OBITUARIES
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James "Jim" Edward Coghlan
July 25, 2022
James Jim" Coghlan, age 73 of Woodward, passed away on Monday, July 25, 2022, at his home in Woodward, IA. A Celebration of his life will be held on Friday, July 29, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. at the Carris Family Funeral Home & Cremation Care in Perry with visitation beginning at 1:00 p.m. until the time of the service....
Mona Rae Sukovaty
July 24, 2022
Mona Rae Sukovaty, daughter of George Gilbert Green and Flora Margaret Blackwood Green, was born March 1, 1934 in Okay, Arkansas. Mona and her family moved to California where she graduated from South Pasadena High School in 1948. She moved to Iowa and went to Iowa Central Community College. On January 31, 1953 she married the love of her...
Harry Fisher
July 23, 2022
Harry Thomas Fisher, Jr was born September 10, 1932, in Clive, Iowa. His parents were Harry and Julia Fisher. He had a brother, William, and sister, Josephine (Hoff) who preceded him in death. He is survived by his sister, Dorthea (Pender). Mary (Kircher), his wife of 63 years also preceded him in death earlier this year. Harry graduated from...
R. Lavere Mccleary
July 23, 2022
LaVere McCleary passed away on July 23, 2022 at The Willows Assisted Living in Stuart, Iowa. Family will greet friends from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m., Thursday, July 28, 2022 at the Penn Center Methodist Church, with the funeral service following at 11:00 a.m. Burial will follow in the Penn Center Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Unity Point...
Dr. William D. Hammer
July 22, 2022
Visitation for Bill will be held on Wednesday, July 27, 2022 from 4 to 7 pm with a public rosary at 3:45 pm at Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home and Crematory in Urbandale. Funeral Mass for Bill will be on Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 10:00 am at St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic Church with his son Fr. Daniel Hammer...
Georgena Breakenridge
July 20, 2022
Georgena (Schutz) Breakenridge, 81, of Macksburg, passed away on Wednesday, July 20, 2022 at the Madison County Memorial Hospital after many medical issues for the last seven years including numerous different cancers. Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Monday, July 25, 2022 at Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home, Winterset Chapel. Funeral services will be held at 10:30...
Charles Victor Landon
July 20, 2022
Charles "Chuck" Landon age 80 of Minburn passed away suddenly on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, at his home near Minburn, IA. A Celebration of his life will be held on Saturday, August 27, 2022, at 2:00 pm at the United Methodist Church in Minburn. Visitation will be on Friday, August 26, 2022, from 1:00 to 7:00 p.m. with family...
Spero Davis
July 19, 2022
Spero Kotsilibas Davis, 89, passed away on July 19, 2022. He was born on August 13, 1932, to Charles K. and Demetra Davis in Worcester, MA. Spero spent his childhood working at the family restaurant in Worcester then went onto college at Cornell University after attending Phillips Exeter Academy. He joined the ROTC in College and after graduating went...
Cathy Palmer
July 18, 2022
Cathy Ann Palmer (Hennessey) passed away at Methodist Hospital on July 18th at the age of 65, after a 21-year battle with breast cancer, and most recently a 7-year long fight with metastatic breast cancer. Cathy was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to Dave and LaVera Hennessey. She and her four siblings grew up in Marion, Iowa. Throughout her...
Robert Martinez Alvarez
July 16, 2022
Robert Alexander Martinez Alvarez, 20, of Des Moines passed away on Saturday, July 16, 2022 at Kavanagh House. Robert was born on December 13, 2001 in La Union, El Salvador, the son of Felix Martinez and Ana Emperatriz Alvarez. He grew up in La Union, El Salvador and relocated to Des Moines, Iowa in 2016. He attended Hoover High...
Carole Lynch
July 16, 2022
Carole Lynch, 78, of Prole, passed away on Saturday, July 16, 2022 at her home. Carole Ann was born to Paul F. and Mildred (Foshe) Wilson in Baltimore, Maryland on August 8, 1943. She moved to Granger, Iowa, in 1970, and also lived in West Des Moines before moving to Prole thirty years ago. Carole and Maurice “Bud” Lynch...
Hilda Dickhaut
July 15, 2022
Hilda Dickhaut, 94, of Paris, MO, (formerly of Winterset) passed away on July 15, 2022 at the Monroe Manor in Paris, Missouri. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, September 11, 2022 at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Turtle Lake, ND. Interment will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 11, 2022 at the...
Sheryl Ann Rolfe
July 15, 2022
Sheryl Rolfe (née Rudig) of Minburn, IA passed away on July 15, 2022 at the age of 74 from complications of kidney failure. She was born on December 29, 1947 in Hamburg, IA to Albert and Ila Rudig. She graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in Council Bluffs, IA in 1966, and married Dave Rolfe in 1968. They later...
Joe Breece
July 15, 2022
Joe Breece, 64, of Peru, passed away on Friday, July 15, 2022. Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 20, 2022 at Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home, Winterset Chapel. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, July, 21, 2022 at the funeral home with burial to follow in the Union Chapel Cemetery, St....
Anton "Jack" Schmidt
July 15, 2022
Anton John "Jack" Schmidt, son of Anton Felix Schmidt and Jessia Maude (McKown) Schmidt, was born February 5, 1928 in Atlantic, Iowa. Jack graduated from Storm Lake High School in 1946. Jack enlisted in the United States Navy and honorably served his country for two years before enrolling at the University of Iowa. He went on to get his...
Patricia Ann Milliken
July 15, 2022
Patricia Milliken, age 86 of Panora, passed away on Friday, July 15, 2022 at The Lakeside Village in Panora, IA. Visitation will be on Tuesday, July 19, 2022 from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. with the funeral service beginning at 11:00 a.m. at the Carris Family Funeral Home & Cremation Care in Perry. The service will be live streamed on...
Dennis Brown
July 13, 2022
Dennis Dean Brown, 77, of Eldora died Wednesday, July 13, 2022, peacefully in his home. Visitation will be from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at Caldwell Parrish Funeral home, Winterset Chapel. Burial will follow in the Union Chapel Cemetery in rural Madison County. Dennis was born on November 10, 1944, in Winterset, Iowa, to Arthur...
Richard Keith Judd
July 12, 2022
Richard Judd, age 95 of Perry, passed away on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, at the Perry Lutheran Homes Kings Garden Campus in Perry IA. Services will be held at a later date to be announced. Memorials will be given to Perry Golf and Country Club or McCreary Community Center and may be left at the Carris Family Funeral Home...
Annie Laurie Coil
July 11, 2022
Hastings Funeral Home in Jefferson is in charge of arrangements for Annie Coil, 72, of Jefferson. Annie died July 11, 2022 at the Greene County Medical Center. She is survived by her significant other Delos Haglund; children, Rickie Tingle of Grand Junction, Michael Coil (Ashley) of Jefferson, Carol Christy of Jefferson, and Nora Long (Mark) of Jefferson; eleven grandchildren:...
Mary Ann Newton
July 10, 2022
Mary Ann Newton, of Winterset, passed away on Sunday, July 10, 2022, with her sister by her side. She was 73 years old. At this time, no services are planned. Mary Ann’s wishes were to have her body donated to Des Moines University for medical research. Memorials may be directed to the family for a future designation. Online condolences...


