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Roberta J. Kruckenberg

Roberta J. Kruckenberg

Mar 31, 2019

Roberta J. Kruckenberg, age 79 of Lowden, passed away on Sunday March 31, 2019 at the Clarence Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held on Friday April 5, 2019 at 10:30 am at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lowden with Reverend Daniel Redhage officiating. Burial will follow in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-7 on Thursday April 4 at...

Beulah L. Mcdaniel

Beulah L. Mcdaniel

Mar 30, 2019

Beulah Lorraine (Shaffer) McDaniel died March 30, 2019, at the Clarence Senior Living Center at the age of 94 years. Visitation will be held Friday, April 5th from 5-7 p.m. at Chapman's Funeral Home in Clarence, Iowa; services Saturday April 6th at 11:30 a.m. with Shepherd Karmen Jamison, also at Chapman's. Beulah was born on a farm in Jasper County,...

Richard  F.  Meyer

Richard F. Meyer

Mar 24, 2019

Richard F. Meyer, age 89 of Clarence, passed away on Sunday March 24, 2019 at the Clarence Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held on Saturday March 30 at 10:30 A.M at St. John's United Church of Christ in Clarence with Reverend Matt Schneider-Adams officiating. Burial will follow at St. John's Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 9:00 A.M until...

Earl W. Bark

Earl W. Bark

Mar 20, 2019

Earl W. Bark, age 92 of Clarence, passed away on Wednesday March 20, 2019 at the Clarence Nursing Home. Visitation will be held on Saturday March 23 from 9:00-10:30 A.M at Chapman Funeral Home in Clarence. A private family burial will be held at the Clarence Cemetery with Reverend Matt Schneider-Adams officiating. Earl was born on May 23, 1926 to...

Monica Renee Grell

Monica Renee Grell

Mar 20, 2019

Monica Renee Grell, age 50 of Wheatland, passed away on Wednesday March 20, 2019 at her home. Funeral services will be held at Hope Lutheran Church in Dixon on Tuesday March 26 at 10:30 A.M with Reverend Dianne Prichard officiating. Burial will follow at Allen's Grove Cemetery in Dixon. Visitation will be held on Monday March 25 from 4-7 P.M....

Bernita C. Biere

Bernita C. Biere

Mar 18, 2019

Bernita C. Biere, age 94 of Lowden, died at the Clarence Senior Living Center on Monday March 18, 2019. Funeral services will be held on Saturday March 23, at 1:30 P.M. at St. John's United Church of Christ in Clarence with Reverend Matt Schneider-Adams officiating. There will be a private family burial before the service at St. John's Cemetery. The...

Cecilia Lee Sendek

Cecilia Lee Sendek

Mar 12, 2019

Cecilia Sendek, age 91, passed away on March 12, 2019 in her home in Eldridge. There will be no visitation and cremation rites have been accorded. Burial will be in the National Cemetery, Arsenal Island beside her husband, Robert, who passed away in August 2002. Cecilia was born September 2, 1927 in Clinton County to Beaulah LaFayette and Roy Edmunds....

Jean Evelyn Crist

Jean Evelyn Crist

Feb 26, 2019

Jean Evelyn (Wood) Crist, Age 93, from Stanwood Iowa and living at Cedar Manor Nursing home in Tipton passed away Tuesday February 26th, 2019 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City surrounded by family. Visitation is from 9:30 – 11:00 am followed by the funeral service on Tuesday, March 5th at the Stanwood Union Church. Burial will immediately follow at the...

Donna M. Wulff

Donna M. Wulff

Feb 18, 2019

Donna M. Wulff, age 91 of Clarence, passed away on Monday February 18, 2019 at the Clarence Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held at St. John's United Church of Christ in Clarence on Friday February 22 at 10:30 a.m. with Rev. Matt Schneider-Adams officiating. Visitation will be one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in...

Kathy Ann  Truitt Hahn Blakley

Kathy Ann Truitt Hahn Blakley

Feb 12, 2019

Kathy Ann Truitt Hahn Blakley, age 69, passed away suddenly on Tuesday February 12, 2019. There will be a celebration of life held at a later date. Kathy was born on July 27, 1949 in Muscatine to Joseph and Evelyn Shoemaker Truitt. She married Buford Blakley at Williamsburg, Kentucky in 2001. Surviving Kathy are her husband Buford; children Robert Hahn...

