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Margaret (Midge) Pruess

Margaret (Midge) Pruess

Sep 11, 2012

Margaret E. �Midge� Pruess, 90, of Clarence, died Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, in the Clarence Nursing Home. Funeral Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 14, at St. John�s United Church of Christ, Clarence, with Pastor Lynn Butterbrodt officiating. Burial: St. John�s Cemetery with graveside military rites by the Clarence American Legion. Friends may call from 9 a.m. until service time Friday...

Ruth Ruprecht

Ruth Ruprecht

Sep 10, 2012

Ruth M. Ruprecht, 104, of Clarence, died Sept. 9, 2012, at the Mechanicsville Nursing and Rehab Center. Funeral Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, at St. Paul�s Lutheran Church, Stanwood, with the Rev. Jordan McKinley officiating. Burial: Lowden Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour before services Wednesday at the church. Born July 8, 1908, in Chicago, the daughter of Bernard...

Roy G. Ganzer

Roy G. Ganzer

Sep 5, 2012

Roy G. Ganzer, 73, of Wheatland, died Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. Funeral Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 7, St. Paul�s UCC, Wheatland, with the Rev. John Cofield officiating. Burial: Pine Hill Cemetery, Wheatland. Friends may call from 4 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Chapman�s Funeral Home, Wheatland. Roy was born Jan. 1, 1939, in rural Clinton County, Iowa, to Henry...

Lewis Strackbein

Lewis Strackbein

Sep 4, 2012

Lewis E. Strackbein, 86, of Lowden, died Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012, in Wheatland Manor Nursing Home. There will be no services. Chapman Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Clarence, is in charge of the arrangements. Lewis was born May 2, 1926, in Lowden, to Henry L. and Minnie Meier Strackbein. He married Lorrie Rynott on Dec. 7, 1962, at Lowden. Survivors...

Lorraine E. Carroll

Lorraine E. Carroll

Aug 23, 2012

Lorraine E. Carroll, age 91, passed away Wednesday August 22, 2012 at Wheatland Manor Nursing Home. The fourth of five children of Fred and Sarah(Sloan)Witte, she was born on January 10,1921. Lorraine Lived her entire life in the Wheatland, Iowa area, graduating from Wheatland High School in 1939. She was baptized,confirmed, and later married to Wayne Carroll in St. Paul's...

Louis Miller

Louis Miller

Aug 19, 2012

Louis L. Miller, 72, of Lowden, Iowa, died Saturday, August 18, 2012, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, August 21, 2012, at Chapman Funeral Home, Clarence, Iowa, with Ron Lashmit officiating. Visitation will be held one hour before the service. Burial will be at a later date. Louis...

Elaine E. Sanger

Elaine E. Sanger

Jul 21, 2012

Elaine E. Sanger, age 86, of Clarence, Iowa, died Saturday, July 21, 2012, at Clarence Nursing Home. Elaine was born January 31, 1926, in Clarence, the daughter of Henry and Erna (Goldsmith) Boettcher. On April 20, 1947, she married Raymond Sanger. He died May 23, 2012.\nFuneral services will be held at St. John�s United Church of Christ, Clarence, on Tuesday,...

Robert Leech

Robert Leech

Jul 18, 2012

Robert A. �Bob� Leech, 45, Wheatland, Iowa, died July 16, 2012, at Alcoa in Riverdale.\nFuneral services will be 11 a.m. Friday at Chapman Funeral Home, Wheatland. Tessa Cavey and Pastor Eric Swenson will officiate. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. today at Chapmans in Wheatland. Burial will be later. A memorial has been established at First Trust and Savings Bank in...

Avery K. Phillips

Avery K. Phillips

Jul 15, 2012

Avery K. Phillips, 7 months, of Clarence, Iowa, died July 15, 2012. Avery was born November 20, 2011, at the University of Iowa Hospital to Marissa Phillips. Funeral services will be held at 10:30am on Thursday, July 19, 2012, at St. John's United Church Of Christ in Clarence, Iowa, with Pastor Lynn Butterbrodt officiating. Burial will follow at Clarence Cemetery....

Gerald J. Hein

Gerald J. Hein

Jul 14, 2012

Gerald J. �Gary� Hein, 87, of Marion, died at his home Saturday, July 14, 2012. Funeral services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 18, at St. Paul�s Lutheran Church, Marion, with the Rev. Gregory Williamson officiating. Burial: Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Lowden, with graveside military rites by the Lowden American Legion. Visitation: 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday at Chapman Funeral Home in Clarence...

