OBITUARIES
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Thuong Pham
Oct 21, 2020
Thuong Pham, 72 years of age, passed away on Thursday, October 22, 2020 at his home. Thuong was born April 10, 1948 in Nhu Lam, Ninh Binh Vietnam to the late Pham Thuong and Pham thi Sen. He was the Oldest of eight children, one (Bac Pham) preceded his in death. Thuong was educated in the Ba ria School...
Jane Lenora Briggs-Livingston
Oct 20, 2020
Jane Lenora Briggs-Livingston, age 86, of Bishop Drumm Retirement Center, Johnston, Iowa, passed away on October 20, 2020. Jane was a member of Faith Lutheran Church, Knoxville, Tennessee. Jane Lenora was born to Paul Lewis Briggs and Helen Margaret Hiney Briggs on November 24, 1933. She grew up in Williamsport, Pennsylvania and graduated from Williamsport High School where she...
George Hass
Oct 18, 2020
George Hass, age 76 of Bouton, passed away on Sunday, October 18, 2020 at his home near Bouton, IA. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, October 22, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at the Carris Family Funeral Home & Cremation Care in Perry, with visitation starting at 10:00 a.m. at the Carris Family Funeral Home & Cremation Care in...
Helen Grace Crew
Oct 18, 2020
Helen G. Crew passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 18, 2020, just 15 days shy of her 100th birthday. She was born November 2, 1920 in Bedford Co., PA in the family farmhouse, where she lived until the age of 23. Helen was the youngest of 9 children, she had seven brothers and one sister. On a whim, she...
Frances Jean Van Cleave
Oct 18, 2020
Graveside Services for Frances Jean Van Cleave were held 10:00 a.m. Monday, October 26, 2020 at the Prairie Center Cemetery in rural Linden with visitation one hour prior to the service. Pastor Catherine Stokes of the First United Methodist Church in Perry provided words of comfort. Honorary casket bearers were: Lee Van Cleave, Mitchell Van Cleave, Angel Bunn, and...
Kathy Hastie
Oct 18, 2020
Funeral services for Kathy Hastie, age 70 of De Soto, will be held on Monday, October 26, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. at the Carris Family Funeral Home & Cremation Care in Perry. Visitation will be on Sunday, October 25, 2020 from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the Carris Family Funeral Home & Cremation Care in Perry. A private burial...
John Eugene Howett
Oct 18, 2020
John E. Howett Des Moines, IA – John Howett “The Chief”, 66, passed away unexpectedly on October 18, 2020. John was born in Springfield, IL to Marie Lorraine (Connolly) Howett and Eugene H. Howett. A public visitation will be held Monday, October 26, 2020 from 4:00-6:00pm at Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home, followed the next day by a private service....
Donald J. Crabb
Oct 16, 2020
To live stream Dons' memorial service, click the "Tribute Wall" tab above and then click watch now on the "Live Webcast." Donald Joseph Crabb, 78, of Winterset, passed away Friday, October 16, 2020 at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Don was born October 31, 1941 to Elma Conzemius Crabb and John Howard Crabb in Sac City,...
Dennis Thompson
Oct 16, 2020
To live stream Dennis' funeral click the "Tribute Wall" tab above and then click watch now on the "Live Webcast". Dennis Nelson Thompson, 77, of Grimes died on October 16, 2020 at MercyOne Hospice-Johnston. Dennis was born in Des Moines, Iowa on Mother’s Day, May 9, 1943, to Don Clements and Ethel Lillian (Nelson) Thompson. He graduated from Roosevelt...
Curtis W. Hiatt
Oct 16, 2020
Curtis Hiatt, 68, of Earlham, passed away peacefully on Friday, October 16, 2020 at Taylor House Hospice in Des Moines. Curt was born on December 8, 1951 to Morris and Marcella Hiatt in Winterset, Iowa. He graduated from Winterset High School in 1970. Curt loved working on machines which he learned while helping his father at Hiatt Repair Shop....
John Henry Gogerty
Oct 15, 2020
John H. Gogerty, 80, was born on January 16, 1940. John was a 1958 graduate of East High School. He briefly went to Grandview college. He was owner and proprietor of the West Des Moines Meat Locker in Valley Junction. He had many jobs, but mostly he worked as a meat cutter. Most recently, he delivered medicine to cancer...
Eloise L Case
Oct 14, 2020
Eloise Lucille Dusslier Case, 87, of Adel, Iowa passed away Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at Adel Acres. Visitation will be held at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, October 19, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 400 SE Pleasant View Dr, Waukee, IA with funeral services starting at 10:00 a.m. Burial will be at the Oakdale Cemetery in...
Marian Elliott Janss
Oct 13, 2020
Marian Amy (Simons) (Elliott) Janss was born on September 6, 1921, in Barron, Wisconsin. Her parents were Charles Clifford Simons and Della Lavinia Maile. In Wisconsin, Marian’s father worked for Della’s brother-in-law on a farm growing peas and worked in the woods in the winter. In 1924, Marian, her parents, older sister Dorothy (1920), and younger sister Pauline (1924)...
Robert L. Beneventi
Oct 9, 2020
Robert L. Beneventi (Bob) died on October 9, 2020 at the age of 92. He was born on July 22, 1928 in Des Moines, Iowa. Bob graduated from Creighton University (Bachelor of Arts) and Drake University Law School (Juris Doctor). He served in the Army during the Korean War and thereafter practiced corporate law as well as private practice...
Paul Koster
Oct 9, 2020
Paul Koster, 55, of Winterset, passed away peacefully on Friday, October 9, 2020 at MercyOne Hospice in Johnston. Paul was born August 8, 1965, in Carroll, Iowa, the son of Urban “Barney” and Pat (Scanlan) Koster. He served 32 years in the Air Force with 30 years in Air National Guard. He was deployed several times overseas during those...
Vivian Anna Smotherman
Oct 8, 2020
Graveside Services for Vivian Anna Somotherman were held 2:00 p.m. Thursday, October 15, 2020 at Violet Hill Cemetery in Perry with visitation one hour prior to the service also at the cemetery. Mr. Tom Stone of Perry provided words of comfort. Honorary casket bearers were Billy Carpenter, Donnie Carpenter, Joe Schoening and Richard Springer. Recorded music selected was "In...
Chad Vinzant
Oct 7, 2020
Chad Vinzant, age 43 of West Des Moines and formerly of Perry, passed away on Wednesday, October 7, 2020 in Perry, IA. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at 10:00 AM at the Carris Family Funeral Home & Cremation Care in Perry. Visitation will be on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 from 4:00 PM to 6:00...
Fay Elvin Saltzman
Oct 7, 2020
Fay Elvin Saltzman of Des Moines, Iowa passed away peacefully at his home, surrounded by his loving family, on Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at the age of 94. A Graveside Service will be held at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Des Moines. Fay was born on July 24, 1926 in Des Moines,...


