Obituaries

No Services are planned at this time

Funeral Service will be held on Thursday, January 15th.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Wednesday, January 14th.

Private Family Memorial Service will be held at a later date

Diane Kay Breitsprecher. 87, of Elkader passed away peacefully on January 8, 2026, at the Elkader Care Center. Visitation will be held Sunday, January 18, 2026, from 2:00 PM until 5:00 PM at Leonard-Grau Funeral Home and one hour before services (9:30AM until 10:30 AM) on Monday January 19 th, at the church Funeral Services will be held on Monday, January 19, 2026, at Zion Lutheran Church, Clayton Center, Iowa. Pastor Rusty Phillips will officiate. Leonard Grau Funeral Home

Bradley Alan Buser, 35, of Tiffin, Iowa, passed away surrounded by his family on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. Bradley was born on October 5, 1990, in Vincennes, Indiana, the son of Gary Buser and Monica (Sandhagen) Buser. He was a 2009 graduate of Palestine Community Schools and received his Associates Degree from Kirkwood Community College in Construction Management. Bradley worked for Menards as a Corporate Project Manager. He en

Tom Benson, a devoted outdoorsman, family man, and legendary storyteller, passed away peacefully on December 4, 2025 at the age of 79. A visitation will be held from 4 pm to 7 pm on Friday, January 9, 2026 at Thornburg-Grau Funeral Home, McGregor, Iowa.  A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, January 10, 2026 from 11 am – 2 pm at the Barn Restaurant in Prairie du Chien, WI. Inurnment will take place at a later date at The Highland Lutheran Church in Elkader, Iowa. Thorn