OBITUARIES
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Lana Gerene Grandfield
Jul 10, 2017
Lana Gerene Grandfield, 69, of Winterset, Iowa, died Monday, July 10, 2017 at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Funeral services will be held 10:30 AM Thursday, July 13, at the First United Methodist Church in Winterset with Rev. Dr. Ronald Yarnell and Rev. Kimberly Bowles officiating. Burial will be in the Winterset Cemetery. Lana was born on...
John Sawhill
Jul 10, 2017
John Robert Sawhill, 75, of Winterset, died Monday, July 10, 2017, at West Bridge Care & Rehab in Winterset. A visitation will be held from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., Sunday, July 16, at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset, with family present to receive friends during this time. A funeral service will held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, July 17, at...
Larry Derry
Jul 7, 2017
Larry Kay Derry was born on October 7, 1934 in Des Moines, Iowa, and passed away in Windsor Heights, Iowa on July 7, 2017 at the age of 82. He was the son of Arthur Derry and Wanda Hammer, and beloved father, brother, grandfather, and friend. Larry grew up in Lamoni, Iowa with his sisters Donna Bailey and Jody...
Arthur Samuel Brown
Jul 6, 2017
Arthur Samuel Brown, 98, of Patterson, Iowa, died Thursday, July 6, 2017 at West Bridge Care & Rehabilitation in Winterset, Iowa. Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Monday, July 10, at McCalley-Collins Funeral Home in Winterset, Iowa with Pastor Mike Albert officiating. Burial will be in the Union Chapel Cemetery at Madison County, Iowa. Art Brown, the youngest...
Lawrence Lehnhoff
Jul 6, 2017
Lawrence Melvin Lehnhoff, son of Melvin and Elizabeth Lehnhoff, was born May 3, 1947 in Worthington, Minnesota and died July 6, 2017 at the VA Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa, after a courageous battle with prostate cancer. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy at the age of 19. Lawrence served on the U.S.S. Robison during the Vietnam War and...
Kathryn Kelly
Jul 4, 2017
Kathryn (Kay) E. Kelly, 65,, of Mesa, AZ, passed away Tuesday, July 4, 2017. Kay was born February 20, 1952 in Davenport, IA to Richard and Dorothy (Christensen) Kelly. She graduated from Davenport West High School and received her BS from UNI in Cedar Falls, IA. Kay taught in Australia, Shelby, and Southeast Warren Schools in Iowa She was...
Chad Campbell
Jul 3, 2017
Chad Duncan Campbell, 46, passed away Monday, July 3, 2017 at his home in Urbandale, Iowa. Chad was born April 16, 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was a successful high school wrestler, talented vocalist and an Air Force Veteran who enjoyed summer vacations in Daytona Beach. Chad lived the last seventeen years of his life in Des Moines, Iowa...
Richard O'Hara
Jul 3, 2017
Richard Anthony O’Hara, 24, of West Des Moines passed away on Monday, July 3, 2017. He was born on November 12, 1992 in St. Louis, Missouri, the first child and only son of Richard B. O’Hara and Lynda (nee Raebel) O’Hara. Richard was a 2011 graduate of Valley High School in West Des Moines and was most recently employed...
Jean Alean Pryor
Jul 1, 2017
Jean Allene Pryor was born August 9, 1919 in Panora, Guthrie Co., Iowa. She was the daughter of Charles Pryor and Hazel Linna Morris Pryor. Jean completed her school years in Panora and graduated in 1937. Jean later moved to Dawson and was a resident there for many, many years. Jean enjoyed crocheting, mushroom hunting, and fishing. She was...
Ron Hubbard
Jun 30, 2017
Ron Hubbard, 60, of Winterset died unexpectedly Friday, June 30, 2017, at his home. A visitation will be held from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., Thursday, July 27 at Ochiltree Funeral Service with family present to receive friends during this time. A graveside service will begin at 11:00 a.m., Friday, July 28, at the Iowa Veterans Cemetery near Van Meter....
Loren Parker
Jun 30, 2017
Loren Parker, 82, of Panama City Beach, Florida passed away on Friday, June 30, 2017 at Superior Care Facility in Panama City Beach, Florida. A visitation will be held from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., Sunday, July 9, 2017, at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset. A funeral service will be held immediately following the visitation, beginning at 4:00 p.m. Burial...
Glenda Irene Hilken
Jun 28, 2017
Glenda was born in Kentfield, CA on February 8th, 1944 to Glen and Bernice Grage. She was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Manilla, IA. She graduated from Manilla School in 1962. She went on to become an x-ray technician at Methodist Hospital in Des Moines. On July 5th, 1964, Glenda married Ray Hilken. Glenda and Ray...
Dora Lou Guion
Jun 28, 2017
Dora Lou Guion, 87, of Winterset, died Wednesday from an apparent stroke, June 28, 2017, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. A visitation will be held from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Sunday, July 2, at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset, with family present to receive friends during this time. A memorial service will begin at 11:00 a.m., Monday,...
Donald Choate
Jun 26, 2017
Donald Ray Choate, "Donnie" was born May 13, 1970 in Perry, Iowa to James Orrin and Donna Jean Payton Choate. Donald received his education at the Jamaica, Jefferson, and Grand Junction school districts. He was a tire manufacturer at Firestone in Des Moines for several years and worked in construction in recent years. Donnie was known for being a...
Alice Louise Turpin
Jun 23, 2017
Alice Louise Turpin, 94 of Urbandale passed away on Friday, June 23, 2017. Alice was born on December 12, 1922 in Skidmore, Mo to Verne and Lucille Smith. She was married to Carl A. Turpin for 55 years. She is survived by her daughter, Sandi Sanderson of Urbandale, IA; siblings, Richard Smith of Maryville, Mo, Margaret Marvin of Clive,...
Jerry Mcfarland
Jun 23, 2017
Jerry McFarland, 67, of Winterset, died Friday, June 23, 2017, at the Madison County Hospital in Winterset. A visitation will be held from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., Friday, June 30, at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset, with family present to receive friends during this time. A funeral service will begin 10:30 a.m., Saturday, July 1, at Ochiltree’s with burial...
Clifford Rynearson
Jun 23, 2017
Clifford Rynearson, 75, of Lorimor, Iowa, died Friday, June 23, 2017, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Graveside services and burial will be held 11:00 AM Thursday, June 29, 2017, at Barney Cemetery in Madison County, Iowa with Pastor Dwayne Henrichs officiating. Clifford was born on February 25, 1942, at Madison County, Iowa to L.J. and Anna...
Dorothy Ory
Jun 23, 2017
Dorothy Ory, 95, of Earlham, died Friday, June 23, 2017, at Westbridge Care and Rehab in Winterset. A visitation will be held from 2:00 to 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 27, at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset, with family present to receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. A funeral service will begin 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, June 28, at Ochiltree’s...
Peter Williams
Jun 22, 2017
Peter Dee Williams, 71, died Wednesday, June 22, 2017, at the Kavanagh Hospice House in Des Moines, Iowa, after living with brain cancer for six months. Those he loved most dearly were with him to support his passing. Pete was born September 9, 1945, in Vinton, Iowa, to Frank Carroll and Ida Clara Katherine (Yost) Williams of Dysart. He...


