Local Obituaries for Morris Funeral Home


Mary Brady
Aug 13, 2017
Mary J. Brady, 85, of Cascade, Iowa died peacefully at Bethany Home on Sunday, August 13, 2017. Visitation will occur on Wednesday, August 16th from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm and from 9:30 am to 10:30 am Thursday, August 17th at St. Matthias Church in Cascade where a Mass of Christian Burial will commence at 10:30 am. Rev. Douglas...
Merl Owen Meyer
Aug 8, 2017
Merl Owen Meyer, age 55, of Guttenberg, IA, died Tuesday, August 8, 2017, at the Guttenberg Municipal Hospital. He was born on November 2, 1961, in Guttenberg, the son of Gerald and Marcella Meyer. Merl received his education in Guttenberg where he graduated with the class of 1980. On September 17, 1983, Merl married Doris Klein at St. Marys...

Verna Steffen
Aug 8, 2017
Verna Mae Steffen, 92 of Luxemburg passed away Tuesday, August 8, 2017, at Guttenberg Care Center in Guttenberg. Visitation will be held from 3 - 8 p.m. Friday, August 11, 2017, at Kramer Funeral Home, 750 12th Ave SW in Dyersville. Visitation will continue Saturday morning from 9 – 10 at Kramer Funeral Home prior to funeral services. A...

Dale Sabers
Aug 7, 2017
Dale J. Sabers, 51, of Rickardsville died Monday, August 7, 2017, at home surrounded by his loving family. Visitation will be held from 1:30 to 7:00 p.m., Sunday, August 13, 2017, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Rickardsville where parish vigil service will be held at closing of visitation. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30...

Helen Westhoff
Aug 3, 2017
NEW VIENNA, IOWA Helen C. Westhoff, 79, of New Vienna passed away Thursday, August 3, 2017, at Mercy Medical Center in Dubuque. Visitation will be held from 3-8 pm Tuesday, August 8, 2017, at Kramer Funeral Home, 750 12th Ave SW in Dyersville. Visitation will continue Wednesday from 9-10 am at Kramer Funeral Home prior to funeral services. A...

Delbert Olberding
Aug 3, 2017
Delbert W. Olberding, 88, of Dyersville, passed away Thursday, August 3, 2017, at Ennoble Manor in Dubuque. Visitation will be held 2 - 8 p.m. Sunday, August 6, 2017, at Kramer Funeral Home, 750 12th Ave SW in Dyersville where an American Legion/VFW/40&8 service will be held at 7 pm. Visitation will continue Monday from 8:30 – 9:30 am...

Delores Biermann
Jul 27, 2017
Delores Frances Biermann, 97, of Dyersville died Thursday, July 27, 2017, at Oak Crest Manor in Dyersville. Visitation will be held from 4 - 7 p.m. Monday, July 31, 2017, at Kramer Funeral Home, 750 12th Ave SW in Dyersville. Visitation will continue from 9 – 10 am Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, at the funeral home. A Mass of...
Dixie Mae Zehr
Jul 20, 2017
Dixie Mae Zehr, 85, died unexpectedly on Thursday, July 20, 2017 at the home of her daughter, Pat, in Iowa City. Dixie was born on February 14, 1932 to Dan and Rachel Coffman of Garnavillo, Iowa. She graduated from Garnavillo High School in 1949. She was valedictorian of her class. She graduated from Kahler School of Nursing in Rochester,...

Daniel Meyer
Jul 16, 2017
Daniel P. Meyer, 24 of Dyersville, passed away in his sleep on Sunday, July 16, 2017, at home. A public visitation will be held from 2 - 8 p.m. Friday, July 21, 2017, at Kramer Funeral Home, 750 12th Ave SW in Dyersville. There will be a private family Celebration of Life. Daniel was born April 29, 1993, in...
Loris E Kickbush
Jul 14, 2017
Loris Ervin Kickbush, 82, died on Friday, July 14, 2017, at the Guttenberg Care Center following a brief illness. He was born on February 19, 1935, in Millville, IA, to Ervin and Selma Marguerite (Troester) Kickbush. He was baptized at St. Marys Catholic Church in Guttenberg, IA. He attended a country school until 8th grade then graduated from Guttenberg...

