Obituaries

Harlan Rust

Dec 2, 2017

Harlan Gene Rust, 86, of Grundy Center, Iowa, passed away on Saturday, December 2, 2017 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital. Memorial visitation will be held on Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Grundy Center from 10:30 a.m. until time of memorial service at 11:30 a.m. Inurnment will be held privately by the family at...

Michael Johns

Dec 1, 2017

Michael Bruce Johns, 28, of Grundy Center, Iowa, passed away on December 1, 2017. Memorial visitation will be held at Bethany Presbyterian Church in Grundy Center on Saturday, December 9, 2017 from 10:00 a.m. until time of memorial service at 11:00 a.m. at the church. Burial will be held privately. A memorial fund in Michael’s memory has been established at...

June Eckhart

Nov 26, 2017

June Christine Eckhart, 55, of Reinbeck, passed away on Sunday, November 26, 2017 at her home in Reinbeck. A memorial visitation for June will be held on Saturday, December 9th from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM at the French-Hand Funeral Home in Reinbeck. A memorial service will be held privately by the family. Memorials may be made to the...

LeAnn Bettenga

Nov 26, 2017

LeAnn M. Bettenga, 85, of Grundy Center, Iowa, passed away on Sunday, November 26, 2017 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 30, 2017 at the Bethany Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow at the Rose Hill Cemetery in Grundy Center. Visitation will be held one hour prior to...

Joseph Giannetto

Nov 26, 2017

Joseph Carpio Giannetto, 92, passed away Sunday, November 26, 2017 at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo, Iowa. A mass of Christian burial will be held Thursday, November 30, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Eldora at 10:30AM. A visitation will be held prior to the service starting at 9AM. Burial will follow at the Union Cemetery with American Legion...

Darrell Mitchell

Nov 25, 2017

Darrell J. Mitchell, 77, of Union, passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Saturday, November 25, 2017 at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. A memorial service will be held on Friday December 1st at 10:30 AM at the Gifford United Methodist Church, preceded by one hour of visitation. Inurnment will follow services at the...

Christina Kane

Nov 24, 2017

Christina “Christi” Kane, 42, of Gifford, Iowa entered into eternal rest on Friday, November 24, 2017 at Saint Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota.  A funeral service for Christi will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at the Eldora United Methodist Church with Rev. Allen C. Craft officiating.  Burial will follow at the Eldora City Cemetery. ...

M. Paul

Nov 22, 2017

M. Suzette Paul, 78, of Eldora, Iowa died Wednesday, November 22, 2017 at the Iowa River Hospice Home in Marshalltown, Iowa.  A funeral service for Suzette will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at Creps-Abels Funeral Home in Eldora, Iowa with Rev. Allen C. Craft officiating.  Burial will follow at the Eldora City Cemetery.  Visitation...

Richard Roll

Nov 21, 2017

Richard “Dick” Roll, 82, of Eldora, Iowa passed away Tuesday, November 21, 2017 after a courageous battle with progressive supernuclear palsey at Eldora Specialty Care in Eldora, Iowa while under the care of Care Initiatives Hospice. A funeral service for Dick will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, November 24, 2017 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Eldora,...

Inez Early

Nov 19, 2017

Inez Early, 91, of Cedar Falls, passed away on Sunday, November 19, 2017 at the Cedar Falls Health Care Center. No public services are scheduled. The Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home in Grundy Center assisted Inez and her family. For further assistance, you may call the funeral home at (319) 824-3319.

Irene Stout

Nov 19, 2017

Irene A. Stout, 97, of Grundy Center, Iowa, passed away peacefully on November 19, 2017, while under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice. The funeral service for Irene will be held on Saturday, November 25th at 10:30 AM at the United Methodist Church in Grundy Center with Pastor Jerry Miller officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to...

Gene Voigt

Nov 17, 2017

Gene “Bob” Robert Voigt, 87, of Reinbeck, IA, passed away Friday, November 17, 2017 at Parkview Manor Nursing Home, in Reinbeck. Visitation will be held Sunday, November 26, from 4 to 6 PM at French-Hand Funeral Home in Reinbeck, with a masonic service to follow the visitation at 6PM. Memorials can be directed to the family and online condolences...

Richard "Dick" Ohrt

Nov 10, 2017

Richard “Dick” Ohrt, 92, of Reinbeck, Iowa died Friday, November 10, 2017 at Parkview Manor Nursing Home in Reinbeck, Iowa.  A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, November 13, 2017 at the Union Congregational United Church of Christ in Reinbeck, Iowa with Reverend Joel Love officiating.  Burial will follow at Reinbeck Cemetery with graveside military...

Darryl Petersen

Nov 9, 2017

Darryl Dean Petersen of Reinbeck, Iowa, died of natural causes on November 9, 2017, his 60th birthday. He had suffered with failing health following a car accident several years ago. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at the Union Congregational United Church of Christ in Reinbeck. Inurnment will follow at the...

Alberta Sharp

Nov 7, 2017

Alberta Marian Sharp, 97, of Grundy Center, passed away on Tuesday, November 7, 2017 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital, Long Term Care Unit in Grundy Center, while under Care Initiatives Hospice. The funeral service will be held on Friday, November 10th at 10:30 AM at the United Methodist Church in Grundy Center. Visitation will be held prior to...

Marcene Trout

Nov 5, 2017

Marcene Trout, 81, of Eldora, Iowa passed away Sunday, November 5, 2017 at Iowa River Hospice in Marshalltown, Iowa after a brief illness.  A memorial service will be held at a later date.  Creps-Abels Funeral Home in Eldora has been entrusted with arrangements.

Anna Marcene Trout was born on July 8, 1936 to Raymond and...

Jeffrey Bakker

Nov 3, 2017

Jeffrey “Jeff” L. Bakker, 60, of Dike, passed away unexpectedly at his home in Dike on Friday, November 3, 2017. Visitation for Jeff will be held on Monday, November 6th from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at the Engelkes-Abels Dike Chapel, 680 Main St., Dike. The funeral service will be held on Tuesday, November 7th at 10:30 AM at the...

Ronald "Ron" Voss

Oct 26, 2017

Ronald "Ron" Voss, 78, of Grundy Center, passed away on Thursday, October 26th at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital in Grundy Center while under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice. A visitation will be held Monday, October 30th from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at the Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home in Grundy Center. The funeral service will be held on Tuesday,...

Merla Meester

Oct 25, 2017

Merla J. Meester, 83, of Parkersburg, Iowa died Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at Grundy County Memorial Hospital while under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice.  A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, October 30, 2017 at Pleasant Valley Reformed Church in rural Holland, Iowa with Rev. Rick Vollema officiating.  Burial will follow at Rose Hill...

Charles "Doug" Morgan

Oct 25, 2017

Our beloved father and grandfather, Charles (Doug) Morgan, age 73, passed away surrounded by family  at Cedar Valley Hospice in Waterloo, Iowa, on Wednesday, October 25, 2017 after a lengthy and heroic battle with Myelodysplastics Syndrome (MDS).

Born November 28, 1943 in Washington D.C. to Charles and Gladys Arlene (Mic) Morgan. Doug graduated from Sumner...