Obituaries

Margaret Krumviede, age 79, died Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019 at St. Luke’s Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa following an extended illness. 

Funeral services were held 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019 at the Hopkinton Community Church with interment in the Hopkinton Cemetery. Friends called from 4 until 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Hopkinton Community Church. Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello has taken Margaret and her family into their care. 

Jerry “Fritz”” Breitbach, 74, of Cascade Iowa passed away Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019 at Unity Point Finley Hospital in Dubuque, Iowa. 

Friends and relatives of Jerry called from 3 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 4 , 2019 at the Reiff Funeral Home in Cascade, Iowa, where services were held at 7:30 p.m. with Rev. Douglas Loecke presiding. Burial will be held in Calvary Cemetery in Cascade, Iowa at a later date. 

Laura Cathleen (Hogan) Simonis beloved wife, daughter, sister and good friend courageously ended her battle with cancer on Nov. 30, 2019 at the age of 41. A visitation will be held Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019 at St. Pius X Catholic Church in Urbandale from 4 to 7 p.m. with a Rosary starting at 3:30 p.m. and a Vigil Service at 7 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday, Dec. 6, 2019 at the Church beginning at 10:30 a.m. Burial will follow the service at Glendale Cemetery. 

Caroline “Kay” J. Eilers, 83, of Monticello passed away Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019, at Monticello Nursing & Rehab Center. 

Visitation was held from 3 - 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 29, 2019, at Kramer Funeral Home in Monticello where a Rosary was held at 3 p.m. Visitation continued from 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Monticello prior to funeral services.