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Michael D. Moeller
Oct 27, 2020
Michael D. Moeller, age 79 of Toronto, Iowa, passed away on October 27, 2020 at OSF St. Joseph's Hospital in Bloomington, Illinois. Visitation from 10-11 AM will be held at Chapman Funeral Home in Clarence on Saturday October 31, 2020 with a graveside service to follow at Rose Hill Cemetery in Toronto, Iowa. Michael was born June 14, 1941 to...
Marla Rae Grose
Oct 25, 2020
Marla Rae Grose, age 82 of Maquoketa, passed away at the Clarence Nursing Home on October 25, 2020. A Celebration of Life for Marla will be held at a future date. Marla was born October 12, 1938 in Jones County, Iowa to Andrew and Pauline Stowers Browne. She is survived by her daughter Laura Bettag of Iowa City; grandchildren Brittany...
Delmar "Del" Gene Gade
Oct 11, 2020
Delmar "Del" Gene Gade, 84 of Clarence, passed away peacefully on October 11, 2020 at St. Luke's Hospital from complications of a brief illness. Del was born January 27, 1936 in Lowden, IA, to August and Frieda (Seiling) Gade. The youngest of five, he attended school in Lowden and was baptized and confirmed at the Lowden Zion Church. He later...
Marilyn Lucille Pruess
Oct 3, 2020
Marilyn Lucille (Faas) Pruess, age 88, passed away on October 3, 2020 at the Clarence Nursing Home. Services will be held at 1:00 PM on Thursday October 8, 2020 at St. John's United Church of Christ in Clarence with Rev. Matt Schneider -Adams officiating. Visitation will be from 11:00 AM until service time also at the church. Masks and social...
Marlene Lavon Wiedenhoff
Oct 2, 2020
Marlene Lavon Wiedenhoff, 84, of Lowden, Iowa, died peacefully surrounded by her children on Friday, October 2, 2020 at Prairie Hills in Tipton, Iowa. A service for immediate family is being planned at Zion United Church of Christ in Lowden. She will be buried at the Van Horne Cemetery beside her husband Bob and daughter Connie. Due to Covid 19...
Arlon David Witcraft Ii
Sep 29, 2020
Arlon David Witcraft II, age 76 of Clarence, passed away on Tuesday September 29, 2020 at his home. Services will be held at a later date. Dave was born on March 3, 1944 to Arlon David Witcraft and Muriel Gordon in Oregon. He married Sharon Bolstad on August 28, 1976 in DeSoto, Wisconsin. Dave served his country in the Navy...
Donald D. Kamerling
Sep 12, 2020
Donald Kamerling, age 74, passed away in the early morning hours at his home in Clarence on Saturday September 12, 2020. There will be a visitation at Chapman's in Clarence on Saturday September 19 from 10-11 AM with a graveside service to follow at Rose Hill Cemetery in Mechanicsville. Pastor Ron Lashmit will officiate. Donald was born August 12, 1946...
Thomas D."Tuck" Werner
Sep 12, 2020
Thomas D (Tuck) Werner, 84, of Wheatland, Iowa, passed away Saturday, September 12, 2020 at Wheatland Manor after a five-year battle with Lewy Body Dementia. There will be no visitation and a private graveside service will be held at Davenport Memorial Park. Tom was born August 1, 1936 in Oelwein, IA to John and Rachel (Miller) Werner. Tom served in...
Wilma Jean Havel
Sep 4, 2020
Wilma Jean Havel, age 96, passed away on Friday September 4, 2020 at the Clarence Nursing Home. Private family services will be held at Chapman Funeral Home, Clarence. Burial will be in the Stanwood Cemetery. Wilma was born in Lisbon, Iowa on January 28, 1924 to Reed and Pearl Rebecca Lehr Workman and grew up on a farm near Stanwood....
Charles "Chuck" Mayerhofer
Sep 1, 2020
Charles L."Chuck" Mayerhofer, age 59, passed away at his home on September 1, 2020 after a long battle with cancer. A celebration of Chuck's life will be held at a later date. Chuck was born December 31, 1960 to Eugene and Loanna Kuster Mayerhofer in Davenport, Iowa. He married Ronda Campbell on September 28, 1979 in Davenport. Survivors include his...
