Obituaries

Glenna Foutch

Nov 10, 2019

Glenna Rae Foutch, 74, of Reinbeck, former longtime resident of Holland and Hudson, passed away on Sunday, November 10th at UnityPoint Health-Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo, while under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice. Glenna’s family will hold a private family Celebration of Life at a later time. Inurnment will also be private. Memorials may be directed to the...

Delores Ross

Nov 8, 2019

Delores Nanelene (Renken) Ross, 88, of Holland, passed away on November 8, 2019, at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital while under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice. A visitation will be held on Monday, November 11, 2019, from 4-7 PM at Engelkes-Chapel in Grundy Center. A Memorial Service will be held on Tuesday, November 12, 2019, at 6 PM...

Bernice Rewerts

Nov 7, 2019

Bernice May (Harken) Rewerts, 100, of Grundy Center passed away on Thursday, November 7, 2019 at Creekside Living Cottages in Grundy Center, IA.  A funeral service will be held on Monday, November 11, at 11:00 AM at the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Grundy Center with Pastor Al Polito officiating.  Visitation will be held prior to the start of the...

Shirley Patterson

Nov 4, 2019

Shirley Rae Patterson, 83, of Eldora, passed away peacefully on November 4, 2019, at Eldora Specialty Care in Eldora, IA. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, November 7, at 11 AM at Church of Christ in Liscomb with Pastor Ralph Norman officiating. Visitation will be held prior to the start of the service at 10:00 AM at...

Ruth Bleeker

Nov 3, 2019

Ruth Bleeker, 87, of Steamboat Rock, passed away on Sunday, November 3rd at the Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames.  Visitation will be held on Wednesday November 6th from 4-7 PM at Abels Funeral & Cremation Service-Creps Chapel in Eldora and from 9:30-10:15 AM on Thursday November 7th at Steamboat Rock Baptist Church. A funeral service will be held at...

Kenneth DeBerg

Nov 3, 2019

Kenneth Wayne DeBerg, 78, of Grundy Center, passed away on November 3, 2019, at Grundy County Memorial Hospital after a short battle with cancer. A memorial service will be held on Monday, November 11, at 6 PM at United Reformed Church in Wellsburg with Pastor Joel Wories officiating. Visitation will be held prior to the service from 3-6 PM...

Raymond Nance

Oct 31, 2019

Raymond L. Nance, 89, of Chandler, Arizona passed away on Thursday, October 31, 2019 at the Brookdale North Senior Living Center in Chandler.  A celebration of his life will be held at the Abels Funeral Home in Eldora at 1 PM on Saturday, December 28, 2019.

Ray was born on April 19, 1930 on a farm near...

Julia Witt

Oct 30, 2019

Julia M. Witt, 87, a resident at Creekside Living in Grundy Center, formerly of Reinbeck, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Wednesday, October 30, 2019. Her family would also like to acknowledge their gratitude to the wonderful staff of Creekside who were caring for her not only through her long term stay, but also at...

Shirley Harrell

Oct 30, 2019

Shirley Mae (Alley) Harrell went with Jesus to her eternal home on October 30, 2019. She was a fabulous 91 years young. A celebration of life will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 9, 2019 at the Honey Creek New Providence Friends Church in New Providence, Iowa. At her request, any memorials will be donated to the...

Rene Faichney

Oct 29, 2019

Rene Suzette Faichney, 64, of New Hartford, passed away on Tuesday, October 29th at MercyOne-Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo. Services are currently pending. The Abels Funeral & Cremation Service-Dike Chapel is caring for Rene and her family. Service information will be updated as soon as it becomes available by the family. For further assistance, you may call the funeral...

Gloria Henze

Oct 25, 2019

Gloria D. Henze, 79, of Dike, Iowa, passed away on Friday, October 25, 2019 at Parkview Manor in Reinbeck, Iowa. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Monday, October 28, 2019 at the Abels Funeral and Cremation Service, Engelkes Chapel, Grundy Center. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, October 29,...

Jason Choate

Oct 23, 2019

Jason Matthew Choate, 47, of Colo, Iowa formerly of Nevada, Iowa, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at his mom’s home in Colo. Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at the Abels Funeral and Cremation Service, Creps Chapel in Eldora. A funeral Service will be held at 10:30...

Lisa Waltersdorf

Oct 22, 2019

Lisa Waltersdorf, 50, of Grundy Center, passed away on Tuesday, October 22nd at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital in Grundy Center. Private family directed services are being planned. The Abels Funeral & Cremation Service- Engelkes Chapel is caring for Lisa and her family. For further assistance, you may call the funeral home at (319) 824-3319.

Peggy Anderson

Oct 17, 2019

Peggy Ann Rosburg Anderson, 59, of Eldora, Iowa, passed away on Friday, August 2, 2019 at a friend’s home in Eldora, after losing her fight with cancer. Visitation will be held on Friday, August 9, 2019 from 1:00 p.m. until time of funeral service at 2:00 p.m. at Abels Funeral and Cremation Service, Creps-Chapel in Eldora. Burial will follow...

David Owings

Oct 17, 2019

David Keith Owings, 54, of Eldora, Iowa, passed away on Wednesday, July 24, 2019 in Virginia. Visitation will be held from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m. on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 at the Abels Funeral and Cremation Service, Creps-Chapel in Eldora. Burial will follow the visitation at Eastlawn Memory Gardens in Eldora.

Elisabeth Clapp

Oct 17, 2019

Elisabeth Frances “Liz” Clapp, 90, of Dike, passed away on Saturday, June 29, 2019 at her home in Marion. Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Friday, July 5, 2019 at the Abels Funeral & Cremation Service, Dike Chapel 680 Main Street in Dike. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday,...

Virginia Hoy

Oct 17, 2019

Virginia M. “Ginnie” Hoy, 96, of Eldora, Iowa, passed away Thursday, October 10, 2019 at Arlington Place Assisted Living, in Grundy Center, IA, while under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice.  A rosary service will be held at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Eldora, followed by her visitation from 9:30 a.m....

Penny Snow

Oct 7, 2019

Penny Elaine Snow, 76, of Reinbeck, passed away peacefully on October 7, 2019, at Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo while under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice. A visitation will be held on Thursday, October 10, from 4-7 PM at Union Congregational United Church of Christ in Reinbeck. A service will follow on Friday, October 11, at 10:30...

George Rose

Oct 5, 2019

George Carpenter Rose, 78, of Parkersburg, Iowa, passed away on Saturday, October 5, 2019 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital in Grundy Center. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, October 9th at the Abels Funeral and Cremation Service, Engelkes Chapel, from 10:00 a.m. until time of Masonic Rites, conducted by the Grundy Center Emerald Lodge 334 A.F. & A.M.,...

Virginia Huisman

Oct 5, 2019

Iola “Virginia” Huisman, 93, of Wellsburg, Iowa, passed away on Saturday, October 5, 2019, at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be held from 2 until 5 p.m. on Sunday, October 13, 2019, at the Abels Funeral and Cremation Service, Doyen Chapel in Wellsburg. A private family funeral service will be held, with private burial to follow. In...