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Randall “Randy” Van Dee

Randall William “Randy” Van Dee, 61, of Brooklyn, passed away Tuesday, November 18, 2025, at UnityPoint-Grinnell Regional Medical Center. A Funeral Service will be held Tuesday, November 25, 2025, at 10:30 AM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama. Interment will follow at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Vining. Visitation will be held Monday, November 24, 2025, from 4-7 PM at Kruse-Phillips Funeral Home in Tama. Survivors include his wife, Dena, of Brooklyn; three children: Kyle Van Dee, of Holiday Lake, Brooklyn, Jordan Antons, of Grinnell, and Ryanne Van Dee, of Brooklyn; his mother, ...

Lynda Wolken

Lynda Wolken, 81, passed away Sunday, November 16, 2025, with family by her side at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics in Iowa City. A visitation honoring the life of Lynda will take place on Saturday, November 22 from 10:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. at the Trinity Lutheran Church of Dillon. A graveside service will follow at the Lutheran Cemetery of Dillon. Friends and family are also invited to attend a family-led celebration of life at Elmwood Country Club from 2:00 to 6:00 P.M, with a special program beginning at 3:30 P.M. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be ...

Mildred Lathrop

Mildred Nadine Kjormoe Beach Lathrop, 99, of Marshalltown passed away Sunday, November 16 at Glenwood Place. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, November 20 at First Congregational Church. Visitation will be 10 a.m. until the time of service. A luncheon will follow in the fellowship ...

Dennis Zmolek

Dennis Zmolek, age 86, of Marshalltown, passed away on November 16, 2025. Dennis Fredric Zmolek, was born on December 26, 1938 near Chelsea, Iowa to Emanuel and Violet (Upah) Zmolek. Dennis attended elementary school in Tama and Toledo and graduated from Toledo High School in 1956. He went ...

Lynda Wolken

Lynda J. (Lukehart) Wolken, 81, passed away Sunday, November 16, 2025, with family by her side at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics in Iowa City. A visitation honoring the life of Lynda will take place on Saturday, November 22 from 10:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. at the Trinity Lutheran Church of Dillon. A graveside service will follow at the Lutheran Cemetery of Dillon. Friends and family are also invited to attend a family-led celebration of life at Elmwood Country Club from 2:00 to 6:00 P.M. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be directed to the family for later ...

Corinne Martin

Corinne Martin, 97, of Osceola, IA, formerly of Union, IA passed away Monday, November 17, 2025, at the Clarke County Hospital in Osceola. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, November 22, 2025, at the Union Community Church in Union. Visitation will be 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Friday, November 21, 2025, at the church. Interment will follow the service at the Union Cemetery. A luncheon will be held in the fellowship hall at the church. Memorials may be directed to the Union Community Church Youth Programs. Further arrangements are pending with Anderson Funeral Homes. Online ...