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Helen B. Lund
May 22, 2006
Helen B. Lund, 100, died Sunday, May 22, 2006, at Mechanicsville Nursing and Rehab. Helen was born on May 21, 1906, in Brainard, Nebraska, to Frank and Anna (Cejka) Smolik. Helen was married at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa to Harvey Lund on March 2, 1927. Funeral services for Helen B. Lund will be held Wednesday, May 24,...
Gladys M. Pruess
May 18, 2006
Gladys M. Pruess, 77, died Wednesday, May 17, 2006, at Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids from a sudden illness. Gladys was born on September 21, 1928, in Clarence, Iowa, to Henry and Emma (Griem) Pruess. Gladys Pruess never married. Funeral services for Gladys M. Pruess will be held Saturday, May 20, 2006, at 10:30 AM at St. John's United Church...
Darriel W. Mayerhofer
Apr 14, 2006
Darriel W. Mayerhofer, 80, died Friday, April 14, 2006, at his home in Dixon, Iowa. Darriel was born on April 24, 1925, in Scott County, Iowa, to David and Augusta (Ganzer) Mayerhofer. Darriel Mayerhofer and Betty Jane Meyer were married in Calamus. Funeral services for Darriel W. Mayerhofer will be held Monday, April 17, 2006, at 10:00 AM at the...
Jeffery Jensen
Mar 31, 2006
Jeffery R. Jensen age 49 died Thursday, March 30, 2006 at Genesis West Medical Center in Davenport Iowa, following a sudden illness. Jeffery was born November 10, 1956 in Davenport, Iowa to Jerold and Donna (Siemsen) Jensen. On October 17, 1999 he married Mary Lauerman in Lowden, Iowa. Jeff was a 1974 graduate of Clarence-Lowden High School, he served in...
Margaret Mess
Mar 21, 2006
Margaret E. Mess age 76 died Monday, March 20, 2006 at Crestridge, Inc. in Maquoketa Iowa. Margaret was born May 18, 1929 at Wayland, Iowa to Peter Rich and Margaret Wolby. She married LeRoy Mess June 7, 1952 at Davenport. He died in 1990. A 1948 graduate of Wheatland High School, Margaret had worked as a waitress and had worked...
Carl Ketelsen
Feb 21, 2006
Carl J. Ketelsen, 76, of Lowden, Iowa died Monday, February 20,2006 at Mechanicsville Nursing & Rehab. Carl Ketelsen was born on July 9, 1929 in Cedar County, Iowa to Arnold Ketelsen and Clara Allmandinger. Carl married Karmen Koppenhaver June 2,1962 at Bennett Iowa. Carl served in the Navy during Korean War. He had worked as a farmer and trucker and...
Merlyn Bixler
Feb 20, 2006
Merlyn K. Bixler, 70, of Clarence, Iowa died Friday, February 17th, 2006 at Casa Grande Regional Medical Center Casa Grande Arizona after a sudden Illness. Merlyn Bixler was born on January 6, 1936 in Clarence, Iowa to Mearl Bixler and Dorothy Kintzel. Merlyn Bixler married Carlene Kelding August 27th, 1960 at Bennett Iowa. Merlyn was a 1954 graduate of Clarence...
Edward Kramer
Feb 20, 2006
Edward Kramer, 73, of Lowden, Iowa died Monday, February 20th, 2006 in his home after a couragous battle with cancer. Edward Kramer was born on December 23, 1932 in Barrington, Illinois to Edward Kramer and Francis Kudrna. Edward Kramer married Barbara Schroeder January 23, 1960 in Carry, Illinois. He served in the Army during the Korean War. Ed did a...
James Hepler
Feb 14, 2006
James R."Rudy" Hepler, 33, of Lowden, Iowa died Monday, February 13, 2006 at Genesis East Medical Center Davenport from a blood infection. Rudy Hepler was born on August, 1972 in Bethesda, Maryland to Fred L. Hepler and Brenda Moore. Rudy Hepler married Diana McDonnell (Schocker) April 5, 2003 at Wheatland. Jim attended high school in Hampton, Iowa and 3 years...
Jeanette Ruprecht
Feb 7, 2006
Jeanette Ruprecht age 86 died Monday February 6, 2006 Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids. She was preceded in death by her father Henry Holdorf and mother Martha Sievers Holdorf. Born February 9, 1919 on a farm in rural Toronto, Iowa she married Carl Ruprecht on June 10, 1941 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Lowden. She attended the University of Iowa and...
