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Obituaries

Lorna Wanatee

Lorna Valee “Nakita” Wanatee, 27, of Tama, passed away, Saturday, August 21, 2021 at Grandview Healthcare Center in Oelwein. A Traditional Wake will be held Sunday evening at the Eagle Clan Ceremonial Building on the Meskwaki Settlement in rural Tama. Traditional Graveside Services will be ...

Diane Giesenberg

Diane Marie Giesenberg, 75, of Tama, passed away Wednesday, August 18, 2021 at Sunny Hill Care Center in Tama. A Memorial Service will be held Sunday, August 22, 2021 at 2:00 PM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama with Pastor Jill Mack officiating. Interment will be private. A Memorial ...

Terri Enderes Garbutt

Her favorite color was pink, representing love and compassion, qualities she inspired from her birth June 7, 1972. Born Terri Janelle Enderes to Wanda and Larry Enderes in Cedar Rapids, IA she moved with her parents to Tama in 1976, attending South Tama County schools through graduation in ...

Peter Zmolek

Peter Paul “Pete” Zmolek, 97, passed away Sunday, August 15, 2021 at Sunny Hill Care Center in Tama. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:30 AM at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Tama with Father Michael McAndrew and Deacon Stan Upah as officiants. ...

Garry Davenport Sr.

Garry Davenport Sr., 76, of Tama, passed away Saturday August 7, 2021 at his home on the Meskwaki Settlement in rural Tama. Traditional Graveside Services will be held Monday, August 9, 2021 at 2:00 PM at the Meskwaki Cemetery on the Meskwaki Settlement in rural Tama with Mike Keahna as ...

Shirley Fritz

Shirley Ann Burns Fritz passed away on Thursday, August 5, 2021 in Urbandale Iowa. Graveside services for Shirley will be held at 11:00 AM, Thursday, August 12, 2021 at Webb Cemetery (7360 G24 HWY, Indianola, Iowa). Lunch will be provided at the Machine Shed in Urbandale following the service. ...

Evan Kapayou

Evan “Rev” Raye Kapayou, De-gi-ga-ta, 50, of Tama, passed away Sunday, August 1, 2021 at Unity Point Marshalltown Medical Center. Traditional Graveside Services will be held Tuesday, 3, 2021 at 2:00 PM at the Morgan Cemetery on the Meskwaki Settlement in rural Tama. A Traditional Wake was ...

Vincent Duncan

TAMA-Vincent Duncan, 75, of Tama, passed away Tuesday, July 27, 2021 in Coralville. Traditional Graveside Services will be held Thursday, July 29, 2021 at 2:00 PM at the McIntosh Cemetery on the Meskwaki Settlement in rural Tama. A Traditional Wake was held Wednesday evening at the Fox Clan ...

Gordon M. Blocker

TAMA-Gordon M. Blocker, 85, of Tama, passed away, Sunday, July 18, 2021 at UnityPoint Health/Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, July 21, 2021 at 10:30 AM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama with Rev. Dewey Grimes officiating. Interment will follow ...

Glenn Gibson

Glenn Gibson, 87 of Montezuma passed away Friday evening, July 16, 2021 at the Unity Point Grinnell Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will begin at 10:30 am Saturday, July 24, 2021 at the Community Hope Church in Montezuma. Burial will be held in the Pleasant Township Cemetery at Ewart. ...