Obituaries

Wilferd Joseph Becker

Wilferd Joseph Becker, age 93, passed away on Sunday, November 27, 2022, with his family by his side, after a short stay at Virginia Gay Care Center in Vinton. Funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 ...

Grant Henry Takes

Grant Henry Takes, age 78, died Monday, November 28, 2022 at his home in rural Walker.Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, December 3, 2022 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in U...

Christopher Alan Ehlen

Christopher Alan Ehlen, 61, of Belle Plaine, IA passed away November 28, 2022 at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, IA.Chris was born May 19, 1961 in Cedar Rapids to Dick and Cindy (Grippen) Ehlen. ...

David Robert Reisch

David Robert Reisch, age 53, passed away on Thursday, November 24, 2022, at Virginia Gay Nursing and Rehab.  Private family services will be held. David was born on March 18, 1969, in O...

Marilyn Jean Eddards

Marilyn Jean Eddards, age 74, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 23, 2022 at Unity Point St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids. Private family services will be held. Marilyn was b...

Eugene F. "Jim" Garthoff

Eugene F. "Jim" Garthoff, 89, of Elk Run Heights, died on Saturday, November 26, 2022 at home.Eugene was born on February 27, 1933 in Waterloo, son of Phillip Jr. and Lois (Weldon) Garthoff.He married...

Ronald Henry "Ronnie" "Pete" Peters

Ronald Henry "Ronnie" "Pete" Peters, 88, of La Porte City passed away peacefully on Friday, November 25, 2022, while a resident of La Porte City Specialty Care. He was born on January 26, 1934, in Bla...

Norma Joan (Coover) Andresen

Norma Joan (Coover) Andresen, 86, of Spirit Lake, IA, formerly of Keystone, IA, was called to heaven on Friday, November 18, 2022, from Lakes Regional Healthcare in Spirit Lake. Her children were at h...

Betty Jean Roberta McElhaney

Betty Jean Roberta McElhaney, age 90, of Clarksville, Iowa, was born the daughter of Ernest “Virgo” and Margaret (Rahn) Jacobsen on November 14, 1932, in Denver, Iowa.  Betty graduated from M...

Robert “Rob” Norman Wheeler

Robert “Rob” Norman Wheeler, 64, of Webster, Wis., formerly of Hiawatha, Iowa, passed away on Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, at Regions Hospital in Saint Paul, Minn. Visitation will be held from 4 to 6 p....