OBITUARIES
All Obituaries
Lowell Bence
Sep 4, 2017
Lowell Bence, 85, of Winterset, died Monday, September 4, 2017, at the Taylor House in Des Moines. A visitation with family present will be held from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., Thursday, September 14, at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, September 15, at the Calvary Cemetery near Churchville. Memorials may...
Shirley Andrews
Sep 4, 2017
Shirley P. Andrews, 79, of Des Moines passed away Sunday, September 3, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 PM on September 19, 2017 at St. Peter Lutheran Church in Grimes, followed with a social time with family and friends. Burial will be held at Maple Grove Cemetery, Melbourne, IA. Shirley was born in Dallas Center, on the...
Forrest Mccuen
Sep 4, 2017
Forrest McCuen, 83, of Winterset died Monday, September 4, 2017, at the Madison County Health Care System in Winterset. As per his wishes, his body has been donated to the Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine and there will be no services. Memorials in his name may be directed to the family for a later designation and online...
Anne K. Bisignano
Sep 2, 2017
Anne Katherine Bisignano, 94, passed away peacefully on September 2, 2017 at the Perry Lutheran Home in Perry, IA. A Mass of Christian burial will be at 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, September 5 at Our Lady of Peace Chapel, Bishop Drumm Care Center in Johnston. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Burial will follow the Mass at...
Lee Owen Vohs
Sep 2, 2017
Lee Owen Vohs, son of Gary Lee Vohs and Kimberly Kay Swaink was born October 09, 1984 and passed away on September 2, 2017 in Council Bluffs, Iowa at the young age of 32. Lee lived most of his life in the Silver City, Iowa community where he was a member of the Silver City Baptist Church and the...
Brenda (Mcvey) Kneuper
Sep 2, 2017
Brenda Kneuper, 67, of Lorimor died Saturday, September 2, 2017, at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines. A visitation will be held from 1:00 to 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 5, at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset, with family present to receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Funeral services will begin 10:30 a.m, Wednesday, September 6, at Ochiltrees, with...
John Collins
Sep 1, 2017
John P. Collins was born on August 8, 1924, the eighth of fourteen children born to John F. and Margaret Collins of Winner, South Dakota. He graduated from Winner High School in 1942 and joined the U.S. Navy the following year. He served on a submarine tender as a torpedo man in the South Pacific until his discharge in...
Gregory Lee Mcmain
Aug 29, 2017
Greg, age 64, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at Mercy Hospice in Johnston, IA after a courageous battle with cancer. A celebration of life will be held on Tuesday, September 5, 2017 from 4:00 – 7:00 at Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home & Crematory in Urbandale, IA. He was born May 9, 1953 in Des Moines, IA...
John B. Mcclavy
Aug 28, 2017
John Bernard McClavy, 66, passed away peacefully on August 28, 2017 surrounded by his family at home. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 7:00 pm, Thursday, August 31 with a Vigil service following at Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home & Crematory in Urbandale. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 am, Friday, September 1 at Saint Theresa Catholic Church in...
Mary Wassom
Aug 28, 2017
Mary B. Wassom of Bishop Drumm Care Center, Johnston, and formally of Des Moines, died Monday evening at the care center after 15.5 years of residency there. A visitation will be held on Friday, September 1, 2017 from 12:00 – 1:00 PM at Bishop Drumm Care Center in Johnston, with a funeral service at 1:00 PM. Burial will be...
Darwin Bartels
Aug 26, 2017
Darwin Keith Bartels, 59, passed away suddenly on August 26, 2017 at Mercy Medical Center – West Lakes in West Des Moines. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 7:00 pm, Wednesday, August 30 at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Urbandale, IA. Funeral services will be 10:00 am, Thursday, August 31 at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Urbandale, IA. Darwin...
Lee Anna Walrod
Aug 25, 2017
Lee Anna Walrod, 86, passed away on August 25, 2017 at Kavanagh House in Des Moines after a battle with cancer. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at McCalley Funeral Home in Adel with burial at Oakland Cemetery in De Soto. Friends may call after 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 29th at the funeral home where...
Trey Lee Hudnell
Aug 25, 2017
Trey Lee Hudnell, son of Albert Stephen Hudnell and Gayla Jo White Hudnell was born on February 8, 1990 in Des Moines, Iowa. While working in Marshall County, he tragically died on August 25, 2017. Trey attended school at the Dallas Center Christian School and later Perry High School. Trey married his high school sweetheart, Megan Liann Neuhalfen on...
John Joseph Beck
Aug 24, 2017
John Joseph Beck of Nevada, formerly from Jefferson and son of the late Frank and Louise Beck was born on July 24th, 1964 in Jefferson, Iowa. John attended school in Jefferson and graduated from Montevideo High School in Montevideo, MN. All of his life John loved to tinker with things. It didn't matter what it was if it had...
Bill Wignall
Aug 23, 2017
Bill Wignall, 63, of Winterset, died Wednesday, August 23, 2017, after a courageous battle with melanoma brain cancer at the West Bridge Care and Rehabilitation in Winterset. A Celebration of Life Gathering will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, September 30, 2017 at the Union State Bank Community Room, Hwy 92, Winterset. Memorials may be directed...
Larry Dean Correy
Aug 21, 2017
Larry Dean Correy, son of Raymond Correy and Hattie Stockburger Correy, was born January 31, 1937 on his parent's farm near Jamaica, Iowa. Larry lived his entire life in the Jamaica area, graduating Jamaica High School in 1954. He worked for his brother-in-law Errol Wilson at his service station in Rippey. On November 9, 1957, Larry was united in...
Victor Noel Olson
Aug 18, 2017
Victor Noel Olson, 71 of Van Meter, IA, passed away August 18 at his home. Memorial services will be 10 a.m. Friday, August 25, 2017 at the Van Meter American Legion Reception Center, Post 403 with Rev. Bill Steward officiating. Burial with honors will follow at Iowa Veteran’s Cemetery. Family will return to the Reception Center to greet friends...
Christopher Charles 'Chris' Hannon
Aug 18, 2017
Christopher Hannon, 42, a life-long resident of Winterset, died unexpectedly on August 18, 2017 in Madison County. Chris is survived by his children, Jack and Jessica Hannon of Winterset; girlfriend, Stacey Naber, of Winterset; parents, Charles (Paula) Hannon of Winterset and Vicki Hannon of Baxter; siblings, Kelly (Mike) Ayers and their children, Carter and Townsend, of Waukee, Mike (Cari)...
Harriet Isabel Mcdonald
Aug 17, 2017
Harriet Isabel McDonald, 102 years old, a devoted wife and mother and a life-long resident of Madison County, died at West Bridge Care and Rehabilitation in Winterset, Iowa, on August 17, 2017. Harriet was born on November 13, 1914, in Winterset, Iowa, the third child of Alvin Newton (“Newt”) Sankey and Myrtle Rebecca (Worley) Sankey. After graduating from Winterset...


