Local Obituaries for Morris Funeral Home


Adelaide Bildstein
Dec 19, 2016
Adelaide E. Bildstein, 95 of Dyersville, Iowa died Monday, December 19, 2016, at Oak Crest Manor in Dyersville, Iowa. Visitation will be held from 3:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 21, 2016, at Kramer Funeral Home, 750 12th Ave SW in Dyersville where a parish vigil service will be held at 3:00 p.m. Visitation will continue Thursday from...

Bernard Ellerbach
Dec 17, 2016
Bernard A. Ellerbach, 94, of Dyersville and formerly of Holy Cross and Guttenberg died Saturday, December 17, 2016, at Oak Crest Manor in Dyersville. Visitation will be held from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at Kramer Funeral Home in Holy Cross. A continued visitation will be from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at the...

Dorothy Fitzsimmons
Dec 17, 2016
MONTICELLO, IOWA Dorothy Ftizsimmons, 87, of Monticello died peacefully on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, at the Monticello Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. A visitation will be held from 9 – 11 am Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Monticello where a Mass of Christian Burial will commence at 11 am. Rev. Paul Baldwin will officiate. Burial...

Gregory Gioimo
Dec 16, 2016
DYERSVILLE, IOWA Gregory “Fuzz” L. Gioimo, 64, of Dyersville died Friday, December 16, 2016, at Finley Hospital, Dubuque. Visitation will be held 2 - 8 p.m., Monday, December 19, 2016, at Kramer Funeral Home, 750 12th Ave SW in Dyersville where a parish vigil service will be held at 2 pm. Visitation will continue Tuesday from 9 – 10...

Lulabel Gratke Lambert
Dec 15, 2016
Lulabel “Lu” Gratke Lambert, age 91, Hopkinton, died Thursday, December 15, 2016, at Regional Medical Center in Manchester. Funeral services for Lu were Monday December 19, 2016, at 11 am at the Peace United Church of Christ, 410 E Cherry St, Monticello, Iowa, with burial in the Hopkinton Cemetery in Hopkinton, Iowa. Visitation was be one hour before the...
Arleen Marie Adams
Dec 12, 2016
Arleen Marie Adams, wife of the late Leonard Adams, passed away peacefully in her own home in Houston, Texas on Monday, December 12, 2016 at the age of 95. Arleen was born in Guttenberg, Iowa on April 30, 1921, daughter of Alfred and Rosetta Wittman. She grew up on her family farm near Elkader and married Leonard Adams on...

Christine Jenson
Dec 12, 2016
Christine E. “Kris” Jenson, 90, of Monticello, died Monday, December 12, 2016 at the Guttenberg Municipal Hospital, Guttenberg, Iowa. Visitation will be held from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Saturday, December 17, 2016 at Kramer Funeral Home in Monticello. A Funeral Service will be at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, December 17, 2016 at Kramer Funeral Home, 700 East Oak St.,...

Clara Steffensmeier
Dec 8, 2016
DYERSVILLE, IOWA Clara Mae Steffensmeier, 86, of Dyersville died Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, at Oak Crest Manor in Dyersville. Visitation will be held from 2:00 to 8:00 p.m. Sunday, December 11, 2016, at Kramer Funeral Home, 750 12th Ave SW in Dyersville. Visitation will continue Monday, Dec. 12, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at the funeral home prior...

Kathleen Krapfl
Dec 8, 2016
DYERSVILLE, IOWA Kathleen “Kay” Krapfl entered into eternal rest on Thursday, Dec. 8 2016, at Oak Crest Manor in Dyersville, surrounded by her family. Visitation will be held from 3 – 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016, at Kramer Funeral Home, 750 12th Ave SW in Dyersville. Visitation will continue Wed. from 9 – 10 am at Kramer Funeral...

