OBITUARIES

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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

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