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Shannon Peters
Sep 6, 2024
Shannon Peters, 58, of Tama, passed away Friday, September 6, 2024 at MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center. A Traditional Wake will be held Sunday, September 8, 2024 at the Eagle Clan Ceremonial Building on the Meskwaki Settlement in rural Tama. Traditional Graveside Services will be held Monday, September 9, 2024 at 2:00 PM at the Meskwaki Cemetery on the...
Mary "Paula" Salomone
Sep 3, 2024
TOLEDO-Mary "Paula" Salomone, 75, of Toledo, passed away Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at UnityPoint Health-Marshalltown. A Celebration of Life will be held Friday, September 13, 2024 at 11:00 AM at the Tama American Legion. A Private Family Graveside Service will be held at St. Patrick's Cemetery in Tama.
Mary was born on April 22, 1949, in Marshalltown,...
Sharon Kay (Kapayou) Mauskemo
Sep 3, 2024
Sharon Kay (Kapayou) Mauskemo, 79, of Tama, passed away Tuesday, September 3, 2024 at UnityPoint Health-Grinnell Regional Medical Center. A Traditional Wake will be held Wednesday Evening, September 4, 2024 at the Fox Clan Ceremonial Building on the Meskwaki Settlement in rural Tama. Traditional Graveside Services will be held Thursday, September 5, 2024 at 2:00 PM at Morgan Cemetery...
Ila Jean Boerm
Aug 31, 2024
Ila Jean Boerm, 84, of Traer, formerly of Toledo, passed away Saturday, August 31, 2024, at Sunrise Hill Care & Rehab Center, Traer, following an almost four-decade battle with breast cancer. Funeral Services will be held Friday, September 6, 2024 at 10:30 AM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama. Interment will follow at Crystal Cemetery in rural Garwin. Visitation...
Ezra Oliver Seymour
Aug 31, 2024
Ezra Oliver Seymour, 23, of Tama, passed away Saturday, August 31, 2024 at UnityPoint-Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. A Celebration of Life "the Ezra Way" will be held Saturday, September 7, 2024 at 10:30 AM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama. Interment will follow at Maple Hill Cemetery in Montour. Visitation will be held Friday, September 6,...
Roy Edward Silhanek
Aug 29, 2024
Roy Edward Silhanek, (42) of Tama, passed away August 29, 2024 at home. A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday, September 9, 2024 at 10:30 AM at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Tama. Interment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Tama. Memorial Visitation will be held on Sunday, September 8, 2024 from 4-7 PM at...
Janet Mae Kriegel
Aug 27, 2024
Janet Mae Kriegel, 81, of Tama, passed away Tuesday, August 27, 2024 at Sunny Hill Care Center in Tama under the care of Hospice Compassus. A Private Family Graveside Service will be held at Oak Hill Cemetery in Tama.
Janet was born on October 2, 1942, in Knoxville, Iowa, the daughter of Kenneth and Vivian (Balmer) Karr....
Martha Helen Dolezal
Aug 24, 2024
Martha Helen Dolezal, 96, of Toledo, was born on March 31, 1928 on the Svoboda family farm in rural Clutier, Iowa, daughter of Charles and Mildred (Podhajsky) Svoboda. She passed away Saturday, August 24, 2024 at the Iowa River Hospice Home in Marshalltown. Martha was the oldest of seven children. She was the Tama County Spelling Bee champion in...
Steven C. Slagle
Aug 24, 2024
Steven Craig Slagle, 76, of Toledo, passed away Saturday, August 24, 2024 at Iowa River Hospice in Marshalltown. A Celebration of Life will be held Wednesday, August 28, 2024 from 4-7 PM at the VFW Hall in Tama.
Steven was born on January 30, 1948, to William and Marlys (Walls) Slagle in Marshalltown, Iowa.
Steven...
Jerry Dee Boriskey
Aug 19, 2024
Jerry Dee Boriskey, 78, of Montour, passed away Monday, August 19, 2024 at his home. He was cremated and there will be no public services.
