Obituaries

Obituaries

Obituaries for Webster City, IA and surrounding areas

Edward Clabaugh

Edward Clabaugh

Mar 24, 2008

Edward Jacob Clabaugh, Jr., son of Edward and Nina Crow Clabaugh was born on January 26, 1942 in Webster City. He received his education from the Webster City Community Schools. On February 16, 1996, he married Thelma Jean Long in Webster City. Edward worked for many years for his father who owned and Operated Ed's plumbing. He had also been...

Alma Culpepper

Alma Culpepper

Mar 23, 2008

Alma M. Culpepper, 86, of Webster City, died Sunday, March 23, 2008 at the Hamilton Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Church of Christ, with Pastor Ray Artrip officiating. Burial will be in the Graceland Cemetery. Visitation will be two hours before the service time at the church. Arrangements were made with the Foster...

John Koestner

John Koestner

Mar 23, 2008

John F. Koestner, 74, of Badger, died Sunday, March 23, 2008 at the Fort Dodge Villa Care Center. A Funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, with Revs. Scott Boone and William Schreiber presiding. Burial will be in the Calvary Cemetery at Webster City. Visitation will be at the Foster Funeral and...

Eldred Lundquist

Eldred Lundquist

Mar 20, 2008

Eldred R. Lunquist, 94, of Webster City, a former Stanhope farmer, died Thursday, March 20, 2008 at Crestview Senior Living Apartments. Funeral services will be held Saturday, 10:30 a.m. at Foster’s Chapel, with Pastor Suzie Moore officiating. Burial will be in the South Marion Cemetery, southwest of Stanhope. Visitation will be two hours before the service. Eldred Reuben Lundquist, son...

Josie Madden

Josie Madden

Mar 16, 2008

Josie Esther Madden, mother of Sharon Perry, of Webster City and daughter of Albert and Ola Kerby Townsend was born May 20, 1920 at Burlington, KS. She received her education at Burlington, then attended Strictlors Business College at Topeka, KS. On September 1, 1941, she married Lawrence Earl Madden at Burlington. After their marriage, she worked for the federal government...

Gertrude Sherwood

Gertrude Sherwood

Mar 16, 2008

Gertrude Minnie Knapp, daughter of George and Minnie Kelly Knapp, was born March 10, 1925 at Webster City. She received her education in Webster City schools, graduating from Lincoln High. On April 6, 1946, she married Harold Clifford Odegaard at Webster City. The couple resided at Webster City where she was employed at Morton Frozen Foods. They were later divorced....

Scott Sherk

Scott Sherk

Mar 15, 2008

Scott W. Sherk, 67, of Webster City, died Saturday, March 15, 2008, at the Israel Hospice House at Ames. A Memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday at the Missionary Alliance Church at Blairsburg. Private burial will be held prior to the service in the Graceland Cemetery. Visitation will be at the Foster Funeral and Cremation Center from...

Lois Hove

Lois Hove

Mar 15, 2008

Lois Hove, 86, of Stanhope, died Saturday, March 15, 2008 at Bickford Cottage, Urbandale, Iowa. A Celebration of Life will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Stanhope Parish, with Pastor Susie Moore officiating. Burial will be in the Lawn Hill Cemetery, southeast of Stanhope. Visitation will be at the Foster Funeral and Cremation Center from 5:00 p.m. to...

Florence Hill

Florence Hill

Mar 11, 2008

Florence Mae (Kent) Hill, 98, of Stanhope,Iowa, died Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at the Hiawatha Care Center, Hiawatha, Iowa. A Celebration Of Life will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Stanhope,Iowa, with Rev. Joe Lambert officiating. Burial will be in the Lawn Hill Cemetery, southeast of Stanhope. Visitation will be at the Foster Funeral and...

Emma Cutshall

Emma Cutshall

Mar 10, 2008

Emma Cutshall passed into eternity on Monday, March 10, 2008, at Hamilton Hospital, Webster City, Iowa. She was 95 years old and resided at Southfield Wellness Community. Emma was born to John and Ida (Green) Cutshall on a farm south of Booneville, Iowa on March 18, 1912. She graduated from De Soto High School and earned a degree in nursing....

