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Rodney Paul Keraghan
Jun 25, 2017
Rodney Paul Keraghan, 19, of Toledo, died Sunday, June 25, 2017 due to an accidental drowning. Funeral Services will be held Thursday, June 29, 2017 at 10:30 AM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama with Dave Gray officiating. Interment will follow at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Tama. Visitation will be held Wednesday, June 28, 2017 from 4-7 PM at...
Lillian Alberta Ryan
Jun 14, 2017
Lillian Alberta Ryan, 86, of Toledo, passed away Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at the Mayflower Health Center in Grinnell under the care of Grinnell Regional Hospice. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, June 17, 2017 at 11:00 AM at Christ United Methodist Church in Toledo with Pastor Brian Oliver officiating. Interment will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery in Toledo. Visitation will...
Alexander Kevin Mauskemo
Jun 13, 2017
Alexander Kevin Mauskemo, 60, of Montour, passed away Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at Unity Point Health - Marshalltown from a second battle with cancer. Alexander was born on March 4, 1957, on the Meskwaki Settlement in rural Tama, Iowa to Alexander Mauskemo and Marjorie Kapayou-Mauskemo. Traditional Graveside Services will be held Thursday, June 15, 2017 at 2:00 PM at the...
Michael Scott Renaud
May 28, 2017
Michael Scott Renaud, 68, of Toledo, passed away Sunday, May 28, 2017 at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. A Celebration of Life was held Thursday, June 1, 2017 from 12-4PM at the Tama American Legion Hall. Michael was born December 21, 1948, in Grinnell, Iowa, the son of Albert Preston and Helen Gladys (Pappas) Renaud. He attended...
Stanley Jay Zeutenhorst
May 25, 2017
Stanley Jay Zeutenhorst, 62, of Brooklyn, Iowa, died unexpectedly Thursday, May 25, 2017. Funeral Services will be Tuesday May 30, 2017 at 10:30 AM at St. Patrick Catholic Church, 900 Park Street in Tama with Pastor Dorothy Banzhaf of Kent Union Church in Brooklyn officiating. Stan will be laid to rest at Oak Hill Cemetery in Tama. Visitation will be...
Craig J. Wobeter
May 25, 2017
Craig J. Wobeter, 41, of Toledo, passed away May 25, 2017 at home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday, June 2, 2017, 2017 at 10:00 AM at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Tama with Father Michael Mescher and Deacon Joe Behounek as celebrants. Interment will follow at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in rural Clutier. Visitation will be held...
Charles "Chuck" Mitchell Mcmanemy
May 16, 2017
Charles M. "Chuck" McManemy, 64, of Tama, passed away on Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo. Chuck's final act of kindness was to give the gift of life through organ and tissue donation. Funeral Services will be held Monday, May 22, 2017 at 6:00 PM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama with Pastor Brian Oliver officiating....
Marlys M. Cizek
May 16, 2017
Marlys M. Cizek, 87, of Traer, Iowa passed away Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo, IA following a short illness. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 10:30 AM at the St. Paul Catholic Church in Traer, IA with Father Ray Atwood as celebrant. Interment will follow at St. Paul's...
Robert "Bob" Herman Backen
May 12, 2017
Robert "Bob" Herman Backen, 79, of Tama, passed away Friday, May 12, 2017 at home due to a sudden illness. Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at 10:30 AM at St. John Lutheran Church in rural Tama with Pastor Catherine Burroughs officiating. Interment will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery in rural Tama. Visitation will be held Tuesday,...
Barbara J. Backen
May 6, 2017
Barbara J. Backen, 74, of Tama, passed away Saturday, May 6, 2017 at Premier Estates of Toledo under the care of Iowa River Hospice. Funeral Services will be held Thursday, May 11, 2017 at 10:30 AM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama with Rev. Dewey Grimes officiating. Interment will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery in rural Tama. Visitation will be...
John Lee Sotyn
Apr 29, 2017
John Lee Sotyn, 74, of Toledo, passed away Saturday, April 29, 2017 at the Iowa River Hospice Home in Marshalltown. As per John's wishes, there will be no services. John was born on September 14, 1942, in Marshalltown, Iowa, the son of John Joe and Agnes Josephine (Matula) Sotyn. He graduated from Toledo High School in 1961. On March 20,...
Perry Dean Mohler
Apr 29, 2017
Perry Dean Mohler, 74, of Marion, passed away Saturday, April 29, 2017 at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha. A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, May 6, 2017 at 1:00 PM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama. Interment will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery in rural Toledo. Visitation will be held Saturday, May 6,...
Ernie Mauskemo
Apr 28, 2017
Ernie Mauskemo, 76, of Tama, passed away Friday, April 28, 2017 at Sunny Hill Care Center in Tama. Traditional Graveside Services will be held Sunday, April 30, 2017 at 2:00 PM at the McIntosh Cemetery on the Meskwaki Settlement in rural Tama with Homer Bear Jr. as speaker. A Traditional Wake will be held Saturday evening at the Bear Clan...
Rita Marie Lenhart
Apr 27, 2017
Rita Marie Lenhart, 91, of Tama, passed away Thursday, April 27, 2017 at Sunny Hill Care Center in Tama. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday, May 1, 2017 at 10:30 AM at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Tama with Father Michael Mescher as celebrant. Interment will follow at St. Patrick's Cemetery in Tama. Visitation will be held...
Ethel Pauline Willer Clark
Apr 26, 2017
Ethel Pauline Willer Clark, 94, of Alamo, California, formerly of Whitesboro, New York and Tama, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, April 26, 2017. Funeral Services will be held Friday, May 26 at 11:00 AM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama with Pastor Warren Riley officiating. Interment will follow at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Tama. Visitation will be held Friday, May...
Margaret Anna Breja
Apr 21, 2017
Margaret Anna Breja, 86, of Cedar Rapids and formerly of Toledo, passed away Friday, April 21, 2017 at the Garnett Place Retirement Community in Cedar Rapids under the care of Hospice of Mercy. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday, April 28, 2017 at 10:30 AM at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Tama with Father Michael Mescher as...
Lydell Gene Bear
Apr 17, 2017
"Ne Na Ke Bi" Lydell Gene Bear, 40, of Tama, has been called to sing with his dad, Medo and Uncle Bunni in the Big Powwow in the sky. He passed away Monday, April 17, 2017 at Mercy Medical in Des Moines, Iowa. Traditional Graveside Services will be held Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at 2:00 PM at the Meskwaki Cemetery...
Dana Allison Brown
Apr 10, 2017
"Bedikwea" Dana Allison Brown, 20, of Tama, passed away Monday, April 10, 2017 at her home in rural Tama. Traditional Graveside Services will be held Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at 2:00 PM at the Meskwaki Cemetery on the Meskwaki Settlement in rural Tama with Homer Bear Jr. as speaker. A Traditional Wake will be held Tuesday evening at the Harlan...
Donald C. Foreman
Apr 6, 2017
Donald C. Foreman, 89, of Toledo, passed away Thursday, April 6, 2017 at the Grinnell Regional Medical Center under the care of Grinnell Regional Hospice. Funeral Services will be held Monday, April 10, 2017 at 11:00 AM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama with Pastor Leanna Van Zandt officiating. Interment will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery in Toledo. Visitation will be...
James G. Doyle
Mar 31, 2017
James G. Doyle, 91, of Tama passed away on Friday morning, March 31, 2017, at Sunny Hill Care Center in Tama, Iowa, due to complications from pneumonia. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at 10:30 AM at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Tama with Father Michael Mescher as celebrant. Interment will follow at...
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