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April 1 funeral announcements

Services for a Waverly man, 79 year old Paul Mardorf, are Saturday at 10:30am at Redeemer Lutheran church in Waverly. The service will be live-streamed on the church Facebook page. Burial in Harlington cemetery. Visitation is 4-6pm Friday at Kaiser Corson funeral home in Waverly, and an hour before services at the church.

A Strawberry Point man, 89 year old Lowell Rodas, died Thursday. Private family services will be held at a later date. Inurnment in Cass Township cemetery. Leonard Muller funeral home in Strawberry Point is handling the arrangements.

A rural Rowley man, 93 year old Leo Kress, died Monday. No services are planned. Burial of cremains will be at Quasqueton cemetery at a later date. White funeral home in Independence is in charge of arrangements.
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March 31 funeral announcements

Services for an Ionia woman, 84 year old Dearetta Ann Johnson, are Friday at 10:30am at Republic Community church in rural Ionia. Burial in Oak Hill cemetery in Nashua. Visitation is an hour before services at the church. Kaiser Corson funeral home in Waverly is assisting the family.

A Guttenberg man, 91 year old Robert Hoffman, has died. A public memorial service will be held at a later date. Tuecke Allyn funeral home in Guttenberg is handling the arrangements.

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March 30 funeral announcements

Services for a Waukon woman, 66 year old Janet Palmer, are Thursday at 11am at Old West Paint Creek Lutheran church in rural Waukon. Burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call 4-7pm Wednesday at Martin Grau funeral home in Waukon.

A Charles City man, 86 year old Louis "Louie" Peters, died Sunday. A private family service will be held Tuesday, April 6 at the United Church of Christ in Colwell. Burial in Sunnyside Memory Gardens in rural Charles City. A public visitation will be held Monday from 4pm to 7pm, at Hauser Weishaar funeral home.

Services for a Cresco man, 82 year old Wayne Carolan, are Friday, April 9 at 10am in Notre Dame Parish in Cresco. Friends may call an hour before services at the church. Burial in Oak Lawn cemetery in Cresco. Lindstrom funeral home is in charge of arrangements.

A Decorah man, 76 year old Davis Johnson, died Saturday. Private family services will be held Friday at the Washington Prairie Lutheran church in rural Decorah. Burial in the church cemetery. A public visitation will be Thursday, 3-7pm at Fjelstul funeral home in Decorah.

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