East High School Iowa Alumni Obituaries

Cleo Ann Eliason age 90 passed away peacefully on January 20 2026 in Green Bay Wisconsin. She was born December 1 1935 in Green Bay to Edwin and Helen Klug Eliason. Cleo was proud to be a lifelong Lutheran. She graduated with High Honors from Green Bay East High School in 1954. She worked as a secre...

Chrystal Champion was born on June 23rd 1966 in Cleveland Ohio. She was raised by foster parents Jimmie Hazel Manuel proceeded in death. Chrystal was friendly very sociable caring always smiling said hi or hey to everyone she would meet. She had a great love for family she loved doing her favori...

Wesley James Anderson age 50 of North Liberty formerly of Des Moines passed away on Friday January 16 2026 at his home. A Celebration of Life will be held at 200 P.M. on Saturday January 24 2026 at Urban Acres Real Estate 250 Holiday Road Coralville Iowa where there will be a reception and time of f...

   Marilyn J. VandeMoortel, 93, of Moline, passed away peacefully Wednesday, December 31, 2025 at her home.   A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, January 8, 2025 at Sacred Heart Church, Moline. Visitation will be 3:00 – 7:00 p.m. Wednesday at Rafferty Funeral...

    Zelwin B. Eaton, 82, of Kirksville, Missouri, passed away Monday, July 7, 2025, at the Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, Missouri.    He was born on June 23, 1943 on a farm near Mexico, Audrain County, Missouri, the son of Zetho E. and Mildred I. Lindahl Eaton....

Reusch Arthur Max Jr 74 of Ballwin Missouri passed away peacefully on Saturday December 27 2025 following a prolonged illness. Max was born on April 29 1951 in Columbia Missouri to Arthur and Jeannette nee Hof Reusch. Max graduated from Prairie High School in Cedar Rapids Iowa and entered the Navy f...

Elaine Louise Mars born Elaine Louise Erickson was born on June 12 1934 in Kulm North Dakota to Rev. Victor and Olga Erickson. She passed away on January 17 2026 at the age of 91 in Federal Way Washington where she had been living. Elaine grew up during the years of the Great Depression and World Wa...

Donna May Pruner Welte 76 of Springfield Missouri formerly of Lancaster Missouri passed away on Tuesday January 6 2026 at Mosaic Life Care in St. Joesph Missouri. The daughter of John Eugene and Zelpha May Ruggles Pruner she was born on June 12 1949 in Centerville Iowa. She was a graduate of Kirksvi...

Susan Elizabeth McDonough, 83, of Grinnell, IA passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 4, 2026, at the Mayflower Health Care Center in Grinnell surrounded by her family. Sue was born on August 26, 1942, in Eau Claire, WI, to Leon and Isabella (Rohrssen) Mahlstedt. She was raised in Sumner, Iowa, a...

Thomas Joseph Budnik passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on Tuesday, November 25, 2025.Tom was born on January 21,1938, in Chicago, Illinois to parents Stanley and Henrietta (Siwe) Budnik, Polish immigrants to the United States. Tom had one brother, Stanley Budnik, and one sister, Mildred ...

Thomas Stanley Cramer 83 of Hackettstown NJ entered his eternal home peacefully surrounded by his loved ones on February 8 2026. Born on January 4 1943 in East Stroudsburg PA he was the son of the late Stewart and Jean Miller Cramer of Buttzville NJ. Tom was raised on a farm where his love for anima...

Rita M. Kester 89 of Austin Minnesota passed away on Sunday February 8 2026 at Generations Child and Memory Care in Mankato Minnesota. Rita was born on June 28 1936 in Austin Minnesota to Delbert and Anna Swatosh Skinner. She graduated from Austin High School in 1954. On November 25 1955 she was uni...

Gary Wilbur Trimble, 81, of Duncanville, Texas, passed away on Wednesday, Jan 28, 2026 at Methodist Charlton Medical Center in Dallas.Born July 3, 1944, in Burlington, Iowa, Gary was the son of Wilbur and Irene (Crow) Trimble. He grew up on the family farm in Burlington near the Mississippi River, a...

