Obituaries
Brice Bessman
Mar 4, 2012
Brice O. Bessman, 87 of Wellsburg, Iowa passed away on Sunday, March 4, 2012 at the Grundy Care Center in Grundy Center, Iowa. Funeral service will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at St. John's United Church of Christ in Ackley, Iowa. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery in Ackley, with military rites being conducted by...
Pamela Billerbeck
Feb 29, 2012
Pamela Billerbeck, 50 of Holland, passed away on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at the Strawberry Point Lutheran Home in Strawberry Point, Iowa while under the care of Hospice. Memorial Services will be Friday, March 9, 2012 at 1:00 pm at Engelkes – Abels Funeral Home in Grundy Center. Visitation will be on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at the Engelkes –...
JoAnn Eberline
Feb 28, 2012
JoAnn Jean Eberline, 84, of Grundy Center, Iowa, passed away of natural causes on Tuesday, February 28, 2012, at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital in Grundy Center, Iowa. A celebration of JoAnn's life will be held on Saturday, March 3, 2012, 11:00 A.M. at Bethany Presbyterian Church in Grundy Center. A visitation will be held on Friday, March 2nd from...
Lavonne Schroeder
Feb 26, 2012
Lavonne "Lonny" Marie Schroeder, 85, passed away on Sunday, February 26, 2012, at Covenant Hospital in Waterloo, from complications of a stroke while under Hospice care. There will be no visitation and services will be at a later date. Burial will be in the Reinbeck Cemetery. Lavonne was born September 6, 1926, in Reinbeck, Iowa, to James Henry and lda...
Mark Kramer
Feb 25, 2012
Mark A. Kramer, 60, of rural Steamboat Rock, Iowa, died at his home on Saturday, February 25, 2012. Funeral services will be at 10:30 am on Wednesday, February 29 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Eldora, with Pastor David Splett officiating. Burial will follow in the Steamboat Rock Cemetery. Visitation will be at the Church for one hour prior to...
Alfred Gareiss
Feb 25, 2012
Alfred F. Gareiss, 79, of Marshalltown, formerly of Eldora, passed away on Saturday, February 25, 2012 at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, March 3, 2012, 10:30 A.M. at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Eldora with Father Paul Baldwin officiating. A visitation will be held one hour prior to services...
Darlene Meints
Feb 24, 2012
Darlene E. "Dee" Meints, 71 of Steamboat Rock, Iowa went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, February 24, 2012 at Valley View Nursing and Rehab Center in Eldora, Iowa. Her strong will was evident in her courageous battle against scleroderma for more than twenty-five years. Funeral Services will be at 2:30 pm on Tuesday, February 28 at...
Harry Pruin
Feb 23, 2012
Harry Joe Pruin, 81, of Muscatine, Iowa formerly of Dike, IA, died Thursday, February 23, 2012, at Lutheran Homes Society in Muscatine, Iowa. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, February 29, 2012, at Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home, Dike, Iowa with Pastor Dennis Sanders officiating. Burial will follow at Elmwood Cemetery. Visitation will be held one hour prior to...
Lola Callaway
Feb 21, 2012
Lola M. Callaway, 93, of Steamboat Rock, Iowa died on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at Valley View Nursing and Rehab Center in Eldora, Iowa while under the care of Iowa Hospice. Following private family graveside services at the Steamboat Rock Cemetery, a memorial service will be held at 2 pm on Thursday, February 23, 2012 at the First Baptist Church...
Darlyn Eimers
Feb 16, 2012
Darlyn Eimers, 84, of Dike, passed away on Thursday, February 16, 2012 at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. A funeral service will be held on Monday, February 20th, 10:30 A.M. at the Fredsville Evangelical Lutheran Church in rural Cedar Falls. Burial will follow funeral services at the church cemetery. A visitation will be held on Sunday, February 19th...
Roland Newby
Feb 14, 2012
Roland C. Newby, 89, of Steamboat Rock, Iowa, passed away on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at his winter home in Weslaco, Texas from complications of COPD. A funeral service will be held on Monday, February 20, 2012, 10:30 A.M. at the Steamboat Rock Presbyterian Church with Pastor Bruce Baillie officiating. Burial will follow the funeral service at the Steamboat Rock...
Alice Kosanke
Feb 2, 2012
Alice L. Kosanke, 83, of Salem, Arkansas, formerly of Eldora, passed away on Thursday, February 2, 2012. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 10:00 A.M. at the First Baptist Church in Eldora. A visitation will be held one hour prior to services at the church. Burial will follow funeral services at the Eldora City Cemetery...
Steward Heikens
Feb 1, 2012
Steward J. Heikens, 63, of Holland, passed away on Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at his home in Holland. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, February 4, 2012, 10:30 A.M. at the Colfax Center Presbyterian Church in Holland with Pastor Larry Hoop officiating. Burial will follow funeral services at the Holland Cemetery. A visitation will be held on Friday,...
Gail Buskohl
Jan 31, 2012
Gail Buskohl, 89, of Lincoln, passed away on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital Long Term Care Unit in Grundy Center, Iowa. A funeral service will be held on Friday, February 3rd, 1:30 P.M. at the Salem Church of Lincoln in Lincoln, IA. Burial will take place at Maple Hill Cemetery in Gladbrook. A visitation will...
Felix Clapp-Davis
Jan 27, 2012
Felix Anthony Clapp Davis, infant son of Melissa Beall and Anthony Davis of Alden, Iowa died on Friday, January 27, 2012 at Ellsworth Memorial Hospital in Iowa Falls. Memorial services will be held at 1:30pm on Friday, February 3, 2012 at Creps-Abels Funeral Home in Eldora with Pastor Bob Miller of the Alden United Church of Christ officiating. Felix was...
Marjorie Trout
Jan 23, 2012
Marjorie C. Trout, 84, of Pella, Iowa, formerly of Eldora, Iowa, died on Monday, January 23, 2012 at the Comfort House in Pella. Funeral services will be at 1:30 pm on Thursday, January 26, 2012 at the First Baptist Church in Eldora with Pastor Mark Chapman officiating. Burial will follow at the Eldora City Cemetery. Visitation is from 5 pm...
Dean Robertson
Jan 21, 2012
Dean H. Robertson, 83 of Grundy Center, Iowa passed away on Saturday, January 21, 2012 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital while under the care of Iowa Hospice. A visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 24th at Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home, Grundy Center. A funeral service and burial will be held privately by the...
Audrey Steelman
Jan 16, 2012
Audrey B. Steelman, 84, of Gifford, Iowa died on Monday, January 16, 2012 at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames, Iowa. Funeral services will be at 10:30 am on Thursday, January 19, 2012 at Creps-Abels Funeral Home in Eldora with Pastor Rochelle Swenson of the Gifford United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will follow at Sheppard Cemetery near Gifford. Visitation is...
Dale Heath
Jan 15, 2012
Dale M. Heath, 87, of Grundy Center, Iowa, passed away on Sunday, January 15, 2012, while under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital Long Term Care in Grundy Center, Iowa. A visitation will be held on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home in Grundy Center, Iowa....
Debra Neal
Jan 9, 2012
Debra Jean Neal, 53, of Grundy Center, Iowa formerly of Reinbeck, Iowa, died Monday, January 9, 2012, at University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa, of natural causes. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M., Friday, January 13, 2012, at Union Congregational United Church of Christ, in Reinbeck, Iowa, with Pastor Joel Love officiating. Cremation will follow the service. Visitation...