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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...
Evelyn F. Mcafee
Jan 15, 2015
Evelyn F. McAfee, 86, of Tipton, passed away Thursday, January 15, 2015, Cedar Manor Nursing Home in Tipton. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, January 20 at 10:30 am, at Tipton's Calvary Four Square Church, with Rev. David Dierks officiating. Burial will follow in the Woodbridge Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Monday from 4:00 to 7:00 pm...
Mardel M. Fletcher
Jan 14, 2015
Mardel M. Fletcher, 88, of Tipton, passed away on Wednesday, January 14, 2015 in the Cedar Manor Nursing Home in Tipton. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 10:30 am at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Tipton with the Rev. Richard Okumu officiating. Burial will follow in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Wilton, Iowa. Those honored...
Donald Lee Villhauer
Jan 11, 2015
Donald L. Villhauer, Sr., 83, of Tipton, died peacefully Sunday, January 11, 2015 in the Cedar Manor Nursing Home, Tipton, Iowa. Private graveside services will be held on Tuesday, January 13, 2015, 11:00 am in the Rochester Cemetery, Rochester, Iowa with the Rev. Ronald Lashmit, officiating. Honored to serve as pallbearers are Jason Tucker, Matt Tucker, Nevin Tucker Garrett...
Patrick Paul Bixby
Jan 3, 2015
Patrick P. Bixby, 68, of Tipton, Iowa passed away Saturday, January 3, 2015 at the Wilton Retirement Center in Wilton, Iowa. Visitation will be held from 4-7PM on Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at Fry Funeral Home in Tipton. Funeral services, conducted by Donnita Moeller, will be at 10:30AM at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church on Wednesday, January 7, 2015. Interment...
Melissa Ann "Missy" Davis
Dec 30, 2014
Melissa Ann "Missy" Davis, 43, of Tipton, died suddenly Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa. Visitation will be held Saturday, January 3, 2015, from 2PM-4PM at Fry Funeral Home in Tipton, Iowa and Sunday from 1-2PM, at the church, prior to the time of the service. Funeral services for Melissa, will be...
Vesta Vae Kern
Dec 26, 2014
Vesta Vae Kern, 95, of Tipton, Iowa, passed away Friday, December 26, 2014 in Cedar Manor Nursing Home, Tipton. Memorial services will be held on Friday, January 2, 2015 at 1:00 pm, Fry Funeral Home, Tipton. Interment will follow in Red Oak Cemetery with her grandchildren as her pallbearers. Visitation will be held from noon until the time of...
Oscar T Wilson
Dec 22, 2014
Oscar T. Wilson, 74, of Tipton, passed away Monday, December 22, 2014 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. A Celebration of Life service honoring Oscar will be held from 2PM-4PM on Saturday, December 27, 2014 at Fry Funeral Home in Tipton. Pastor Ron Lashmit will start the celebration at 2pm with a short service, followed by refreshments and fellowship...
Florence Lucile Kirk
Dec 12, 2014
F. Lucile Kirk, 94, Tipton, died peacefully on Friday, December 12, 2014, in Transitions Life Care Hospice Facility in Raleigh, North Carolina with her family by her side. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, December 18, 2014 at 10:30 am, St. Mary's Catholic Church in Tipton. Burial will follow in the Tipton Masonic Cemetery. Visitation for Lucile will...
Dorothy Louise Feldman
Nov 30, 2014
Dorothy L. Feldman, 88, of Tipton, passed away Sunday evening at Cedar Manor Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, December 6, 2014 at 11:00 am, Fry Funeral Home, Tipton. Burial will follow in the Tipton Masonic Cemetery. Visitation for Dorothy will be held on Friday from 4:00 to 6:00 pm and one hour prior to the...
