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Obituaries

Thomas Murphy

Thomas James Murphy, 81, Reinbeck, died Sunday, February 9, 2025. Thomas was born May 7, 1943, in Waterloo to the late James Owen and Evelyn Belle (Sell) Murphy. He graduated from Reinbeck High School in 1961. Thomas went into the US Army and served in Vietnam from 1965-67 at the Tan Son Nhut ...

Paul Weiss

Paul L. Weiss, 89, of Reinbeck, died on Friday, February 7, 2025, at the Parkview Manor in Reinbeck. Visitation will be held on Friday, February 21 from 4:00 - 6:00 at the First Presbyterian Church in Reinbeck. The funeral service will be held on Saturday, February 22 at 10:30 a.m. at the First ...

Beverly Miller-Mugge

Beverly Miller-Mugge, 79, of Garwin, IA, formerly of Gladbrook, IA passed away Thursday, January 30, 2025, at Bickford of Marshalltown. Memorial visitation was held from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Friday, February 7, 2025, at Peace United Church of Christ in Gladbrook. Private family gathering and ...

Cecil Wrage

Cecil Wrage, 88, of Grundy Center, Iowa, passed away Thursday, January 30th. He was born September 24th, 1936, to Emil and Katie (Bern) Wrage in Marshalltown, Iowa. He was raised northwest of Lincoln, IA and graduated from Gladbrook High School in 1954. He served his country in the US Army from ...

Esther Corrigan

Esther Marie Corrigan, 93, of New Hartford, Iowa, died Friday, January 24, 2025, at New Aldaya Lifescapes in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Esther was born on November 7, 1931, near Amity, rural Dinsdale, Iowa, the daughter of Claus and Frieda (Engel) Hein. She attended Garwin, Iowa, schools graduating ...

Arlene Schildroth

Arlene Faye Schildroth, 92, peacefully went home to be with the Lord on January 10, 2025, at Friendship Village in Waterloo, Iowa. Arlene was born June 1, 1932 to Reuben W. and Ella (Groth) Schildroth in Grundy Center, Iowa. Following high school, Arlene earned a mission degree at Omaha ...

Fritz Cohen

Fritz G. Cohen 05 August 1922 – 30 December 2024 Fritz G. Cohen died peacefully on December 30, 2024, at the age of 102 in Chicago, Illinois. Fritz was born on August 5, 1922, in Hanover (Lower Saxony), Germany to Iwan and Alice Cohen. He grew up near Hanover in Ronnenberg until fleeing ...

Susan “Sue” Hamann

Susan “Sue” Marie Hamann, 81, of Gladbrook, Iowa, passed away peacefully on December 5, at Westbrook Acres Nursing Home. Sue was the daughter of James and Evelyn Scott. In 1961 she graduated from Gladbrook Community High School then attended Pitzi’s School of Beauty in Waterloo. She was ...

Donna Dufel

Donna Mae Dufel June 4, 1935-December 21, 2024 Donna Mae Dufel, 89, of Hudson, Iowa, died unexpectedly on Saturday, December 21, 2024, of natural causes at her home. She was born June 4, 1935, in Cedar Falls, the daughter of Clarence and Susan (Andorf) Gutknecht. Donna graduated from Dike ...

Gerald Ehrig

Gerald Ernest Ehrig died Sunday, December 8, 2024, in Reinbeck under the care of Cedar Valley Hospice. A visitation was held from 9:30am to 11:00am on Tuesday December 17, 2024, at the First Presbyterian Church in Reinbeck, followed by a Celebration of Life at 11:00am. He was born September ...