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Marva Lisa Roberts
Jan 14, 2007
TAMA Â Marva Lisa Roberts, age 43, of the Meskwaki Settlement, rural Tama died on Sunday, January 14, 2007, at Marshalltown Medical & Surgical Center due to a sudden illness. Traditional Graveside Services will be held on Thursday, January 18, 2007, at 2:00 PM at the Meskwaki Cemetery with Michael Keahna as speaker. A traditional wake will be held Wednesday...
Marian Ruth Manfull
Jan 13, 2007
TAMA-Marian Ruth Manfull, age 80, of Tama, died on Saturday, January 13, 2007 at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames due to a short illness. Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 at 10:30 AM at the Christ United Methodist Church Worship Center in Toledo with Pastor Mary Schnepf officiating. Interment will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery in...
Roger Dean Shadden
Jan 11, 2007
TOLEDO- Roger Dean Shadden, age 62, of Toledo, died on January 11, 2007 at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, January 16, 2007 at 1:30 PM at the Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama with Pastor Ron Arends officiating. Interment will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery in rural Tama. Visitation will be held Monday, January...
Joy Wacha Wilkinson
Jan 11, 2007
TAMA- Joy Wacha Wilkinson, age 87, a long time resident of Tama, died Thursday, January 11, 2007 at Grandview Acres in Toledo following a short illness. Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 at 10:00 AM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama with Rev. Robert Gleason officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Tama. Visitation...
Dale Edgar Smith
Jan 11, 2007
TOLEDO-Dale Edgar Smith, age 56, of Toledo, died on Thursday, January 11, 2007, at Marshalltown Medical & Surgical Center due to a sudden illness. Funeral Services will be held on Monday, January 15, 2007 at 10:30 AM at Christ United Methodist Church Worship Center in Toledo with Pastor Mary Schnepf officiating. Interment will follow at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in rural...
Richard A. Zmolek
Jan 11, 2007
TOLEDO-Richard A. Zmolek, age 82, of Clive and formerly of Toledo, passed away on January 11, 2007 at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center of complications following a hip fracture. Funeral Services will be held Monday, January 15, 2007 at 10:30 AM at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Tama with Father Michael Mescher as celebrant. Interment will follow at St. Patrick's...
Homer Bear Sr.
Jan 8, 2007
TAMA - Homer Bear Sr., age 86, of the Meskwaki Settlement, rural Tama died on Monday, January 8, 2007, at Marshalltown Medical & Surgical Center due to a short illness. Traditional Graveside Services will be held on Tuesday, January 9, 2007, at 2:00 PM at the Meskwaki Cemetery. A traditional wake was held Monday evening at the Bear Clan Ceremonial...
Dorothy I. Maplethorpe
Jan 5, 2007
TOLEDO- Dorothy I. Maplethorpe, age 87, of Toledo, died Friday, January 5, 2007 at Grandview Acres in Toledo following a lengthy illness. Memorial Services and Interment will be held at a future date. Dorothy I. Maplethorpe was born on February 3, 1919, in Muscatine, Iowa, the daughter of Leonard and Prudence (Goodie) Bowen. While Dorothy was a nurse in Iowa...
Leona M. Riffle
Jan 1, 2007
TAMA-Leona M. Riffle, age 91, a resident of Grandview Acres in Toledo and formerly of Tama, died on January 1, 2007, at Grandview Acres in Toledo following a lengthy illness. Private Family Graveside Services will be held at Rector Cemetery in rural Chelsea with Rev. Dewey Grimes officiating. Leona M. Riffle was born on January 15, 1915, in Chelsea, Iowa,...
Geneva Faith Kucera
Dec 31, 2006
TOLEDO- Geneva Faith Kucera, age 90, a resident of Sunny Hill Care Center in Tama and formerly of Toledo, died Sunday, December 31, 2006 at the care center following a lengthy illness. Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, January 4, 2007 at 10:30 AM at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Marshalltown with Bishop Jim...
