OBITUARIES

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Margaret "Meg" Vanderlinden

Margaret "Meg" Vanderlinden

October 26, 2020

Margaret 'Meg" Vanderlinden, age 88 of Perry, passed away on Monday, October 26, 2020 at the Perry Lutheran Home in Perry, IA. A graveside service will be in the Violet Hill Cemetery in Perry on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at 4:30 p.m. Her family requests that everyone wear face coverings and practice social distancing while attending the graveside service....

Ella Carhill

Ella Carhill

October 24, 2020

Ella Carhill, age 86 of Jefferson, passed away on Saturday, October 24, 2020 at The Gardens Assisted Living at Jefferson in Jefferson, IA. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, October 29, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at the Carris Family Funeral Home & Cremation Care in Perry with visitation starting at 10:00 a.m. until the time of the service....

Charlotte Zimmerman-Grant

Charlotte Zimmerman-Grant

October 22, 2020

Charlotte Zimmerman-Grant of Des Moines, Iowa, passed away peacefully at Wesley Acres on Thursday, October 22, 2020 at the age of 83. Charlotte was born on March 30, 1937 to Charles and Goldie (Zimmerman) O’Brien in Chicago, Illinois. After raising her daughters, Charlotte continued her education and earned a Master’s Degree in Social Work. She pursued a career in...

James Patrick  Thomas

James Patrick Thomas

October 22, 2020

James Patrick Thomas, of West Des Moines, Iowa, passed away on Thursday, October 22, 2020, at the age of 48. James was born on June 1, 1972, to Joseph and Shirley (Highland) Thomas in Des Moines, Iowa. He celebrated a full life surrounded by family and close friends that he had maintained since high school. He greeted everyone he...

Thuong Pham

Thuong Pham

October 22, 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

Jane Lenora Briggs-Livingston

October 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...

Lynne Jackson

Lynne Jackson

October 20, 2020

No services are planned.

George Hass

George Hass

October 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

Helen Grace Crew

October 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

Frances Jean Van Cleave

October 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

Kathy Hastie

October 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

John Eugene Howett

October 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

Donald J. Crabb

October 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

Dennis Thompson

October 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

Curtis W. Hiatt

October 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

John Henry Gogerty

October 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

Eloise L Case

October 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...

Daniel V Moyer

Daniel V Moyer

October 13, 2020

Daniel Verniel Moyer was born June 17, 1928 in Percival, Iowa to Clifford D. and Bertha May (Coster) Moyer. He passed away Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at VA Central Health Care in Des Moines, IA at the age of 92. Dan graduated with the class of 1946 from Glenwood High School. After graduating he entered the United States Navy on...

Zelda Jiaai Zhang

Zelda Jiaai Zhang

October 13, 2020

Services will be private family only.

Marian Elliott Janss

Marian Elliott Janss

October 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)...