Obituaries
James Ruby
Aug 7, 2012
James C. Ruby, 88, of Eldora, Iowa died on Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at Ellsworth Municipal Hospital in Iowa Falls, Iowa. Following cremation, private family inurnment will be in the Steamboat Rock Cemetery in Steamboat Rock, Iowa. There will be no public services. Creps-Abels Funeral Home in Eldora is in charge of the arrangements. To send messages of condolence or...
Jack Needham
Aug 3, 2012
Jack G. Needham, 89, of Reinbeck, Iowa passed away Friday, August 3, 2012 at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at the French-Hand Funeral Home in Reinbeck. Burial will follow at the Washington Township Cemetery in Morrison, Iowa, with military honors conducted by the Reinbeck American...
Paul Plaehn
Aug 1, 2012
Paul L. Plaehn, 90 of Reinbeck passed away Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at Parkview Manor in Reinbeck. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 4, 2012 at the Union Congregational United Church of Christ. Burial will follow at the Reinbeck Cemetery with military honors being conducted by the Reinbeck American Legion Action Post #242. A...
Martha Archer
Jul 26, 2012
Martha Nowasell Archer, 90 of Indianola, Iowa, formerly Eldora, Iowa, died following a major stroke on Thursday, July 26, 2012 at the Good Samaritan Society in Indianola. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, July 30, 2012, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Eldora with Pastor David Splett officiating. Visitation will be from 9 to 10 a.m.at...
Lester Ryerson
Jul 23, 2012
Lester "JR" Ryerson, 83, of Eldora, died on Monday, July 23, 2012 at Israel Family Hospice House in Ames, Iowa. A family graveside services will be held at the Graceland Cemetery in Knoxville, Iowa, at a later date. Memorials may be directed to Lester's family. Creps-Abels Funeral Home in Eldora is in charge of the arrangements and online condolences may...
Mae Kruse
Jul 22, 2012
Mae Kruse, 92, of Holland, passed away on Sunday, July 22, 2012 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital Long Term Care Unit while under Care Initiatives Hospice. A memorial visitation will be held on Friday, July 27th from 9:00 A.M. until time of the memorial service at 11:00 A.M. at Bethany Presbyterian Church in Grundy Center. Inurnment will be private....
Marie Minteer
Jul 15, 2012
Marie Minteer, 98, of Eldora, died on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital in Grundy Center, Iowa. Private-family graveside services will be held at a later date. Creps-Abels Funeral Home in Eldora is in charge of the arrangements. Online condolences may be made at www.abelsfuneralhomes.com Marie was born June 20, 1914 in rural Union, Iowa, daughter...
Irwin Abels
Jul 13, 2012
Irwin D. Abels, 87, of Wellsburg, Iowa, died Friday, July 13, 2012, at Grundy Care Center in Grundy Center while under the care of Care Initiatives Hospice. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, July 16, 2012, at Wellsburg Reformed Church in Wellsburg, Iowa, with Pastor Michael Weaver officiating. Burial will follow at Wellsburg Reformed Church Cemetery...
Deloris Rogers
Jul 11, 2012
Deloris A. Rogers, 76, of Eldora, died at her home on Wednesday, July 11, 2012 while under the care of her family and Iowa Hospice. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 am on Saturday, July 14, 2012 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Eldora with Father Paul Baldwin officiating. Burial will follow in St. Mary's Catholic...
Adolph Kolpek
Jul 9, 2012
Adolph Kolpek, 94, of Grundy Center, Iowa, passed away Monday, July 9, 2012, at Westbrook Acres in Gladbrook, Iowa, while under the care of Care Initiatives Hospice. Funeral Services will be 10:30 am Friday, July 13, 2012, at the United Methodist Church in Grundy Center, Iowa, with Pastor Phil Dicks officiating. Burial will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery in...
Mary Jans
Jul 3, 2012
Mary Jans, 83, of Reinbeck, passed away on Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at the Grundy Care Center in Grundy Center. A funeral service will be held on Friday, July 6, 2012, 10:00 A.M. at the United Methodist Church in Reinbeck. Visitation will be on Thursday, July 5, 2012 from 5 to 7 P.M. at the French-Hand Funeral Home in Reinbeck....
Minnie Harlan
Jun 29, 2012
Minnie Harlan, 103, of Wellsburg, Iowa died on Friday, June 29, 2012 at the Grundy Care Center in Grundy Center, Iowa while under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice. Memorial services will be at 1:30 pm on Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at the United Reformed Church in Wellsburg with Pastor Matthew Nuiver officiating. A private family inurnment will follow in...
Hazel Hook
Jun 25, 2012
Hazel Hook, 96, of Wellsburg, passed away on Monday, June 25, 2012 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital Long Term Care in Grundy Center, Iowa, while under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice. A funeral service will be held on Thursday June 28, 2012 at 1:00 P.M. at United Reformed Church in Wellsburg. Burial will follow at Shiloh Cemetery in...
Kristine Ash
Jun 24, 2012
Kristine D. Ash, 44, of Grundy Center, Iowa, died unexpectedly on Sunday, June 24, 2012, at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, June 29, 2012 at First Baptist Church in Grundy Center, IA. Burial will follow immediately after the funeral service at Rose Hill Cemetery Visitation will be held from 4:00...
Jenna Stampe
Jun 24, 2012
Jenna M. Stampe, 66, of Reinbeck, Iowa died on Sunday, June 24, 2012 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. Funeral Services will be at 10:00 am on Friday, June 29, 2010 at Prairie Lakes Church in Cedar Falls, Iowa with Pastor John Fuller officiating. Burial will follow at Fredsville Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery near Cedar Falls. Visitation will be on...
Donald McAntire
Jun 23, 2012
Donald W. "Mike" McAntire, 82, of Wellsburg, passed away on Saturday, June 22, 2012 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital in Grundy Center while under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, June 26th at 2:00 P.M. at Doyen-Abels Funeral Home in Wellsburg. Visitation will be held on Monday, June 25th, from 5...
Joyce Cook
Jun 22, 2012
Joyce E. Cook, 57, of New Providence, passed away on Friday, June 22, 2012 at her home in New Providence as a result of an accident. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, June 27th, 2:00 P.M. at the Eldora United Methodist Church, 1415 12th St., Eldora, IA, with Pastor Vicki Reece officiating. A memorial visitation will be held...
Angeline Arends
Jun 21, 2012
Angeline "Angie" H. Arends, 90, of Dike, Iowa passed away of natural causes on Thursday, June 21, 2012 at the Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at the Dike United Methodist Church in Dike, Iowa. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the funeral service...
Shirley Billerbeck
Jun 14, 2012
Shirley Billerbeck, 84, of Reinbeck, Iowa, died Thursday, June 14, 2012, at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa, after a brief illness. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 A.M., Wednesday, June 20, 2012, at United Church of Christ in Reinbeck, Iowa, with Pastor Terry Plocher officiating. Burial will be at a later date. Visitation will be Tuesday, June 19,...
Marian Ballard
Jun 12, 2012
Marian L. Ballard, 84, of Reinbeck, Iowa, died Tuesday, June 12, 2012, while under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice at Parkview Manor in Reinbeck, Iowa. A Memorial service will be held on Saturday, June 16, 2012, 10:30 A.M. at the First Presbyterian Church in Reinbeck with Pastor Mike Campbell officiating. Inurnment will follow at the Reinbeck Cemetery in Reinbeck....