Obituaries

Aug 18, 2011

Harlan Kolthoff, 79 of Wellsburg, passed away on Thursday, August 18, 2011 at his home in Wellsburg while under Care Initiatives Hospice. A funeral service will be held on Monday, August 22nd, 10:30 A.M. at the United Reformed Church of Wellsburg with Pastor Matthew Nuiver officiating. A visitation will be held on Sunday, August 21st from 4 to 7 P.M....

Aug 6, 2011

Leland E. Bentley age 89 of Grundy Center, Iowa passed away Saturday, August 6, 2011 at the Grundy Care Center. A Funeral Service will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at the United Methodist Church in Grundy Center. A Masonic Aervice, conducted by the Grundy Center Emerald Lodge No. 334, will be held immediately following the...

Jul 30, 2011

Roy R. Groote, 86, of Dike, passed away on Saturday, July 30, 2011 at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo, Iowa. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, August 2, 2011 at 10:30 A.M. at the Dike United Methodist Church in Dike. Visitation will be held on Monday, August 1, 2011 from 6 pm to 8 pm at the Engelkes-Abels Funeral...

Jul 29, 2011

Jul 29, 2011

George Hemmen, 74, of Steamboat Rock, Iowa, died on Friday, July 29, 2011 at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Funeral services will be at 1:30 pm on Monday, August 1, 2011, at the Steamboat Rock Baptist Church with Pastor Harrison Lippert and Bruce Baillie officiating. Burial will follow in the Steamboat Rock Cemetery. Visitation is from 3 pm...

Jul 25, 2011

Rient Carl Beenken, age 86, of Grundy Center, Iowa, passed away Monday, July 25, 2011 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital, while under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 30, 2011 at Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home in Grundy Center with Rev. Beth Olson officiating. Burial will follow at Rose...

Jul 24, 2011

Paul A. Meents, 91, of Holland, passed away on Saturday, July 24, 2011 at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, July 28th, 10:30 A.M. at the Colfax Center Presbyterian Church in Holland with Pastors Larry Doughan & Larry Hoop officiating. A visitation will be held on Wednesday, July 27th from 5 to 7...

Jul 23, 2011

Irene E. Newton, 94, of Grundy Center, Iowa, completed life's long journey, Saturday, July 23, 2011 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital Long Term Care in Grundy Center, Iowa. Funeral Services will be 2:00 P.M. Friday, July 29, 2011, at the Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home in Grundy Center, with Pastor Phil Dicks officiating. Private Burial will follow in the Rose Hill...

Jul 21, 2011

Kenneth L. Bunger, 78, of Wellsburg, passed away on Thursday, July 21, 2011 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital Long Term Care Unit in Grundy Center while under the care of the Cedar Valley Hospice. A funeral service will be held on Monday, July 25th, 1:30 P.M. at the East Friesland Presbyterian Church in rural Ackley with Lynn Arends, CLP...

Jul 21, 2011

Lois M. Balvanz, 97, of Eldora, Iowa died on Thursday, July 21, 2011 at Valley View Nursing and Rehab Center in Eldora. Funeral services will be at 1:30pm on Saturday, July 30, 2011 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Eldora with Pastor David Splett officiating. Visitation will be at the church one hour prior to the services. Burial will follow...

Jul 20, 2011

Glen J. Patterson, 66, of Grundy Center, Iowa, formerly of Holland Iowa, passed away on Wednesday, July 20, 2011, at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital's Long Term Care, while under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, July 25, 2011 at the Pleasant Valley Reformed Church in rural Holland, Iowa. Burial...

Jul 18, 2011

LaVonne "Bonnie" Conrad , 75, of Holland, passed away on Monday, July 18, 2011 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital Long Term Care Unit while under the care of the Cedar Valley Hospice. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, July 21st at 10:00 am at Bethany Presbyterian Church in Grundy Center. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, July...

Jun 20, 2011

Richard L. Billerbeck, 83, of Reinbeck, IA, died on Monday, June 20, 2011 at Grundy Care Center in Grundy Center while under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice. Following cremation Memorial Services will be held 10:30 AM Thursday, June 23, 2011 at Salem Church of Lincoln in Lincoln, Iowa. No Visitation is being planned. Memorial may be directed to the...

Jun 17, 2011

Siegfred "Sieg" Petersen, 99, of Reinbeck, Iowa, died Friday, June 17, 2011, at Parkview Manor in Reinbeck, Iowa. Following cremation, a memorial service will be held on Thursday, June 23, 2011, 10:30 A.M. at the Union Congregational United Church of Christ in Reinbeck with Rev. Joel Love officiating. Burial will follow memorial services at the Reinbeck Cemetery in Reinbeck. Siegfred...

Jun 14, 2011

Jeanette "Janet" Flater, 88 of Holland, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at Grundy County Memorial Hospital Long Term Care in Grundy Center while under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice. Funeral services will be at 1:30 pm on Saturday, June 18, 2011, at the Wellsburg Reformed Church in Wellsburg, Iowa with Pastor Michael Weaver officiating. Burial to will...

Jun 7, 2011

Enola M. Bruns, 76, of Dike, passed away on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at Newaldaya Lifescapes in Cedar Falls while under the care of the Cedar Valley Hospice. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, June 11, 2011 at 10:30 A.M. at the Fredsville Evangelical Lutheran Church in rural Cedar Falls. A visitation will be held on Friday, June...

May 30, 2011

Dean Kerns, 77, of Reinbeck, Iowa, died Monday, May 30, 2011, at his daughter and son-in-law's home. Following cremation, Mass will be 10:30 A.M., Friday, June 3, 2011, at St. Gabriel Catholic Church in Reinbeck, with Father David Kucera officiating. Visitation will be Thursday, June 2, 2011, from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M., at French Hand Funeral Home in Reinbeck....

May 23, 2011

Joshua I. Tremmel, 31, of Gifford, passed away on Monday, May 23rd, 2011. A memorial service will be held on Friday, June 3rd at 2 pm at the Pine Lake Lodge in Eldora. Creps-Abels Funeral Home in Eldora is in charge of arrangements. Josh was born on July 13, 1979, in Dennison, Iowa, the son of Larry & Judith (Rogers)...

May 22, 2011

Gertrude M. "Trudy" Grimes, 89, of Grundy Center, Iowa, passed away of natural causes, on Sunday, May 22, 2011 at Arlington Place Assisted Living in Grundy Center, while under the care of Iowa Hospice. Visitation will be held at Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home in Grundy Center on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 from 10:00 a.m. until time of funeral service at 11:30...

May 19, 2011

Fannie Bruns, 82, of Dike, Iowa died on Wednesday, May 18, at Satori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Funeral services will be at 10:30 am on Monday, May 23, 2011 at the Reformed Church of Stout, Iowa with Pastor Dave Vander Leest officiating. Burial will follow in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Parkersburg, Iowa. Visitation is from 4 pm...