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Obituaries

Evelyn Carpenter

Evelyn Maxine Carpenter, age 94, of Anaheim, CA, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday evening, January 8, 2025, at her residence. She was born August 13, 1930, in Tama, IA, the daughter of the late Lawrence Crawford and Zola Fiala Crawford. Evelyn was preceded in death by brothers, Lawrence ...

Wayne Foreman

TOLEDO-Wayne Eugene Foreman, 94, of Toledo, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Thursday, January 30, 2025 at MercyOne Medical Center in Des Moines. Funeral Services will be held Friday, February 7, 2025 at 10:30 AM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama. Interment will ...

Patrick “Jim” Walsh

Heaven had a reunion on the afternoon of Friday, January 24, 2025. Patrick “Jim” Walsh, age 80 of Marshalltown, passed away peacefully at the Iowa Veteran’s Home in Marshalltown rejoining his wife, Linda. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, February 10, 2025 beginning at ...

Joan Hansen

Joan (Joann) was born on New Year's Eve of 1939. She grew up in Tama County, Iowa, with her parents Carrie and Vernon Becker, and her 4 sisters: Jane (Jack) Bogue, Ruth Becker, Marlene (Dene) Rhoads and Mary Ann (Richard) Gardner. Joan also had a half-brother, Vernon "Dutch" (Kelly) ...

Nedra Neville

Nedra Ann (Hicks) Neville was born the daughter of Morgan and Viola Hicks, of Malcolm, Iowa. In 1950, she married Wayne Neville, moved to toledo, Iowa, and raised Dawn, Vickie and Wayne, Jr. In 1995, she married Arthur Goecke and they moved to Grinnell, Iowa, in 1999. Last year, Nedra moved to ...

Lois Chaska

TOLEDO-Lois Ruth (Rairdin) Chaska, 80, of Toledo, passed away Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at the Iowa River Hospice Home in Marshalltown. Private Family Services will be held at a later date. Condolences may be sent to Kyle and the family at Birkwood Village, 308 2nd St., Apt. 211, Toledo, IA ...

Margaret Dvorak

ELBERON-Margaret Jean “Peg” Dvorak, 86, of Elberon, passed away Thursday, December 26th following a brief illness surrounded by her family at the Keystone Care Center. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday, January 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Tama, with ...

Frances Hopper

Frances Ann, lovingly called Ann, by family & friends, peacefully fell asleep in death on December 31, 2024. Ann was born to her parents, the late Frank and Frances J. Hopkins, on January 12, 1936, in Birmingham, Alabama. At the age of 19, in 1955, Ann joined the Navy and served in ...

William Grieder

William “Bill" Dean Grieder, 85, of Belle Plaine, IA passed peacefully to Jesus his Savior, surrounded by his family January 20, 2025. Bill passed from complications of Parkinson's Disease. Services will be held at Hrabak-Neuhaus Funeral Service in Belle Plaine Friday, January 24, ...

Leslie “Les” Koch

TOLEDO-Leslie Robert “Les” Koch, 80, of Toledo, passed away Friday, January 24, 2025 at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in Iowa City. A Funeral Service will be held Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 10:30 AM at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Tama with Pastor Warren Riley ...