New Providence, Iowa died Thursday, August 27, 2015 at his home. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at Creps-Abels Funeral Home in Eldora, Iowa with Pastor Jerry Kramer officiating. Burial will follow at Eastlawn Memory Gardens Cemetery in Eldora. A visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m....

Agnes Oppold

Agnes Oppold

Aug 23, 2015

A mass of Christian Burial will be Friday, August 28, 2015 at 10:30 am at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Eldora for Agnes Mary Oppold age 93 of Iowa Falls, who died Sunday, August 23, 2015 in Des Moines, Iowa. Father Tony Kruse will be officiating. Burial following at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Eldora. A visitation will be held...

Gary Klatt

Gary Klatt

Aug 19, 2015

Gary E. Klatt, 63, of Steamboat Rock, Iowa, passed away on Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics after a brief illness. A funeral service will be held on Monday, August 24th at 1:00 PM at the First Baptist Church in Eldora with Pastors Harrison Lippert and Bruce Baillie officiating. Visitation will be held on...

Anna Stearns

Anna Stearns

Aug 17, 2015

Anna Wilmath Stearns, 99, of Reinbeck, Iowa, spent her first day in Heaven on August 17, 2015 after passing away in her Elms Assisted Living Apartment in Reinbeck, Iowa. A funeral services will be held be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 20, 2015 at the French-Hand Funeral Home in Reinbeck. Burial will be held at the Washington Township...