OBITUARIES

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Sophie Gonzalez

Sophie Gonzalez

Mar 17, 2018

Sophie entered eternal life March 17, 2018 at the age of 90! She was born on September 30, 1927 in a boxcar in Galesburg, Illinois to Manuel and Maria (Castro) Higareda, the 7th of 9 siblings. Sophie graduated from Galesburg High School in 1946 and from Cottage Hospital School of Nursing in 1949. She maintained lifelong friendships with her...

Mary  Ellen Fauster

Mary Ellen Fauster

Mar 15, 2018

Mary Ellen Fauster, 82, passed away on Wednesday, March 15th, 2018. Mary Ellen was born on August 27th, 1936 to Lester and Sylvia Falbe, in Cornell, Wisconsin. While attending elementary school in Cornell, the family was transferred to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where Mary attended Shorewood High School. Upon graduation Mary enrolled into Prospect Hall Business College and became an administrative...

Bishop Jeremiah Reed

Bishop Jeremiah Reed

Mar 15, 2018

Presiding Bishop Emeritus Jeremiah Reed Presiding Bishop Emeritus Jeremiah Reed, the son of Deacon Lewis Reed and Mother Christana Germany Reed, was born March 20, 1930 in Nuyaka, Oklahoma. Bishop Reed answered the call of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, on March 15, 2018, at his residence in Des Moines, IA, at the age of 87 years, 11...

John O'Leary

John O'Leary

Mar 15, 2018

John O’Leary, 83, of Des Moines passed away on March 15, 2018 at Wesley Acres. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at the Basilica of St. John in Des Moines, with a visitation one hour prior to the mass. Burial will follow at Glendale Cemetery. John was born on...

John Rehard

John Rehard

Mar 14, 2018

John Rehard, 69, of Peru died Wednesday, March 14, 2018, at West Bridge Care and Rehab in Winterset. A visitation will be held from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m., Monday, March 19, at Ochiltree Funeral Service where the family will be present to receive friends during this time. Funeral Service to follow at 11:00 a.m., Monday, March 19, at Ochiltree...

Catherine Bridge

Catherine Bridge

Mar 14, 2018

No services are planned.

David Pille

David Pille

Mar 13, 2018

No services are scheduled at this point. Memorial contributions may be given to Blank Children's Hospital, St. Jude Hospital or Brecken Dupont Memorial Fund - 20484 E. Pleasant Grove Road, Peosta, IA 52068

Linda Backus

Linda Backus

Mar 12, 2018

Linda Backus, 78, of Winterset, died Monday, March 12, 2018, at the Winterset Care Center North. No services will be held in Iowa at this time. A memorial service will be held at a later date in Arizona with a burial to follow in the Camelback Cemetery in Paradise Valley, Arizona. Memorials may be directed to the Alzheimer’s Association...

Donald Bentler

Donald Bentler

Mar 12, 2018

Donald Eugene Bentler, 71, passed away on Monday, March 12, 2018 at the Good Samaritan Society in Indianola. A celebration of life service will be at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, March 17 at Lutheran Church of Hope in West Des Moines. Don was born in Des Moines where he lived most of his life. He was an Army veteran and...

Clifford Collins

Clifford Collins

Mar 12, 2018

Cliff Collins, 69, of St. Charles died Monday, March 12, 2018 at the Taylor House Hospice in Des Moines, Iowa. A visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Thursday, March 15, at Ochiltree Funeral Service, with family present to receive friends during this time. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, March 16, at...

Gina  Campen

Gina Campen

Mar 9, 2018

Gina Marie Campen, age 53, passed away Friday March 9th at Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. There will be a Visitation at 9am on Friday March 16th at St. Anthony Catholic Church followed by Mass at 10am. Her Life was dedicated to her Faith, Family, friends and her dogs. Gina was the type of person to...

Eleanor Faye Whiton

Eleanor Faye Whiton

Mar 7, 2018

Eleanor Whiton, age 97 of Perry, Iowa passed away on Wednesday, March 7th, at Rowley Memorial Masonic Home. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 31 at the First United Methodist Church in Perry. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until time of the service. Burial will be in Violet Hill Cemetery. Hastings Funeral Home is handling the...

Betty Litton

Betty Litton

Mar 4, 2018

Betty Litton passed away on Sunday March 4, 2018 after a short illness. Betty was born August 19,1950 in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. She attended Mount Pleasant High School and AIB. She worked in the accounting field at several businesses through out her career. She was preceded in death by her parents, Dorothy and Arthur Litton and brother, Walter Litton....

Wayne Jensen

Wayne Jensen

Mar 3, 2018

Wayne Howard Jensen, 83, of Waukee, Iowa (previously Spencer, Iowa), passed away peacefully with his daughter by his side at 1:45 a.m. on Saturday, March 3, 2018, at Legacy Pointe nursing home in Waukee, Iowa, from a 6-year battle with a form of Parkinson’s Disease. Wayne was born September 23, 1934, in Benton Harbor, Michigan to Nels and Lena...

David Schreurs

David Schreurs

Mar 3, 2018

David John Schreurs passed away March 3, 2018, following a brief illness. He was 70 years old. David, who was known as Dave to his family and numerous friends, was born January 6, 1948, in Des Moines, Iowa. He graduated from Des Moines Roosevelt High School in 1966 and earned an Actuarial Science Degree from Drake University in 1970....

Charles Clinton 'Bud' Walrod

Charles Clinton 'Bud' Walrod

Mar 3, 2018

Charles C. Walrod of West Des Moines, Iowa, better known as Bud or Charlie, passed away March 3, 2018 at Kavanagh House in Des Moines of congestive heart failure. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 10, 2018 at McCalley Funeral Home in Adel with burial at Oakland Cemetery near De Soto. Family will greet friends Friday, March...

Loraine Doris Derry Marks

Loraine Doris Derry Marks

Mar 1, 2018

Hastings Funeral Home in JEFFERSON is in charge of arrangements for Loraine Marks, 99, of North Augusta, South Carolina, formerly of Jefferson. Mrs. Marks died March 1, 2018 at her daughter's home in North Augusta. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. Friday March 9, 2018 at Hastings Funeral Home, in Jefferson with burial in the Jefferson Cemetery. Visitation...

Donald Craig Warner

Donald Craig Warner

Mar 1, 2018

Donald Craig Warner, 65, passed away on March 1, 2018. Craig was born on March 8, 1952 to Don and Barbara Warner in Des Moines, IA. He graduated from Hoover High School in 1971 and continued his education in building trades at Des Moines Area Community College. He worked as a finish carpenter until his retirement. On September 10,...

Hoyt Kenneth Mcdonald

Hoyt Kenneth Mcdonald

Feb 28, 2018

Hoyt Kenneth McDonald, the son of Andrew and Kendra (Schirm) McDonald died Wednesday, February 28, 2018. He was born in Des Moines on May 21, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, March 5, at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset. A visitation will be held from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., Sunday, March 4, at the funeral...

Jim Eller

Jim Eller

Feb 27, 2018

Jim Eller, 54, of Winterset died Tuesday, February 27, 2018, at the Madison County Memorial Hospital in Winterset. A visitation will be held from 2 to 5 p.m., Saturday, March 3, at the Jackson Building in Winterset, where the family will be present to receive friends during this time. A Celebration of Life will follow beginning at 5 p.m....

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