Earleen Muhl
Sep 13, 2009
Earleen Muhl, age 86, of Wheatland, Iowa, died Sunday, September 13, 2009 in the Clover Ridge Assisted Living in Maquoketa. Earleen was born October 12, 1922, in LowMoor, Iowa to Earl and Emma (Schnede) Dann. Earleen married Howard Muhl May 24, 1941 in Davenport, he died in 1997. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am on Friday, September 18,...
D. Michael Claney
Sep 7, 2009
D. Michael Claney, age 54, of Clarence, Iowa, died at his home from complication of diabetes Monday, September 7, 2009. Michael was born Sept. 14, 1954, in Cedar Rapids to Don M. and Dolores (Burrichter) Claney. Graveside services will be held at 10:00am on Thursday, September 10, 2009, at St. John's Cemetery in Clarence, Iowa, with Reverend David Mears officiating....
Russell Dauber
Sep 5, 2009
Russell L. Dauber, age 60, of Stanwood, Iowa, died in his home Saturday, September 5, 2009. Russell was born July 20, 1949, in Cedar Rapids to Lowell and Hazel (Leinen) Dauber. Russell married Lois Seeley Aug. 19, 1983 at Blackriver Falls Wisconsin. Russ served in the Navy and had worked as a diesel mechanic at Truck Country in Cedar Rapids...
Ruth Swift
Sep 2, 2009
Ruth Swift of Stanwood, Iowa. November 20, 1911 to September 2, 2009. Graveside service 11:00 am on Friday, September 25, 2009, at Stanwood Cemetery in Stanwood, Iowa. Ruth Swift, age 97, of Stanwood, Iowa, died September 2, 2009, at Heritage Nursing Home of Cedar Rapids. She was was born November 20, 1911, in Nodaway, Iowa, to Harry and Flora (Heitkamp)...
Hazel Kruckenberg
Aug 24, 2009
Hazel Kruckenberg, age 96, of Elmwood Park, Illinois, formerly of Lowden, Iowa, died in her home, Sunday, August 23, 2009. She was born in Lowden, Iowa, July 15, 1913 to Heinrick and Anna (Ohlerich) Kruckenberg. She married Emil Kruckenberg August, 15, 1923. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM on Thursday, August 27, 2009, at Chapman Funeral Home in...
Delmar Giebelstein
Aug 24, 2009
Delmar W. Giebelstein, 85, of Davenport, and formerly of Clarence, passed away on Monday, Aug. 24, 2009, from lung complications. Delmar farmed in the Bennett, Lowden, and Clarence areas from the time he was 12 until his retirement at 75, with the exception of his service in the Army in World War II. In addition to his love of farming,...
Marian Strunk
Aug 20, 2009
Marian A. Strunk, age 84, of Bennet Iowa, died Thursday, August 20, 2009, in the Wheatland Manor Nursing Home. Marian was born December 8, 1924, in Clinton County, to Alfred and Florence (Barenthin) Licht. She married Elmer Strunk December 17, 1942, in Lowden. Alfred died in 1987. Funeral services will be held Monday, August 24, at 10:30am at the Zion...
Donna Clemmens
Aug 9, 2009
Donna Clemmens, age 77, of Clarence, Iowa, died Sunday, August 9, 2009 in the Clarence Nursing Home. Donna was born October 5, 1931, in Clarence, to George and Nettie (Henkes) Sheldon. Donna married Melvin (Ted) Clemmens June 22, 1952. He died in 1987. Donna was a member of the Clarence United Methodist Church and a 50 year member of the...
Imogene Smeltzer
Aug 6, 2009
Imogene Smeltzer, age 90, of Lowden, Iowa, died Thursday August 6. Imogene was born July 27, 1919, in Olin, Iowa to John and Lena (Kreger) Jurgensen. Imogene married John Smeltzer on August 21, 1941, in Mechanicsville, Iowa. In life, Imogene was a member of St. James Catholic Church and the Lowden Legion Auxilliary. Funeral services will be held at 10:00am...
Troy Brown
Aug 5, 2009
Troy R. Brown, age 31, of Stanwood, Iowa, died August 5, 2009 at the Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids. Troy was born in Cedar Rapids June 4, 1978, and married Melissa Koberle Febuary 1, 2003, in Cedar Rapids. He had worked as an electrician. Funeral services will be held Saturday, August 8 at 10:30am at the Chapman Funeral Home...
