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Obituaries

Jerome Milo “Jerry” Velky

CLUTIER-Jerome Milo "Jerry" Velky, 94, of Clutier, passed away Thursday, February 25, 2021 at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday, March 1, 2021 at 10:00 AM at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Tama with Father Dennis Conway as celebrant. ...

Isaac Roberts

TAMA-Isaac Roberts, 89, of Tama, passed away Monday, February 22, 2021 at UnityPoint-Grinnell Regional Medical Center. Traditional Graveside Services will be held Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 2:00 PM at the Meskwaki Cemetery on the Meskwaki Settlement in rural Tama. A Traditional Wake was ...

William Smith

William “Bill“ Buchanan Smith, 89, of Stilwell Oklahoma, passed away at home with his family at his side on February 20, 2021. Bill was born on March 25, 1931 in Marshalltown, Iowa, to Jesse C. Smith and Laura E. (McCullough) Smith. He grew up on the family farm south of Tama, Iowa and ...

Lawrence Lewis “Larry” Dvorak

CLUTIER-Lawrence Lewis "Larry" Dvorak, 81, of Clutier, passed away Friday, February 12, 2021 at his home due to a sudden illness. A Memorial Service and Interment will be held at a later date at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in rural Clutier. Larry was born May 26, 1939, in Marshalltown, Iowa, the ...

Robert M. Upah

Robert M. Upah, Age 84, passed away at the Accura Health Care Center in Newton, Iowa surrounded by his loving family. The family wishes to have an inurnment at the St. Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery in Chelsea, Iowa at a later date. Robert was born on September 12, 1936 in Brooklyn, Iowa. He ...

Dale Allen Blackcloud Jr.

Dale Allen Blackcloud Jr., 38, of Tama, passed away Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at his home on the Meskwaki Settlement in rural Tama under the care of Iowa River Hospice. Traditional Graveside Services will be held Friday, February 12, 2021 at 2:00 PM at the Meskwaki Cemetery on the Meskwaki ...

Doris Elaine McClure

Doris Elaine McClure, 87, of Tama, passed away Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at UnityPoint/Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. A Private Graveside Service will be held Friday, February 12, 2021 at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Toledo with Pastor Jill Mack officiating. A Celebration of Life will be held ...

Nancy Smouse

Nancy Smouse, 89, passed away on Thursday, February 4th, at EveryStep Kavanaugh House in Des Moines, with her loving family at her side. Nancy, formally of Montour, Iowa, had resided at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown since 2016. Born on August 8th, 1931, in Toledo, Iowa, she was the ...

Courtney Cathleen (Lyon) Larson

Courtney Cathleen (Lyon) Larson passed away at age 42 on Feb. 14, 2020, three weeks after being diagnosed with an aggressive glioblastoma multiforme brain tumor. Courtney was born on May 6, 1977 in Marshalltown, IA, the firstborn child of Bob and Kathy Lyon of rural Traer, and Ames, IA. She ...

Sharon Kay Yuska

TOLEDO-Sharon Kay Yuska, 83, of Toledo, passed away Monday, February 8, 2021 at Sunny Hill Care Center in Tama under the care of Hospice Compassus. A Memorial Service will be held on Friday, February 12, 2021 at 11:00 AM at the Tama Meskwaki Assembly of God Church, 900 E. 5th St., Tama with ...