Marcia Kay Burhop

Marcia Kay Burhop

Jul 10, 2012

Marcia Kay Burhop, 60, of Wheatland, died Monday, July 9, 2012, in the West Wing Nursing Home, DeWitt. Funeral Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 14, Trinity Lutheran Church, Lowden, with the Rev. Victor Young officiating. Burial: Trinity Lutheran Cemetery. Friends may call one hour before the service Saturday at the church. Chapman Funeral Home, Wheatland, is assisting the family. She...

Elmer L. Peterson

Elmer L. Peterson

Jul 5, 2012

Elmer L. Petersen, 72, Grand Mound, died July 4, 2012, at West Wing Nursing Home, DeWitt, Iowa. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Chapman Funeral Home, Wheatland, Iowa. Diane Prichard will officiate. Burial will be in New Liberty Cemetery. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Friday at Chapman Funeral Home, Wheatland. He was born August 16, 1939, in New...

Melvin C. Klein

Melvin C. Klein

Jun 30, 2012

Melvin C. Klein, 93, of Stanwood, Iowa, died Saturday, June 30, 2012 at Prarie Hills Assisted Living in Tipton, after an extended illness. Melvin was born on July 29, 1918 to William Klein and Anna (Hassenbank) Klein on the family farm in Stanwood, Iowa, where he lived for 92 years. Melvin married Agnes Petersen on March 2, 1946 at the...

Johanne K. "Chris" Williams

Johanne K. "Chris" Williams

Jun 29, 2012

Johanne K. "Chris" Williams, 72, of Clarence, Iowa, died Friday, June 29, 2012, at St. Lukes Hospital in Cedar Rapids. Chris was born May 23, 1940, in Johnson County to Herbert Christensen and Lahoma (Powers) Christensen. Chris married John "Jack" Williams on September 22, 1962 at Tipton. Funeral services will be held at 10:30am on Tuesday, July 3, 2012, at...

Fredrick Meier

Fredrick Meier

Jun 24, 2012

Fredrick H. Meier, 82, of Wheatland, Iowa, died Monday, June 18, 2012, at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit in Mason City. Funeral services will be held 1:30 p.m. Monday, July 2, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Lowden, Iowa, with Rev. Victor Young officiating. Burial will follow at the Lutheran Cemetery, Lowden. Visitation will be held from 4 until 7 p.m....

Michael P. Van Daele

Michael P. Van Daele

Jun 22, 2012

Michael P. Van Daele, age 66, of Wheatland, Iowa, died Friday, June 22, 2012, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City. Michael was born March 23, 1946, in Davenport to Oscar and Donna (Kravens) Van Daele.\nHe married SuAnn Jacobs on November 23, 1968, at St. Paul�s United Church of Christ in Wheatland. Funeral services will be held at...

Merle M. Fish

Merle M. Fish

Jun 17, 2012

Merle M. Fish, age 79, of Wheatland, Iowa, died Sunday, June 17, 2012, at the Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House in Bettendorf. Merle was born March 29, 1933, in Marquette, Iowa to Mearl and Lillis (McGowan) Sawvell. Merle married Crayton "Bud" Fish on June 1, 1951 in Waukon, Iowa. He died in May 12, 1996. Funeral services will be held...

Buell F. Jackson

Buell F. Jackson

Jun 5, 2012

Buell F. Jackson, age 95, of Mechanicsville, Iowa, died June 5, 2012 at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids. Buell was born April 7, 1917, in the Fremont township near Mechanicsville, IA to Allan Jackson and Bessie (Boots) Buell. He married Helen Lehrman on September 20, 1939 in Stanwood at the age of 22. They celebrated their 72nd wedding anniversary...

Joe E. Mcgrath

Joe E. Mcgrath

May 30, 2012

Joe E. McGrath, 89, of Cedar Rapids, died May 27, 2012, at St. Luke�s Hospital. Joe was born Jan. 17, 1923, in Waverly, Iowa, the son of Earl and Myrtle (Utley) McGrath, he married Eleanor Kirkpatrick on April 2, 1955, in Clarence. Funeral services for Joe are at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 2, at Chapman Funeral Home in Clarence, with...

Norma A. Cunningham

Norma A. Cunningham

May 29, 2012

Norma A. Cunningham, age 69, of Stanwood, Iowa, died May 29, 2012 at Wheatland Manor Nursing Home. Norma was born December 18, 1942, in Moline, IL. Norma married James Cunningham on March 29, 1959 in Moline, IL. He died in March 12, 2011. Burial for Norma will be at a later date. She is survived by son Jim (Connie) Cunningham...

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