Doctor George Roland Gundrum, 95, passed away on Tuesday, November 10 th at 2:50 PM, while surrounded by family. He is with his beloved wife Nelly who passed November 5, 2020. George was born in Wieselburg, Austria on March 8, 1925, the son of Franz and Anna Gundrum, who later divorced. Anna then married Dr. Hans Butt from Transylvania, Romania. Along with George, and his brother Franz Jr., four more boys were born, Hans Jr., Kurt, Horst, and Rolf. In 1932, the family moved to his...

Nelly Gundrum, 94, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family Thursday November 5 at 5:30 AM. Nelly is the daughter of Karl and Antonia Kaneider of Innsbruck Austria. Nelly was born July 13, 1926 in Reid Austria. Soon thereafter, the family moved to Mutters Austria where her father Karl was chief of Police. Nelly had five sisters. Paula, Herta, Elsa, Helma and Inge. She lost her mother in a bicycle accident when she was 16. A year later she lost her sister Helma, due to a hiking...

Betty Lou Stewart, 96, of Burlington, died at 6:00 AM Friday, December 4, 2020, at her home. Born March 3, 1924, in Davenport, IA. When Betty was five years old, she was adopted by Lillie Peterson and they moved to Burlington. On April 7, 1951, she married William "Tick"  Stewart in Burlington. He died June 15, 2010.  Betty worked as a receptionist for Dr. Robert Todd and in her Mother's hat shop on Jefferson Street. Betty enjoyed dancing, swimming, and playing...

Edith Reighard, 82, of Burlington, died at 10:15 PM Saturday, November 28, 2020, at the OakView Nursing Home and Rehabilitation in Burlington. Born August 6, 1938, in Fairfield, IA, she was the daughter of Edwin Earl and Elsie Evelyn Everett Middleton. She married Kenneth Larry Reighard. They later divorced.   She married Ed Mohnike. They later divorced. She graduated from Fairfield High School.  Edith worked at Exide for 22 years. She loved her family and...

We invite you to join us for a virtual Holiday Remembrance Service on Saturday, December 5th at 2:00 PM.  This live-streamed event will be viewable on this page as well as by visiting the Prugh~Thielen Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/prughthielen. If we had the privilege of serving your family this past year, we have a gift for you. Please call (319) 752-2828 to ask about scheduling an appointment to pick-up your hand-blown glass angel ornament. These commemorative...

Dennis Harold Horn, 76, of Burlington, died at 10:52 AM Monday, November 30, 2020, at the Great River Medical Center in West Burlington. Born August 28, 1944, in Fort Madison, he was the son of Harold and Florence Koller Horn.  He graduated from Fort Madison High School. Dennis briefly attended auctioneering school before settling on a career more suited to his life-long passion for cars.  He worked as a self-employed car salesman, as well as used tires salesman.  Dennis...

Dr. Rick C. Courtney, 61, of West Point, went home to be with the Lord at 5:24 PM Saturday, November 28, 2020, at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in Iowa City. Born June 6, 1959, in Tennessee, he was the son of Willard and Lasca McCracken Courtney. On March 29, 1980, he married Deborah Lyons in Kansas City, MO. They were married for 40 years. Rick has served as a chiropractor in Fort Madison at Courtney Family Chiropractic Clinic since 1984. He graduated from Mediapolis...

Diana R. McDowell, 64, of Burlington, died at 1:21 PM Wednesday, November 18, 2020, at the Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids. Born July 2, 1956, in Burlington, she was the daughter of James P. and Irma lova Orendorff DeVauld Sr. On September 4, 1999, she married Ronald McDowell in Burlington, Iowa.  Diana was owner of D.J. Assessment and was a chemical dependency counselor. She loved her job, helping others, her family, grandchildren whom affectionately called her Dinee, cooking...

Joyce Marjorie McCormick, 100, formerly of Liscomb, Eldora, and Marshalltown, died November 24, 2020 at the Klein Center in West Burlington. Born July 28, 1920 on the family farm in Liscomb, she was the daughter of Milon and Lola Gould Thatcher. In March 1942, she married Warren McCormick. Joyce was a 1938 graduate of Liscomb High School who later worked in a Waterloo dental clinic, for Modern Dairy in Marshalltown, and at the Eldora hospital.  She enjoyed reading, crafts, playing...

Loretta Margaret Stevenson, 89, of Burlington, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at Great River Hospice House in West Burlington. She spent the days preceding her death surrounded by those she loved most.  Born December 13, 1930, in Mediapolis, IA, she was the daughter of Jesse Paul and Gertrude Marie Beckman Abel. She grew up on the family farm near Dodgeville.  She had four brothers: Paul, Harold, Francis and Raymond.  Loretta graduated from Sperry...