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John Sullivan
Nov 29, 2021
To watch the livestream service of John, please click on Tribute Wall then Live Webcast. The livestream will begin at 10:00 AM Central Time on Friday, December 3, 2021. John Frederick Sullivan, age 83, died November 29th at MercyOne Medical Center in Des Moines. He was born July 22nd, 1938, in Des Moines, Iowa to George C. and Mildred...
Harold E. Dillinger
Nov 29, 2021
Harold E. Dillinger, 91, of Peru, died Monday, November 29, 2021 at Azria Health Winterset. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m., December 4, 2021, at the Peru United Methodist Church. Family will greet friends from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Friday, December 3, at Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home Winterset Chapel. Burial will be in the Peru Cemetery. Memorials will...
Judith A Phelan
Nov 29, 2021
Peacefully and surrounded by family, Judith A. Phelan passed away on November 29 at the age of 78. The eldest of 5 children, Judy was born in 1943 to Anne & Arnold Johnson of Onawa, Iowa. When she was young, they lived in the upstairs of the family-owned Iowa Theatre. She used to tell fun stories of how she...
Irene Joan Hantsbarger
Nov 28, 2021
Irene Joan (Vermie) Hantsbarger, 87, died November 28, 2021, at MercyOne Hospice House in Johnston following a stroke. She was born in Terril, Iowa and graduated from Mitchellville High School and the American Institute of Business. Irene was married to Paul Hantsbarger for 67 years. They raised their children in Cambridge and moved to Des Moines in 1987. Paul...
Toni Nelson
Nov 28, 2021
Toni Nelson was born on October 25, 1937 in Germany and passed away peacefully on November 28, 2021 at Avow Hospice House in Naples, Florida after a lengthy illness. Toni was an avid golfer, walker and movie goer. She enjoyed watching sunsets with family and friends from her beachfront condo in Naples, Florida She is survived by her son,...
Myrna Alice Baird
Nov 26, 2021
Myrna Alice Horn Baird was born November 26, 1936, in Waukee, Iowa to Mat and Agnes (Lewis) Horn, and was called to her eternal home also on November 26, 2021, 85 years to the day from her birthday. She lived her early years in Waukee and Adel, and her later years in Des Moines and Urbandale. She graduated from...
Ava Gordon
Nov 26, 2021
Ava Gordon passed peacefully in the arms of family on November 26, 2021. She was born at 1:01p.m. October 16th 2021. Ava was the daughter of Anthony Gordon and Nyawiech Billio. Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Friday, December 3, 2021 at Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home. Funeral service will take place at 9:30 a.m., Saturday, December...
Joseph Mullin
Nov 25, 2021
Joseph Patrick Mullin, 80, of Pleasant Hill, IA, died peacefully at home on his favorite day of the year, Thanksgiving, November 25, 2021, with his wife and children by his side. Traditionally, this was a day where family, friends, and those without a place to go, gathered for food and stories. Joseph was born December 12, 1940, in Des...
Kenneth Eugene "Ken" Hastings
Nov 25, 2021
Kenneth E. Hastings Funeral Services were held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, December 2, 2021 at the First United Methodist Church, Jefferson, Iowa. Words Of Comfort by Rev. Heather Dorr of the Church. Danille Curtis played the piano and Gary Haupert was the soloist. Music selected was "How Great Thou Art" and the Postlude "Sing Sing Sing." Casket bearers were:...
Mike Powers
Nov 24, 2021
Carris Family Funeral Home & Cremation Care is in charge of arrangements for Mike Powers, age 64 of Perry and formerly of Des Moines. He went home to be with the Lord and savior and to be reunited with his mother and father on Wednesday, November 24, 2021, at the Kings Garden Campus of Perry Lutheran Homes in Perry....
Gary Rhodes
Nov 24, 2021
Gary Myran Rhodes, age 81, of Tucson, AZ, formerly of Van Meter, passed away on November 24th, 2021, from COVID. Gary was born on May 26, 1940, in Decorah, Iowa. At a young age, he moved with his parents to Van Meter, Iowa, where he went on to attend Van Meter High School. He met his wife Judy there,...
Carlajean Young
Nov 24, 2021
Carlajean Young, 60, of Waukee, died Wednesday, November 24, 2021 at Mercy West Lakes in West Des Moines. Carlajean was born on August 19, 1961 in Des Moines, Iowa, the daughter of Robert and Anna (Slater) Clark. She was a 1979 graduate of Winterset High School. She was married to Bruce Young on January 21, 1978 in Winterset. She...
Miles Schumacher
Nov 23, 2021
Family will greet friends from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Monday, November 29, 2021 at Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home and Crematory, 8201 Hickman Rd, Urbandale, Iowa 50322. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.caldwellparrish.com on Miles' Tribute Wall.
Judith Eldredge
Nov 22, 2021
Judith (Judy) B. Eldredge, 85, passed away November 22, 2021, at the Stuart Community Care Center in Stuart, Iowa. Judy was born October 4, 1936, in Sully, Iowa to Loren and Cecilia Eldredge. Judy was the second oldest of 6 girls. Judy lived in Des Moines for most of her life. Judy graduated from Mercy Hospital School of Nursing...
Faustino Mendez Castro
Nov 22, 2021
Hastings Funeral Home in Perry is in charge of arrangements for Faustino Mendez Castro, 47, of Perry. Faustino was killed in a horrific car accident November 22, 2021 in Grimes, Iowa. Visitation will be held from 1:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Sunday, November 28, 2021 at Hastings Funeral Home in Perry. Family will be present from 4:00 until 7:00...
Joseph P. Sciorrotta
Nov 22, 2021
Joseph Peter Sciorrotta (Joe), born in Des Moines, Iowa August 8th, 1943. He was the son of Nick and Connie Sciorrotta, and brother to Sam and Tony Sciorrotta. Proceeding in death of his mother, father, and younger brother, Tony Joe attended Dowling High School where he excelled in football. He ran away from home at the age of 16...
Michael Tigges
Nov 21, 2021
Mike Tigges passed away on November 21, 2021, at home in Adel, surrounded by the sounds of laughter of his children, wife, ex-wife, and Kayla Carlsten (for whom there is no title possible for what she is to this family). Mike began changing this world when he was born, on October 4, 1978, and continued to do so for...
Pamela Merino
Nov 20, 2021
Pamela Sue Merino (Gordon) born October 19, 1965 in Shreveport, LA died shortly after being diagnosed with a terminal illness on November 20, 2021 in Ankeny, IA. She was 56 years old. She is survived by her husband of 30 years, Argimiro Merino; mother, Ruby Golay; brother, Paul Gordan Jr.; sister, Elizabeth Gordon; son, David Merino; daughter, Paula Merino;...
Tuyet Thi Nguyen
Nov 19, 2021
Tuyet Thi Nguyen, age 73, passed away on Friday, November 19th,, 2021. Tuyet was born in Vietnam and immigrated with her family to the U.S. in 1990. Full of love and compassion, Tuyet was able to fulfill her final wish to become an organ donor. She is survived by her husband of 44 years, Diep; son, Hieu; son Thao...
Enola Jenkins
Nov 19, 2021
Enola Gay Jenkins, age 72, of Adel, passed away at her home on Friday, November 19, 2021. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 24, 2021, at Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home – McCalley Chapel in Adel, with burial following at Oakdale Cemetery in Adel. Family will greet friends on Tuesday, November 23rd from 5:00 to 7:00...
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