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Obituaries

Marley Bacon

Marley Bacon, 85, of Garwin, Iowa, passed away Friday, October 27, 2023, under the care of Iowa River Hospice.
 Memorial services will be held at 10:30 A.M. Saturday, November 4 at Garwin Valley Community Church in Garwin with Pastor Seth Hedman officiating. He will be laid to rest in ...

Ruth Tomlinson

Ruth Ann (Yanda) Tomlinson, 97, formerly of Tama and Toledo, Iowa, passed away on Friday, October 27, 2023, at Southridge Specialty in Marshalltown.
 Services for Ruth will be held on Friday, November 3, 2023, at 11:00 A.M. at the Stavanger Friends Church. Visitation was Thursday, ...

Larabeth Bader

Larabeth Ann (Folsom) Bader was born on October 23, 1935, in Clear Lake, to Lawrence and Elizabeth (Bardsley) Folsom. She grew up in Mason City, graduating from Mason City High and then Iowa State Teachers College, with a bachelor’s degree in music.
 
 When teaching music ...

Joyce Petersen

Joyce Petersen passed away peacefully in her sleep on October 12, 2023, at Northbrook of Cedar Rapids. Joyce was born July 13, 1925, in Eldora. Her parents were Charles and Susan (Hess) Ware. Joyce was the sixth of eight children. Joyce graduated from High School in Grundy Center at age 16 ...

Sharlene Ann (Karkosh) Hoeg, 84

Sharlene Ann (Karkosh) Hoeg was called home by the Lord on Friday, October 13th, 2023, at age 84. Sharlene was born June 9th, 1939, in Blackhawk County to Adolph W. and Mildred (Halupnick) Karkosh. She attended school in Reinbeck, Iowa, and later attended AIB in Des Moines, where she met ...

Terry Joe Shay, 59

Terry Joe Shay, 59, of Waterloo, passed away Thursday, September 28, 2023. He was born August 6, 1964, in Oelwein, the son of Maurice Gene Shay Sr and Shirley Rae Soper Shay. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Northern Iowa and taught vocal music for ...

Daniel Rathjen, 72

Daniel Rathjen, 72, passed away on Thursday, September 28, 2023, at his home from a brain tumor. He died surrounded by his family and under the care of Iowa River Hospice. A Visitation will be held Wednesday, October 4, 2023, from 4 to 7 PM at Grace Community Church in Toledo. A Memorial ...

Kenneth “Ken” Brian Matthiesen, 73

Kenneth "Ken" Brian Matthiesen was born on January 30, 1950, in Waterloo, the son of William and Imogen (Sutherland) Matthiesen. Ken grew up in Dysart and graduated from Dysart High School in 1968. He then attended the United Electronics Institute in Des Moines. Ken served his country in the ...

THOMAS V. LENTH

Tom passed peacefully on August 5, 2023, in San Diego, California. He was a graduate of North Tama High School Class of 1975 Traer, Iowa. He was born on January 4, 1957, to the parents of Donald and Joyce Lenth. Tom is preceded in death his parents and a sister Linda. He is survived by ...

Dallas Gene Cizek, 76

Dallas Gene Cizek, 76, of Bettendorf and formerly of Traer, passed away Thursday, August 31, 2023, at his home due to natural causes. A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, September 23, 2023, at 10:30 AM at the First Presbyterian Church in Toledo with Pastor Tom Bower officiating. ...