James Jim Wallace Watkins the son of Wallace Ray and Beulah Berniece Chapman Watkins was born November 26 1943 on the farm east of Tarkio Missouri. Jim attended Homer School in rural Tarkio and graduated in 1961 from Tarkio High School. On July 1 1965 Jim was united in marriage to Janet Sue Brown in...

Joyce Ann Cowan age 84 from Crawfordsville Indiana passed away at 1030 am on Saturday May 14th at the home of her daughter in Crawfordsville with her family at her side. She was born on October 13 1937 in Peoria Illinois the daughter of Rudolph and Edna Harmon Smith. She is survived by Vernon Bobb...

Yvonne Marie Newell Lloyd went home to her Lord Savior Jesus Christ on Friday January 30 2026 whilesurrounded by her family. A funeral service will be held at 1100 a.m. on Wednesday February 4 2026 at Kingswood Church Geneseo. The visitation will be held from 1000 1100 a.m. before the service. Rev...

Edgar E Bantz 92 of Muscatine Iowa formerly of Galesburg died on Friday December 19 2025 at home. Ed was born August 15 1933 in Danville Illinois the son of Ford D. and Audrey Canaday Bantz. He married Helen M. Helander on November 3 1962 in Chicago. She preceded him in death on November 27 2018 aft...

Raymond attended local schools including Lawrence High School. He then went on to serve his country in U.S. Army. He worked for Chinet company for 37.5 years. He loved to go to his camp on East Pond that is now owned by his son. He loved fishing golf The Red Sox and The Patriots. He was the Treasure...

Sharon Lee Myers of Flagstaff died on December 11th at the Oliva White Hospice Home. A resident of Flagstaff since 1973 Sharon was born in Wesley Iowa on March 8 1933 to Robert F. and Verna C. Kain. Sharon graduated from Algona High School in 1950 and went on to attend Briar Cliff College in Sioux C...

Eunice S. Muller Frey age 94 went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday January 16 2026 at Maple Manor Nursing Home in Aplington Iowa. She was born the daughter of Siebrand and Frieda DeVries Muller of rural Aplington on August 20 1931. She graduated from Aplington High School in 1949. After...

Wayne Donald Hanson Age 99 passed away on Tuesday December 30 2025 in the Cedar Valley Hospice Home surrounded by his family Wayne was born February 9 1926 on their farm near Thor Iowa the first son of John Oliver and Ruth Caroline Nelson Hanson. He was joined 11 month later by a brother John Junior...

Clifford Havener Haskins, age 99 of Laona, Wisconsin completed (finished) this part of his life on January 24, 2026.He was born to Clifford E. Haskins and Ethelind Beatrice (Havener) Haskins in Wausau, Wisconsin, September 22. 1926.He grew up in Wabeno and Laona, Wisconsin and graduated from the Lao...

   Alice Irene Impens, 97, of Moline, passed away Wednesday, January 7, 2026, surrounded by family at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf.   A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 9:30 am, on the 12th day of January, 2026, at Sacred Heart Church, Moline. Visitation will be ...

age 86 of Sioux Falls SD passed away on Monday December 29 2025 at his home in Apache Junction AZ. A Celebration of His Life will be 200 PM Sunday January 25 2026 at The Reserve at Lost Dutchman Apache Junction AZ. Another will be held in Sioux Falls at a later date. Harlan L. Hartman was born on No...

Douglas Hoyle, age 72, of Waverly, Missouri, passed away on Saturday at 11:50 a.m., August 12, 2023, at his home and with his loving wife by his side.Douglas was born in Middleton, New Jersey, on August 15, 1950, to the late Herbert Lee Hoyle and Mildred (Young) Hoyle.He attended school in New Jerse...

   Josephine Williams, 74, of Carbon Cliff passed away Thursday, January 15, 2026 at Mercy One Genesis Silvis Center, Silvis, surrounded by her loving family.Funeral services will be 9:30 a.m., Saturday, January 24, 2026 at Rafferty Funeral Home, 2111-1st St A, Moline. Visitation will be 4...