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James Robert France
Mar 28, 2015
James Robert France, 75, of Boulder Junction, WI, and Tipton, IA, died March 28, 2015, at home after a long battle with cancer. Jim was born February 2, 1940, in Davenport, IA, to James Delaplane France and Jean Elizabeth (Hahn) France. He married Linda Lou Johnson on September 10, 1960, in Hinsdale, IL. Jim was a retired resort owner...
Margaret Fern Stubbs
Mar 27, 2015
Margaret Fern Stubbs, 97, of Tipton, passed away at Crestview Care Center in West Branch, Iowa, Friday March 27, 2015. Her funeral will be Tuesday, March 31st at Fry Funeral Home in Tipton, Iowa. The funeral service will be performed by Pastor Richard Smith. Friends may call at Fry Funeral Home prior to the funeral from 9:30-10:30. Funeral services...
Audrey Josephine Martin
Mar 25, 2015
Audrey Josephine Martin, 94, formerly of Tipton, died Wednesday, March 25, 2015 in the Good Samaritan Nursing Home, Davenport, Iowa. Funeral Services will be held on Monday, March 30, 2015, at 11:00 am, at Fry Funeral Home, Tipton. Vernon Rhodes will be officiating. Burial will follow in the Tipton Masonic Cemetery. A gathering of family and friends will be...
Evelyn Clark
Mar 24, 2015
Evelyn Clark, 93, of Tipton, died Tuesday, March 24, 2015, in Cedar Manor Nursing Home in Tipton. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 28, at Fry Funeral Home, Tipton with the Rev. Ron Lashmit officiating. Burial will follow in Red Oak Cemetery. Visitation will be held Friday, March 27, from 4-7 p.m. at Fry's. Online condolences may...
Dwight Harold Jennings
Mar 23, 2015
Dwight Harold Jennings, 68, of Tipton passed away Monday, March 23, 2015 at his home. Visitation will be held Thursday, March 26, 2015 from 4-7PM at Fry Funeral Home in Tipton. Funeral services for Dwight will be held at 10:30AM, Friday, March 27, 2015 at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran in Tipton. Burial will follow at Tipton Masonic Cemetery in Tipton....
Grace "Bette" Elizabeth Burnett
Mar 21, 2015
Grace Elizabeth "Bette" Burnett 86, of Tipton, Iowa, passed away Saturday, March 21, 2015, at Cedar Manor Nursing Home in Tipton. Funeral services for Bette will be at 11AM, Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at Fry Funeral Home in Tipton. Visitation will be held from 9-11AM, just prior to the funeral. Ron Lashmit will officiate. A luncheon will immediately follow...
Randy L. Lafrenz
Mar 16, 2015
Randy L. Lafrenz, 58, of Bennett, died Monday, March 16, 2015 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Memorial services will be held on Friday, March 20, 2015 at 10:30 am, Peace Church of Christ United, Bennett, Iowa. Visitation will be held on Thursday, March 19, 2015 from 4:00 to 7:00 pm at Fry Funeral Home, Tipton, Iowa. Burial...
Lilly May Muse
Mar 15, 2015
Lilly May (Milton) Muse, 72, of rural Tipton, Iowa, passed away Sunday, March 15, 2015 in her home. Visitation in Iowa will be held Wednesday, March 18, 2015 from 4-7PM at Fry Funeral Home in Tipton. In Michigan, Visitation will be held from 10-11AM, Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at Davidson Chapel in Coloma, Michigan. Funeral services will immediately follow...
Elmer Louis Harmel
Mar 15, 2015
Elmer Louis Harmel, 88, of Tipton, died Sunday, March 15, 2015, in Cedar Manor Nursing Home, Tipton. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, March 21, 11:00 am, Trinity Lutheran Church, Tipton with Pastor Donnita Moeller officiating. A gathering of family and friends will be held at the church from 10:00 to 11:00. Burial with full military rites will...