Leona C. Dewell
Jul 31, 2009
Leona C. Dewell, age 95, of Clarence, Iowa, died Friday, July 31, 2009, at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Leona was born in rural Clarence January 20, 1914, to Fred and Dora (Griem) Meyer. Leona married Harold Dewell May 16, 1935, in Clarence. Harold died in 1990. Leona was a member of St. John's Church and a Charter...
Erna Martens
Jul 27, 2009
Erna Martens, age 101, died Monday, July 27, 2009, at Wheatland Manor Nursing Home, in Wheatland, Iowa. Erna was born November 23, 1907, to Albert and Dora (Burrichter) Busch on their farm near Nashville, Iowa. She was the oldest of four children. Erna and Walter Martens were married September 4, 1930, in Lost Nation, Iowa. Walter died in 1988. Erna...
Edna Riedesel
Jul 25, 2009
Edna Schanze Riedesel died Saturday, July 25, 2009, in Rio Rancho, NM. Edna was born north of Grand Mound near Bliedorn, Iowa, on September 10, 1920, a daughter of Fred and Frances Gilmore Schanze. She married Roger Riedesel on October 19, 1946, and they operated the family farm one mile south of Wheatland until retiring in 1985. Edna worked in...
Bernice L. Skinner
Jul 18, 2009
Bernice L. Skinner, age 89, of Clarence, Iowa, died Saturday, July 18, 2009 in the Clarence Nursing Home. Bernice was born August 14, 1919, in Lowden, Iowa to Frank and Lillian (Twachtmann) Rushford. Bernice married Ward Skinner at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa, August 10, 1940. Bernice was a member of Zion United Church of Christ in Lowden...
Paul R. Riedesel
Jul 17, 2009
Paul R. Riedesel, age 87, of Wheatland, Iowa, died in his home Friday, July 17, 2009. Paul was born October 15, 1921, in Wheatland to Reuben and Florentina (Beckmann) Riedesel. Paul married Berneita Boelkens November 17, 1950, in Morrisson, Illinois. Paul was a retired farmer from the Wheatland area. Memorial services will be held at 7:30pm on Friday, July 24,...
Robert R. Stankee
Jul 15, 2009
Robert R. Stankee, age 87, of Wheatland, Iowa, died Wednesday, July 15, 2009. Robert was born October 3, 1921, in Davenport, Iowa to Paul W. Stankee and Florence Stevenson. Robert Married Dolores(Dotty) Shelton in 1948. Robert graduated from Wheatland High School in 1939. He attended business college and Spartan School of Aeronautics and worked for Bendix Aviation in Philadelphia until...
Everett C. Knudtson
Jul 14, 2009
Everett C. Knudtson, age 69, of Wheatland, Iowa, died in his home Tuesday, July 14, 2009. Everett was born June 10, 1940, in Waukon, Iowa to Clarence Knudtson and Grace A. Bergh. Everett married Carol Adams May 2, 1970 in Iowa City. Everett was a 1957 graduate of Waukon High School and received a M.A. Degree for University of Iowa...
Hilda Dickel
Jul 5, 2009
Hilda Dickel, age 97, of Wheatland, Iowa, died in her home Sunday, July 5, 2009. Hilda was born July 30, 1911, in rural Wheatland to Johannes Hass and Emma Rathman. Hilda married Melvin Dickel February 22, 1933 in Calamus. Melvin died in 1992. Hilda was a member of St. Paul's Church and the Martha Aid. She also volunteered at Wheatland...
Ray Meier
Jun 29, 2009
Ray Meier, age 87, of Lowden, died Monday, June 29, 2009, at Genesis Medical Center East in Davenport, Iowa. Raymond Walter Louis Meier was born November 9, 1921, in rural Wheatland, Iowa to Albert and Ida (Hein) Meier. He married Luetta Licht December 2, 1945, in Lowden. Luetta died May 30, 2009. Together with wife Luetta, Ray farmed for many...
Merlin W. Geadelmann
Jun 18, 2009
Merlin W. Geadelmann, age 78, of Clarence died Thursday, June 18, 2009, at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Merlin was born April 11, 1931, in rural Clarence to William and Milda (Schroeder) Geadelmann. He married Shirly Holling January 13, 1957, in Bennett, Iowa. Merlin was a dairy farmer and through his farming career he and his family developed...
