Dorothea Mae Kruger, 90, of Fern, passed away on June 16, 2019, at Parker Place Retirement Community in Parkersburg of natural causes. Visitation will be held on Thursday, June 20, from 4-7 PM at Engelkes-Chapel in Grundy Center. A Funeral Service will be held on Friday, June 21, at 10:30 AM at Colfax Presbyterian Church in rural Holland. Visitation will resume from the evening prior at 9:30 AM at the church. Burial will be held at the church cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the family...

  Richard Eduard Waugh, 80, of Conrad, Iowa, passed away on June 13, 2019 at Grundy County Memorial Hospital in Grundy Center. Memorial visitation will be held on Friday, June 21, 2019 from 12:00 p.m. until time of Masonic service 2:00 p.m. at Abels Funeral and Cremation Service, Engelkes Chapel in Grundy Center, conducted by the Marshall Lodge 108 AF & AM. Inurnment will follow at the Conrad Cemetery with Military Honors conducted by the Conrad American Legion Post 681. Memorials...

  Bernard “Bud” Priske, 87, of Eldora, passed away on Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown. A memorial service for Bud will be held on (PLEASE NOTE DATE) Saturday, July 27th at 10:00 AM at Abels Funeral & Cremation Service-Creps Chapel in Eldora. Inurnment will follow the service at Eastlawn Memory Gardens in Eldora with full military honors. Memorials may be directed to the family and messages of condolence may be left for the family at...

Leona M. Gray, 95, long-time resident of the Eldora area, passed away on Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at Mary Greeley Hospital in Ames. Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. on Friday, June 14, 2019 at Abels Funeral & Cremation Service, Creps Chapel, Eldora. A funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 15, 2019 at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Eldora City Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the family, to later donate to local causes in...

Monday June 10th, 2019, Victoria Lynn Risius passed away at the young age of 62 after a 6 year battle with cancer. Vicki was born April 2nd 1957 in Nevada, Iowa to Loren & Jean Goodknight, she was the oldest of 3 children. Vicki graduated from Eldora High School in the class of 1975. That same year she married Denny Frerichs and had their daughter Heather Frerichs. The marriage lasted a year. In 1977, she married Randy Risius adding 3 more to their family, Chad Risius in 1981, Kristi...

Richard “Dick” F. Woodley, age 82 of Dike, passed peacefully on Saturday, June 8, 2019 at Creekside Living in Grundy Center. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at St. Gabriel Catholic Church, County Rd T55 (U Ave), Reinbeck. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 7:00 P.M. on Monday at the Abels Funeral and Cremation Service – Dike Chapel and continue for one hour prior to services at the church on Tuesday. Burial will be held at a...

David Sheridan “Duff” Roberts, 82, of Reinbeck, passed away on June 7, 2019, at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. A memorial gathering will be held on Monday, June 10, from 5-7 PM at French-Hand Chapel in Reinbeck. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, June 11, at 11 AM at the First Presbyterian Church in Reinbeck. The memorial gathering will resume at the church at 10 AM from the evening prior. Memorials may be directed to the family to be donated to a cause of their...

David G. Schildroth, age 62 of Reinbeck, died Thursday, June 6, 2019 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital in Grundy Center. Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. Thursday, June 13, 2019 at the Abels Funeral and Cremation Service, French-Hand Chapel in Reinbeck. Graveside Services will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Friday, June 14, 2019 at the Reinbeck Cemetery. David was born on December 28, 1956 in Batavia, New York, the son of George and Lulabel Mae (Smeal) Schildroth. He graduated...

Rolland “Rolly” Howard Hummel, 83, of Reinbeck, passed away on June 5, 2019, at Parkview Manor Nursing Home in Reinbeck. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, June 8, at 10:30 AM at Saint John’s Lutheran Church in Reinbeck with Pastor Troy Peperkorn presiding. Visitation will be held at 9AM until the start of the service. Interment will follow at Reinbeck City Cemetery with military honors performed by the Reinbeck American Legion. Memorials may be directed to...

Marion Samo, age 96 of Grundy Center passed away Monday, June 3, 2019 at Creekside Living in Grundy Center due to complications of too many birthdays. Visitation will be held from 1:30 to 3:00 P.M. on Friday, June 7, 2019 at Abels Funeral and Cremation Service – Engelkes Chapel with burial following at Rose Hill Cemetery, both in Grundy Center. There will be no formal funeral services held. Marion was born on September 29, 1922 in Traer, Iowa, the daughter of Louis and Blanche...