Eldon Steffensmeier
Jul 13, 2017
DYERSVILLE, IOWA Eldon J. Steffensmeier, 86, of Dyersville died Thursday, July 13, 2017, at Shady Rest Care Center in Cascade. Visitation will be held from 2 to 7 p.m. Sunday, July 16, 2017, at Kramer Funeral Home, 750 12th Ave SW in Dyersville where an American Legion service will be held at 7 pm. Visitation will continue Monday from...

Andrew Gravel
Jul 10, 2017
CASCADE, IOWA Andrew Michael Gravel, 29, of Cascade, died Monday, July 10, 2017, in Dubuque, Iowa as the result of a motorcycle accident. Visitation will be held from 2-8 pm Wednesday, July 26, 2017, at the Kramer Funeral Home, 750 12th Ave SW in Dyersville. Visitation will continue from 9 – 10 am Thursday, July 27, at the funeral...
Jerry E. Handke
Jul 9, 2017
Jerry Handke, 73, of Guttenberg, Iowa died with family by his side at home on Sunday, July 9, 2017. Jerry was born August 22, 1943 at the family home in Millville, Iowa to Ervin and Margaret (Maxine) Handke. Jerry married Catherine (Cathy) Younker on February 10, 1962 at St. Johns Lutheran Church in Guttenberg. Together, they had two children,...

Janet Willenbring
Jul 5, 2017
Janet K. Willenbring, 67, of Dyersville, Iowa passed away after a short battle with lung cancer, Wednesday, July 5, 2017, at St. Mary’s Campus of Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Visitation will be held from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Sunday, July 9, 2017, at Kramer Funeral Home, 750 12th Ave SW in Dyersville where a parish vigil service...
Jane Lechner
Jul 3, 2017
Jane Lechner, age 83, of Guttenberg, IA, passed away unexpectedly but peacefully at the Guttenberg Municipal Hospital on Monday, July 3, 2017. She was born on December 28, 1933 on her familys farm in Lovell Township, Jones County, the daughter of Carl and Margaret Mardorf. Jane grew up in the Monticello area and graduated from the Monticello High School...

Donna Williams
Jul 3, 2017
Donna Maxine Williams, 82, of Monticello , Iowa, passed away Monday July 3, 2017, at Crestridge Care Center in Maquoketa, Iowa. Visitation will be held from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday July 5, 2017 at Kramer Funeral Home in Monticello with graveside services at 10:30 a.m.at Oakwood Cemetery, officiated by Rev. Colleen Petaros. Donna Maxine Lukenbill was born...
Robert J Hoffman
Jul 2, 2017
Robert John Hoffman, 63, died on July 2, 2017, at his home in Guttenberg. A private celebration of life is planned for a later date. Bob was born on July 11, 1953 in Dubuque to Virginette (Wulfekuhle) and Albin Hoffman, the third of six children. He graduated from Leo High School in Holy Cross, worked at John Deere and...

Verna Klostermann
Jun 30, 2017
Verna M. Klostermann, 90, of Dyersville, Iowa, passed away Friday, June 30, 2017, at Regional Medical Center in Manchester, Iowa. Visitation will be held from 2:00 to 7:00 p.m., Monday, July 3, 2017, at Kramer Funeral Home, 750 12th Ave SW in Dyersville. Visitation will continue Tuesday from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. at Kramer Funeral Home prior to funeral...

Carol Platz
Jun 28, 2017
Carol Ann Langel Platz, 66 of Dyersville, Iowa passed away Wednesday, June 28, 2017, at Mercy Medical Center, in Dyersville Iowa, after a courageous battle with cancer with the family by her side. Visitation will be held 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday, July 2, 2017, at Kramer Funeral Home, 750 12th Ave SW in Dyersville where a parish vigil...