Charles Ellis Skinner
Aug 26, 2020
Charles Ellis Skinner, age 74 of Calamus, passed away suddenly at his home on Wednesday August 26, 2020. Private family services will be held and Charles will be laid to rest at the Rock Island Arsenal. Charles was born May 22, 1946 to Donald and Margaret Lower Skinner in Rock Island, Illinois. He married Mary B. Nelson 48 years ago...
Marilyn A. Klahn
Aug 24, 2020
Marilyn A. Klahn, age 80 of Lowden, passed away on Monday August 24, 2020. Memorial services will be held at Zion United Church of Christ on Saturday August 29, 2020 at 10:00 AM with Pastor Stephen Stepp officiating. Visitation will also be at Zion UCC on Friday August 28 from 4-7 PM. All attending the services will be required to...
Emma Leah Lohmann
Aug 20, 2020
Emma Lohmann passed peacefully from this life and entered the warm embrace of her savior, Jesus Christ, and her husband, Wendell, on August 20, 2020, in a COVID-19 quarantine room at Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Ottumwa, IA. Her son and a granddaughter were by her side all day. Emma Leah Fox was born on June 20, 1923, in Saginaw,...
Virginia Eiler
Jul 20, 2020
Virginia Eiler, age 97, passed away July 20, 2020 at Prairie Hills Assisted Living in Tipton. Visitation will be from 9:00 A.M. until 10:00 A.M. at Chapman Funeral Home in Clarence on Thursday July 23, 2020. A graveside service will follow at St. John's Cemetery, Clarence, with Pastor Stephen Stepp officiating. Virginia was born on the Crees family farm near...
Dennis G. Starling
Jul 14, 2020
Dennis G. Starling, age 74, passed away on Tuesday July 14, 2020 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Family memorial services will be held at the Rock Island Arsenal with military rites. Dennis was born on February 14, 1946 to Eldon and Lois Burt Starling in Davenport, Iowa. He married Sally Van Daele on February 6, 1982 in...
Earl J. Fisher
Jul 13, 2020
Earl J. Fisher, age 92 of Lowden, passed away on Monday July 13, 2020 at Manor Care in Davenport. Graveside services will be held on Thursday July 16 at 1:00 P.M at Inland Cemetery in rural Bennett with Pastor Tessa Cavey officiating. Earl was born on September 6, 1927 to John J.J. and Christina (Schocker) Fisher in Lowden, Iowa. He...
Welma G. Krueger
Jul 11, 2020
Welma G. Krueger, 91, of Lowden, IA died July 11, 2020 at Cottage Grove Place in Cedar Rapids, IA. Private burial services will occur at Rock Island National Cemetery where her husband, a U.S. Army Veteran, is buried. Welma was born in January 1929 in Merrill, Wisconsin. Her family moved to Big Rock, Iowa and she graduated from Wheatland High...
Brian L. Wendel
Jul 9, 2020
Brian L. Wendel, age 54 of Clarence, passed away on Thursday July 9, 2020 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday July 14 at 10:30 A.M. in the Mathews Memorial Building at the Cedar County Fairgrounds in Tipton, Iowa with Robert Knight officiating. Burial will follow at the Clarence Cemetery. Visitation will...
Vivian J. Meyer
Jul 6, 2020
Vivian J. Meyer, age 89 of Big Rock, passed away in the early morning hours of July 6, 2020 in the comfort of her own home. There will be a private family burial, but a celebration of life will be held at a later date. Vivian was born on December 4, 1930 in Baldwin, Iowa to Charles and Edna Downer...
Kenneth W. Weaver
Jul 2, 2020
Kenneth W. Weaver, age 90, of Iowa City formerly of Clarence, passed away on Thursday July 2, 2020 at Windmill Manor in Coralville. Memorial services will be on Wednesday July 8 at 10:30 A.M. at the Clarence Methodist Church with Rev. Cindy McKenzie officiating. Visitation will be held one hour before the service at the church. Burial will be at...
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