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Obituaries

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, ...

Barbara Gudenkauf

Barbara Joanne Gudenkauf, 74, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away on Tuesday, January 21, 2025. A visitation will be held on Sunday, January 26, 2025, from 2:00-5:00pm at New Covenant Bible Church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A memorial service will be held on Monday, January 27, 2025, at 11:00am at ...

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 ...

Marilyn Hala

Marilyn Hala, a champion for math education and for social justice, died on Dec. 9, 2004 at her home in Reston, Virginia. She was 87 years old. Her death was a caused by the complications of multiple myeloma. Marilyn was born November 20, 1937, in Toledo, Iowa, the eldest child of Anton and ...

Nellie Morehead

TAMA-Nellie Jeanine Morehead, 88, of Tama, passed away Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at UnityPoint Health-Marshalltown Hospital. A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama. Interment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Tama. ...

Steven Buchanan Sr.

Steven Buchanan Sr., age 75 of Garwin, Iowa, passed away on the evening of January 5, 2024 at Unity Point Health in Marshalltown. At this time, cremation rites have been accorded and a formal celebration of life will be held at a later date to be announced. In lieu of flowers, memorials in ...

Dallas Haas

TOLEDO-Dallas Dean Haas, 82, of Toledo, passed away on Monday, January 6, 2025, at Premier Estates of Toledo. A Funeral Service will be held 10:30 AM, on Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at the Reformed Baptist Church in Tama. Burial will be in National Cemetery, Vining, Iowa. Dallas was born on ...

Anna Smith

TOLEDO-Anna Katherine (Kunch) Smith, 89, of Toledo, was born on February 15, 1935, in her country home near Clutier, Iowa. She was the daughter of William and Emma (Chaska) Kunch. Anna passed away on Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at the Iowa River Hospice Home in Marshalltown after a very short ...