Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Webster City, IA and surrounding areas

Norman Ihle

Norman Ihle

Feb 3, 2011

Norman T. Ihle, 74, of Webster City, died on February 3, 2011 at the North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale, Minnesota. A Funeral Service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday at Trinity Lutheran Church with Revs. Mike Kroona and Tony Ede officiating. A visitation will be held on Tuesday evening from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Foster Funeral...

Betty Johnson

Betty Johnson

Feb 2, 2011

Betty Johnson, 83, of Stanhope, died at her home and went to be with her Lord and Savior for a well deserved rest, on February 2, 2011. She was surrounded by her loving family. A Celebration of Life will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, at the Stanhope Parish, with Pastor Suzie Moore officiating. Burial will be in the Cass...

Barbara Halverson

Barbara Halverson

Jan 31, 2011

Barbara Halverson, 83, of Webster City, died Monday, January 31, 2011 at the Israel Family Hospice House. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, February 4th at the Trinity Lutheran Church. Visitation will be at the Foster Funeral and Cremation Center Thursday with the family present from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Barbara Jean Crouse was born June...

Maxine Nelson

Maxine Nelson

Jan 30, 2011

Maxine M. Nelson, 88, of Webster City, died on Sunday, January 30, 2011 at the Van Diest Medical Center after a brief illness. Funeral services will be held 1:30 p.m. Saturday, February 5, 2011 at Foster Funeral and Cremation Center with Pastor Terry Davenport officiating. Maxine, the oldest daughter of Gottfred and Anna Shold was born May 23, 1922 in...

Victor Young

Victor Young

Jan 29, 2011

Victor J. Young, 67, passed away Saturday, January 29, 2011 at his home in Webster City, under the care of his family and Hamilton Hospice. A Funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday at the Foster Funeral & Cremation Center with Rev. Linda Bibb officiating. Burial will follow in the Graceland Cemetery. A visitation will be held...

Lorraine Gowdy

Lorraine Gowdy

Jan 27, 2011

Lorraine M. Gowdy, 86, of Des Moines, died Thursday, January 27, 2011 at Wesley Acres Health Care Center in Des Moines. A Funeral Mass will be held Monday at 11:00 a.m. at the St. Mary's Catholic Church in Williams, with Father James McAlpin officiating. Burial will follow in the St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Monday at...

Irene Barkema

Irene Barkema

Jan 26, 2011

Irene Barkema, 88, of Webster City, died Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at the Van Diest Medical Center in Webster City. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday at the Foster Funeral & Cremation Center with Rev. Joe Lambert officiating. Burial will be held in the Evergreen Cemetery in Jewell. A visitation will be held on Saturday beginning at...

Luverne Olson

Luverne Olson

Jan 23, 2011

Luverne Olson, 97, of Jewell, died Sunday, January 23, 2011 at the Van Diest Medical Center in Webster City. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Monday at the Bethesda Lutheran Church in Jewell. Burial will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery. A visitation will begin Monday from 11:00 a.m. until the time of service at the church. Foster Funeral...

Donna Groves

Donna Groves

Jan 21, 2011

Donna Groves, 85, of Webster City died Friday, January 21, 2011, at Southfield Care Center. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 25, at Foster Funeral & Cremation Center. Memorial services and interment at Graceland Cemetery will be held in the spring. Donna Louise Wiggam Groves, daughter of Adele Blomenberg Wiggam and Trevanian MacArthur Wiggam, was...

Marie Bernard

Marie Bernard

Jan 19, 2011

Mary Louise Bernard, 101, of Webster City, died Wednesday, January 19th at Crestview Senior Living. A funeral mass will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, January 22nd at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church with Reverend Stephen Meyer officiating. Visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m. at the church. Burial will be in the Graceland Cemetery. In lieu of flowers family requests memorials may...

James Poore

James Poore

Jan 17, 2011

James W. Poore, 60, of Austin, Minnesota died Monday, January 17, 2011 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. A Memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 14, 2011 at the Foster Funeral & Cremation Center. Burial will follow at the Graceland Cemetery in Webster City. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the memorial service....

Hatsue Johnson

Hatsue Johnson

Jan 14, 2011

Hatsue was born August 28,1929, in Okinawa, Japan. She married John Johnson, a native of Webster City, Iowa, on June 18, 1953 in Okinawa. Since 1967 they lived in Webster City following John's retirement from the United States Army. Hatsue was a faithful wife and took care of John until his death on August 28, 1994. She loved sewing and...

Max Titus

Max Titus

Jan 12, 2011

Max E. Titus, 88, of Clarion, died Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at his home. There will be a Visitation from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday January 21, and the Memorial Service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, January 22, 2011 at the United Methodist Church in Clarion with Rev. Don Morrison and Stan Watne officiating. Arrangements were...

Ronald Carlson

Ronald Carlson

Jan 6, 2011

Ronald Carlson, 79, of Stanhope, died Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011 at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames. Funeral Service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 8th at the Stanhope Parish, with Pastor Suzie Moore officiating. Visitation will be held Friday from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Foster Funeral and Cremation Center. In lieu of flowers memorials may...

Helen Norris

Helen Norris

Jan 4, 2011

Helen Norris, 91, of Webster City, died Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at Crestview Senior Living. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, January 8th at Fosters Chapel, with Rev. Linda Bibb officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service. Burial will be in the Sunset Memorial Gardens in Des Moines, IA. Helen Lucille McCollough, daughter of...

Helen Murphy

Helen Murphy

Dec 23, 2010

A Memorial Mass for Helen Murphy will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, January 15 at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, with Fr. Stephen Meyers, celebrant. Mrs. Murphy died Thursday, December 23, 2010 at Crestview Senior Living. Visitation will be one hour before the Mass at the church. Helen Arlene Albers, daughter of Albert and Hazel Ward Albers, was born...

Evelyn Gaster

Evelyn Gaster

Dec 21, 2010

Evelyn Sophronia Gaster, 87, peacefully went home on Tuesday, December 21, at The Village at Legacy Pointe in Waukee. She spent her final days surrounded by loved ones, including her only daughter Cindy (John) Tometich of Johnston and four grandchildren: Melissa (John) Ulrickson of Ankeny and their four boys - Sam, Jack, Max, and Frank; Elizabeth (Scott) Behrens of Kansas...

Arlene Langen

Arlene Langen

Dec 20, 2010

Arlene Van Langen, 90, of Webster City, went home to be with the Lord on December 20, 2010. She had been hospitalized and had returned to her residence at Windsor Manor in Webster City. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, December 30, 2010 at the Community Church in Kamrar with Rev. Peter Mueller officiating. Visitation will be...

Mark Whaley

Mark Whaley

Dec 20, 2010

Mark A. Whaley, 58, a lifelong resident of Webster City, died at his home on Monday, December 20, 2010, after a courageous thirteen-month battle with brain cancer. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, December 28, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church, Webster City, with Father Richard Graves officiating. Immediately following the service, a celebration of...

Walter Crouch

Walter Crouch

Dec 19, 2010

Dean Crouch, 71, of Webster City, died Sunday, December 19, 2010 at the Paula Baber Hospice House at Fort Dodge. Memorial services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Foster Chapel, with family and friends sharing. Arrangements were made with the Foster Funeral and Cremation Center. Walter Dean Crouch, son of Walter and Alice House Crouch, was born...