Obituary Listing

Dec 15, 2019

Darlene Boriskey, 87, of Montour, passed away Sunday, December 15, 2019 at the Bird House-Hospice Home of Johnson County in Iowa City. Funeral Services will be held Friday, December 20, 2019 at 10:30 AM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama with Pastor Stephen Pudinski officiating. Interment will follow at Maple Hill Cemetery in Montour. Visitation will be held Thursday,...

Dec 5, 2019

Theresa Ann Roberts, 69, of Tama, passed away on Thursday, December 5, 2019 at UnityPoint-Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Traditional Graveside Services will be held Sunday, December 8, 2019 at 2:00 PM at the Meskwaki Cemetery on the Meskwaki Settlement with Homer Bear Jr. as speaker. A Traditional Wake will be held Saturday evening at Glenn Roberts'...

Dec 4, 2019

Norma Jean Young Bear, 80, of Tama, passed away Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at the Iowa River Hospice Home in Marshalltown. A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, December 14, 2019 at 11:30 AM at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 507 E. Olive St. in Marshalltown.

Norma was born on October 23, 1939 in Urbandale, Iowa,...

Nov 29, 2019

Doris Doyle passed away at her home on Friday evening, November 29, 2019, following long-term complications of pneumonia, under the care of Iowa River Hospice. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Wednesday, December 4, 2019, at 10:30am in St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Tama with Father Dennis Conway as celebrant. Interment will follow at St. Patrick's...

Nov 29, 2019

Kimberly Ann Irene Davenport was born August 3, 1961, originally from the small town of Waucoma, Kim considered Tama-Toledo home for the majority of her life after moving with her family to the area at an early age. Tama was where she would soon meet the man of her dreams and shortly thereafter she  married that Man on August...

Nov 27, 2019

Ronald Craig Feisel, 71, of Tama, passed away Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at Unity Point Health-Marshalltown. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, November 30, 2019 at 10:30 AM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama with Pastor Warren Riley officiating. Interment will follow at Haven Cemetery in rural Tama. Visitation will be held Friday, November 29, 2019 from 5-7 PM...

Nov 26, 2019

Peter G. Svoboda, 70, of Toledo, passed away Tuesday, November 26, 2019 at Premier Estates of Toledo. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday, December 6, 2019, at 10:00 AM at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Tama with Father Dennis Conway and Father Chris Podhajsky as Concelebrants. Interment will follow at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in rural Clutier....

Nov 19, 2019

Leonard Joseph Dvorak, 83, of Toledo, passed away Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at the UnityPoint Health-Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines.  A Memorial Visitation will be held Friday, November 22, 2019 from 5-7 PM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama. Private Interment will be held at Stayskal Cemetery in rural Vining, Iowa at a later date.

Leonard...

Nov 18, 2019

Norman Charles Gibson, 83, of Tama, passed away Monday, November 18, 2019 at Unity Point Health-Grinnell Regional Medical Center. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, November 26, 2019 at 10:30 AM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama with Pastor John Christianson officiating. Interment will follow at Maple Hill Cemetery in Montour.

Norman was born on July 29,...

Nov 14, 2019

Richard Joseph Linhart, 89, of Clutier, passed away Thursday, November 14, 2019 at Sunrise Hill Care Center in Traer. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at 10:30 AM at the St. Paul Catholic Church in Traer with Father Michael Hutchison as celebrant. Interment will follow at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in rural Clutier. Visitation...

Nov 12, 2019

Rev. Floyd La Vern Seth, 100, of Toledo, passed away Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at Unity Point Hospice-Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, November 16, 2019 at 10:30 AM at the First Presbyterian Church in Toledo with Pastors Tom and Jean Bower officiating.  Interment will follow at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Toledo. Visitation will...

Oct 31, 2019

Uarda Johnson, 95, of Tama, passed away Thursday, October 31, 2019 at her home on the Meskwaki Settlement in rural Tama under the care of Unity Point Health-Grinnell Regional Hospice. A Traditional Meskwaki Service will be held Friday, November 1, 2019 at 1:00 PM at the family home, 1576 305th St. on the Meskwaki Settlement in rural Tama, Iowa....

Oct 30, 2019

Charles William Hogue, 92, of Toledo, passed away Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at his home in Toledo under the care of his family and Iowa River Hospice. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, November 2, 2019 at 1:00 PM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama with Pastor John Christianson officiating. Interment will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery in Toledo. Visitation...

Oct 27, 2019

Marsha Jean (Corporan) Schmidt, 72, of Des Moines and formerly of Tama, passed away Sunday, October 27, 2019 at Mercy One Medical Center in Des Moines. A Memorial Celebration of Life Gathering will be held Wednesday, October 30, 2019 from 1-3 PM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama. Interment will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery in rural Tama with...

Oct 23, 2019

Shirley E. Weidner, 95, of Toledo passed away, Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at Premier Estates of Toledo.

A celebration gathering will be held at Christ United Methodist Church in Toledo, Sunday, December 15, 2019 from 1:00 - 3:00pm. Family and friends will informally gather to share memories and stories of Shirley. A lunch will be served. Community...

Oct 21, 2019

Carolee Doyle, 81, of Toledo, passed away Monday morning, October 21, 2019 at Sunny Hill Care Center in Tama, Iowa, under the care of Hospice Compassus. It was Carolee's wish for her body to be deeded to the University of Iowa for medical education and research.  A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, November 9, 2019 from 4-6...

Oct 21, 2019

Delmer Whitebrest, 80, of Tama, passed away, Monday, October 21, 2019 at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames. A Traditional Wake will be held Tuesday evening, October 22, 2019 at the Eagle Clan Ceremonial Building on the Meskwaki Settlement in rural Tama. Traditional Graveside Services will be held Wednesday, October 23, 2019 at 2:00 PM at the Meskwaki Cemetery...

Oct 14, 2019

John T. Lackey, 71, of Toledo, passed away Monday, October 14, 2019 at the Iowa River Hospice Home in Marshalltown. There will be no public services.

Oct 13, 2019

Her favorite color was pink, representing love and compassion, qualities she inspired from her birth June 7, 1972.  Born Terri Janelle Enderes to Wanda and Larry Enderes in Cedar Rapids, IA she moved with her parents to Tama in 1976, attending South Tama County schools through graduation in 1989.  Terri excelled in education beginning with honors in high school. ...

Oct 5, 2019

Gene Zhorne, 82, of Longview, Texas, passed away Saturday, October 5, 2019 in Longview, Texas. Graveside Services will be held on Wednesday, October 9, 2019 at 10:30 AM at National Cemetery in rural Vining. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, October 9 from 9 - 10 AM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama.

Gene was born on...