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Bradley K. Borchers

Bradley K. Borchers

Aug 26, 2006

Bradley K. Borchers, age 51, of Wheatland, Iowa, died Died Saturday, August 26, 2006, at Genesis East Medical Center-Davenport. Bradley was born April 16, 1955, in Davenport to Keylon H. and Jean R. (Hamdorf) Borchers. Visitation will be held from 4:00-8:00 pm on Tuesday, August 29, at Chapman Funeral Home in Wheatland. Following the visitation his body will be cremated...

Marvin J. Anderson

Marvin J. Anderson

Jul 31, 2006

Marvin J. Anderson, age 84, of Clarence, Iowa, died Monday, July 31, 2006, at Clarence Nursing Home after a short illness. Marvin was born May 20, 1922, in Viroqua, Wisconsin to Charles and Lena (Gold) Anderson. Marvin Married Vera Gehrls on March 15, 1996 in Longview, Texas, she died in Feburary of 2003. Funeral services will be held at 6:00...

Noel E. Mast

Noel E. Mast

Jul 24, 2006

Noel E. Mast, age 67, of Clarence, Iowa, died July 24, 2006, at St. Lukes Hospital - Cedar Rapids. Noel was born December 25, 1938, in Cedar Falls, Iowa to Harry and Ruth (Rittgers) Mast. Noel Married Carol Maxwell on July 30, 1966, in Fort Madison, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 am on Friday, July 28, 2006,...

Leroy W. Pruess

Leroy W. Pruess

Jul 21, 2006

Leroy W. Pruess, age 85, of Clarence, Iowa, died Friday, July 21, 2006, at St.Lukes Hospital Cedar Rapids. Leroy was born July 4, 1921, in Clarence to Paul and Helen (Bergmann) Pruess. Leroy Married Mardell Rathjen March 2, 1947 in Davenport, she died Sept. 12, 2001. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm on Sunday, July 30, 2006, at...

Rosalie A. Mcatee

Rosalie A. Mcatee

Jul 19, 2006

Rosalie A. McAtee, age 67, of Clarence, Iowa, died July 19, 2006, at home after a long illness. Rosalie was born July 22, 1938, in Walker, Iowa to Henry and Caroline (Putnam) Reece. Rosalie married Chuck McAtee on July 15 of 1964 in Center Point. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 am on Monday, July 24, 2006, at Chapman...

Eldon E. Ruchtozke

Eldon E. Ruchtozke

Jul 17, 2006

Eldon E. Ruchtozke, age 69, of Tipton, Iowa, died Monday, July 17, 2006, in University Hospital, Iowa City. Eldon was born April 9,1937, in Clarence, Iowa to Edward and Ida (Luettjohann) Ruchotzke. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Wednesday, July 19, 2006, at Chapman Funeral Home in Clarence, Iowa, with Rev. David Mears officiating. Burial will be...

Florence Bethurum

Florence Bethurum

Jul 8, 2006

Florence Bethurum, 101, of Dixon, Iowa died Saturday, July 8, 2006, at the Wheatland Manor Nursing Home in Wheatland, Iowa. Florence was born on March 4, 1905, in Big Rock, Iowa, to Grover and Bertha (Homrighausen) Horstmann. Florence married Edward Bethurum on March 2, 1940; Edward died in 1970. Florence served as organist for 75 years at Emmanuel United Church...

Wilbert H. Hass

Wilbert H. Hass

Jul 1, 2006

Wilbert H. Hass, age 91, sond of Johannes and Emma (Rathman) Hass, died Saturday, July 1, 2006, in Wheatland Manor Nursing Home after a short illness. Services will be held St.Paul's United Church of Christ in Wheatland at 10:30 AM on Wednesday, July 5, led by Rev. Laird Keever. Visitation will be held 3:00-7:00 P.M. Monday at Chapman Funeral Home...

Richard "Tony" Petersen

Richard "Tony" Petersen

Jun 6, 2006

Richard "Tony" Petersen, age 66, son of Richard and Eunice (Hunter) Petersen, died at his home Tuesday, June 6,2006, after an extended illness. Services will be held at Chapman Funeral Home-Clarence at 10:00 A.M. on Friday, June 9, led by Pastor Phil Leipold. Following services his body will be cremated with inurnment in Sharon Hill cemetery at Kalona at a...

Helen B. Lund

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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