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Obituaries

Lemuel Dale Dudley, “Dale,” 88

Lemuel Dale Dudley, “Dale,” 88, passed away Thursday, August 10th at Hallmark Care Center in Mt. Vernon, Iowa. A family-led visitation was held on Monday, August 14, 2023, from 1:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. at Birkwood Village, 308 2nd Ave. in Toledo, IA. A family-led graveside service will ...

Pacific Bukuru, 25

Pacific Bukuru, 25, of Tama, passed away Friday, August 11, 2023, in Ottumwa, Iowa. Funeral Service will be held Saturday, September 2, 2023, at 2:00 PM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama. Interment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Tama. Visitation will be held Saturday, September 2, ...

Ralph Robert “Bob” Moses, 87

Ralph Robert “Bob” Moses, 87, of Toledo, passed away Thursday, August 10, 2023, at Sunny Hill Care Center in Tama. A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, August 19, 2023, at 2:00 PM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama with Pastor David Martin officiating. Interment will follow at ...

Michael S. Buffalo, 71

Funeral services for Michael S. Buffalo, 71, of Pierre, SD, was 11:00 a.m., Saturday, August 5, 2023, at the Holy Comforter Episcopal Church in Lower Brule, SD, with burial in the Holy Comforter Episcopal Cemetery at Lower Brule, SD. Wake services were 7:00 p.m., Thursday and Friday at the ...

Russell J. Upah, 85

Russell J. Upah, 85, of Belle Plaine, Iowa, passed away Monday, July 31, 2023, at his home surrounded by loving family. Russ was born May 1, 1938, on the family farm east of Vining, Iowa, to Milvoy and Blanche (Zmolek) Upah. Russ attended rural Vining School, then went on to buy a truck ...

Delilah Elaine Mauskemo, 37

Delilah Elaine Mauskemo, 37, of Tama, passed away Sunday, July 30, 2023, at UnityPoint-Marshalltown. A Traditional Wake was held Monday evening, July 31, 2023, at the Glenn Roberts Ceremonial Building on the Meskwaki Settlement in rural Tama. Traditional Graveside Services was held Tuesday, ...

Donald Lee Dolash, 85

Donald Lee Dolash, 85, of Cedar Rapids, passed away on Sunday, July 30, 2023. Memorial Service: 11:00 AM, Tuesday, August 1, 2023, at Oakland Church of the Nazarene in Cedar Rapids. Inurnment: Woodlawn Cemetery in Toledo. Donald was born on March 31, 1938, in Toledo, Iowa, the son of Frank ...

Betty (Kaufman) Coleman, 84

Betty (Kaufman) Coleman, 84, Toledo, Iowa, left us on June 23, 2023, surrounded by love and many family members. Daughter of Albert and Mabel (Behounek) Kaufman, Betty was born on August 28, 1938, on the farm in Richland Township, Tama County. Betty graduated from Chelsea High School and ...

Marlus Lyn Svoboda, 80

Marlus Lyn Svoboda, 80, of Clutier, passed away Thursday, July 13, 2023, at Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. A Mass of Christian Burial was held Tuesday, July 18, 2023, at 10:30 AM at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Tama with Father Michael McAndrew, Father Andy Upah and Deacon Stan ...

Larry Westfall Hennesy

Larry Westfall Hennesy passed away peacefully on June 28th, 2023, after a short illness beginning with a fall a month earlier. One of eight children of Willard and Esther Hennesy, he was born in Toledo, Iowa, in 1935. He spent his entire childhood there, graduating from high school in 1953. ...