Obituaries

Feb 3, 2013

Scott D. Nehring, 49, of Owasa, Iowa died on Sunday, February 3, 2013 at Ellsworth Municipal Hospital in Iowa Falls, Iowa. Funeral services will be at 10:30 am on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Eldora with Pastor David Splett officiating. Burial will follow in Jackson Township Cemetery near Owasa. Visitation will be from 5 pm...

Jan 29, 2013

Elaine Sarah Marken, 84, of Grundy Center, passed away on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital Long Term Care unit in Grundy Center. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Saturday, February 2, 2013 at the United Methodist Church in Grundy Center. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services at the...

Jan 28, 2013

Avonelle L. Sayer, 95, of Eldora, died on Monday, January 28, 2013 at the Eldora Nursing and Rehab Center in Eldora while under the care of Care Initiatives Hospice. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 am on Thursday, January 31 at the Eldora City Cemetery with Pastor Corey Larson officiating. Creps-Abels Funeral Home in Eldora is in charge of...

Jan 23, 2013

David L. Granzow, 72, of Eldora, died of acute myeloma leukemia on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at the Eldora Nursing and Rehab Center in Eldora while under the care of Iowa River Hospice. Visitation is from 4 pm to 7 pm on Sunday at Creps-Abels Funeral Home in Eldora. Funeral services will be at 2:30 pm on Monday, January 28,...

Jan 23, 2013

Rick Lee Nederhoff, 53, of Wellsburg, passed away on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa, of natural causes. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, January 28, 2013, at United Reformed Church in Wellsburg, Iowa, with Pastor Matthew Nuiver officiating. Burial will follow at Shiloh Cemetery in Wellsburg....

Jan 17, 2013

Ronald C. Louck, 66, of Grundy Center, passed away of natural causes on Thursday, January 17, 2013 at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, January 22, 2013, 10:30 A.M. at the Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home in Grundy Center with Military Honors being conducted by the Reinbeck American Legion Action Post # 242. Interment will...

Jan 15, 2013

"Storm'n" Norman Ray Arends, 71, of Dike, succumbed to the trials of life on January 15, 2013 at the Cedar Valley Hospice House in Waterloo, Iowa. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 10:30 A.M. at the Dike United Methodist Church in Dike. Inurnment will follow the service at the Stout Cemetery. Norman was born...

Jan 11, 2013

Dale H. Stumberg, 88, of Dike, passed away on Friday, January 11th, at Faith Lutheran Home in Osage. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, January 15, 2013, 10:30 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Dike. Burial will follow at Lincoln Center Cemetery. A visitation will be held on Monday, January 14, 2013, from 5 p.m. to 7...

Jan 9, 2013

Rosemary K. Lloyd, 76, of Sparks, Oklahoma, formerly of Union, Iowa died on Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at her home in Sparks, Oklahoma. Local funeral services will be held at 10:30 am on Thursday, January 17, 2013 at the Calvary Baptist Church in Union, Iowa with Pastor Roger Crawford officiating. Burial will follow in the Eldora City Cemetery. Visitation will...

Jan 6, 2013

Annabelle Ruth Ward 90, of Reinbeck, Iowa, died Sunday, January 6, 2013, at Parkview Manor in Reinbeck, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Friday, January 11, 2013, at Union Congregational United Church of Christ in Reinbeck, Iowa, with Rev. Joel Love officiating. Burial will follow at the Reinbeck Cemetery in Reinbeck. Visitation will be Thursday, January 10,...

Jan 3, 2013

Marjory Inez Fritzel, age 88, of Wellsburg, Iowa passed away on Thursday, January 3, 2013 at the Maple Manor Village in Aplington, Iowa while under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, January 7, 2013 at the United Reformed Church in Wellsburg, Iowa. Burial will follow at the Wellsburg Reformed...

Jan 2, 2013

William E. "Bill" Bunz, 83, of Reinbeck, passed away Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. Per Bill's request cremation has taken place. A Memorial visitation will be held on Sunday, January 6, 2013 from 3 to 5 P.M. at the French-Hand Funeral Home in Reinbeck. Memorials may be directed to the family. William E. Bunz was...

Jan 1, 2013

Jan 1, 2013

Robert Leland Thede, age 87, of Reinbeck, Iowa passed away on January 1, 2013 at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 5, 2013 at the Union Congregational United Church of Christ in Reinbeck. Burial will follow at the Reinbeck Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m....

Dec 31, 2012

Helga M. Stirler, age 98, of Reinbeck, Iowa passed away on Monday, December 31, 2012 at Parkview Manor in Reinbeck, Iowa. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 5, 2013 at Saint John's Lutheran Church in Reinbeck. Inurnment will be private. Memorials may be directed to the family. Helga was born on December 5, 1914...

Dec 30, 2012

Lyle Melvin Clouse, age 80, of Devils Lake, ND, passed away on December 30, 2012 in Grundy Center, Iowa. Funeral services will be held 2:00 P.M., Saturday, January 5, 2013 at Lincoln Center Christian Church in Grundy Center, IA. Visitation will be held on Friday, January 4, 2012 from 5 to 7 P.M. at the Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home in Grundy...

Dec 30, 2012

Eleanor Koch, 92, of Reinbeck, passed away at her home on Monday, December 31, 2012. A funeral service will he held on Friday, January 4, 2013 at 1:30 P.M. at the French-Hand Funeral Home in Reinbeck. Visitation will be held a half hour prior to the funeral service at the funeral home. Burial will follow services at the Reinbeck Cemetery...

Dec 29, 2012

On December 29, 2012 at 11:30 A.M., Beveridge Carl Nickerson left his earthly home and was reunited with his beloved parents John Carl & Jessie (Baxley) Nickerson, his brother and sister-in-law, J. Paul & Marjorie (Daniels) Nickerson and many, many other family members and friends who pre-deceased him. "Nick" left behind many more friends and 4 loving nieces and nephews...

Dec 28, 2012

Jerry Eckhardt, formerly of Waterloo died December 28, 2012 of mesthelioma.  Jerry was born June 17, 1941 in Traer, IA, son of Dean and Irene (Christiansen) Eckhardt. Jerry attended Tama County Schools.  He joined the US Navy in 1960 and served eight years as a boiler technician on the USS Grasp, USS Conserver and USS America during the Vietnam War....

Dec 25, 2012

Irene Virginia Naumann, 89, of Eldora, Iowa, died on Tuesday, December 25, 2012, at the Eldora Nursing and Rehab Center while under the care of Iowa Hospice. A graveside service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, December 28, 2012 at the Eldora City Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the family. Irene was born on January 2, 1923...