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Obituaries

Dale Lench

Dale Lench, age 75 of Gladbrook, Iowa, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on the morning of July 30, 2025 at Accura of Marshalltown and under the care of St. Croix Hospice. Per Dale’s wishes, cremation rites have been accorded and a family led celebration of life will ...

Larry Street

Larry Street, age 64 of Gladbrook, Iowa, passed away in the comfort of his home on the evening of July 14, 2025. Per Larry’s wishes, cremation rites have been accorded and a family led celebration of life will be announced at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorials in Larry’s name may ...

Lois (Schmidt) Eggers

Lois Ann (Schmidt) Eggers, 85, passed away on June 26, 2025, at Westbrook Acres in Gladbrook, Iowa, after a short courageous battle with cancer. Lois was born June 2, 1940, in Marshalltown, IA. She grew up on a farm north of Gladbrook. After several years in country school she transferred to ...

Frances Lorenzen

Frances June Lorenzen, 91, of Clear Lake, Iowa, was born on June 18, 1934, to Marcus and Clara (Martens) Billerbeck, the baby of the family. Frances passed away peacefully on June 28, 2025, in Kanawha Community Nursing Home. Frances grew up on the farm southeast of Reinbeck, Iowa with her six ...

Shirley Tines

Shirley Tines, age 64, of Gladbrook, Iowa, passed away in the comfort of her own home on June 9, 2025. Per Shirley’s wishes, cremation rites have been accorded and a family led celebration of life will be announced at a later date. Memorials in Shirley’s name may be directed to her ...

Jerry Parsons

Jerry Dean Parsons, 86, of Gladbrook, Iowa, passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 25, 2025 surrounded by family. He is survived by his significant other of 31 years, Jeanne Ewalt; two children: Shellee Parsons-Jordebrek (Brent) and Mikl (Mike) Parsons (Valinda) and their mother, Eleanor Lott; ...

Dotta Keefer

Dotta (Dotti) Jean Keefer, 79, of Traer, passed away on Sunday, June 1, surrounded by her loving family following a lengthy illness. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 5, at Overton Funeral Home in Traer. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 6, at the ...

Taryn “Tia” Hollatz

Taryn “Tia” Hollatz, age 67, of Garwin, Iowa, passed away in the comfort of her own home on the morning of May 9, 2025. Per Tia’s wishes, cremation rites have been accorded and no formal services are planned at this time. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to her family for ...

Charles Thompson

Charles Thompson, age 83, of Gladbrook, passed away peacefully late Saturday, May 10th at the Iowa River Hospice Home in Marshalltown. Charles was born on July 20, 1941, in Marshalltown to Charles and Winifred (Wickersham) Thompson. He graduated from State Center High School in 1959. Charles ...

Kenneth Schrader

Kenneth Dale Schrader, 96, of Black Hawk County, Iowa, passed away peacefully on December 21, 2024, surrounded by family. Born on August 23, 1928, Kenneth grew up near the same patch of Iowa soil where he would spend nearly a quarter century planting, building and loving. A lifelong carpenter ...