Florence Irene Ruth, 87, of Grundy Center, passed away on April 23, 2019, at Grundy County Memorial Hospital in Grundy Center. A service will be held on Saturday, April 27, at 11 AM at Abels Funeral And Cremation Service, Engelkes-Chapel, in Grundy Center. Visitation will be held beforehand from 9-11 AM. Private inurnment will be held at a later date at Rose Hill Cemetery in Grundy Center. Memorials may be directed to be donated to a cause of their choosing at a later date. Online messages...

Scott Charles Harvey, 50, of Eldora, passed away unexpectedly at his home in Eldora on Monday, April 22, 2019. Memorial Visitation for Scott will be held on Tuesday, April 30th from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Abels Funeral & Cremation Service-Creps Chapel in Eldora. The memorial service will be held on Wednesday, May 1st at 4:00 PM at the Eldora Fire Station, 2206 Washington St., Eldora, IA. Cremation rites have been performed and no burial is planned at this time. Memorials may be directed...

Thelma Dirks, 97, of Grundy Center, passed away on Easter Sunday, April 21, 2019 at the Grundy Care Center, in Grundy Center. Funeral Services will be held at 3:00 P.M. Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at Orchard Hill Church in Grundy Center with burial in Lincoln Township Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1:30 P.M. until time of services at the church on Tuesday. Thelma (DeBerg) Dirks was born on May 29, 1921 in Lincoln township Grundy County to Charles and Hattie (Beninga) DeBerg.  She...

John Buskohl, 95, of Lincoln, IA, passed away on April 20, 2019, at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. A visitation will be held on Thursday, April 25, from 4-7 PM at Engelkes-Chapel in Grundy Center. A funeral service will be held on Friday, April 26, at 1:30 PM at Salem Church of Lincoln in Lincoln, IA, with Pastor Barbara Muhs officiating. Interment will follow at Maple Hill Cemetery in rural Gladbrook with military honors. Memorials may be directed to the church or to the family to be...

  Merriem M. Gast, 95, of Iowa Falls, Iowa, formerly of Steamboat Rock, Iowa, passed away on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at Hansen Family Hospital in Iowa Falls. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 from 9:30 a.m. until time of funeral service 10:30 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Steamboat Rock. Burial will follow at the Steamboat Rock Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the family.  Merriem was born on April 19, 1923 in rural Wellsburg, Iowa; she...

Harry G. Schiller, 80, of Grundy Center, Iowa, passed away on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital, while under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice. Burial will be held privately by the family at Rose Hill Cemetery in Grundy Center. Memorials may be directed to the family.  Harry was born on July 1, 1938 in Waterloo, Iowa. He was the loving son of George and Corlena (Cordes) Schiller. He was raised in Grundy Center and graduated from Grundy Center High School....

Mary Stahl, 98, of Wellsburg, passed away on Saturday, April 13, 2019, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo. The funeral service will be held on Saturday, April 20, 2019, at 11:00 AM at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in rural Wellsburg with Pastor Victoria Shepherd officiating. Visitation will be held at the church one hour prior to the service starting at 10:00 AM. Burial will follow services at the church cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the family, to be...

Ralph Reford Boomgarden, age 85 of Eldora, passed away on Friday, April 12, 2019 at Eldora Specialty Care. Ralph was born June 3, 1933 in Wellsburg, Iowa, the son of Jake and Etta (Schmidt) Boomgarden. He graduated from Steamboat Rock High School in 1951. On May 12, 1953 he entered the United States Army and was honorably discharged on May 10, 1955. He was united in marriage to Maxine Faye Balvanz on July 1, 1956 at the Church of Christ in Eldora. To this union two sons were born. Ralph...

Tucker Lynn Ragsdale, 4-month old son of Nathan & Ariana (Oliver) Ragsdale, earned his tiny but mighty angel wings on Tuesday, April 2nd at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital in Iowa City, after a brave fight in his short, but beautiful life. Visitation for Tucker will be held on Monday, April 8th from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Abels Funeral & Cremation Service-French-Hand Chapel in Reinbeck. The funeral service will be held on Tuesday, April 9th at 11:00...

Randall Lee Roegner, 65, of Ackley, Iowa, passed away on Monday, April 1, 2019 at Hansen Family Hospital in Iowa Falls. A visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Friday, April 5, 2019 at St. John’s United Church of Christ in Ackley. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 6, 2019 at St. John’s United Church of Christ. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery in Ackley. Memorials may be directed to the family. Randy was born on November 20,...