OBITUARIES

Dec 24, 2017

Ida Mae (Meyers) Boyd age 90 of Windsor Heights, IA, formerly of Jewell, IA passed away December 24, 2017. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., December 28, 2017 at Bethesda Lutheran Church in Jewell. Visitation will be at the church one hour prior to the funeral. Interment will be in the Homewood Cemetery in Ellsworth. Ida Mae was born...

Dec 23, 2017

Michael Joseph Emberlin, 28, of Des Moines passed away on December 23, 2017 from a Heroin Overdose. He is preceded in death by his father, Michael Anthony Calaro who died tragically in a car accident on January 13, 1989. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, December 30, 2017 at Christ the King...

Dec 23, 2017

Tori Aletheia, 32, passed away on December 23, 2017 at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City. A memorial service will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, December 29 at the First Unitarian Church of Des Moines. A visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Tori grew up in Des Moines and graduated from Des Moines East in...

Dec 23, 2017

Peggy Stover, 71, passed away on December 23, 2017 at Mercy Hospital in West Des Moines. A visitation will be from 6 to 8pm, Wednesday, December 27 at Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home & Crematory in Urbandale. Funeral services will be at 10am, Thursday, December 28 at the funeral home with burial following at Resthaven Cemetery in West Des Moines....

Dec 22, 2017

Gaylord Kendrick Thompson of The Willows Assisted Living Center, in Stuart, formerly a lifetime resident of Dexter, passed away December 22, 2017 at the Hospice facility at the Stuart Community Care Center. Memorial service will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 13, 2018 at United Methodist Church in Dexter. Family will greet friends at the church Saturday from 9:00...

Dec 17, 2017

George Wallace McConeghy, 63, of Adel, passed away December 17, 2017 after a short, courageous battle with cancer. A visitation will be held December 29, 2017 at McCalley Funeral Home in Adel where family will greet friends from 4:00-8:00pm. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday December 30, 2017 at the McCalley Funeral Home with...

Dec 15, 2017

James Ruff, 92, a resident of Edgewater in West Des Moines, passed away peacefully on December 15, 2017 from complications of a stroke. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 20, 2017 at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in West Des Moines. Visitation will be one hour prior to Mass. Jim was born...

Dec 15, 2017

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Dec 15, 2017

Rolland Jamison, 92, of Winterset, died Friday, December 15, 2017, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. A visitation will be held from 2:00 p.m to 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 19th at Ochiltree Funeral Service, with family present to receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. A funeral service will begin at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 20th at...

Dec 15, 2017

Dec 14, 2017

Dec 14, 2017

Treva Patterson, 90, of Winterset, Iowa, died Thursday, December 14, 2017, at West Bridge Care & Rehabilitation in Winterset. Memorial services will be held 11:00 AM Tuesday, December 19, 2017, at the First United Methodist Church in Winterset with Rev. Dr. Ronald Yarnell officiating. Per her wishes, her body has been cremated with the cremains to be buried in...

Dec 13, 2017

Pending

Dec 13, 2017

Christina “Tina” Corkrean, 64, passed away peacefully with her husband by her side on Wednesday, December 13, 2017, after a courageous battle with cancer at Genesis Care Center in Des Moines, Iowa. A visitation will be held from 2:00 to 7:00 p.m., Friday, December, 15, at Ochiltree Funeral Service with family present to receive friends from 4:00 to 7:00...

Dec 12, 2017

Linnea Rose Cromwell, daughter of Vernon William Tingwald and Lenore Marie Hawn Tingwald, was born April 1, 1943 at Kings Daughters Hospital in Perry, Iowa and died at the same location operating as the Perry Lutheran Home December 12, 2017 in Perry, Iowa at the age of 74 years. Funeral services were Monday, December 18, 2017, at Hastings Funeral...

Dec 11, 2017

Dec 9, 2017

Kathleen Callista Flynn was the fourth of ten children born to John Thomas Flynn and Cecilia Marie (Ahmann) Flynn on October 10, 1927 at the home of her maternal grandparents in Remsen, Iowa. Katy spent most of her childhood in LeMars, Iowa. The Flynn family then moved to Sioux City, Iowa where Katy attended a Catholic all-girls high school....

Dec 8, 2017

Dorothy Irene Meng, 90, passed away peacefully at Mercy Hospice in Johnston, IA on Friday, December 8, 2017. A visitation will be from 1:00-3:00 p.m., Sunday, December 17 at Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home & Crematory in Urbandale, IA, followed by a rosary service at 3:00 p.m. A Funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m., Monday, December 18 at St....

Dec 6, 2017

Florence Welch, 84, of Winterset, died Wednesday, December 6, 2017, at West Bridge Care and Rehab in Winterset. A Rosary will be begin at 1:00 p.m., Sunday, December 10, at the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Winterset, with a visitation to follow, concluding at 5:00 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m., December 11,...

Dec 6, 2017

Beloved wife of Roger Burkhart passed away December 6, 2017 of complications arising from aspiration of food. Born March 30, 1937, in Ames, Iowa, to Ruth (Ramey) and Ernest Wallace. Graduated from Ames High School in 1955 and from Iowa State Teachers College (now UNI) in Cedar Falls in January 1960 with a major in speech (drama). She was...