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Gerald Eugene Youngman

Gerald Eugene Youngman

Sep 27, 2016

Gerald Eugene Youngman, 81, of Urbandale and formerly of Toledo, passed away Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at Urbandale Health Care Center in Urbandale under the care of Unity Point Hospice. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, October 1, 2016 at 10:30 AM at Christ United Methodist Church Worship Center in Toledo with Pastor Brian Oliver officiating. Interment will follow at...

Ira Dean Whitebreast Sr.

Ira Dean Whitebreast Sr.

Sep 4, 2016

Ira Dean Whitebreast Sr., 51, of Tama, passed away Sunday, September 4, 2016 at Central Iowa Healthcare in Marshalltown. Traditional Graveside Services will be held Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 2:00 PM at the Meskwaki Cemetery on the Meskwaki Settlement in rural Tama with Larry Lasley as speaker and Frank Blackcloud as head pallbearer. A Traditional Wake will be held...

Betty Lavonne Nitz

Betty Lavonne Nitz

Sep 2, 2016

Betty LaVonne Nitz, 90, of Toledo and formerly of Estherville, passed away Friday, September 2, 2016, at the Central Iowa Healthcare in Marshalltown. A Memorial Service will be held Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at 11:00 AM at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Tama. Interment will be held Thursday, September 8, 2016 at 11:00 AM the Oak Hill Cemetery in...

Talbert Davenport Sr.

Talbert Davenport Sr.

Aug 30, 2016

Talbert Davenport Sr., 78, of Tama, passed away Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at the Central Iowa Healthcare in Marshalltown. Traditional Graveside Services will be held Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 1:00 PM at the Meskwaki Cemetery on the Meskwaki Settlement in rural Tama with Michael Keahna as speaker. A Traditional Wake will be held Wednesday evening at Fox Clan Ceremonial...

Reginald Clive Walker

Reginald Clive Walker

Aug 30, 2016

Reginald Clive Walker, 27, of Tama, passed away Tuesday, August 30, 2016 in Montour, Iowa. Traditional Graveside Services will be held Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 3:00 PM at Morgan Cemetery on the Meskwaki Settlement in rural Tama with Alex Walker Jr. as speaker. A Traditional Wake will be held Wednesday evening at the Glenn Roberts' Ceremonial Building, 3005 F...

Hazel Dorothy Tomlinson

Hazel Dorothy Tomlinson

Aug 27, 2016

Hazel Dorothy Tomlinson, 98, of Gilman and formerly of rural Tama, passed away Saturday, August 27, 2016 at Mill Pond Care Center in Ankeny. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, August 30, at 10:30 AM at St. John's Lutheran Church in rural Tama with Pastor Catherine Burroughs officiating. Interment will be held at 1:00 PM at Prairie View Cemetery in...

Duane Richard Lemke

Duane Richard Lemke

Aug 25, 2016

Duane Richard Lemke, 83, of Tama, passed away on Thursday, August 25, 2016 at Sunny Hill Care Center in Tama under the care of Hospice Compassus. In keeping with Duane's wishes, no services will be held. Duane's body was donated to the Deeded Body Program at the University of Iowa to further medical and scientific research. Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in...

Duane Gene Dusil

Duane Gene Dusil

Aug 25, 2016

Duane Gene Dusil, 82, of Walford, passed away Thursday, August 25, 2016, at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids. A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, September 3, 2016 at 11:00 AM at the Cowboy Church of Walford. Duane was born on December 18, 1933, in Fairfax, Iowa, the son of William Gilbert and Marie (Vostrol) Dusil. He served...

Richard Larry Papakee

Richard Larry Papakee

Aug 13, 2016

Richard Larry Papakee, 89, of Cedar Rapids, formerly of Tama, passed away Saturday, August 13, 2016 at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha. A Traditional Wake will be held Sunday evening, August 14, 2016 at the Papakee residence, 151 Meskwaki Road, on the Meskwaki Settlement in rural Tama. Traditional Graveside Services will be held Monday,...

