Obituaries
Theodore Kolthoff
Apr 15, 2017
Theodore "Ted" Kolthoff, 86, of Eldora, Iowa died Saturday, April 15, 2017 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital. Private family graveside services will be held at a later date. There will be no visitation. Arrangements were made with the Creps-Abels Funeral Home in Eldora, Iowa. Ted Kolthoff, son of Hilko and Christina Ascher Kolthoff was born December 31, 1930 in...
Eleanora Holm
Apr 13, 2017
Eleanora Holm, 94, of Dewar, Iowa passed away on Thursday, April 13, 2017 at the Specialty Care Assisted Living Facility in LaPorte City, Iowa of natural causes. A visitation will be held on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at the Countryside Vineyard Church, 3467 Lafayette Rd., Evansdale, IA. A funeral service will be held following...
Kenneth Williams
Apr 13, 2017
Kenneth W. Williams, 98, of Marshalltown, Iowa and formerly of Eldora, Iowa died Thursday, April 13, 2017 at Central Iowa Healthcare in Marshalltown, Iowa. A celebration of life gathering will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Friday, April 21, 2017 at Creps-Abels Funeral Home in Eldora, Iowa. Burial will follow at Eastlawn Memory Gradens in Eldora with...
Glenn Wells
Apr 11, 2017
Glenn A. Wells, 67, of Eldora, Iowa died Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at his home. A memorial service for family and friends will be held at a later date. Creps-Abels Funeral Home in Eldora is caring for Glenn and his family.
Donald Billerbeck
Apr 8, 2017
Donald M. "Don" Billerbeck, 86, of Reinbeck, passed away on Saturday, April 8th at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo after a brief illness. Public visitation will be held on Tuesday, April 11th from 4 to 7 PM at the Union Congregational United Church of Christ, 225 Broad St., Reinbeck, IA and will continue for one hour prior to the funeral...
Ruth Primus
Apr 7, 2017
Ruth J. Primus, 91, of Ackley, formerly of Steamboat Rock, passed away on Friday, April 7th at Grand JiVante Assisted Living in Ackley, while under the care of Iowa River Hospice. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, April 15th at 10:30 AM at the First Presbyterian Church in Steamboat Rock, IA with Pastor Mike Brost officiating. Following the...
Mary Goodell
Mar 31, 2017
Mary Jean Goodell, 93, of Eldora, Iowa passed away Friday, March 31, 2017 at the Hubbard Care Center in Hubbard, Iowa. She had lovingly been cared for by their entire dedicated staff, along with kind compassion from Iowa River Hospice in her final days. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 8, 2017 at the...
August Steinmeyer
Mar 29, 2017
Steve Steinmeyer, 59, of Grundy Center, passed away Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, April 3, 2017 at Colfax Center Presbyterian Church in rural Holland, Iowa. Burial will follow at the Colfax Center Church Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m....
August Steinmeyer
Mar 29, 2017
Steve Steinmeyer, 59, of Grundy Center, passed away Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, April 3, 2017 at Colfax Center Presbyterian Church in rural Holland, Iowa. Burial will follow at the Colfax Center Church Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m....
Harold Henricks
Mar 23, 2017
Harold Arthur Henricks, 93, of Grundy Center, passed away on Thursday, March 23rd at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital Long Term Care Unit while under Care Initiatives Hospice. Visitation will be held on Sunday, March 26th from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM at the Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home in Grundy Center. The funeral service will be held on Monday, March 27th...
Edward Marks
Mar 23, 2017
Edward Wayne Marks, 88, of Holland, passed away at his home on Thursday, March 23, 2017 following 2 years of battling congestive heart failure and chronic kidney failure. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, March 28th from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at the Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home. The funeral service will be held on Wednesday, March 29th at 10:30 AM...
Caryl Smith
Mar 20, 2017
Caryl Ann Smith, 78, of Grundy Center, passed away on March 20, 2017 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital, Long Term Care. Services and interment are private.
Patricia Patter
Mar 15, 2017
Patricia Van Patter of Eldora passed away Wednesday, March 15, at Mercy Hospice in Johnston, IA. She was 92. She was born June 16, 1924, to Leo and Eugenia Harrison Wolcott. She graduated from Eldora High School in 1942 and attended Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls. On July 26, 1945, she married Keith Van Patter of Eldora at...
Diane Kopsa
Mar 15, 2017
Diane C. Kopsa, 84, of Cedar Falls, formerly of Grundy Center, passed away on Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at the Bickford Cottage in Cedar Falls while under Care Initiatives Hospice. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, March 20, 2017 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Gabriel Catholic Church in rural Reinbeck, Iowa. Burial will follow at Rose...
Lucille Anderson
Mar 8, 2017
Lucille Ellen Buhmann Anderson, 88, of Reinbeck, Iowa, passed away on Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at Parkview Manor in Reinbeck. Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 12, 2017 at the French-Hand Funeral Home in Reinbeck. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, March 13, 2017 at the French-Hand Funeral...
Pearl Koch
Mar 7, 2017
Pearl Edith Koch, 98, of Aplington, formerly of Wellsburg, passed away on Tuesday, March 7th at the Maple Manor Nursing Home in Aplington. The funeral service will be held on Saturday, March 11th at 11:00 AM at the Wellsburg Reformed Church, 617 E. 4th Street, Wellsburg, IA, preceded by one hour of visitation at the church. Interment will follow services...
Steven Shoemaker
Feb 27, 2017
Steven M. Shoemaker, 70, of New Hartford, Iowa, passed away on Monday, February 27, 2017 at the UnityPoint Health Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa after a brief illness. Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at the Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home, Dike Chapel, 680 Main Street in Dike. A funeral service will...
LaVonne Frampton
Feb 27, 2017
LaVonne Frampton, 93, of Reinbeck, Iowa died Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at her home in Reinbeck, Iowa. A funeral service for LaVonne will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 4, 2017 at French-Hand Funeral Home in Reinbeck, Iowa. Burial will follow at the Reinbeck Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m on Friday,...
Mary Coleman
Feb 24, 2017
Mary E. Bixby Coleman, of Dike, formerly of Grundy Center, passed away on Friday, February 24, 2017 at her home in Dike after a sudden illness. A memorial visitation will be held on Monday, February 27th from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM at the Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home in Grundy Center where there will be a Rosary Service at 7:00 PM....
Richard Tharp
Feb 22, 2017
Richard Paul Tharp, 84, of Grundy Center, IA, passed away on Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at his home in Grundy Center with his wife Darlene at his bedside, while under the care of UnityPoint Hospice. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, February 25th at 10:30 AM at the United Methodist Church in Grundy Center, preceded by one hour...