Mary Hamilton
Feb 4, 2006
Mary R. Hamilton, 84, of Wheatland, Iowa died February 4, 2006 of a lengthy illness at Wheatland Manor Nursing Home. Mary Hamilton was born on May 30, 1921 in Maquoketa, Iowa to Ivan Edward Michael and Laura Morgan Edson. Mary Hamilton was married on February 21, 1941 in a private ceremony at St. John Methodist in Davenport. Her husband died...
Karen Stuhr
Feb 4, 2006
Karen S. Stuhr, 64, of Lowden, Iowa died Sunday, February 5,2006 at home of a sudden illness. Karen S. Stuhr was born on July 26, 1941 in Scott County, Iowa to Wallace Dircks and Evetta Hormann. Karen Stuhr married Robert Stuhr August 16, 1959 at Lowden, Iowa. He died in 1997. Karen and her husband had managed the 3/30 Country...
Ruth Hartwig
Feb 2, 2006
Ruth Hartwig, 95, of Clarence, Iowa died peacefully Wednesday, February 1, 2006 at Clarence Nursing Home,peacfully with her family at her bedside from Kidney failure. Ruth Hartwig was born on March 4, 1910 on a farm near Toronto, Iowa to William Barnhart and Mae Welty. Ruth Hartwig married Norman Hartwig June 1, 1932. Norman and Ruth farmed together near Clarence...
Erhard Kroemer
Jan 31, 2006
Erhard Kroemer, 93, of Clarence, Iowa died Tuesday, January 31, 2006 at Wheatland Manor Nursing Home following a brief illness. \nErhard Kroemer was born on September 16, 1912 northwest of lowden to Henry Kroemer and Anna Bunge. Erhard Kroemer married Alberta Schroeder August 23, 1936 at Trinity Lutheran Church. She died January 26, 2005. Erhard was babtized in Trinity Lutheran...
Otto Frey
Jan 27, 2006
Otto H. Frey, 95, of Clarence, Iowa died Friday, January 27, 2006 at St. Lukes Hospital in Cedar Rapids Iowa. Otto H. Frey was born on September 10, 1910 in Germany to Henry Frey and Mathilda Schultz. Otto Frey married Leona Klatt January 17, 1935 at Clarence. She died in 1995. Otto was a farmer for many years. Visitation is...
Velma Kintzel
Jan 18, 2006
Velma Kintzel, 89, of Stanwood, Iowa died Wednesday, January 18, 2006 at Clarence Nursing Home. Velma Kintzel was born on June 16, 1916 in rural Massillon, Iowa to Ernest Hartig and Anna Ehmke. Velma married Arthur Kintzel May 23, 1937 at Clarence. He died August 13, 1996. Velma had worked for over 20 years at Ropa's Grocery store in Stanwood....
Glen Cohenour
Jan 14, 2006
Glen R. Cohenour, 68, of Lowden, Iowa died Saturday, January 14, 2006 at the Veterans home in Marshalltown Iowa of a sudden illness. Glen R. Cohenour was born on October 11,1937 in orrilla, Iowa to Lawrence Cohenour and Lottie Lee. Glen R. Cohenour married Mona Smiley August 25, 1956, she died February 3, 1999. Glen served in the Navy from...
Irma Dircks
Jan 14, 2006
Irma L. Dircks, 81, of Clarence, Iowa died Friday, January 13, 2006 at Prairie Hill Assisted Living in Tipton. Irma Dircks was born on December 14, 1924 in Clarence to Richard Hulse and Eleanor Boettcher. Irma Dircks married Darrel Dircks August 22nd 1943 at Clarence. He died June 14, 1994. Irma was a member of St. John's United Church of...
Velma Smith
Jan 11, 2006
Velma R. Smith, 97, of Stanwood, Iowa died Tuesday, January 10, 2006 at Clarence Nursing Home. Velma Smith was born on September 17, 1908 in rural Cedar County to Raymond and Lydia Hines. Velma Married Kenneth Smith August 18, 1932 at Chicago, Illinois. He died April 25, 1989. Velma was a 1926 graduate of Mechanicsville High School she was member...
Jeanette Sawyer
Jan 5, 2006
Jeanette Sawyer, 87, of Onslow, Iowa died Wednesday, January 4, 2006 at Clarence Nursing Home after a short illness. Jeanette Sawyer was born on July 8, 1918 in Seattle, Washington to Adolph Gollobith and Olive Kent. Jeanette Sawyer married Russell Orr July 8, 1938 at Dubuque; they divorced in 1955. She married Gordon Sawyer in March of 1957 in Miami,...
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