OBITUARIES
All Obituaries
Howard Lee Stanley
Sep 21, 2015
Howard Lee Stanley, 66, passed away Monday, September 21, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center. A memorial mass will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, September 25 at All Saints Catholic Church. Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., with a vigil service at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, September 24, at Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home & Crematory. Howard was born July...
Violet P. Valentine - Adel
Sep 20, 2015
Violet Pearl Valentine, 90, died Sunday, September 20 at Adel Acres in Adel. She was born June 17, 1925 in St. Joseph, MO to Floyd and Katie (Adams) Post and grew up in King City, MO. Violet married Bill Valentine on August 5, 1942 and they had three children. She is survived by her daughter, Deb (Leonard) Warford of...
Donald C. Brown
Sep 20, 2015
Donald C. Brown, 89, of Winterset, died Sunday, September 20, 2015 at the Madison County Memorial Hospital in Winterset. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, September 25, at the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Winterset. A visitation will be held from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m., Thursday, September 24, at Ochiltree Funeral Service, where...
Laurie Akers
Sep 19, 2015
Laurie Akers, 49, left the loving embrace of her husband at her home outside of Winterset on Saturday, September 19, 2015. Laurie was surrounded by the love of her family after a long courageous battle with cancer. A visitation will be held from 2:00 to 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 22, 2015, at Ochiltree Funeral Service, where her family will...
Keith B. Joslyn
Sep 18, 2015
Keith B. Joslyn, 76, of Des Moines, Iowa, ended his battle with kidney failure on Friday, September 18, 2015. He was surrounded by family and people who loved him, in hospice at Ramsey Village. The family will receive friends from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm on Tuesday, September 22, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, where a prayer service will...
Jean Barnoske- Hupp
Sep 17, 2015
Jean Barnoske - Hupp, 70, of Dawson. Jean died peacefully at her home Thursday. She is survived by her daughter April Leber and her husband Matt of Perry; her son Danny Bendixen of Springfield, MO; and sister Mary Rae Oxborrow of Worthington, MN; grandchildren Adam Leber and his wife Jessica of Cambridge; Josh Leber of Perry; and great granddaughter...
Altea Lily Collins
Sep 15, 2015
Althea Collins, 97, of Clive passed away on September 15, 2015. No services are planned at this time.
Jim Mumford
Sep 14, 2015
Jim Mumford, 78, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 14, 2015, from injuries sustained in an accident at the home he loved and loved to work on. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, September 17, 2015, at the Jackson Building on the Madison County Fairgrounds in Winterset, Iowa. Memorials may be made to Habitat for...
Lane Alan Smith
Sep 14, 2015
Lane Alan Smith, the infant son of Morgan McVay and Cole Smith, was born and died Monday, September 14, 2015 at Methodist Hospital in Des Moines. A gathering in honor of Lane will be held Saturday, September 19 from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset; where his family will be present during these times to...
Fletcher F. Jennings - Van Meter
Sep 13, 2015
Fletcher F. Jennings, 90, of Van Meter, passed away Sunday, September 13, 2015. Memorial services will be 10:00 A.M. Friday, September 18, 2015 at McCalley Funeral Home in Adel. Burial with Navy Honors will follow at the Iowa Veterans Cemetery in Van Meter. Family will greet friends from 9:00 to 10:00 A.M. before services. Fletcher was born on March...
Lowell E. Dawes - Adel
Sep 12, 2015
Lowell E. Dawes, 90, passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 12, 2015, with family by his side. Funeral services will be 1:00 PM Wednesday, September 16th at Panther Creek Church of the Brethren in rural Adel, with burial at Oakdale Cemetery in Adel. Friends may call after 2:00 PM Tuesday, September 15th at McCalley Funeral Home in Adel, where...
Jessie Wilkerson
Sep 11, 2015
On Sept. 11, 2015, Jessie D Wilkerson was called home to be with her Lord and Savior. She passed away peacefully surrounded by her family at Mercy Hospice in Johnston, IA. Jessie was born March 27, 1934 to Frances (Ponchie) and Salvador Gonzales. She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald L. Wilkerson, Sr., and son, Maury D....
Berniece Schultze - Adel
Sep 9, 2015
Berniece Schultze, 94, of Adel, Iowa, passed away on September 9, 2015 at Arbor Springs in West Des Moines. Funeral services will be 1:00 PM Saturday, September 12, 2015 at McCalley Funeral Home in Adel, with burial following at Oakdale Cemetery in Adel. Family will greet friends Saturday from 11:00 AM until service time. Berniece was born March 24,...
Jeffry Lance Johnson
Sep 9, 2015
Dr. Jeffry (Doc) L. Johnson, 70, entered into eternal peace on September 9, 2015, from brain cancer at Kavanagh House in Des Moines, Iowa. Jeff was born on April 22, 1945 in San Diego, California, son of the late Dr. Joseph and Darlene (Darby) Johnson. He spent his childhood in Beaverdale before moving to Waukee with his family in...
Robert Guion
Sep 8, 2015
Robert Guion, 89, of Winterset, died Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at his home. A visitation will be held from 2:00 to 7:00 p.m., Thursday, September 10 at Ochiltree Funeral Service, where his family will be present to receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, September 11 at Ochiltree’s. Burial with...
Walter William Roelfs
Sep 8, 2015
Walter W. Roelfs, 93, passed away Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at Mercy Hospice in Johnston. A memorial service will be 10:00 a.m., Saturday, September 12 at Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home & Crematory. Visitation will be one hour prior to service. Inunrment will be in the Carnarvon Cemetery, Carnarvon, Iowa. Walter served in the Army Air Corps during WWII. He...
Charles Henry Balentine
Sep 8, 2015
Charles Henry Balentine Jr., 47, died of stroke complications on Tuesday, September 8, 2015 around 7 a.m. in Mercy Hospital located in Des Moines, Iowa. Charles is survived by his two daughters Jayde, who is attending college in Maryville, Missouri; Chelsi, who is attending college in Omaha, Nebraska, their mother, Lorri of Omaha, Nebraska; his brother Norman, wife Andrenna,...
David Sass
Sep 8, 2015
David Charles Sass, 63, of Urbandale, IA, passed away Tuesday, September 8th 2015 after a short, sudden battle with cancer. A memorial gathering inviting family and friends to celebrate David's life will be held from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm on Saturday, September 12th 2015 at Caldwell Parish Funeral Home located at 8201 Hickman Road, Urbandale, Iowa. David was...
Maxine Bek Bruett - Winterset
Sep 7, 2015
Maxine Bek Bruett died Monday, September 7 at the Winterset Care Center South. Funeral Services will be 10:30 AM Friday, September 11 at the First United Presbyterian Church in Winterset with burial at the Winterset Cemetery. Friends may call after 2:00 PM Thursday at McCalley Collins Funeral Home in Winterset where family will greet friends from 4:00 to 7:00...
Elizabeth White
Sep 6, 2015
Elizabeth White, 77, of Des Moines passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2015. Services are pending at this time.


