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Obituaries

Thomas McLean

Thomas James, “Tom”, McLean, 58, of Morrison, Iowa, passed away in his home on January 24, 2024. He was born in Waterloo, Iowa, on December 1, 1965, to Raymond James McLean and Sandra Kay (Maust) McLean. He graduated from Waterloo West High School in 1984 and earned his B.A. in Psychology ...

Mary Dake

Mary E. (Webrand) Dake passed away Monday, January 15, 2024. Mary was born July 24, 1928, in rural Finchford, Iowa, the daughter of Vern D. and Elsa (Cornforth) Webrand. She graduated from Reinbeck High School in 1946. She married Wayne W. Dake on November 26, 1946, at St. John’s Lutheran ...

Diderik Peterson

Diderik Wayne “D” Peterson, 8 years old, of Grundy Center, Iowa, was called into the arms of the Lord on Saturday, January 6, 2024, at the University of Iowa, Stead Family Children’s Hospital, in Iowa City, Iowa. Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Friday, January ...

Ray Landt

Ray Landt, 100, of Grinnell, IA, formerly of Gladbrook, IA, passed away Monday, December 25, 2023, at Windsor Manor in Grinnell. Funeral services were held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, December 29, 2023, at Peace United Church of Christ in Gladbrook. Interment followed at Maple Hill Cemetery in rural ...

Leanna Bowers

Leanna Pearl Bowers, 78, of rural Reinbeck, Iowa, passed away on Monday, December 18, 2023, at her home, surrounded by her family. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 21, 2023, at the Abels Funeral and cremation Service, French-Hand Chapel, in Reinbeck. ...

Marie Smith

Marie M. Smith, 88, passed away on Wednesday, December 13, 2023. She was born on September 14, 1935, to Simon and Hilka Siefken in Reinbeck, Iowa. Marie married James Smith on April 25, 1954, in the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. To this union 6 children were born. She spent most of her ...

John Paine

John Michael “Mike” Paine, 73, of Reinbeck, passed away at Grundy County Memorial Hospital on Friday, December 8, 2023. He was born in Charles City on August 15, 1950, son of John O. and Marilyn Jean (Shoemaker) Paine. Mike graduated from Orange High School with the Class of 1968. In May ...

Jennifer Breakenridge

Jennifer Breakenridge, 72, passed on November 24, 2023, at her home in University Park, Iowa. Born April 11, 1951, Jenny was raised in Dinsdale, Iowa and had a kind, sweet, generous nature, always offering a helping hand to friends and family. Quilting, fishing and road trips were among her ...

Doris Wilkerson

Doris Wilkerson, 90, of Marshalltown and formerly of Garwin, Iowa, passed away surrounded by her family on the morning of November 24, 2023, at the Iowa River Hospice Home in Marshalltown. 
 A Mass of Christian Burial for Doris will be held on Tuesday, November 28, 2023, beginning at ...

R. William Petersen

R. William Petersen passed away peacefully in his sleep on October 18, 2023, at Northbrook of Cedar Rapids. R. William preferred for his friends and family to call him Bill. Bill’s gentle positive spirit, smile, dependability and honesty will be missed. Bill was born November 18, 1950, in ...