Kyaus Shawn Davenport

Kyaus Shawn Davenport

Aug 11, 2016

Kyaus Shawn Davenport, 18, of Tama, passed away Thursday, August 11, 2016 in Des Moines, Iowa due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. A Funeral Liturgy will be held Monday, August 15, 2016 at 10:30 AM at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Tama with Father Michael Mescher officiating. Interment will follow at St. Patrick's Cemetery in Tama. Visitation will...

Herman Francis Jacobsen

Herman Francis Jacobsen

Aug 9, 2016

Herman Francis Jacobsen, 80, of Tama, passed away Tuesday, August 9, 2016 at Premier Estates of Toledo under the care of Iowa River Hospice. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday, August 12, 2016 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...

Rose Marie Sheda Ortiz

Rose Marie Sheda Ortiz

Aug 3, 2016

Rose Marie Sheda Ortiz, 57, of Oskaloosa and formerly of Chelsea, passed away Wednesday, August 3, 2016, at the Iowa River Hospice Home in Marshalltown. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, August 6, 2016 at 3 PM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama. Interment will be private at a future date at St. Joseph's Cemetery in Chelsea. Visitation will...

Robert Joseph Caloud

Robert Joseph Caloud

Aug 3, 2016

Robert Joseph Caloud, 67, of Clutier, gave his life for his country when he passed away Wednesday, August 3, 2016, at his home in rural Clutier from cancer as the result of exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam. He was under the care of Essence of Life Hospice. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, August 6, 2016 at 10:00 AM...

Rosalin "Rose" Julia Fowler

Rosalin "Rose" Julia Fowler

Aug 2, 2016

Rosalin Julia "Rose" Fowler, 80, of Tama, passed away Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at Premier Estates of Toledo under the care of Grinnell Regional Hospice. Funeral Services will be held Friday, August 5, 2016 at 11:00 AM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama with Pastor Brian Oliver officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Tama. Visitation will be...

Roger James Fischer

Roger James Fischer

Jul 29, 2016

Roger James Fischer, 89, of Clutier, passed away Friday, July 29, 2016 at his home in Clutier under the care of his family and Cedar Valley Hospice. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at 10:30 AM at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Tama with Father Charles Fladung and Deacon Joe Behounek officiating. Interment will...

Ollie Alena Kopecky

Ollie Alena Kopecky

Jul 24, 2016

Ollie Alena Kopecky, 100, of Toledo, passed away on Sunday, July 24, 2016 at Premier Estates of Toledo under the care of Iowa River Hospice. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Thursday, July 28, 2016 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...

Amy Jo Haggard

Amy Jo Haggard

Jul 23, 2016

Amy Jo Haggard, 51, of Toledo, passed away Saturday, July 23, 2016 at her home. Funeral Services will be held Thursday, July 28, 2016 at 11:00 AM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama with Rev. Dewey Grimes officiating. Interment will follow at Turner Cemetery in rural Garwin. Visitation will be held on one hour prior to the services Thursday at...

Martha Lou Untiedt

Martha Lou Untiedt

Jul 10, 2016

Martha Lou Untiedt, 84, of Clutier, passed away Sunday, July 10, 2016 at her son's home in Shueyville under the care of her family and Hospice of Mercy. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Thursday, July 14, 2016 at 10:30 AM at St. Paul Catholic Church in Traer with Father Ray Atwood as celebrant. Interment will follow at...

Glenia Gaynelle (Anderson) Maschmann

Glenia Gaynelle (Anderson) Maschmann

Jul 7, 2016

Glenia Gaynelle (Anderson) Maschmann, 89, of Tama, passed away Thursday, July 7, 2016, at her home in Tama under the care of Iowa River Hospice. Funeral Services will be held Monday, July 11, 2016 at 10:00 AM at the Living Faith United Methodist Church in Montour with Pastor Bob Spilger officiating. Interment will be held at 2:00 PM on Monday,...

Micaela Everly Townsend

Micaela Everly Townsend

Jul 5, 2016

Micaela Everly Townsend, infant daughter of Derek and Amy Townsend of Chelsea, was born and became God's new angel on Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Private Graveside Services will be held Saturday, July 9, 2016, at Rector Cemetery in Rural Chelsea with Pastor Brian Chitwood officiating. Survivors include her parents, Derek and Amy (Ledvina)...

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