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Alvin Snyder III
Dec 30, 2024
Alvin Snyder III (1981-2024) passed away peacefully on December 30, 2024, after a courageous battle with glioblastoma cancer. Never too serious, he maintained his sense of humor and quick wit until his final days.
Alvin, son of Kellie Snyder Townsend and Alvin Snyder Jr., was born in Des Moines, IA. He was a fun-loving, caring adventurer with a free spirit and...
David Barris
Dec 30, 2024
David Paul Barris, 59, of Lorimor, passed away on December 30, 2024, at his residence.
David was born on October 24, 1965, to Paul and Sharon (Gaskey) Barris in Anaheim, California. He graduated from high school, and attended college.
He worked for Osceola Foods at one time, and also was a laborer.
David is survived by his children, Zachariah Barris of Des Moines,...
William Hennan
Dec 30, 2024
William (Bill) Hennan, 72, passed away peacefully at home in Urbandale, IA, on December 30th, 2024.
He was born in 1952 in Newton, MA, to Donald and Sophie Hennan (née Gagas). Bill grew up in Marlborough, MA with his sister, cousins, grandparents, aunts and uncles in the Greek community. Summers took the extended family to Cape Cod. He was proud of...
Kenneth (Ken) Ericson
Dec 30, 2024
Kenneth (Ken) Ericson died peacefully at home on December 30, 2024. He was born in Stromsburg, NE to Mildred and Wesley Ericson. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at Grace United Methodist Church, 3700 Cottage Grove, Des Moines, IA. Visitation will be held from 10:00-11:00 a.m. prior to the funeral. A luncheon will be served...
Darrell Hutzell
Dec 30, 2024
Darrell Hutzell, 90, of Adel, passed away peacefully in his own home early morning December 30, 2024 with his sons, Kip and Benny at his side.
Darrell was born July 28, 1934 to Benton B. Hutzell and Pauline Reynolds. He grew up as the middle child of 5 in Adel, IA where he went to school and worked at the courthouse...
RaAnna Withrow
Dec 29, 2024
RaAnna Kay Withrow, of Perry, was born in Des Moines, Iowa to Billy Ray and Deanna Mae Buel on November 11, 1959. She was called to her Heavenly Home on December 29, 2024 at the age of 65.
RaAnna lived her entire childhood in Van Meter, where she met her best friend, Janet Dayton. This friendship stood the test of time....
Randy Scott Fenimore
Dec 29, 2024
Randy Scott Fenimore lived off the grid, figuratively and literally. Probably a man born in the wrong era. He was loved by any society, but social structure was a construct he didn’t much subscribe to. Free spirit, rebel without a cause, rambling man, rolling stone, pick your trope; he lived it.
When people tell you they built their own home, they...
Eldon Giles
Dec 28, 2024
Eldon Giles, 91, of Winterset, passed away on Saturday, December 28, 2024 at the Madison County Memorial Hospital in Winterset.
Eldon Roy Giles was born in Adair County on June 11, 1933, to John and Bertha (Pettit) Giles. He grew up in Spencer, Iowa and moved to Greenfield as a teenager. He moved to Winterset in 1964 and started a roofing...
Eleanor Faye McCoy
Dec 27, 2024
Eleanor Faye Peterson McCoy (93) passed away peacefully on Dec 27, 2024. A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Eleanor Faye Peterson was born to Arthur and Grada (Roetman) Peterson on April 19, 1931, on the family farm in Wright County Iowa. She was raised and educated in the area. She first attended country school and later graduated...
Pheng Ung
Dec 27, 2024
Pheng Ung, age 82, of Des Moines, passed away on December 27, 2024. A Visitation and Funeral Service will be held on Thursday, January 2, 2025 beginning at 10:00 am at Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home in Urbandale, with burial following at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Des Moines.
James Hicks
Dec 26, 2024
James Roger Hicks, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away peacefully on December 26, 2024, in Madrid, Iowa. He was born on January 14, 1944, in Audubon, Iowa, to Howard and Gladys (Jorgensen) Hicks.
Growing up in the Perry area, James (Jim) graduated from Perry High School before marrying the love of his life, Joan Anderson, in Minburn, Iowa, on...
Betty Jean Billings
Dec 26, 2024
Betty Jean Billings was born February 11, 1934 in Albia, Iowa. She was a beautiful surprise to her parents, George and Elizabeth Stevenson, since her mom was 49 when Betty was born. She grew up loved and cherished by her parents and her four older siblings. Hazel, her older sister by 25 years, was a second mother to her.
By the...
Dale Carter
Dec 25, 2024
Dale Carter, 76, of Des Moines, passed away Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City.
Dale Allen Carter was born April 9, 1948 in Dexter, Iowa to Wilbur and Margy (Travis) Carter. He graduated from Earlham High School in 1966 and received his BA from Northwest Missouri State University in 1970.
Dale was raised as a true...
Robert "Butch" Pearson
Dec 25, 2024
Robert "Butch" Pearson, 82, of Winterset, passed away Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at Azria Health Winterset.
Butch, as most called him, was born in Madison County, Iowa on March 20, 1942 to Ernest and Opal (Davis) Pearson. He attended Winterset Schools and was a lifelong resident of Madison County. He worked for the Madison County Secondary Road Department until retirement. After...
Steve King
Dec 24, 2024
Sadly, Steve King, 60, of Prole, passed away Tuesday, December 24, 2024 at MercyOne in Des Moines.
Steve was a private and quietly generous man. He didn’t like to draw attention to himself and hated to get his picture taken, but he enjoyed being ornery in his ways of dodging the camera. Every year, he would purchase a few hundred dollars...
Sandra M. Laird
Dec 24, 2024
Sandra (Sandy) Michael (Johnson) Laird, 82, passed away peacefully at Perry Lutheran Homes on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2024. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.caldwellparrish.com
She was born in Elgin, North Dakota, to Ernest “Fritz” & Lulu Johnson on May 18, 1942. She graduated from Bismarck High School in May 1960 and from the University of North...
Javier Hernandez
Dec 23, 2024
Javier ‘Javi’ Hernandez, 39, of Perry, tragically passed away on Monday, December 23, 2024, because of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident, along side his beloved mother Amelia Huaracha Rodriguez.
Javier was born on October 17, 1985, in Jalisco, Mexico, to Jose Hernandez Moreno and Amelia Huaracha Rodriguez.
Javier was a beloved husband, father, son, brother, uncle, and friend. He was...
Amelia Huaracha de Hernandez
Dec 23, 2024
Amelia “Tita” Huaracha de Hernández, 62, falleció inesperadamente en un accidente automovilístico el 23 de diciembre del 2024 al lado de su hijo Javier Hernández, en Rural Boone County.
Amelia “Tita” nació en Jalisco, México el 19 de Enero del 1962, la hija de Rafael Huaracha Rocha y Angelina Rodríguez Angulo. Amelia atendió la primaria en la Tinajera, Jalisco en donde...
Faye Jungman
Dec 22, 2024
Faye Lynne Jungman, born October 1, 1938, in Winterset, Iowa, to Clarence and Mildred (Milly) Mapes, passed away peacefully on December 22, 2024, at the age of 86.
Faye grew up on a farm in Lincoln Township, Madison County, IA. She attended Harvard Country School and recalled walking to school on mud roads and occasionally getting a ride by horseback. After...
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