Obits, Feb. 1st, 2016

February 1st funeral announcements

Services for a Readlyn woman, 75 year old JoAnn Meihost, will be held at 10:30am on Friday at Zion Lutheran Church in Readlyn. Burial will be in Zion Lutheran Cemetery in Readlyn. Visitation will be from 4-8pm on Thursday at Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home.

Services for an Oelwein man, 70 year old Robert E. "Bob" Helland, will held at 11am on Friday at Zion Lutheran Church as well as at 11am on Saturday at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Bode. Interment will be at St. Olaf Lutheran Cemetery in Bode. Visitation is from 4-8pm on Thursday at the Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home in Oelwein and one hour before each of the church services.

Services for a Sumner resident, 86 year old Luella M. Eckenrod, will be held at 2:30pm on Friday at St. John Lutheran Church in Sumner. Interment will follow at the church cemetery. Friends may call from 4-7pm on Thursday at Becker-Milnes Funeral Home in Sumner and for one hour preceding services at the church on Friday.

Services for a Strawberry Point woman, 99 year old Anna Marie Bergan, will be held at 10:30 am on Saturday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Strawberry Point. Interment will be in the Cass Township Cemetery. Visitation will be 3-7pm on Friday at Leonard-Muller Funeral Home in Strawberry Point where there will be 3pm Scripture Service. Friends may also call one hour prior to Mass at the church on Saturday.

A Nashua resident, 94 year old Darwin R. Smith, passed away on Saturday. Funeral arrangments are pending at Hugeback Johnson Funeral Home in Nashua.

Services for a Calmar resident, 91 year old Constance "connie" Glock, will be held at 11am on Thursday at Calmar Lutheran Church. Burial will be held at the Calmar Lutheran Cemetery. Friends may call from 3-7pm on Wednesday at the Schluter-Balik Funeral Home in Calmar and also after 10am at the church on Thursday morning.

Services for a Guttenberg resident, 109 year old Blanche Mae (Borrett) Oldham Kruse, will be held at 11am on Thursday at St. John's Lutheran Church in Guttenberg. Family will receive friends from 9-11am on Thursday at St. John's Lutheran church.

Services for a Cedar Falls resident, 78 year old Elaine Matthias, will be held on Friday at 11am at St. John's Lutheran Church in Waverly. Private family burial will be at Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery=Klinger. Visitation will held on Thursday from 5-7pm at the Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home in Waverly.

Services for an Oelwein resident, 100 year old Iola Stannard, will be held 10:30am on Saturday at the United Methodist Church in Fayette. Visitation will be held from 3-6pm on Friday at Becker-Milnes Funeral Home in Fayetter and for one hour prior to services at the church on Saturday.

Services for a Sumner man, 80 year old Harry James "Jim" Anderson, will be held at United Methodist Church in Randalia on Friday at 10:30am. Interment will follow at Dunham Grove Cemetery with military rites by Arnold-Rogers Post #312, American Legion of Hawkeye. Friends may call from 4-7pm on Thursday at Becker-Miles Funeral Home in Hawkeye and for one hour preceding services at the church in Friday.

Services for a Postvile resident, 92 year old La Verna Dundee, will be at 11am on Friday at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Postville. Burial will follow at Postville Cemetery. Visitation will be on Thursday from 4-7pm at Schutte-Grau Funeral Home and one hour before services at the church on Friday.

Services for a Cresco resident, 92 year old Reuben R. Praska, will be held at 10:30am today at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Protivin. Burial will be in Holy Trinity Cemetery in Protivin. Visitaion will be an hour prior to services today at the church.

Services for an Elkader woman, 101 Mary O. Bankes, will be held today at 11am at Peace United Church of Christ in Elkader. Interment will be at Medervillw Cemetery in Mederville. Vistation will be an hour prior to the service today at the church.

Services for an Edgewood resident, 90 year old Verna Mae Kelley, will be held at 10:30am on Thursday at Leonard-Muller Funeral Home in Manchester. Interment will be at Oakland Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3-8pm on Wednesday at Leonard-Muller Funeral Home in Manchester and one hour before the service on Thursday.

Services for an Elkader woman, 71 year old Bonnie L. McHugh, will be held at 1:30pm on Wednesday at Peace United Church of CHrist in Elkader. Burial will be at East Side Cemtery. Visitation is at 11am until the service time on Wednesday at the church.

Services for a Waukon resident, 82 year old Alvin Hanson, will be held on today at 11am at St. John's Lutheran CHurch in Waukon. Burial with military honors will be in Oakland Cemetery in Waukon.

Services for a Charles City man, 91 year old Homer Blickenderfer, are Thursday at 1:30pm at Hauser funeral home in Charles City. Burial in Sunnyside Memory Gardens. Visitation is 4-7pm Wednesday at the funeral home and an hour before services.
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Services for a Monona man, 83 year old Carlyle Reeg, are Friday at 10:30am at St. Paul Lutheran church in Monona. Burial in Monona cemetery. Visitation is 4-7pm Thursday at Leonard Grau funeral home in Monona and an hour before services at the church.
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