Elnora Lundy

Elnora Lundy

Mar 2, 2008

Elnora Lundy, 85, of Webster City, died Sunday, March 2, 2008 at Southfield Wellness Community. Private family services will be conducted by the Foster Funeral and Cremation Center. There will be no visitation. Elnora Marie Merritt, daughter of Ray and Marie Kiesecker Merritt, was born January 5, 1923 at Webster City. She received her education in the Webster City school...

Alvine Madalik

Alvine Madalik

Feb 28, 2008

Alvine Madalik, 96, Webster City, died February 28 at her home. Funeral services will be held Monday, March 3, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. at Foster Funeral Home in Webster City, with Rev. Howard Hunt officiating. Visitation will be held Sunday evening from 5-7p.m. at the Foster Chapel. Burial will be at a later time. Alvine Madalik was born March 6,...

Mabel Warwick

Mabel Warwick

Feb 26, 2008

Mabel Warwick, 90, of Webster City, died Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at the Hamilton Hospital at Webster City. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday at the Faith United Methodist Church, with Rev. Mike Willer officiating. Burial will be in the Graceland Cemetery at Webster City. Visitation will be two hours before the service. Arrangements were made with...

Phyllis Yoder

Phyllis Yoder

Feb 18, 2008

Phyllis Hilpipre Yoder, 81, of Webster City, a former Woolstock resident, died Monday, February 18, 2008 at Southfield Wellness Community. Funeral services will be held Friday 1:30 p.m. at the Foster Chapel, with Rev. Gerald Caquelin officiating. Burial will be in the Graceland Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour before the service at Foster’s. Phyllis Marie McCollough, daughter of Ralph...

Erma Mamminga

Erma Mamminga

Feb 18, 2008

Erma Mamminga, 85, of Kamrar, died Monday, February 18, 2008 at the Hamilton Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Community Church, with Pastor Peter Mueller officiating. Burial will be in the Presbyterian Cemetery, east of Kamrar. Visitation will be at the Foster Funeral and Cremation Center from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday and...

Masahiro Funabashi

Masahiro Funabashi

Feb 13, 2008

A Gathering will be held Saturday from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Foster Chapel for Masahiro “Masa” Funabashi. Masahiro Funabashi, son of Yoshiharu and Yoko Nakazato Funabashi, was born October 8, 1980 at Kagoshima, Japan. He came to the United States to become a student in the Iowa Central Community College Aviation Program, from which he graduated in...

Ray Olthoff

Ray Olthoff

Feb 8, 2008

Ray Olthoff, 79, of Webster City, died Friday, February 8, 2008 at Altoona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Foster Funeral Home in Webster City, with grandson Matthew Olthoff officiating. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday. Ray Olthoff, son of Lena and Joe Olthoff, was born July 1, 1928. He...

Gladys Ewing

Gladys Ewing

Feb 6, 2008

Gladys L. Ewing, 99, of Webster City, died Wednesday, February 6, 2008 at the Crestview Senior Living. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, February 11, 2008 at the Foster Funeral and Cremation Center with Pastor Ray Artrip officiating. Visitation will be from 9:00 a.m. until service time on Monday at the funeral home. Inurnment will be held...

Janet Brock

Janet Brock

Feb 4, 2008

Janet Brock, 63, of Calvin, Kentucky, entered Heaven, Monday, February 4, 2008. A Celebration of Life will be held 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Foster Chapel, with ministers Don Myers and Shawn Banwell officiating. Burial will be in the Graceland Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour before the service on Friday. Janet Kaye Batcheller, daughter of Glen and LaVeta Nickles...

David Bisbee

David Bisbee

Feb 2, 2008

David L. Bisbee, 91, of Blairsburg, died Saturday, February 2, 2008 at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, February 6, 2008 at the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, with Rev. Travis Schmidt officiating. Burial will be in the Graceland Cemetery with graveside military rites conducted by the American Legion Post #191 of...