Emily Marcella Kvapil
Dec 26, 2006
TAMA-Emily Marcella Kvapil, age 93, of Tama, died on Tuesday, December 26, 2006 at Marshalltown Medical & Surgical Center following a short illness. A Funeral Liturgy will be held Friday, December 29, 2006 at 10:00 AM at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Tama with Father Michael Mescher officiating. Interment will follow at St. Patrick's Cemetery in Tama. Visitation will be...
Joyce Arlene Yilek
Dec 26, 2006
TOLEDO- Joyce Arlene Yilek, age 69, of Toldeo died Tuesday, December 26, 2006 at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines following a lengthy illness. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, December 30, 2006 at 10:30 AM at the Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama with Reverend Dewey Grimes officiating. Interment will follow at National Cemetery in rural Vining. Visitation will...
Virgil Vurl Vore
Dec 21, 2006
TOLEDO- Virgil Vurl Vore, age 99, of Grinnell and formerly of Toledo died Thursday, December 21, 2006 at the Grinnell Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, December 27, 2006 at 11:00 AM at the Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama with Pastor Rod Wall officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in...
Mildred Agnes Silhanek
Dec 20, 2006
TOLEDO- Mildred Agnes Silhanek, age 87, a resident of Sunny Hill Care Center in Tama and formerly of Toledo, died on Wednesday, December 20, 2006, at Marshalltown Medical and Surgical Center following a lengthy illness. Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, December 28, 2006 at 1:30PM at the Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama with Pastoral Associate Tom Christoffer, officiating....
Lyle Arvid Pagel
Dec 17, 2006
TAMA- Lyle Arvid Pagel, age 94, a lifelong resident of Tama, died on Sunday, December 17, 2006, at Marshalltown Medical and Surgical Center following a short illness. Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 at 10:30 A.M. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Tama with Pastor Ron Arends officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in...
Mark Joseph Moyer
Dec 14, 2006
TAMA- Mark Joseph Moyer, age 82, of Tama died Thursday, December 14, 2006 at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown due to an extended illness. A Funeral Liturgy will be held on Monday, December 18, 2006 at 10:30 AM at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Tama with Father Michael. Mescher as celebrant. Interment will follow at St. Patrick's Cemetery in...
Thomas W. Hoffer
Dec 9, 2006
TOLEDO-Thomas W. Hoffer, PhD, age 68, of East Point, FL and formerly of Toledo died on Saturday, December 9, 2006, in Tallahassee Memorial Hospital following a short illness. A public graveside service will be held Thursday, December 14, 2006 at 11:00 A.M., at Woodlawn Cemetery in Toledo, followed by a Fellowship Gathering at Christ United Methodist Church Worship Center in...
Janet Elaine Hayek
Dec 7, 2006
TAMA-Janet Elaine Hayek, age 63, died on Thursday, December 7, 2006, in Skiff Medical Center in Newton, Iowa due to a lengthy illness. A Funeral Liturgy will be held on Tuesday, December 12, 2006 at 10:30 AM at the St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Tama with Father Michael Mescher officiating. Interment will follow at St. Patrick's Cemetery in Tama. Visitation...
Anna Mae "Ann" Musgrave
Dec 7, 2006
TOLEDO- Anna Mae "Ann" Musgrave, age 82, of Toledo, died Thursday, December 7, 2006 at the Marshalltown Medical and Surgical Center due to a short illness. Funeral Services will be held on Monday, December 11, 2006 at 11:30 AM at the Christ United Methodist Church Worship Center in Toledo with Pastor Mary Schnepf, officiating. Interment will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery...
Arthur Blackcloud Sr.
Dec 2, 2006
TAMA  Arthur Blackcloud Sr., age 80, of the Meskwaki Settlement died on Saturday, December 2, 2006 at the Iowa Veteran's Home in Marshalltown due to a lengthy illness. Traditional Graveside Services will be held on Monday, December 4, 2006 at 2:00 PM at the Meskwaki Cemetery on the Meskwaki Settlement. A wake was held Sunday evening at the Bear...
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