OBITUARIES
All Obituaries
Maxine Gladys Calvert Dunlop
Mar 14, 2016
Hastings Funeral Home of Jefferson is in charge of arrangements for Maxine Gladys Dunlop 99, of Jefferson. Maxine died Monday March 14, at the Greene County Medical Center. Funeral service will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday March 17, at Hastings Funeral Home in Jefferson with burial at the Jefferson Cemetery. Visitation will be on Wednesday after 1:00 until 6:00 pm...
James Raymond Guffey
Mar 13, 2016
James was born July 5, 1931 to Acie and Lois Inskeep Guffey in Plano, Iowa. James attended school in Centerville, Iowa graduating with the class of 1950. He then enlisted in The United States Navy and served aboard the US Jupiter during the Korean War conflict. He then returned stateside and moved to Newton, Iowa where he worked as...
Florence Mcnichols
Mar 12, 2016
Florence McNichols, 89, of Winterset died Saturday, March 12, 2016 at the Winterset Care Center South in Winterset. A visitation will be held Friday, March 18 from 2:00 – 8:00 p.m. at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset with family present from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. The funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 19 at the...
Rodger Briney
Mar 12, 2016
Rodger Briney, 81, of Winterset, died Saturday, March 12, 2016, at the Greater Regional Hospice House in Creston. A visitation will be held from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 16, at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset with family present during this time. The funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 17, at the Zion Federated...
Donald Dean Dory
Mar 12, 2016
Donald Dean was born in Casey, IA, February 7, 1930, the only child of Marion E and Edna Nittler Dory. Donald attended elementary and Junior High School in Casey until the family moved to Des Moines in 1944 where he attended Des Moines Technical High School, studying vocational electronics and radio, graduating in 1947. After graduating, Donald attended Iowa...
Jean Bayers
Mar 11, 2016
Jean Bayers passed on to her next life on March 11, 2016. She was born to Aratus and Marjorie Senter on a farm near Jamaica, Iowa, August 14, 1923. She graduated from Jamaica High School in 1941. She married Richard Bayers in Omaha, Nebraska, on August 17, 1943. When Richard returned from the Pacific after World War II, they...
Ramona Ann Conroy
Mar 10, 2016
Hastings Funeral Home in Jefferson, is in charge of arrangements for Ramona Ann Conroy, 86, of Jefferson. She died on Thursday, March 10, 2016 at Greene County Medical Center in Jefferson. Visitation will be held on Friday, April 8, 2016 starting at 1p.m., with family present 5-7 p.m., at Hastings Funeral Home in Jefferson. Mass of Christian Burial will...
Elsie Mary Smith
Mar 9, 2016
Elsie Smith, 98, of Urbandale passed away on Wednesday, March 9, 2016. Elsie donated her body to the University of Iowa Deeded Body Program. No services are planned.
Clark Mountain
Mar 7, 2016
Clark Mountain, 75, of Macksburg, died Monday, March 7, 2016 at the Madison County Memorial Hospital in Winterset. A visitation will be held from 1 to 6 p.m., Sunday, March 13, at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset, with family present to receive friends from 4 to 6 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, March 14,...
August Henry Pfaff
Mar 5, 2016
August Henry (Gus) Pfaff, Jr., 91, of Windsor Heights, passed away peacefully on March 5, 2016 at Senior Suites in Urbandale, Iowa. Gus was born on January 11, 1925 to parents August and Ina Pfaff of Council Bluffs. Gus was a WWII veteran, serving on the LST 24, in the United States Coast Guard. He married Rosetta Ann Hubbard,...
Doris Antonius
Mar 5, 2016
Doris Antonius, 82 of Des Moines passed away on Saturday, March 5, 2016. Doris wishes were to be cremated and have no services.
Darlene Tucker
Mar 3, 2016
Darlene Tucker passed away peacefully on March 3, 2016, at Cox Hospital, Branson, Missouri. She was 95. A visitation will be held from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., Sunday, March 6 at Greenlawn East Funeral Home in Branson. Darlene will return home to Iowa and have a second visitation from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Monday, March 7, at Ochiltree Funeral...
Louis Heidt
Mar 2, 2016
Louis Heidt, 91, of Gilmore City, Iowa, passed away on March 2, 2016. Louis was born on July 18, 1924, to Edward and Frances Alger Heidt in Owen, Wisconsin. He grew up in Humboldt, Iowa, where he enjoyed fishing, hunting and trapping and many adventures with his friends. Louis enlisted in the Navy on July 24, 1943 after graduating...
Ruth Bush
Mar 2, 2016
Ruth Bush, 94, of Winterset died Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at the Winterset Care Center North in Winterset. A visitation will be held from 9:00 – 11:00 a.m., Saturday, March 5 at the First United Methodist Church in Winterset. The Funeral Service will begin at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 5 at the First United Methodist Church with burial to...
Jay Steece
Mar 2, 2016
Hastings Funeral Home in Perry, is in charge of arrangements for Jay (Parke) Steece, 60, of Perry, who died March 2, 2016 at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. A graveside service will be held on Friday, March 11, 2016 at 1:00 p.m., at Violet Hill Cemetery, in Perry. Jay is survived by his wife Kelly Lynch - Steece,...
Jim Ganoe
Mar 2, 2016
Jim Ganoe, 70, of Menlo died Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at his home. A celebration of life gathering will be held from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m., Friday, March 4, at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset, where the family will be present during this time. A private committal with military honors will take place in the Iowa Veterans Cemetery near...
Phil Young
Mar 1, 2016
Phil Young, 67, of Pleasant Hill died Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines. A visitation will be held from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m., Thursday, March 3, at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset, where the family will be present during this time. A graveside service will be held 10:30 a.m., March 4, in the Moon...
Lynn E. Christensen - Adel
Feb 28, 2016
Lynn Christensen, 56, passed away Sunday, February 28th at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 3, 2016 at Zion Lutheran Church in Manning, with burial at Nishnabotna Cemetery at Manilla. Friends may call after 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 2 at McCalley Funeral Home where family will greet friends from 4-7 PM. Family...
Ray Helmes
Feb 27, 2016
Ray Helmes, 77, of Marshalltown passed away on February 27, 2016. No services will be held.
Kelly Jones
Feb 27, 2016
Kelly Jones, 59, of Des Moines passed away on February 27, 2016. No services will be held.