Gilbert  A. "Gib" Sheldon

Gilbert A. "Gib" Sheldon

Feb 11, 2019

Arthur Gilbert Sheldon (Gib) passed away on Monday February 11, 2019 in his hometown of Clarence, Iowa, at the age of 92. He was born on May 22, 1926 to George W. and Nettie Hanks Sheldon – the fourth of their nine children. He was preceded in death by his siblings Helen, George Jr., Dale, John, Donna, Dean, and Don,...

Judith A. Smith

Judith A. Smith

Feb 8, 2019

Judith A. Smith, age 75, passed away on Friday February 8, 2019 at the Jackson County Medical Center in Maquoketa. A celebration of life will be held on February 23 from 1-5 pm at the Pub Club in Lost Nation. Judy was born April 13, 1943 at Wheatland to John and Marie Hicks Sievers. She was united in marriage to...

Henry Otto Boedeker

Henry Otto Boedeker

Jan 31, 2019

Henry Otto Boedeker, age 95 of Lowden, passed away on Thursday January 31, 2019 at Wheatland Manor Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held on Monday February 4 at 10:30 A.M at Zion United Church of Christ with Pastor Stephen Stepp officiating. Burial will follow at the Van Horn Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 9:00 A.M until service time...

Robert E. Pierce

Robert E. Pierce

Jan 21, 2019

Robert "Bob" E. Pierce, age 85, formerly of Grinnell, IA and Tampa, FL passed away on Monday January 21, 2019 at the Clarence Nursing Home. Graveside services will be held on Thursday January 24, 2019 at 12:00 p.m. at the Hazelwood Cemetery in Grinnell. A luncheon will follow at the Pizza Ranch in Grinnell. Bob was born April 9, 1933...

Ruby Eileen Mohr

Ruby Eileen Mohr

Jan 8, 2019

Ruby Eileen Mohr, age 94 of Clarence, passed away peacefully at the Clarence Nursing Home on Tuesday January 8, 2019. Memorial services will be held at St. John's United Church of Christ on Saturday January 26, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. with visitation one hour before. Burial will be at a later date in Smithtown Cemetery, Lost Nation. Ruby was born...

Arla K. Schutt Garlough Brown

Arla K. Schutt Garlough Brown

Jan 6, 2019

Arla K. Schutt Garlough Brown, age 71 of Durant, passed away on Sunday January 6, 2019 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Funeral services will be held on Thursday January 10 at 10:00 A.M at Chapman Funeral Home in Clarence with Reverend Eric Swenson officiating. Burial will follow at Pine Hill Cemetery in Wheatland. Visitation will be held...

John O. Dayton

John O. Dayton

Dec 8, 2018

John Dayton, 69, of Clarence passed away suddenly but peacefully on Saturday, December 8th, 2018, at his home. Funeral services will be held at St. John's United Church of Christ in Clarence, IA on Saturday, December 15th at 11am with Matt Schneider-Adams officiating. Visitation will also be held at the church from 4-7pm on Friday, December 14th. Burial will be...

Charles F. Petersen

Charles F. Petersen

Dec 8, 2018

Charles Petersen, age 90, passed away on December 8, 2018 at the Clarence Nursing Home. There will be a private graveside service held at St. Paul's Cemetery in Wheatland. Charles was born on November 14, 1928 to Harry and Martha Vandebrande Petersen in Bennett, Iowa. He married Audrey Hass on April 15, 1951 in Wheatland. She passed away on January...

Michael John Jacobsen

Michael John Jacobsen

Dec 2, 2018

Michael John Jacobsen, age 54, passed away on Sunday December 2, 2018 at the Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House in Bettendorf. A Celebration of Life will be held at Steffens' Tap in Calamus on Thursday December 6 from 4-7 p.m. Michael was born November 18, 1964 to Glen and Georgia Boyd Jacobsen in Clinton, Iowa. He was united in marriage...

Betty J. Long

Betty J. Long

Nov 15, 2018

Betty J. Long, age 90 of Stanwood, passed away on Thursday November 15, 2018 at Unity Point St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday November 20 at 10:00 A.M at the Stanwood Union Church with Reverend Paul Uzel officiating. Burial will follow at the Stanwood Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Monday November 19...

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