Kelly S. Mccauley

Kelly McCauley of Des Moines died Saturday, November 23, 2013 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center. She was 49 years old. A Celebration of Life gathering will be held Friday, November 29 at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset from 4 to 6 p.m. where her family will be present to receive friends. Memorials may be directed to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Greater Des Moines, Box 12174, Des Moines, Iowa 50312 (www.namigdm.org) and condolence may be left online for the family at ochiltree.com. A private family committal will take place at a later date in the Winterset Cemetery, Winterset. Kelly Shawn McCauley was born August 8, 1964 in Winterset to Richard and Susie (Waltz) McCauley. She was a 1983 graduate of Winterset High School. Later she was married to Danilo Rentuma and to this union her daughter was born. Kelly would most wish to be remembered as an artist who always appreciated the beauty of nature and loved animals; especially dogs. She was an optimist whose tenacity was undeniable. Kelly also possessed a desire to help those in needs, whether it was offering a ride to a stranger or offering help to the homeless and less fortunate. She was a member of the Walnut Creek Y.M.C.A. Kelly is survived by her daughter, Gabrielle Rentuma; parents, Richard and Susie McCauley; sister, Brandi McCauley all of Des Moines; brother, Ted (Karey) McCauley of Stevensville, MD; nephews, Josh and Connor McCauley; her best friend, Michael Sherrard of Urbandale; many aunts, uncles, cousins and a host of friends. She was preceded in death by her grandparent, Joseph and Mildred (Freiberg) Waltz; Theodore and Dorothy (Green) McCauley, and other extended family.