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Beverly Jean Lentner
Jul 1, 2015
Beverly Jean Lentner, 77, of Tama, passed away Wednesday, July 1, 2015, at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics. Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at 11:00 AM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, July 8, 2015 from 10 AM until the time of service at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home. Beverly...
Barbretta Marie Crain
Jun 28, 2015
Barbretta Marie Crain, 63, of Toledo, passed away Sunday, June 28, 2015 at Premier Estates of Toledo under the care of Iowa River Hospice. Funeral Services will be held Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 10:30 AM at the Christ United Methodist Church Worship Center in Toledo with Pastor Brian Oliver officiating. Interment will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery in Toledo. Visitation...
Betty Jane Backen
Jun 25, 2015
Betty Jane Backen, 86, of Tama, passed away Thursday, June 25, 2015 at Premier Estates of Toledo under the care of Iowa River Hospice. Funeral Services will be held Monday, June 29, 2015 at 10:30 AM at St. John Lutheran Church in rural Tama with Rev. Dr. T. Edwards Breed officiating. Interment will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery in rural...
Donavon D. "Don" Rank
Jun 19, 2015
Donavon D. "Don" Rank, 80, of Tama, passed away on Friday, June 19, 2015 at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids. A Memorial Service will be held Friday, June 26, 2015 at 5:00 PM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama with Pastor Kim Pagel officiating. Interment will be at Woodlawn Cemetery in Toledo at a future date. A Memorial Visitation...
Rick Allen Reeder
Jun 16, 2015
Rick Allen Reeder, 63, of Toledo, passed away Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at Central Iowa Healthcare in Marshalltown. A Celebration of Life gathering will be held Friday, June 26, 2015 from 11 AM to 3 PM at the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Tama. Interment will be private at Oak Hill Cemetery in Tama at future date. Rick was born...
Charles "Chuck" Carmen Kaloupek
Jun 6, 2015
Charles Carmen "Chuck" Kaloupek, 89, of Toledo, passed away Saturday, June 6, 2015 at Grandview Heights Rehab & Healthcare Center in Marshalltown. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at 7:00 PM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama with Military Honors. Visitation will be held Tuesday, June 9, 2015 from 5 PM until the time of service at...
Jaxson Lee Popelka
Jun 5, 2015
Jaxson Lee Popelka "Bean" was born June 5, 2015 at 12:15 AM at Unity Point Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa. His weight was 6 lbs 6.7 oz and he was 18 inches long. He left us immediately to join God. He is survived by his parents, Lawrence Lee whom he was named after and Angela Marie (Hahn) Popelka of...
Paul Franklin Goodman
May 31, 2015
Paul Goodman, 62, of Tama, passed away Sunday, May 31, 2015 at his home under the care of Iowa River Hospice. A Funeral Service will be held Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at 6:00 PM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama with Rev. Dewey Grimes officiating. Private Interment will be held at a later date. Visitation will be held Wednesday, June...
Esther Maxine Dotzler
May 29, 2015
Esther Maxine Dotzler 80, of State Center and formerly of Tama, passed away Friday, May 29 2015 at the State Center Nursing & Rehab Center under the added care of Care Initiatives Hospice. A Memorial Service will be held Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 11:00 AM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama. Interment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in...
Katherine Sue Bogue
May 25, 2015
Katherine Sue (See) Bogue, 68, of Tama, passed away Monday, May 25, 2015 at her home. Katherine will be cremated and there will be a private family graveside service at Oak Hill Cemetery in Tama. Katherine was born on February 28, 1947, in Grinnell, Iowa, the daughter of John and Loraine (Smith) See Jr. She attended STC. On August 8,...
Jack J. Kriegel
May 22, 2015
Jack J. Kriegel, 88, of Tama, passed away May 22, 2015 at Sunny Hill Care Center in Tama. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at 11:00 AM at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Tama with Pastor Warren Riley officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Tama. Visitation will be held Tuesday, May 26, 2015 from...
Sharon Kay Graff
May 22, 2015
TAMA-Sharon Kay Graff, 74, of Tama, passed away Friday, May 22, 2015, at Grandview Heights Care Center in Marshalltown under the care of Iowa River Hospice. Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 10:30 AM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama with Pastor T. Edwards Breed officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Tama. Visitation...
Dennis Ivan Mallory, D.O.
May 18, 2015
Dennis Ivan Mallory, D.O., 75 of Toledo passed away Monday, May 18, 2015 at Iowa River Hospice Home in Marshalltown. He died of complications from small lung cancer. A Celebration Of Life Service with Masonic Rites and Military Honors will be held Friday, May 22, 2015 at 11:00 AM at the Reinig Center, 1007 Prospect Dr., Toledo. Memorials may be...
Richard "Dick" Lee Chizek
May 9, 2015
Richard Lee "Dick" Chizek, 77, of Toledo, passed away Saturday, May 9, 2015 at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo. A Memorial Mass will be held Thursday, May 14, 2015 at 10:30 AM at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Tama with Father Michael Mescher as celebrant. Interment will be held at the Buckingham Cemetery in Traer at 3:00 PM on Thursday...
Ronald Clark Allen
May 3, 2015
Ronald Clark Allen, 71, of Garwin, joined our heavenly Father on Sunday, May 3, 2015 at the Iowa River Hospice Home in Marshalltown with his family by his side. A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, May 9, 2015 at 2:00 PM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama with Pastor Gregg Davison officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery...
Marcella Marie Kriz
Apr 29, 2015
Marcella Marie Kriz, 80, of Clutier passed away Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo surrounded by her family. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday, May 4, 2015 at 10:30 AM at St. Paul Catholic Church in Traer with Father Ray Atwood as celebrant. Interment will follow at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in rural Clutier....
Ronald "Butch" Carl Steuhm
Apr 27, 2015
Ronald "Butch" Steuhm, 75, of Tama, passed away Monday, April 27, 2015 at Marshalltown Medical & Surgical Center. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, May 2, 2015 at 11:00 AM at St. John Lutheran Church in rural Tama with Rev. Dr. T. Edwards Breed officiating. Interment will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery in rural Tama. Visitation will be held on...
Karolyn Ruth Biretz Wright
Apr 24, 2015
Karolyn Ruth Biretz Wright, 66, of Toledo, passed away Friday, April 24, 2015 at her home. A Memorial Service will be held Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at 6:00 PM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama. A Memorial Visitation will be held Wednesday, April 29, 2015 from 4-6 PM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama. Karolyn was born on August 2,...
Robert Irving Neumann
Apr 23, 2015
Robert Irving Neumann, 93, of Tama, passed away Thursday, April 23, 2015 at Sunny Hill Care Center in Tama. A Graveside Service with Military Honors will be held Monday, April 27, 2015 at 2 PM at the Iowa Veteran's Cemetery in Van Meter, Iowa. Robert was born on April 28, 1921, in Belle Plaine, Iowa, the son of Irving and...
Molly B. Mcnall
Apr 17, 2015
Molly B. McNall, 97, of Tama, passed away Friday, April 17, 2015, at Villa Del Sol in Marshalltown. Funeral Services will be held Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 11:00 AM at the Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama with Pastor Brian Oliver officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Tama. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, April 22, 2015...
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