Ronald Eugene Skladzien
Mar 10, 2015
Ronald Eugene Skladzien, 62, of Tipton, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at Windmill Manor in Coralville, Iowa. Visitation, celebrating Ron's life, will be held Thursday, March 12, 2015 from 5-7pm at Fry Funeral Home. Please come wearing casual clothing, in Ron's honor. Online condolences, memories, photos and videos of Ron may be shared at www.fryfuneralhome.com. In lieu...
Anna Marie Kraklio
Mar 4, 2015
Anna Marie Kraklio, 85, of Tipton, died suddenly Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa. Visitation will be Sunday, March 8, 2015 from 2-5PM at Fry Funeral Home in Tipton, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 11 AM on Monday, March 9, 2015 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in...
Malcolm Lyle Emrich
Mar 2, 2015
Malcolm Lyle Emrich, 76, of Tipton, died Monday, March 2, 2015, Virginia Gay Hospital in Vinton. Memorial services will be held Saturday, March 7 at 10:30 am, First United Church of Christ, Tipton. The Rev. David Lorenzen officiating. Burial and military honors will follow in Woodbridge Cemetery, Buchanan, Iowa. A time of visitation will begin at 9:30 until the...
George Robert Batzkiel
Mar 1, 2015
George "Bob" Batzkiel, aka, The Polish Prince, passed away Sunday, March 1, 2015 in the University of Iowa Hospitals & clinics with his family by his side. Funeral services will be Thursday, March 5th at 10:30 am, Fry Funeral Home, Tipton. Burial with full military rites will follow in the Tipton Masonic Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Wednesday...
Bruce Penningroth
Feb 22, 2015
Bruce Penningroth, 65, of Tipton, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family after a long illness on Sunday, February 22, 2015. Survivors include his wife Beverly Penningroth of Tipton; his daughters Kim (Terry) Mente and Angie (Jim) Knox, both of Tipton; his grandchildren, Ashley, Austin, Alyssa and Jaxson; his sister Lynn (Craig) Emrich of Marion; his mother Jean Penningroth...
Travis Alan Wallace
Feb 3, 2015
Travis A. Wallace, 33, of Tipton, died February 3, 2015 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA. Visitation for Travis will be Sunday, February 8, 2015 from 1-4PM at Fry Funeral Home, Tipton, Iowa. Travis' funeral will be at 10:30AM, Monday, February 9, 2015 at Fry Funeral Home. Burial and graveside services will follow at...
Peggy Ann Sissel
Jan 28, 2015
Peggy Ann Sissel, 82, of DeWitt, formerly Tipton, passed away Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at the Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House in Bettendorf, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 10:30AM on Monday, February 2, 2015 at Fry Funeral Home in Tipton. Reverend Richard Smith will be officiating. Burial will follow at the Tipton Masonic Cemetery. Visitation will be...
David Andrew Geinzer
Jan 23, 2015
David A. "Gonzo" Geinzer, 67, Tipton, passed away Friday, January 23, 2015 in his home with his family by his side. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, January 29, 2015, 10:30 am, Fry Funeral Home, Tipton, with Revs. David Deirks and Ron Lashmit officiating. Burial will follow in the Tipton Masonic Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Wednesday...
Esther Joy Witmer
Jan 22, 2015
Esther Joy Stratton Witmer, 106, died peacefully on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, at her home in Prairie Hills Assisted Living, Tipton. Memorial services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27, at Tipton United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Paul Fredericksen officiating. Burial of her cremated remains will follow in the Healy Cemetery, Moscow, Iowa. Visitation will be from 4...
Pauleen "Dutch" Rupe
Jan 19, 2015
Pauleen "Dutch" Rupe, 87, of Tipton, passed away Monday evening, January 19, 2015 in Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, Iowa. Memorial services will be held on Friday, January 23, 2015, Fry Funeral Home, Tipton. Burial will follow in the Tipton Masonic Cemetery. A brief visitation will be held prior to the service from 10:00 to 11:00 on Friday. A memorial...
Clovis Mark M'Joweta Bowles
Jan 19, 2015
Clovis Mark M'joweta Bowles, tribal member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, 60, of Lisbon, passed away January 19, 2015 at his residence. A private family graveside service will be held on Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 10AM at the Mason-Wallick Cemetery in Cedar Bluff, Iowa. In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established in Clovis' honor to...
