OBITUARIES

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Evelyn Ford

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

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

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

John Bryerton

Mar 27, 2015

John Bryerton passed away on Friday, March 27, 2015. No services are planned at this time.

Wayne Leroy Draman

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...