Our dear dad, Herman C. Gorton, 88, of Dubuque, IA, died peacefully, Monday, July 13, 2020, at University of Iowa Medical Center, Iowa City, IA. He was surrounded by his five children. Dad was born July 23, 1931, the seventh of eight sons, in Moffat County, CO, where his father had homesteaded before moving to…
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Patricia Therese (Brown) Folger, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, peacefully passed away on Monday, July 20, 2020. Trish was born on September 29, 1950, in Chicago, IL, to her parents, Thomas and Anne (O’Rourke) Brown and she grew up in Chicago. After graduating from Mother McAuley High School in 1968, she attended…
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John C. Finzel, 51, of Dubuque, died Wednesday, July 8, 2020, in Dubuque. The Funeral Service for John will be 1:00 PM Saturday, July 25, 2020, at Hoffmann Schneider & Kitchen Funeral Home and Cremation Service with Deacon John Stierman officiating. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Please respect our current social distancing requirements.…
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Tamara R. Puccio, 75, of Dubuque, died Monday, July 20, 2020, at her home. The Funeral Service for Tamara will be 10:00 AM Friday, July 24, 2020, at Mount Calvary Cemetery in Dubuque. Tamara was born March 10, 1945, in Dubuque, the daughter of Timothy B. and Lulu Comstock Sargent. On October 21, 1972, she…
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Francis P. Goedken, 87, of Dubuque, IA, formerly of Zwingle, IA, passed away at Oak Park Place on July 16, 2020 surrounded by the love of family. Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, July 24, 2020 at St Joseph Church, Key West with Father Paul Attah-Nsiah officiating. Family and friends…
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Robert L. “Bob” Skahill, 98, of Dubuque, passed away Sunday, July 19, 2020, at MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center. Private family visitation and mass will be held at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church with Rev. Steven Rosonke officiating. A live stream of the funeral mass will be at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday July 22, 2020 on Leonard Funeral…
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Germaine C. “Geri” Skoff Lawrence, 90, of Maquoketa, Iowa, passed away on Friday morning, July 17, 2020 at Crestridge Nursing Home in Maquoketa, Iowa. A private family graveside service celebrating her life will be held at St. Joseph’s at Sugar Creek Cemetery, rural Preston, Iowa. There is no public visitation. The Carson Celebration of Life…
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Rev. John “Jack” Nesler Porter, 86, of Dubuque, passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 7, 2020, at Luther Manor. Graveside memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 25, at Linwood Cemetery, 2736 Windsor Ave., Dubuque. Attendees may gather in vehicles at the cemetery chapel at 10:20 a.m. for the procession to the grave.…
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George F. Chapman, 81, of Asbury, died Wednesday, July 15, 2020.  Visitation will be from 4 to 8 pm Monday at the Egelhof, Siegert and Casper Westview Funeral Home, 2659 Kennedy Road.  The family requests that masks be worn to the visitation and social distancing be observed.  Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m.…
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Marie “Betty” E. Stelken, 93, of Worthington passed away Friday, July 17, 2020, at Shady Rest Care Center in Cascade. Visitation will be held 3-7 p.m. Monday, July 20, 2020, at Kramer Funeral Home, 750 12th Ave SW in Dyersville where a parish vigil service will be held at 2:45 pm.  Visitation will continue from…
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