OBITUARIES
All Obituaries
Evelyn Ford
Mar 27, 2015
Evelyn Ford, 79, of Clive went to be with the Lord on Friday, March 27, 2015. A visitation will be from 10:00 -11:00 AM on Tuesday, March 31, 2015 with a funeral service at 11:00 AM, at Fort Des Moines Open Bible Church. Burial will be at the Lone Tree Cemetery in Lone Tree, Iowa at 10:00 AM on...
Alice Pearl Byers
Mar 27, 2015
Pearl Byers, age 91, passed away Friday March 27th, 2015 at Mercy Hospice in Johnston. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, April 1st, 2015 at Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home and Crematory, Urbandale. Burial will follow in the Lowman Cemetery, in Runnells. Visitation will be from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 31st at Caldwell Parrish Funeral...
Keith Nash
Mar 27, 2015
Keith O. Nash, 91 of Urbandale passed away on Friday, March 27, 2015. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, April 1, 2015, with a Visitation starting at 1:00 PM, at Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home & Crematory in Urbandale. Burial will follow at Pine Hill Cemetery. Keith was born September 15, 1923 in Mitchell, South Dakota....
John Bryerton
Mar 27, 2015
John Bryerton passed away on Friday, March 27, 2015. No services are planned at this time.
Wayne Leroy Draman
Mar 26, 2015
Wayne Leroy Draman, 72, crossed through Heavens gate on March 26, 2015 at the Kavanagh House in Des Moines, to be met by The Lord and Granny for the grand tour of Heaven. Wayne was born at his home in Stuart, IA on May 13, 1942. He was a self-employed trucker until 1986, at which time he helped to...
Frances Ballard
Mar 25, 2015
Frances Ballard, 89, of Des Moines passed away on Wednesday, March 25, 2015. Services are being planned.
Raymond "Ray" Marcks
Mar 25, 2015
A Celebration of Life Service for Raymond Earl Marcks was held from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 09, 2015 at Hastings Funeral Home in Perry. Interment will take place at Violet Hill Cemetery in Perry at a later date. Raymond Earl Marcks passed away quietly in his sleep on March 25, 2015 at Rowley Masonic Home in...
Dale Goodhue
Mar 24, 2015
Dale Goodhue, 82, of Carlisle, passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at Mercy West Lakes Hospital in West Des Moines. A visitation will be held from 1:00 to 8:00 p.m., Friday, March 27, 2015, at the Carlisle United Methodist Church in Carlisle, where family will be present to receive friends from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Funeral services will be...
Ruth Good
Mar 23, 2015
Ruth Good, 91, of Winterset, Iowa died Monday, March 23, 2015 at the Rotary Ann Home in Eagle Grove, Iowa. A visitation will be held from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m., Friday, March 27 at the First United Methodist Church in Winterset, where family will be present at this time to receive friends. Funeral Services will begin at 11:00 a.m.,...
Pauline Hammar
Mar 23, 2015
Pauline Hammar, 90, of Winterset, Iowa died Monday, March 23, 2015 at the West Bridge Care & Rehab in Winterset. A visitation will be held from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m., Thursday, March 26 at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset, where family will be present at this time to receive friends. Funeral Services will begin at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, March...
Dorothy Eileen Risher - Winterset
Mar 23, 2015
Dorothy Eileen Risher, 96, passed away peacefully at Madison Square Assisted Living on March 23, 2015. Born August 1, 1918, Eileen was the third of six children of Blaine and Bess (Burd) Miles. She graduated from Winterset High School in 1936 and soon thereafter moved to San Diego, CA where she later met and married Al Sylvia. She returned...
Jolene Kay Norviel
Mar 18, 2015
Jolene Norviel passed away while lovingly surrounded by family on March 18, 2015 at the age of 64. Jolene was born in 1950 near Primghar, Iowa, to George and Leona Geerdes. Her family, including brothers Jay and Jerry, moved to Hartley, IA, and eventually settled in Estherville, IA. She met Lee Norviel in an English class at Iowa Lakes...
Eleanor A. Noack - West Des Moines
Mar 18, 2015
Eleanor Augusta Noack passed away Wednesday, March 18th at her home. Funeral Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 23, 2015 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Van Meter with burial at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery. Friends may call after Noon Sunday, March 22 at McCalley Funeral Home in Adel where family will greet friends from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. Eleanor...
Alberta Pauline Coil
Mar 16, 2015
A Gathering Celebration for Alberta P Coil was held 12:00 p.m. noon Saturday, March 21, 2015 at Walton Wood's in Jefferson. Interment took place 11:00 a.m. Monday, March 23, 2015 at the Jefferson Cemetery. Alberta Pauline Coil, daughter of Marion Leonard Coil and Mildred Leota Bedford Coil, was born November 17, 1945 in Jefferson, Iowa and died March 16,...
Gerald Harsh 'Skip' - Adel
Mar 14, 2015
Gerald Duane "Skip" Harsh passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 14th, 2015 at Winterset Care Center North in Winterset, Iowa. He was 78. Gerald (Skip) was born February 1st, 1937 in Des Moines, Iowa. He was the son of Delores Harsh Knight of Urbandale, Iowa. Funeral Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, March 21st, at The First Christian in...
Albert Emery Cramer - Wheaton
Mar 14, 2015
Dr. Albert Emery Cramer (90) of Wheaton, IL, went home to his Lord and Savior on March 14, 2015. Albert was born to Grace and Clayton Cramer on May 17, 1924 in Blairstown, Iowa. He attended four rural schools, then Vinton and Dysart High Schools. He served as an artillery man (689th Field Artillery Batallion) in General Patton's Third...
Raymond C. Mcdonald
Mar 14, 2015
Raymond C. McDonald, 88, of Winterset died Saturday, March 14, 2015 at the Winterset Care Center South. A visitation will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, March 16 at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset, where the family will be present at this time to receive friends. Funeral services will begin at 3:00 p.m., Monday, March 16 at Ochiltree Funeral...
Lewis C. Hazlewood
Mar 12, 2015
Lewis Clifton Hazlewood, Jr. of Johnston, Iowa died March 12, 2015 at the age of 58. Lewis was born August 13, 1956 to Lewis Sr. and Mildred (Martin) Hazlewood in Nashville, TN. Lewis grew up in Murfreesboro, TN and joined the US Army at age 18, and proudly served for more than 12 years. Lewis graduated from East Tennessee...
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Mar 11, 2015
Mary E. Williams, age 77, passed away March 11, 2015 at Mercy Hospice in Johnston. She was born on November 4, 1937 in Duluth, MN and graduated from St. Scholastica College in Duluth with a B.S. degree in nursing. During her lifetime she practiced nursing until finally retiring on disability from Broadlawns Hospital in the early 1990's. She was...
Gailen L. Foreman
Mar 11, 2015
Gailen L. Foreman, 77, of Winterset died Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at the Madison County Memorial Hospital in Winterset. A visitation will be held from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m., Sunday, March 15 at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset, where family will be present at this time to receive friends. Funeral Services will begin at 10:30 a.m., Monday, March 16...