Leon Maiers
Dec 7, 2016
HOLY CROSS, IOWA Leon G. Maiers, 92, of Dubuque and formerly of Holy Cross died Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016, at 4:20 a.m., surrounded by his loving family at Stonehill Care Center in Dubuque. Visitation will be held from 3:00 – 8:00 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9, 2016, at Kramer Funeral Home in Holy Cross where a parish vigil service will...

Donald Tegeler
Dec 7, 2016
DYERSVILLE, IOWA Donald G. Tegeler, 82, of Dyersville died Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016, at home surrounded by his family. Visitation will be held 2 – 8 pm Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, at Kramer Funeral Home, 750 12th Ave SW in Dyersville where a parish vigil service will be held at 2pm. Visitation will continue Tuesday from 9-10 am at...

Benjamin Guthrie Hunter
Dec 5, 2016
Benjamin Guthrie Hunter, age 86, of St. Olaf, IA, died Monday, December 5, 2016, at the Guttenberg Care Center. He was born on January 29, 1930, in Lochore Scotland, the son of John and Kathleen (Guthrie) Hunter. Ben migrated to the United States in his 20s and for many years, he worked as a heavy machine operator for the...

Gladys Gaul
Dec 3, 2016
Gladys J. Gaul, 67 of Dyersville, Iowa died Saturday, December 3, 2016, at Mercy Medical Center, Dubuque, Iowa. Visitation will be held from 2:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, December 6, 2016, at Kramer Funeral Home, 750 12th Ave SW in Dyersville. Visitation will continue Wednesday from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. at Kramer Funeral Home prior to funeral...
Wallace M. Felland
Nov 25, 2016
Wallace Maynard Felland, age 97, passed away at the Guttenberg Care Center, Guttenberg, Iowa on November 25, 2016. Wally was the youngest child of Gunder K. and Martha (Fjeld) Felland. He was born on March 7, 1919 in a log cabin on his grandfathers farm in Worth County, Iowa. He was baptized at Beaver Creek Lutheran Church in Joice,...

Marilyn Burlage
Nov 23, 2016
MONTICELLO, IOWA Marilyn Burlage, 75, of Monticello died Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016, at home surrounded by her family. Visitation will be held from 3 - 7 pm Sunday, Nov. 27, at the Kramer Funeral Home in Monticello where a parish vigil service will be held at 3 pm. Visitation will continue from 10 – 11 am Monday, Nov. 28,...

Rita Wilgenbusch
Nov 23, 2016
Rita E. “Betty” Wilgenbusch, 89, of Dyersville, Iowa died Wednesday, November 23, 2016, at Oak Crest Manor, Dyersville, Iowa. Visitation will be held 2-8 p.m. Friday, November 25, 2016, at Kramer Funeral Home, 750 12th Ave SW in Dyersville where a parish vigil service will be held at 1:45 p.m. Visitation will continue Saturday, morning November 26 from 9...
Norma Lou Kuempel
Nov 16, 2016
Norma Lou Kuempel of Guttenberg, IA, passed away Wednesday, November 16, 2016, at the Hiawatha Care Center in Hiawatha Iowa. She was born on June 23, 1929, in Louisville, Co to Robert and Margorie Gilchrist. Lou attended high school in Columbus, OH and Minneapolis, MN before attending Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls. She continued her education at...

Harold Crowley
Nov 16, 2016
Harold J. Crowley, 92, of Hopkinton, Iowa, died Wednesday, November 16, 2016, at Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House in Hiawatha. Visitation will be held from 3 - 7 pm Friday, Nov. 18, at St. Luke Catholic Church in Hopkinton. Visitation will continue from 9 - 10 am Saturday, November 19, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10...

Terence Tracey
Nov 16, 2016
Terry Tracey, 50, of Cascade, Iowa passed away at home Wednesday, November 16, 2016. A family and friends gathering will be held one hour before services. A funeral mass will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, November 23, 2016 at St. Matthias Catholic Church, Cascade, Iowa. Rev. Douglas Loecke will officiate. Terry was born September 4, 1966 in Illinois...