OBITUARIES

December 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...

December 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,...

December 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...

December 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...

December 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...

December 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...

December 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....

December 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...

December 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...

December 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...

December 15, 2017

Pending

December 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...

December 15, 2017

December 14, 2017

December 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...

December 13, 2017

Pending

December 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...

December 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...

December 11, 2017

December 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....