Obituaries

Irene Naumann

Irene Naumann

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...

Phyllis Ihns

Phyllis Ihns

Dec 21, 2012

Phyllis Ihns, 87 of Lincoln, Iowa died Friday, December 21, 2012, at Grundy County Memorial Hospital Long Term Care in Grundy Center, Iowa while under the care of hospice. Funeral services will be 1:30 P.M., Thursday, December 27, 2012, at French Hand Funeral Home in Reinbeck, Iowa, with Pastor Barbara Muhs officiating. Burial will take place at a later date....

James Miller

James Miller

Dec 20, 2012

James E. Miller 93, of Reinbeck, Iowa, died Thursday, December 20, 2012, at Parkview Manor in Reinbeck, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Monday, December 24, 2012, at United Church of Christ in Reinbeck, Iowa, with Pastor Joel Love officiating. Burial will follow at the Reinbeck Cemetery in Reinbeck. Visitation will be Sunday, December 23, 2012, from...

Lucille Randall

Lucille Randall

Dec 17, 2012

Lucille M. Randall, 82, of Dike, went to be with her Lord on Monday, December 17, 2012 at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo. A celebration of her life will be held at a later date in 2013. Memorials may be directed to the family. Lucille Margaret was born to Casper and Jeanne (Wenner)Wulf on October 18, 1930 in Dodge Center,...

Kenneth Bern

Kenneth Bern

Dec 16, 2012

Kenneth Bern, 60, of Waterloo, passed away on Sunday, December 16, 2012 at the Harmony House Health Care Center in Waterloo. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, December 27th at 10:30 A.M. at the Dike United Methodist Church in Dike with Pastor Dan Ridnouer officiating. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, December 26th from 5 to 7 P.M....

Florence Wright

Florence Wright

Dec 15, 2012

Florence E."Sally" Wright, 92 of Hubbard, Iowa, formerly of Bella Vista, Arkansas, died at the Hubbard Care Center on Saturday, December 15, 2012. Burial will be in Platteville, Wisconsin at a later date. Memorials may be directed to Florence's family. Florence was born June 13, 1920 in Darlington, Wisconsin, daughter of Spencer and Ina (Teasdale) Hinkins. She graduated from high...

Pearl Harms

Pearl Harms

Dec 13, 2012

Pearl Evelyn Harms, 95, of Wellsburg, Iowa went to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, December 13, 2012 at the Presbyterian Village in Ackley, Iowa. She had been a resident there for 7 years. Funeral services will be at 10:30 am on Saturday, December 15, 2012 at the First Christian Reformed Church in Wellsburg, Iowa with Pastors Tom...

Dale Schwarck Sr

Dale Schwarck Sr

Dec 11, 2012

Dale M. Schwarck Sr., 89, of Eldora, Iowa died following a sudden illness on Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at Ellsworth Municipal Hospital in Iowa Falls, Iowa. Funeral services will be at 10:30 am on Friday, December 14, 2012 at the Honey Creek New Providence Friends Church in New Providence, Iowa with Pastor Justin Weber officiating. Burial will follow lunch at...

Russell Silver

Russell Silver

Dec 9, 2012

Russell W. Silver, 64, of Reinbeck, Iowa, passed away Sunday, December 9, 2012, at his home while under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice. A Memorial service will be held on Saturday, December 15, 2012, 10:30 A.M. at the First Presbyterian Church in Reinbeck with Rev. Mike Campbell officiating.  A visitation will be held on Friday, December 14, 2012 from...

Elaine Venenga

Elaine Venenga

Dec 9, 2012

Elaine K. Venenga, age 66, of Grundy Center, Iowa, passed away on Sunday, December 9, 2012 at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at Bethany Presbyterian Church in Grundy Center, Iowa. Burial will follow the funeral service at Rose Hill Cemetery in Grundy Center. A visitation...

