OBITUARIES

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Barbara Jean Gregg

Barbara Jean Gregg

Jan 6, 2018

Barbara Jean Glenn Gregg, 80 of Adel, passed away January 6, 2018 quietly at Adel Acres, which she called home for ten years. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at McCalley Funeral Home in Adel with burial at West Linn Cemetery near Linden. Family will greet friends Wednesday at the funeral home from 12:00 p.m....

Thomas Eugene Dahl

Thomas Eugene Dahl

Jan 6, 2018

Thomas Eugene Dahl, son of Theodore Madsen Dahl and Ruth Collins Ibach Dahl, was born on his parents' farm east of Coon Rapids November 1, 1937. Tom died January 6, 2018 at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines at the age of 80. years 2 months, 5 days, Tom's funeral was held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, January...

David P. Devries

David P. Devries

Jan 5, 2018

David Paul DeVries 61, passed away Friday, January 5th, 2018 at Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa. Dave was born October 5th, 1956 in East St. Louis, IL to Donald and Shirley (Borcherding) DeVries. He graduated from Hampton High School and North Iowa Community College in Mason City with a degree in Electrical Drafting. He married Jerri Marie Kutchen...

Clifford Leon Fenn

Clifford Leon Fenn

Jan 4, 2018

Clifford Fenn, 76, formerly of De Soto, passed away January 4, 2018 at the Lutheran Home in Perry. Visitation will be Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at McCalley Funeral Home in Adel where family will greet friends from 4:00 to 6:00 pm. Following the visitation a time of sharing will begin at 6:00 pm. Inurnment will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday,...

Michael Dean Clayton

Michael Dean Clayton

Jan 3, 2018

Michael Dean Clayton, age 52 of Waukee, passed away suddenly January 3rd at his home. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 20th at the Dexter United Methodist Church. Family will greet friends from 9:30 until 11:00 a.m. Burial services will be at a later date. Michael was born in the Adair County hospital on...

Wilfred Eugene Lansman

Wilfred Eugene Lansman

Jan 3, 2018

Wilfred Eugene Lansman, son of Christen Lansman Jr. and Barbara Susan Gaskill Lansman, was born on November 17, 1928, in Omaha, Nebraska and died January 3, 2018, at the Long Term Care Center in Jefferson, Iowa, at the age of 89 years, 1 month, and 17 days. Wilfred's funeral was 2:00 p.m. Thursday, January 11, 2018, at the United...

Brian Waldbillig

Brian Waldbillig

Jan 3, 2018

A full obituary will be published soon.

Jack Balcombe

Jack Balcombe

Dec 30, 2017

Jack Balcombe, 73, of Lorimor, died Saturday, December 30, 2017, at his home. A memorial gathering with family present to receive friends will be held from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m., Saturday, January 6, 2018 at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset. Private family burial will be held at a later date. Memorials may be directed to Drake University’s Preforming Arts...

Mary Raffensperger

Mary Raffensperger

Dec 28, 2017

Mary Gruber Raffensperger, 87, of Cedar Falls and formerly of West Des Moines, died Thursday, Dec. 28, of complications of Alzheimer's disease at Martin Center-Western Home Communities, Cedar Falls. She was born Mary Ellen Gruber on Jan. 21, 1930, in Marion, Ohio, daughter of Raymond and Iva Gruber. She graduated from Harding High School in Marion in 1948, and...

Stephanie Utsler Carter

Stephanie Utsler Carter

Dec 27, 2017

Steph Utsler Carter, 48, of Winterset, died unexpectedly Wednesday, December 27, 2017, while on vacation in Mexico with her family. A visitation will be held 1:00 to 7:00 p.m., Friday, January 5, 2018, at the Jackson Building, 1146 W. Summit Street in Winterset, where her family will be present to receive friends from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. A funeral...

Paul Crawford

Paul Crawford

Dec 27, 2017

Paul Crawford, 77, of Dexter, died Wednesday, December 27, 2017, in Winterset. A visitation will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, January 2, 2018, at Ochiltree Funeral Service with a funeral service to follow beginning at 10:30 a.m. that Tuesday. A private family burial will be held at a later date. Memorials may be directed to...

Don Carlson

Don Carlson

Dec 26, 2017

Don Stephen Carlson, 69, of Urbandale passed away on December 26, 2017 at Mercy Hospice in Johnston. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Saturday, December 30 at Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home & Crematory in Urbandale. Visitation will be one hour before the service. He will be laid to rest at Glendale Cemetery next to his beloved wife Stella, who...

Bernice Rose Edinger

Bernice Rose Edinger

Dec 24, 2017

Bernice Rose Edinger Bernice was born on March 25, 1925 in Bremen, North Dakota to Robert Edinger and Pauline Huber Edinger. She is survived by sister, Selma Edinger, of Winterset, IA and brother, Kenneth (Mavis) Edinger, of Harvey, North Dakota; sister-in-law, Elaine Edinger, of Grandview, Missouri, and many nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by parents; sisters, Leona Ferris,...

Betty Leeper

Betty Leeper

Dec 24, 2017

Betty Joan Leeper, 83, of Winterset, passed peacefully December 24, 2017, surrounded by family. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, December 29th at the First United Methodist Church in Winterset, Iowa, with burial to follow in the Winterset Cemetery. Visitation will be held Thursday evening, December 28th from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Ochiltree Funeral...

Ida Mae Boyd

Ida Mae Boyd

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...

Michael Joseph Emberlin

Michael Joseph Emberlin

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...

Tori Aletheia

Tori Aletheia

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...

Peggy Stover

Peggy Stover

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....

Gaylord Kendrick Thompson

Gaylord Kendrick Thompson

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...

George Wallace Mcconeghy

George Wallace Mcconeghy

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...