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Paul Hantsbarger
Nov 1, 2021
To watch the livestream service of Paul, please click on Tribute Wall then Live Webcast. Paul Howard Hantsbarger, 93, died Monday, November 1, 2021 at home of natural causes. He was born in Cherokee and graduated from Grand Meadow High School with a class of 12. Paul was married to Irene (Vermie) Hantsbarger for 67 years. They raised their...
Edward Spuzello
Oct 28, 2021
Edward Joseph Spuzello a lifelong resident and businessman of Des Moines, Iowa died at age 79 years old on Oct. 28, 2021. He was born December 18, 1941 to Frank and Rachel Spuzello. He attended and graduated from Elmwood Elementary, Callahan Middle School, Roosevelt High School and Drake University in 1964. Ed married his loving wife Marjorie McNeil in...
Philip Dale Roberts
Oct 28, 2021
Philip Dale Roberts Funeral Service was held 2:30 p.m. Thursday, November 4, 2021 at the Rippey United Methodist Church. Pastor Catherine Stokes and Chaplain Brian Bopp provided words of comfort. Casket bearers were his grandchildren: Lindsay Rinehart, Sarah Bradley, Cassie Bardole, Mallory Dillavou, Geoff Roberts, Morgan Torreson, Schyler Bardole, Karen Rooney, Marshall Roberts, Quill Bardole, Josie Burkett, Addie Burkett,...
Arthur Wright
Oct 28, 2021
Arthur Wright, 88, of Winterset, passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday, October 28, 2021. A celebration of life will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at Caldwell Parrish Funeral home, Winterset Chapel. Memorials may be directed to AHeinz57 Pet Rescue and Transport in De Soto. Art was born on a cold and snowy January...
Sharon Mae Bates
Oct 27, 2021
Hastings Funeral Home in Perry is in charge of arrangements for Sharon Mae Bates, 77, of Windsor Heights and formerly of Perry. Sharon died October 27, 2021 at Urbandale Health Care Center. Visitation will be held from 1:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Sunday, October 31, 2021 at Hastings Funeral Home with family present from 5-7 p.m. Funeral Services will...
Gerald Coleman
Oct 25, 2021
Gerald Coleman, 89, passed away on October 25, 2021 surrounded by his loving family. He was born on April 19, 1932 to John and Teresa Coleman in Melrose, Iowa. Gerald loved to travel, especially to the Rocky Mountains. Gerald and his wife traveled to Texas over the winter months. He loved watching old westerns and had a great sense...
Holly Van Buren
Oct 23, 2021
Holly Ann Van Buren, 65 of Adel, passed away Saturday October 23, 2021 at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, IA surrounded by loved ones. Holly was born May 1, 1956 and adopted in upstate New York by her adoptive parents Guy and Mary (Shafer) McRorie. She was raised in Cooperstown, New York. Holly had spent her life living...
Mary Lambert
Oct 22, 2021
Mary Jane (Hechler) Lambert, 89, of Urbandale, Iowa, peacefully passed away on Friday, October 22, 2021, at Taylor House Hospice in Des Moines, Iowa. Mary was born on September 29, 1932, in Keokuk, Iowa and graduated from Keokuk High School. Mary Jane married John Lambert on April 17th, 1956, and raised three children in the Cedar Falls, Iowa community....
Valerie Schultz
Oct 22, 2021
Valerie Jean Schultz Born Valerie Jean Martens, July 1, 1966 to Nona Jill Martens and Gordon Louis Martens, Valerie Schultz passed from this world to the arms of her savior, Jesus Christ, on October 22, 2021. Valerie ended her incredibly courageous battle with metastatic breast cancer when she died quietly in her sleep at home in Van Meter, Iowa....
Keith Allen Knoll
Oct 22, 2021
Hastings Funeral Home in Perry is in charge of arrangements for Keith A. Knoll, 53, of Perry. Keith died Friday, October 22, 202 at Iowa Methodist Hospital Unity Point. Visitation services will be held from 1:00 p.m. Friday, October 29, 2021 until 7:00 p.m. at Hastings Funeral Home in Perry. Family will greet friends from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00...
Dean Decker
Oct 21, 2021
Albert Dean Decker, age 90, of Peru passed away Thursday, October 21, 2021 of a heart condition at Good Samaritan Home in Indianola. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM Tuesday, October 26, 2021 in the Peru Cemetery at Peru, Iowa with Rev. Sandy Smith officiating. No visitation is planned. Memorials may be directed to his family...
Peggy Devereaux
Oct 21, 2021
Peggy Devereaux, 85, of Winterset, passed away Thursday, October 21, 2021 at MercyOne Medical Center in Des Moines. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home Winterset Chapel, where family will greet friends one hour prior, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Burial will be in the Winterset Cemetery. Memorials...
Larry Anderson
Oct 19, 2021
Lawrence Enoch (Larry) Anderson, 79, of Urbandale, IA died on 19 October 2021. Larry was born in Sterling, IL on 16 June 1942. He grew up on a farm near Deer Grove, IL, and attended a one room country school, Reeves Grade School, for grades one through eight as a member of its last graduating class. He then went...
Donna Lou Mcelheney
Oct 18, 2021
Donna Lou (Murrell) McElheney of Rippey passed peacefully October 18th at the Perry Lutheran Homes Kings Garden Campus surrounded by family. A private family graveside service will be held in the Rippey Cemetery at a later date. Memorials may be made to Friends of Rippey, PO Box 52, Rippey, IA 50235, the Rippey Public Library, Box 184, Rippey, IA...
Willis Marshall
Oct 17, 2021
Willis F Marshall, age 93, passed from this life on Sunday, October 17, after struggling with Alzheimer's for many years. He is now catching up with family, extended family, and friends he has not seen in a long while. Willie and his twin brother William "Bill" were born to George Harold and Ellen Victoria (Smith) Marshall in Rodman, Iowa,...
Merlin Dewayne Mcfarland
Oct 17, 2021
Merlin Dewayne McFarland, age 94, of Clive, IA passed into eternity on October 17th,2021 in his home surrounded by his family. Merlin was a loving and devoted son, husband, father and grandfather. Merlin was born October 3rd, 1927 in Carthage, MO. to Glen H. McFarland and Maybelle (Wilson)McFarland. At just two weeks old his parents moved back to Iowa....
Gregory James Moxley
Oct 16, 2021
Gregory "Greg" Moxley age 73 of Perry passed away on Saturday, October 16, 2021, at the Bright Kavanagh House in Des Moines, IA. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, October 23, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. at Crossroads Church in Perry. A private family burial will be in the Violet Hill Cemetery at Perry, IA. Memorials will be...
Timothy Robert Thoren
Oct 16, 2021
Timothy "Tim" Thoren, age 67 of Perry, passed away on Saturday, October 16, 2021 with his loving wife Peggy by his side at his home in Perry, IA. His family will be hosting a memorial service in his honor on Friday, October 22, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. at the WayPoint Pentecostal Church in Perry. Visitation will be on Thursday...
Michael Dank
Oct 16, 2021
Michael Lee Dank was born November 23, 1955 to James Merle and Norma Jean (Bagley) Dank. He was unfortunately taken from us on October 16, 2021. Michael was preceded in death by parents James and Norma, daughter Sarah, and brother Mark. He is survived by ex-wife Rebecca, sons Seth, Aaron, and Adam. Daughters Rachael, and Leah. He was also...
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