Jerry was born on April 20, 1946, in Montour, Iowa, the son of Lester and Sarah (Wolcott) Boriskey.
Jerry served his country in the U.S. Army during Vietnam.
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Rhonda Sue Waseskuk
Aug 16, 2024
Rhonda Sue Waseskuk, 64, of Tama, passed away, Friday, August 16, 2024 at her home in rural Tama. A Traditional Wake will be held Sunday, August 18, 2024, at the Fox Clan Ceremonial Building on the Meskwaki Settlement. A Traditional Graveside Service will be held Monday, August 19, 2024 at 2:00 PM at Meskwaki Cemetery on the Meskwaki Settlement....
George Kadrmas
Aug 13, 2024
George Kadrmas was born December 6, 1930 on the Kadrmas family farm in southern Perry township in Tama county, the son of Joseph and Elsie Psota Kadrmas. He attended Perry # 6 rural school and Traer High School, graduating seventy-five years ago in May 1949. Joe Kadrmas bought a new Farmall H and a McCormick combine and George began...
Matthew Edward Daniels
Aug 9, 2024
Matthew Edward Daniels, 53, of Tama, passed away Friday, August 9, 2024 in a fire at his home in Tama. He will be cremated and returned to family out of state.
Burnadene Clara Kunch
Aug 7, 2024
Burnadene Clara Kunch, 93, of Toledo, passed away, Wednesday, August 7, 2024 at Sunny Hill Care Center in Tama. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, August 10, 2024 at 10:30 AM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama. Interment will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery in Toledo. Visitation will be held Friday, August 9, 2024 from 5-7 PM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral...
Delores Jane Hand
Aug 6, 2024
Delores Jane Hand, 89, of Tucson, Arizona and formerly of Tama, passed away August 6, 2024 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tucson, AZ. A Graveside Service will be held Wednesday, September 11, 2024 at 10:00 AM at St. Patrick's Cemetery in Tama.
Delores was born on March 20, 1935, in Marshalltown, Iowa, the daughter of Claude G....
Leonard "Pete" Boyer
Aug 3, 2024
L.J. "Pete" Boyer, 96, of Toledo, passed away after a lengthy illness on Saturday, August 3rd, at Belle Plaine Nursing and Rehab Center, in the care of Essence of Life Hospice.
He was born March 10, 1928, to Henry and Nettie (Petersen) Boyer.
After graduating High School, Pete enlisted in the U.S. Navy, and served...
Carolyn Marie Flowers
Aug 3, 2024
Carolyn Marie Flowers, 81, of Toledo, passed away August 3, 2024 at Premier Estates of Toledo. Funeral Services will be held Thursday, August 8, 2024 at 1:00 PM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama. Interment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Tama. Visitation will be held Thursday, August 8, 2024 from 11:00 AM–1:00 PM prior to the funeral...
Paz Ramirez
Jul 24, 2024
TAMA-Paz Ramirez, 83, passed away Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at home under the care of her family and Iowa River Hospice. Visitation will be held Thursday, August 1, 2024 from 5-7 PM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama with a Prayer Service following at 7:00 PM.
Paz was born on January 7, 1941, in Guanajuato, Mexico, the...
Duane Paul Albertsen
Jul 19, 2024
Duane Paul Albertsen, 93, of Dysart, passed away on Friday, July 19, 2024 at the Lutheran Living Communities in Vinton under the care of Hospice Compassus. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 10:00 AM at Zion Lutheran Church in Dysart with Pastor Mark Urlaub officiating. Interment will follow at Keystone Cemetery. Visitation will be held...
Burtis "Randy" Bible
Jul 8, 2024
Burtis "Randy" Bible, 64, of Tama, passed away, Monday, July 8, 2024 at home due to a sudden illness. Services will be held at 2:00PM on Friday, July 19, 2024 , at Grave Creek Baptist Church in Hitchita, Oklahoma. They will be serving a noon meal from 12-1PM that day.
Burtis was born on November...
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