Obituaries
Glen Edward Frese Jr.
Glen Edward Frese Jr., 58, of Atkins, IA passed away May 29, 2024 surrounded by family, after a long battle with cancer. Glen was born December 5, 1965 in Cedar Rapids, IA. Growing up in rural Watkins, IA, he graduated from Norway High School, Class of 1984. Following school, Glen farmed and drove truck with his father on the Frese family farm for 40 years. Wineva Pederson
Wineva Pederson, 98, of Des Moines and Vinton, died peacefully, Friday, May 24th of congestive heart failure.Winifred Wineva Spickard was born to Onetta Mageehon and John Spickard in Walnut, Kansas on October 15, 1925.Wineva grew up on the family farm in Spickard, MO, a small rural community founded by her ancestor George Alexander Spickard in 1873. Dean Allen Robison
Dean Allen Robison collapsed during therapy at Virginia Gay Hospital in Vinton, on May 21, 2024, at 3:36 pm in the afternoon.Dean grew up in the Walker area on the family farm working odd jobs until he went to work with Carlson Construction driving a dump truck. He frequently talked about working on construction of the old Highway 20. Dean later moved to Dysart to work for Wiecks Feed and Livestock. Bruce Eugene Bauer
Bruce Eugene Bauer, 77, passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 25, 2024, at his home in Vinton, due to a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. He was surrounded by his family and beloved French Bulldogs, Lucy and Harley, A visitation will be held from 10:00 AM to 10:45 AM, Friday, May 31, 2024 at the Phillips Funeral Home Chapel (212 E. Warren Richard “Bud” Barr
Warren Richard “Bud” Barr, age 99, passed away peacefully onSunday, May 26, 2024, at the Keystone Nursing Care Center with family by hisside. A visitation will be held from 1:00 until 2:45 PM, Thursday, May 30, 2024 at thePhillips Family Center (605 2nd Avenue) Vinton. A Graveside service with militaryrites will be held at 3:00 PM Thursday at Evergreen Cemetery in Vinton. James Lynn Kelly
James Lynn Kelly, 83, of Cedar Rapids, formally of Belle Plaine, passed away peacefully with family by his side on May 24, 2024 after fighting a courageous battle with lung cancer.Born April 23, 1941 in Benton county to Virgil and Mary Catherine (Bevins) Kelly. James grew up in Van Horne and after graduating from there, Jim served in the Army.James married Alene Dorman of Belle Plaine on March 26, 1972. Gretchen Gladys Kullmer
Gretchen Gladys Kullmer was born on Dec. 4, 1932, in Independence, Iowa, the first born to Edward Thedens and Ruth Schmidt Thedens. She was promoted to her heavenly home on May 21, 2024, at Allen Hospital in Waterloo after a brief illness.
She spent her growing up years in Jesup and attended the First Presbyterian Church with her family and on Rally Day, September 1942, she gave her heart and life to Jesus. Thomas William Busenbark
Thomas William Busenbark, 83, of Shellsburg, Iowa, passed away peacefully on May 23, 2024 surrounded by his family and beloved dog, Sammy from complications of Alzheimer’s.A celebration of life will be held from 2-6 p.m. at Wildcat Golf Course in Shellsburg on Saturday, June 8, 2024.Tom was born April 26, 1941, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the son of John and Erma (Street) Busenbark. Randy Ray Olson
Randy Ray Olson, age 68, of Washington, Iowa, passed away Wednesday, May 22, 2024, at the University of Iowa Hospital.Celebration of life services will be held 11:00 a.m. Thursday, May 30, 2024, at the Oregon Township Cemetery with Pastor Darryl Carr officiating. The family will be present to receive friends from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 29th at the Jones & Eden Funeral Home. Garry B. Krutzfeldt
Garry B. Krutzfeldt, 84, passed away, surrounded by family on Monday, May 20, 2024, at the Keystone Nursing Care Center Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, at St. John Lutheran Church in Keystone with Rev. Stephen Preus officiating. Interment will be held at the Keystone Cemetery, with light refreshments to follow at the church.