Howard Pulse

Howard Pulse, 82, of Winterset, died Thursday, September 13, 2018 at his home. A visitation will be held from 1:00 to 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 18, at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset where family will be present to receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Funeral services will begin at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, September 19, at the Mount Calvary Lutheran Church in Indianola with a visitation one hour prior, beginning at 9:30 a.m. A private burial will be in the Winterset Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to Mount Calvary Lutheran Church or Hospice of Central Iowa and online condolences can be left at ochiltree.com. Howard Leslie Pulse was born May 11, 1936, in Belvidere, South Dakota, the son of James and Lillian (Herout) Pulse. He graduated from Schaller High School in 1954 and was united in marriage to Jo Ann Schoening on June 2, 1957, in Galva, Iowa. He was employed with American Republic Insurance for 50 years. He is survived by his wife, Jo Ann Pulse of Winterset; sons, Jeffrey (Sara) Pulse of Fort Wayne, IN and James (Stephanie) Pulse of Pleasantville; daughters, Julie (Lonn) Maly of Woodbury, MN and Jeri (Rod) Simon of Winterset; 13 grandchildren, Joseph (Libby) Simon, Cory (Maria) Simon, Nathan (Natalie) Pulse, Jonathan Pulse, Emilee (Dan) Anderson, Kyle Pulse, Kelsee (Josh) Citron, Megan Pulse, Jerika Maly, Mikal Soo Pulse, Shelby Maly, Joshua Pulse and Trevor Pulse; 2 great grandchildren, Indie Simon and Charlie Anderson; sister, Lillian Beck of Fremont, NE; and many nieces and nephews. Howard was preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Mavis (Leonard) Popp and infant sisters, Anita and Phyllis Pulse; and a brother-in-law, Herb Beck.