Austin Blomgren

Austin Blomgren

Dec 5, 2012

Austin A. Blomgren, 76, of Grundy Center, passed away on Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at the Grundy Care Center in Grundy Center while under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, December 8, 2012, 10:00 A.M. at the American Lutheran Church in Grundy Center. Visitation will be held on Friday, December 7, 2012...

Lemma Herndon

Lemma Herndon

Dec 3, 2012

Lemma Lorine Herndon, age 99, of Eldora, Iowa, passed away on Monday, December 3, 2012 at the Ellsworth Municipal Hospital in Iowa Falls, Iowa. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, December 7, 2012 at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Eldora. Burial will follow at the Eldora City Cemetery. A visitation will be...

Donn Lorenzen

Donn Lorenzen

Dec 2, 2012

Donn E. Lorenzen, 78, of Hudson, Iowa, died Sunday, December 2, 2012, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa after a courageous battle with acute leukemia. Funeral services will be at 10:30 am on Thursday, December 6, 2012 at St. John's Lutheran Church in Reinbeck, Iowa with Pastor Bruce A. Boyce officiating. Burial will follow...

Phyllis Jansen

Phyllis Jansen

Nov 30, 2012

Phyllis Josephine Jansen, 90, of Grundy Center, went to be with the Lord on Friday, November 30, 2012 at the Grundy Care Center in Grundy Center while under the Cedar Valley Hospice of natural causes. A funeral service will be held on Monday, December 3rd, 1:30 P.M. at the Colfax Center Presbyterian Church in rural Holland. Visitation will be held...

Lillian DesMarias

Lillian DesMarias

Nov 24, 2012

Lillian DesMarias, 99, of Chillicothe, Missouri, currently residing in the Grundy Care Center in Grundy Center, Iowa, died Saturday, November 24, 2012. She was born in Grundy Center on August 7, 1913 to John Cowie DesMarias and Maud Lillian (Bayless) DesMarias. She graduated from Grundy Center High School with the class of 1931 and from the University of Iowa and...

Irene Bessman

Irene Bessman

Nov 21, 2012

Irene C. Bessman, 82, of Wellsburg, passed away on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at the Grundy Care Center in Grundy Center while under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice. A funeral service will be held on Monday, November 26th, 10:30 A.M. at the St. John's United Church of Christ in Ackley. Visitation will be held on Sunday, November 25th from...

Lloyd Calton

Lloyd Calton

Nov 21, 2012

Lloyd Wesley Calton, 86, of Grundy Center, Iowa passed away November 21, 2012 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital in Hospice care. A memorial visitation will be at the Englekes / Abels Funeral Home in Grundy Center on November 26, 2012 from 4PM to 7PM. A private burial will take place. Lloyd was born November 17, 1926 in West Plains,...

Carol Kelley

Carol Kelley

Nov 20, 2012

Carol Jo Kelley, age 66, of Dike, Iowa, passed away on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls, Iowa. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Monday, November 26, 2012 at the Dike United Methodist Church in Dike, Iowa. Burial will follow at the Elmwood Cemetery in Dike. A visitation will be held...

John Muller

John Muller

Nov 18, 2012

John Frederick Muller, 93, of Cedar Falls, Iowa, formerly of Parkersburg, Iowa passed away of natural causes, on Sunday, November 18, 2012, while under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice at the Newaldaya Lifescapes in Cedar Falls, Iowa. A funeral service will be held on Friday, November 23, 2012 at 10:30 am at the Pleasant Valley Reformed Church, just west...

Robert Koch

Robert Koch

Nov 16, 2012

Robert Lee Koch, 68, of Reinbeck, Iowa, died Friday, November 16, 2012, at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo, Iowa, while under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice. Memorial Services will be held at 10:30 A.M. Tuesday, November 20, 2012, at French Hand Funeral Home, Reinbeck, Iowa.. Burial will follow at Reinbeck Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday, November 19, 2012, from...