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Obituaries

Valentin and Bobette Lerma

A celebration of life service for Valentin and Bobette Lerma of Toledo, will be held at 10:00 AM on Saturday, July 10, 2021, at the Tama Meskwaki Celebration Assembly of God Church in Tama. The service will begin live streaming at 10:15 AM on the Smith Funeral Home and Crematory Facebook page. ...

Gordon Scott

Gordon Ralph Scott, 91, of Cedar Rapids, died June 21, 2021, in his home following a short illness. Services: 10:00 a.m. Saturday June 26, 2021, at Trinity Lutheran Church. A visitation will be held on Friday June 25, 2021, at Cedar Memorial Westside Chapel from 4-7 p.m. Committal service will ...

Darrel Lee Wanatee

TAMA-Darrel Lee Wanatee, 75, of Tama, passed away Sunday, June 20, 2021 at his home on the Meskwaki Settlement in rural Tama. Traditional Graveside Services will be held Tuesday, June 22, 2021 at 2:00 PM at the McIntosh Cemetery on the Meskwaki Settlement in rural Tama with Larry Lasley Sr. as ...

Everette Leonard Crowe Jr.

Everette Leonard Crowe Jr. was born on April 2, 1991 to mother Roberta Ann (Milk) Archambeau and Everette Crowe Sr. in Yankton, SD. He is a grandson of Chief Milk. Everette grew up on the Ihanktonwan Reservation, Tama, IA and Tucson AZ were he met his companion, Daisha James and moved back ...

Mary Jane Duggan

TAMA-Mary Jane Duggan, 76, of Tama, passed away Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at her home due to a sudden illness. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, June 22, 2021 at 10:30 AM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama. Interment will follow at the Sheridan Cemetery in rural Malcom. Visitation will ...

Brenda Lukasko

Brenda Leonard Lukasko, 68, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Monday, June 14, 2021, at Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha, Iowa. Visitation: 9 – 11 a.m. Monday, June 21, 2021, at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, Cedar Rapids with service to follow at 11 a.m. ...

Derris Arlon Keahna

TAMA-Derris Arlon Keahna Jr, 30, of Tama, passed away Sunday, June 13, 2021 at UnityPoint-Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines. A Christian Funeral Service will be held Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 1:00 PM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama. A Traditional Wake will be held Tuesday evening on ...

Valerian “Val” John Hanzelka

Valerian “Val” John Hanzelka passed peacefully at Iowa River Hospice on the evening of June 11th, 2021, and awoke to Heaven’s sun. The family would especially like to thank the staff at Iowa River Hospice Home for bringing comfort and peace to Val’s final week, and the care they ...

Michael Polka

Michael Duane Polka, 71, of New London, died Friday, June 4, 2021. He was born December 19, 1949 in Cedar Rapids to Paul and Doris Brown Polka. He married Connie Konicek Weaver and then on July 30, 2007 he married Lori Jo Wasson Poe in New London. He was baptized in the Catholic church. ...

Genevieve “Gene” Waseskuk

TAMA-Genevieve “Gene” Waseskuk, 95, of Tama, passed away Friday, June 11, 2021 at Sunny Hill Care Center in Tama under the care of the Hospice of the Midwest. A Traditional Wake will be held Saturday evening on June 12, 2021 starting at 5:00 PM at the Mesquakie Friends Church, 1898 350th ...