Funeral Homes in Independence, IA

Facts about Independence, Iowa

• Some of the notable people born here have been: (murray joslin), (dan rasmussen), (harry e. yarnell), (ulysses prentiss hedrick), and (george cobb (baseball)).

Independence is a city in and the county seat of Buchanan County, Iowa, United States. The population was 5,966 in the 2010 census, a decline from 6,014 in the 2000 census.

Independence Obituaries

It was reported by Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier on September 30th, 2018 that Donna M Brown (Parrish) perished in Independence, Iowa.  Ms. Brown was 72 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Donna M's life.

It was disclosed by Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier on September 30th, 2018 that Karen K Christian (Hamblin) passed away in Independence, Iowa.  Ms. Christian was 65 years old.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Karen K's life.

It was reported by Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier on September 24th, 2018 that Robert Dean Straw passed on in Independence, Iowa.  Straw was 81 years old.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Robert Dean's life.

It was revealed by Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier on September 20th, 2018 that James L Grover passed on in Independence, Iowa.  Grover was 87 years old.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor James L's life.

It was noted by Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier on September 9th, 2018 that Lorraine F Hanson (Greenslade) died in Independence, Iowa.  Ms. Hanson was 93 years old.  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Lorraine F's life.

It was disclosed by Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier on September 9th, 2018 that Dorothy R Seamans (Shaffer) died in Independence, Iowa.  Ms. Seamans was 96 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Dorothy R's life.

It was revealed by Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier on August 5th, 2018 that Dean Schommer passed away in Independence, Iowa.  Schommer was 88 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Dean's life.

It was written by Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier on August 1st, 2018 that Anna Marie Lynch (Bergman-Knebel) died in Independence, Iowa.  Ms. Lynch was 25 years old and was born in Seoul, .  Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Anna Marie's life.

It was reported by Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier on July 29th, 2018 that Robert D Sprague passed on in Independence, Iowa.  Sprague was 74 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Robert D's life.

It was written by Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier on April 13th, 2018 that Thomas J Ratchford passed away in Independence, Iowa.  Ratchford was 81 years old.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Thomas J's life.

History

The recently restored main building, called the Reynolds Building (made of "native granite" in French Second Empire style), was apparently erected as a private mansion in the early 1870s, then later converted to a state-operated health facility. A telegraph operator and creamery owner from nearby Jesup, Iowa, Williams (with no experience in breeding horses) purchased in 1885 two mares, each of which within a year gave birth to a stallion. Of additional interest are several other buildings of historic and architectural value. Today, the location of Williams' race track (which was the original site of the Buchanan County Fairgrounds) is a corn field. A courthouse was built in 1857, on the east side of the town, on a site described at that time as "the highest tract of land in the neighborhood," where offers "a fine view of the city of Independence, the Valley of the Wapsipinicon, and the surrounding Country".