Obituaries

Aug 31, 2022

Micheal Leroy Crosser, 82, of Eldora, Iowa, passed away on Wednesday, August 31, 2022, at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital in Grundy Center. Memorial visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. until time of the memorial service at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 6, 2022, at the Abels Funeral and Cremation Service, Creps Chapel, in Eldora. Memorials may be...

Aug 30, 2022

Steven Lynn Thomassen, 67, of Center Point, (formerly Grundy Center) IA, passed away on August 30, 2022 at home surrounded by his family after a long battle with pulmonary fibrosis. A memorial service will be held Friday, September 2nd, at 11 AM at Bethany Presbyterian Church in Grundy Center followed by a luncheon in the church fellowship hall.

Aug 30, 2022

Harry Lee Lynch, 96, of Marshalltown, Iowa, passed away at the Iowa River Hospice house on Tuesday, August 30, 2022. Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 6, 2022, at the Abels Funeral and Cremation Service, Engelkes Chapel. Funeral Service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 7, 2022, at Abels...

Aug 30, 2022

Gloria Rea Christensen, 86, of Dike, Iowa passed away on Tuesday, August 30, 2022, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo, Iowa. Visitation will be held from 9:30 a.m. until time of funeral service at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 3, 2022, at the Reformed Church of Stout in Stout, Iowa. Burial will be held at Elmwood Cemetery...

Aug 25, 2022

Donald Tscherter , age 99 of Reinbeck, IA formerly of Sioux Rapids, Iowa passed away on Thursday, August 25, 2022 at Parkview Manor Senior Living Center in Reinbeck, IA.  A visitation will be held at Abels Funeral and Cremation Service-French-Hand Chapel in Reinbeck, IA from 3-5 pm on Tuesday, August 30th.  A Celebration of Life Service will...

Aug 23, 2022

Arvin Glen Haywood passed through the eternal farm gate to his heavenly home Tuesday, August 23, 2022, at Creekside Living in Grundy Center. He was born in rural Granger on July 2, 1935 at the home of his parents Harry and Winnetta (Herrold) Haywood.

Arvin moved with his family to rural Union in 1938, where he graduated...

Aug 22, 2022

Ruth Marie (Hoyt) Clingerman of Eldora passed away Monday, August 22, 2022, at Eldora Specialty Care in Eldora while under the care of Care Initiatives Hospice.  A Visitation will be held from 4:00pm to 6:00pm on Thursday, September 1, 2022, at Abels Funeral Home (Creps Chapel) in Eldora, Iowa. A funeral service will be held at 10:30am on Friday,...

Aug 20, 2022

Curtis L. Sebekow, 67, of Reinbeck, Iowa, passed away on Saturday, August 20, 2022, at Creekside Living in Grundy Center, Iowa. A visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 24, 2022, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Reinbeck, Iowa. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 25, 2022,...

Aug 18, 2022

Gary Frank Metcalf age 59 passed away on August 18, 2022, at the University of Iowa Hospital. Visitation will be Thursday August 25, 2022 from 9:30am to 11:00am at Stout Reformed Church in Stout, Iowa. Funeral service will follow at 11:00am, Gary will be laid to rest in the Stout Cemetery. A luncheon for family and friends will be...

Aug 13, 2022

Mary Ann Schick, 83, of Reinbeck, Iowa, passed away on Saturday, August 13, 2022, at Creekside Living in Grundy Center. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 17, 2022, at the Abels Funeral and Cremation Service, French-Hand Chapel in Reinbeck. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 18,...

Aug 8, 2022

Ineva Joan (Parkhurst) Bowen Freed, 89, of Reinbeck, Iowa passed away on August 8, 2022 at Parkview Manor in Reinbeck, Iowa. It was Ineva’s wish to have a private graveside service with her family present. Memorials may be directed to the family.

Ineva Joan (Parkhurst) Bowen Freed, was born July 9th, 1933, in Eagleville, Missouri of William...

Aug 6, 2022

Janet Harberts, age 100 passed away on August 6, 2022, in Reinbeck, Iowa. Janet was born in Aplington, Iowa on June 27, 1922, to Klaas and Jantje (Hekman) Mulder. She met and married Charles W. W. Harberts on January 28, 1943. Visitation will be held on Thursday August 11, 2022, from 5:00pm to 7:00pm at the Abels Funeral and...

Aug 5, 2022

Janet Kaye (Havens) Folkerts, 74, of Eldora, passed away on Friday, August 5, 2022 with her son and daughter at her side.

Memorial service will be held on August 16th at 10:30 a.m., at Steamboat Rock Baptist Church, 107 2nd St, Steamboat Rock, IA, followed by internment at Steamboat Rock Cemetery. Fellowship luncheon will follow at the church....

Aug 5, 2022

Craig Smoldt, age 80, passed away August 5 at Methodist Hospital, Rochester, Minnesota following a battle with cancer. He grew up an inquisitive farm boy in Grundy Center, Iowa – even trying to hatch wild pheasant eggs in an incubator in his bedroom as a child. After high school, he obtained a B.A. from the University of Colorado including...

Aug 4, 2022

Margie Jane McStockard, 82, of Eldora, Iowa, passed away on Thursday, August 4, 2022, at Oakview Nursing Home in Conrad, Iowa. A public visitation will be held from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Monday, August 8, 2022, at the Abels Funeral and cremation Service, Creps Chapel in Eldora. Funeral service and burial will be held privately by the...

Jul 22, 2022

Rilla Jo Pabst, 85, of Grundy Center, Iowa, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family, on Friday, July 22, 2022, at Arlington Place in Grundy Center. Visitation will be held on Monday, July 25, 2022, from 9:30 a.m. until time of funeral service at 10:30 a.m. at Bethany Presbyterian Church in Grundy Center. Burial will follow at Rose Hill...

Jul 17, 2022

Anna Darlene (Schipper) Harms, age 82 passed away on Sunday July 17th, 2022, in the Grundy Center Hospital. she was born the 6th of 7 children to Jessie Marks and Richard Schipper on December 22nd, 1939.  She grew up on a couple of rural farms near the town of Kesley, Iowa and attended a rural school. When they closed...

Jul 12, 2022

Troy Patrick O’Donnell, age 47 passed away at his home in Holland, Iowa on July 12, 2022. He was born on June 20, 1975, in Mason City, Iowa to John and Diana (Lamfers) O’Donnell. A Visitation will be held from 4:00pm to 8:00pm on Monday July 18, 2022, at Abels Funeral Home and Cremation, Engelkes Chapel, in...

Jul 11, 2022

Barbara Jane Myers, 86 passed away on July 11, 2022, at her home in Dike, Iowa. She was born on April 23, 1936, in Pittsfield, Illinois to Harvey and Dorothy (Main) Coultas.  A visitation will be held from 5:00pm to 7:00pm on Thursday July 14, 2022, at Abels Funeral Home and Cremation, Dike Chapel in Dike, Iowa. Services will...

Jul 8, 2022

Marlys J. Wrage , age 89, passed away Friday, July 8, 2022, under the care of Westbrook Acres and Cedar Valley Hospice in Gladbrook. A visitation will be held from 5:00pm to 7:00pm on Tuesday July 12, 2022, at Abels Funeral and Cremation Service, Engelkes Chapel in Grundy Center. Funeral service will be held at 10:00am on...