Obits, Monday, February 15th, 2021
Feb. 15 funeral announcements
Private family services for a former Arlington woman, 92-year-old Alvera Elizabeth Hogan, of Cedar Rapids, will be held Feb. 27th. Burial in Cass Township Cemetery in Strawberry Point. Leonard-Muller Funeral Home of Strawberry Point is in charge of arrrangements.
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An Edgewood man, 59-year-old Randy Alan Morarend, died Saturday. A memorial service with military rites will be held Saturday at 3 PM at Leonard-Muller Funeral Home in Strawberry Point, with private family burial at a later date. Visitation is Saturday from 1-3 PM at the funeral home.
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Services for an Oelwein man, 67-year-old Randy Pfiester, are Wednesday at 6 PM at Geilenfeld-Buehler Funeral Home in Oelwein. The service will following a public visitation, which begins at 3 PM at the funeral home.
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A Charles City man, 84-year-old Donald Dean Bluhm, died Saturday. Services are pending with Hugeback-Johnson Funeral Home in New Hampton.
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Public visitation for a Waukon man, 66-year-old Mark Miller, is Tuesday from 4-6 PM at Martin-Grau Funeral Home in Waukon. Private family memorial services will be held at Zalmona Presbyterian Church in rural Waukon, with burial in Oakland Cemetery, also in Waukon.
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A Mass of Christian Burial for a former New Hampton man, 78-year-old Robert "Bob" Martin, of Rochester, Minn., will be held Saturday at 10:30 AM at Holy Family Parish in New Hampton. The service will be live-streamed on Hugeback-Johnson Funeral Home's Facebook page. Friends may greet the family Friday from 4-7 PM the funeral home. There will be a parish scripture service at 7 PM. Visitation continues Saturday one hour prior to the Mass at the church.
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Private family services for a Charles City man, 63-year-old John Leroy Kellner, will be held Friday at 10:30 AM at United Methodist Church in Nashua, with burial at Greenwood Cemetery in Nashua. The service will be live-streamed on Hugeback-Johnson Funeral Home's Facebook page. Friends may greet the family Thursday from 4-7 PM at United Methodist Church in Nashua. The visitation will be live-streamed Thursday from 6-7 PM on the funeral home's Facebook page.
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A Harpers Ferry man, 71-year-old John Robert "Bob" Ballantine, died Friday. Funeral arrangements are pending with Hugeback-Johnson Funeral Home in New Hampton.
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A Fredericksburg man, 96-year-old Robert W. Pleggenkuhle, died Friday. Services are pending with Hugeback-Johnson Funeral Home in Fredericksburg.
A Cedar Falls woman, 73-year-old Cynthia Ann Foster, died Friday. Services are pending with Hugeback-Johnson Funeral Home in New Hampton.
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Private family services for a Waukon man, 79-year-old Edward "Ed" Roed, will be held at Hauge Lutheran Church, rural Decorah, with burial at a later date in Hauge Cemetery, also in rural Decorah. Martin-Grau Funeral Home in Waukon is handling the arrangements.
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Services for a Sumner man, 75-year-old Ronald G. Ungs, are Friday at 11 AM at St. John Lutheran Church in Sumner, with military rites provided by Thomas E. Woods Post #223 American Legion of Sumner following the service. Visitation is Thursday from 4-7 PM at Becker-Milnes Funeral Home in Sumner and for one hour Friday preceding the service.
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Memorial services for an Elkader woman, 66-year-old Melissa L. Wilke, are Saturday at 11 AM at Peace United Church of Christ in Elkader, with burial at a later date in East Side Cemetery, also in Elkader. Visitation is Saturday from 9-11 AM at the church. Leonard-Grau Funeral Home of Elkader is assisting the family.
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A Clarksville man, 83-year-old Robert Carroll Lovell, died Friday. His family is planning a Celebration of Life Gathering later this year. Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home of Waverly is assisting the family with arrangements.
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A Mass of Christian Burial for a Waterloo man, 90-year-old Roger Wiltgen, will begin at 11:30 AM at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Oelwein, with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery, also in Oelwein. Visitation is Tuesday from 10-11 AM at Geilenfeld-Buehner Funeral Home in Oelwein.
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Private family services for an Omaha, Nebraska, man with northeast Iowa ties, 73-year-old Ronald Randy Knudson, will be held at a later date, with burial in Fairview Cemetery in Denver. Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home of Denver is in charge of arrangements.
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