Peggy Leigh Husmann, age 73 passed away on Monday July 4th, 2022, at Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo, Ia. Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Friday, July 8th, 2022, at the Abels Funeral and Cremation Service, French Hand Chapel in Reinbeck. A Visitation at Fawn Creek Country Club, 1601 130th St. in Anamosa, IA will be held on Sunday July 10th, 2022, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. followed by Memorial services. Contributions may be to Peggy’s estate or o...

Mr. Richard Ray Conradi, 73 of Clover, SC passed away peacefully at his home Thursday June 30th, 2020. Funeral services will be 3:30 p.m. Sunday July 3rd, 2022, at Greater Life Ministries, 3307 Filbert HWY., Clover, SC with Rev. Milton Smith officiating. The family will receive friends I hour before the services at the church. Internment will be in Grundy Center, IA with graveside services at the Rose Hill Cemetery on Friday July 8th, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. Pastor Richard Ward will be...

Harold “Harry” Dole, age 89, died on Friday, June 24th. He passed peacefully in his home, surrounded by his loving family. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at the Grundy Center High School, Main Gymnasium; and on Wednesday, June 29, 2022, from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. at St. Gabriel Catholic Church in rural Reinbeck. A fellowship will follow the mass and then there will be a private...

Dr. Don A. Buchanan DVM, long-time resident of Grundy Center and its main veterinarian for more than 40 years, passed away quietly at his home north of Grundy Center on July 22, 2022. Don was born in Wheatland Iowa on July 1, 1929, the first son of Albert and Beulah (Muhl) Buchanan. Don spent his youth in Wheatland where he and his brothers Dean and Dave developed a life-ling love for the outdoors and learned skills in hunting, fishing, woodworking, carpentry, and animal husbandry. Don...

John Lee Claussen, 97 of Hudson Iowa, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 20, 2022, at his home, surrounded by loved ones. Visitation will be held on Sunday, June 26, 2022, from 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. followed by a brief funeral service at the Abels Funeral and Cremation Service, French-Hand Chapel, in Reinbeck, Iowa. Burial will be held privately at a later date. Memorials may be directed to the family.  John was born November 21, 1924, on the family farm south of Reinbeck,...

Wanda Lou Akers, 82, of Grundy Center, passed away on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, at the Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo, Iowa. Memorial visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Friday, June 17, 2022, at Abels Funeral and Cremation Service, Engelkes Chapel in Grundy Center. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 18, 2022, at Rose Hill Cemetery in Grundy Center. Memorials may be directed to the family.  Wanda was born on January 21, 1940, in...

Marlen Dennis Berghuis passed from this life on Sunday, June 12, 2022, at the age of 86. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 16, 2022, at the Abels Funeral and Cremation Service, Creps Chapel in Eldora. A funeral service will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, June 17, 2022, at the First Baptist Church in Eldora. Burial will be held at the Honey Creek Cemetery in New Providence. Memorials may be directed to the family.  Marlen was born June 10, 1936,...

Jayne E. Rossell, 77, of Des Moines, Iowa, passed away on June 11, 2022, at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital. Services will be held at a later date. Memorials may be directed to the family. A memorial visitation will be held at Christ the King Catholic Church in Des Moines, Iowa from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., with a praying of the Rosary, on Monday, June 27, 2022. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. at Christ the King Catholic Church on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. Burial...

Gabriel “Skip” McConnell, a proud retired Army Veteran, passed away on Saturday June 11th, 2022, surrounded by his loved ones. Skip was born on September 7th, 1948, in Belvidere, Illinois to Gabriel George McConnell and Mary Lee Shaw-McConnell. At the age of 18, Skip enlisted in the United States Army. He valued this service highly. He served over 20 years of active duty and attained the rank of E8/1SG. He had multiple positions which included Military Police Investigator, 82nd...

Ellen Darlene (Boers) McCrea, 100, of Eldora, Iowa passed away on Thursday, June 9, 2022, at Ramsey Village in Des Moines, Iowa. A memorial visitation will be held one hour prior to the memorial service at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 6, 2022, at the Eldora United Methodist Church. Inurnment will follow at Eastlawn Memory Gardens in Eldora. Memorials may be directed to the family.  Darlene was born on September 6, 1921, to Howard and Dosia (Carr) Boers in Milford, Iowa. Darlene was...