Obituaries
Jean Kahr
Apr 5, 2015
Jean F. Kahr, 73, of Eldora, Iowa died Sunday, April 5, 2015 at Valley View Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Eldora. Private family services will be held Wednesday, April 8, 2015. Jean Faye Pearce, daughter of Charles and Ivene (McKay) Pearce was born March 20, 1942 in Eldora, Iowa. She received her education from the Eldora Community Schools. In 1958,...
Gusta McIntyre
Apr 1, 2015
Gusta Mae McIntyre, 87, of Reinbeck, Iowa passed away on Wednesday, April 1, 2015, at the Manor Care in Waterloo while under the care of Unity Point Hospice after her courageous battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, April 8, 2015, at 10:30 a.m. at The First Presbyterian Church in Reinbeck. Visitation will be on Tuesday, April...
Julie Oetker
Mar 29, 2015
Julie A. Oetker, 57, of Grundy Center, passed away on Sunday, March 29, 2015, at Grundy County Memorial Hospital in Grundy Center, IA while under the care of Unity Point Hospice. Funeral Services will be held on Friday, April 3, 2015 at 10:30 A.M. at St. Gabriel Catholic Church, 21275 U Ave., Reinbeck, IA. Burial will follow the service at...
Howard Hockert
Mar 24, 2015
Howard Harry Hockert, 87, of Grundy Center passed away on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital. A private memorial service was held by the family. Inurnment was held privately at Rose Hill Cemetery in Grundy Center. Memorials may be directed to the Grundy United Methodist Church. Howard was born on September 21, 1927 in Sioux City,...
Ray Taylor
Mar 24, 2015
Ray Allen Taylor, 91, of Steamboat Rock, Iowa, went to be with his Lord Jesus Tuesday, March 24, 2015, at Valley View Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Eldora, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 28, 2015, at First Baptist Church in Eldora with Pastor Gordon Taylor officiating and Pastor Mark Chapman assisting. Burial will...
Warren Anderson
Mar 21, 2015
Warren Anderson, 91, of Holland, Iowa, died Saturday, March 21, 2015, at his home while under the care of Unity Point Hospice. Funeral services will be at 10:30 A.M., Wednesday, March 25, 2015, at the Colfax Center Presbyterian Church in rural Holland. Visitation will be held Tuesday, March 24, 2015, from 5 P.M. to 7 P.M. at Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home...
Ronald Brunk
Mar 18, 2015
Ronald Elmer Brunk, 80, of rural Grundy County, Iowa, died on March 17, 2015, at home after a brief but courageous battle with liver and stomach cancer. Ron was born April 27, 1934 in Honolulu, Hawaii, the only child of David Elmer and Hazel Helen (Spong) Brunk. He lived the majority of his life until graduating from Punahou High School...
Lois Saylor
Mar 15, 2015
Lois Mae Saylor, 89, of Grundy Center, passed away on Saturday, March 14, 2015, at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo, IA. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at Bethany Presbyterian Church in Grundy Center, IA. Burial will take place at a later date. Visitation will be held Tuesday, March 17, 2015 from 4P.M....
Angeline Duhn
Mar 12, 2015
Angeline Murriel Harriet Duhn, 89, of Wellsburg, Iowa, died Thursday, March 12, 2015, at her home. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 18, 2015, at Wellsburg Reformed Church in Wellsburg, Iowa, with Pastor Mark Andersen officiating. Burial will follow at West Friesland Cemetery rural Ackley. Visitation will be held Wednesday, March 18, 2015, from 12:00...
Dorothy Schwarck
Mar 11, 2015
Dorothy A. Schwarck, 83, of Eldora, Iowa died Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at Valley View Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Eldora. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 16, 2015 at Whitten Community Church in Whitten, Iowa with Pastor Jim Hartman officiating. Burial will follow at the Eldora City Cemetery in Eldora. A visitation will be held...
Nancy Craig
Mar 10, 2015
Nancy Craig, 80, of Reinbeck, Iowa, died, March 10, 2015, at Parkview Manor Nursing Home in Reinbeck. A Private family funeral service will be 7:00 P.M., Thursday, March 12, 2015, at French- Hand Funeral Home in Reinbeck, Iowa. Private family burial will be held at the Lincoln Cemetery rural Hudson Iowa. Visitation will be Thursday, March 12, 2015, from 5:00...
Gregory Gardiner
Mar 4, 2015
Gregory G. Gardiner, 51, of Marshalltown, Iowa passed away of natural causes on March 4, 2015 at his home. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, March 9, 2015 at Eldora United Methodist Church with Rev. Vicki Reece officiating. Private family burial services will be held at a later date. Gregory was born December 15, 1963, son...
Henrietta Buck
Mar 4, 2015
Henrietta S. Buck, 96, of Ackley, formerly of Grundy Center, passed away on Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at Allen Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Monday, March 9, 2015 at the United Methodist Church in Grundy Center. Burial will follow at Maple Hill Cemetery in Gladbrook. Visitation will be held from 5:00...
Hazel Beadel
Feb 26, 2015
Hazel was born on July 18, 1929 in St. Joseph, MO. She passed away on February 26, 2015 in Union, Iowa. Her services and interment will be held by the family.
Robert Steinfeldt
Feb 24, 2015
Robert "Bob" Steinfeldt, 83, of Eldora, died Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at his home in Eldora. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 2, 2015 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Eldora with Pastor David Splett officiating. Burial will follow in the Eldora Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 9:30 a.m. until the time of service...
Alfred Cheeseman
Feb 23, 2015
Alfred Carl Cheeseman, 92, of Reinbeck, Iowa, died Monday, February 23, 2015, at Unity Point Hospital in Waterloo, IA, of natural causes. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Monday, March 2, 2015, at the Union Congregational United Church of Christ in Reinbeck. Burial will follow at the Reinbeck Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 2:00 P.M....
Sophia Muller
Feb 23, 2015
Sophia Minnie Muller, 95, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, formerly of Parkersburg, Iowa, passed away of natural causes, on Monday, February 23, 2015 at the NewAldaya Lifescapes in Cedar Falls, Iowa. A funeral service will be held on Friday, February 27, 2015 at 10:30 am at the Pleasant Valley Reformed Church, just west of Fern, Iowa. Burial will follow at Rose...
Ruth Emmett
Feb 23, 2015
Ruth was born on May 27, 1921, on the family homestead near Tuttle, North Dakota (Kidder County), and was the daughter of O.E. (Orange) and Florence Richmond Willis. The family returned to Iowa during her early years, and Ruth attended elementary school in Waucoma before moving to Hawkeye and graduating from Hawkeye High School in 1938. She attended Iowa State...
Marvyl Perry
Feb 22, 2015
Marvyl L. Perry, 80, of Katy, Texas, died Sunday, February 22, at Houston Methodist West Hospital in Houston, Texas. Visitation will be held Saturday, March 7, 2015 from 11:30 A.M. until 1:30 P.M.at Creps-Abels Funeral Home in Eldora. Burial will follow the visitation at the Eldora City Cemetery. A celebration of Life will be held at 1:00 P.M. on Sunday...
Paul Primus
Feb 21, 2015
Paul C. Primus, 86, of Steamboat Rock, Iowa died Saturday, February 21, 2015 at Valley View Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Eldora, Iowa. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, February 28, 2015 at the First Presbyterian Church in Steamboat Rock, with Pastor Bruce Baillie officiating. Military rites will be conducted by the Hoover-Eiserman American Legion Post...