Memorial Service

There will be a memorial service for Josephine and Eugene Ferrara at 2 p.m., Saturday, May 18, at the United Methodist Church, Monticello.

Eugene Frederick Oltmann

Jan. 2, 1930 – May 7, 2013

Eugene Oltmann, 83, of Cedar Rapids, died Tuesday, May 7, 2013, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy. The body will be cremated. There will be no service or visitation. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion.

Eugene Frederick Oltmann was born January 2, 1930, on a farm near

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Dr. Carol Miller

Sept. 29, 1945 – May 2, 2013

Dr. Carol Miller, age 67, of Arlington, Tex. and formerly of Monticello, died Thursday, May 2, 2013 in Arlington, Tex. following a brief illness.

A memorial gathering and service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday morning, May 25, 2013 at the Oakwood Cemetery, Monticello. Rev. Jean Sullivan will officiate at the services. Goettsch

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July 11, 1942 – April 26, 2013

Edwin Frederick Lubben, age 70, died Friday, April 26, 2013, at Jones Regional Medical Center in Anamosa.

Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 30, 2013, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Anamosa. Visitation was from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, April 29, 2013, at Goettsch Funeral Home in Anamosa. Burial was at the Wayne Zion Cemetery in rural Monticello. 


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July 18, 1956 – April 19, 2013

Onslow – Alan R. Welter, age 56, of rural Onslow, died Friday, April 19, 2013, at 5:55 p.m., at his home following a courageous battle with brain cancer.

Friends and relatives of Alan called from 2 to 8 p.m., Monday, April 22, 2013, at the Reiff Funeral Home in Cascade, Iowa, where a wake

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Geraldine F. “Gerri” Pierce, 79, of 210 1st Ave East, Cascade, Iowa, died Friday, May 3, 2013 at 5:13 a.m. at Manor Care Health Services in Dubuque.

Friends and relatives of Gerri called from 2 to 8 p.m., Sunday, May 5, 2013 at the Reiff Funeral Home in Cascade, Iowa, where a Catholic Daughter of America Rosary was held at 4:30 p.m. and a wake service at 7:30 p.m.

Services for

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May 27, 1917 – April 23, 2013

Belvidere, Ill. – Wilma Marie (Helgens) Rink, 95, of Belvidere, Ill. died peacefully Tuesday, April 23, 2013, in Maple Crest Care Centre, Belvidere, Ill. 

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m., Saturday April 27, 2013, in Jefferson Prairie Lutheran Church with Rev. Thomas Groth officiating.  Her burial was in the Jefferson Prairie Cemetery

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