OBITUARIES
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Donald Dean Dory
March 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
March 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
March 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
March 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
March 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
March 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
March 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
March 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
March 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
March 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
March 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
March 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
March 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
February 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
February 27, 2016
Ray Helmes, 77, of Marshalltown passed away on February 27, 2016. No services will be held.
Kelly Jones
February 27, 2016
Kelly Jones, 59, of Des Moines passed away on February 27, 2016. No services will be held.
Jeanie Jo Marshall
February 25, 2016
Jeanie Jo Marshall (Edmondson), daughter of Robert Lee Edmondson and Leanna Sue Frederick Edmondson, was born January 26, 1962 at the Madison County Hospital in Winterset, Iowa and died surrounded by many loved ones on February 25, 2016 at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 54. Visitation service was held on Friday, March 4,...
Duane D. Caudle - De Soto
February 20, 2016
Duane Dean Caudle, 88 of De Soto, passed away February 20, 2016 at Taylor House in Des Moines. Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, February 27, 2016 at United Methodist Church in De Soto with burial at Oakland Cemetery in De Soto. Family will greet friends from 9:30 a.m. until service time Saturday at the church. Duane was...
Malcom Vedane
February 19, 2016
Malcom Vedane, 79, of Winterset died Friday, February 19, 2016 at the Madison County Memorial Hospital in Winterset. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, February 23, at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset with a luncheon at the New Bridge Church in Winterset immediately following the service. Memorials may be directed to Indopartner Agency, Inc, c/o...
Georgia Hays
February 18, 2016
Hastings Funeral Home in Jefferson is in charge of arrangements for Georgia Hays, 97, of Jefferson, IA. She died on February 18, 2016 in Minnesota. A viewing will begin at 1 p.m., on Wednesday, February 24, 2016, at Hastings Funeral Home in Jefferson, until a service begins at 2:30 p.m. Burial will be at Jefferson Cemetery. She will be...


