OBITUARIES
All Obituaries
Lucille A. (Yegge) Townsend
Jan 5, 2014
Lucille A. (Yegge) Townsend, 95, was taken home to be with the Lord, Sunday, January 5, 2014. Lucille passed away very peacefully at the Winterset Care Center South in Winterset, Iowa, where she has resided since June. She spent her final days peacefully surrounded by her loving family. A visitation with family present will be held from 5:00 to...
Derek Countryman 'Derry' - Redfield
Jan 5, 2014
Derry died, Sunday, January 5th, 2014. He was 69. Friends may call after 3 PM Thursday, January 9th at the funeral home in Adel, where family will greet friends from 5 to 7 PM. Memorial services will be 10:00 a.m., Friday January 10, 2014 at McCalley Funeral Home with burial at Wiscotta Cemetery. Derry was retired from Glen-Gery Brick...
Russell Vaagen - Adel
Jan 4, 2014
Russell Lee Vaagen, 61, a resident of Adel, IA passed away on January 4th, 2014, at Mercy Hospice in Johnston after a courageous battle with cancer. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, January 9th at St. John's Catholic Church in Adel followed by a burial at Oakdale Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday from...
Rex Dorrell
Jan 4, 2014
Rex Dorrell, 82, of Winterset, Iowa died, Saturday, January 4, 2014 while surrounded by his family at the Winterset Care Center North in Winterset. A visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Thursday, January 9 at Ochiltree Funeral Service & Aftercare in Winterset, where family will be present to receive friends during these times. Funeral services will...
Mary Louise Kirk Braynard
Jan 3, 2014
Mary Louise Braynard, 83, of Winterset, formerly of Lorimor, died Friday, January 3, 2014 at Westbridge Care and Rehab in Winterset. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, January 9th, at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset with burial in the Lorimor Cemetery. A visitation with family present will be held at the funeral home one hour...
Cecil Shaw - Winterset
Jan 3, 2014
Cecil Shaw, 88, of Winterset, Iowa, died Friday, January 3, 2014 at West Bridge Care & Rehabilitation in Winterset. Funeral services will be held 10:30 AM Tuesday, January 7, 2014, at McCalley-Collins Funeral Home in Winterset with Pastor Terry Kerr officiating. Burial will be in the Winterset Cemetery. Cecil was born on May 14, 1925, at Madison County, Iowa...
Clifford L. Erickson - Adel
Jan 2, 2014
Clifford L. Erickson passed away Thursday, January 3, 2014 at Adel Acres. He is survived by his wife, Karen; sons, Casey Erickson & John Neder, III; daughter, Dolly Erickson; three grandchildren, Sara, Emily & Tanner. He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Betty Erickson & Phyllis Turgeon; two brother-in-laws, Kenneth Brunken & Gilbert Eckmann; and two...
Ruth Tucker
Jan 2, 2014
Ruth Tucker, 104, of Winterset died Thursday, January 2, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, January 7, at the First United Methodist Church of Winterset with burial in the Moon Cemetery, Macksburg. A visitation will be held from 1 to 7 p.m., Monday, January 6 at Ochiltree Funeral Service; where family will be present to...
Joseph P. Florek - Desoto
Jan 2, 2014
Joseph P. Florek passed away Thursday, January 2, 2014 at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo, IA. He is survived by his wife, Susan Doyle; one son & two daughters. He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers. Cremation rites have been accorded and no public visitation or services are planned. Online condolences maybe left at this...
Helen Holmes Drake - Winterset
Dec 30, 2013
Helen M. Holmes Drake was born April 21, 1912 in Scott Township, Madison County. She was the first of six children born to Fred and Agnes Elizabeth (Picken) Holmes. She attended country school through 8th grade, and graduated from Winterset High School, class of 1930. During her high school years, she took Normal Training and following graduation, she taught...
James Tiernan
Dec 30, 2013
James T. Tiernan, 100, died December 30, 2013, at his home in San Diego, California. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Monday, January 6, 2014 at St. Patrick’s Irish Settlement Church, near Cumming, Iowa where Father Daniel Kirby will officiate. Burial and military honors will immediately follow in the St. Patrick’s Cemetery and a...
Jack Thomas
Dec 29, 2013
Jack Thomas, 92, of Winterset died Sunday, December 29, 2013 at Winterset Care Center North in Winterset. A memorial service will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, January 11, 2014 at the First United Methodist Church in Winterset. A visitation with family present will be held 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, January 10, 2014 at Ochiltree Funeral Service. Burial will...
Morse Jr. Mckee
Dec 26, 2013
Morse McKee, Jr, age 67, of St. Charles, died Thursday, December 26, 2013 at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, December 31 at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset with burial and military honors to be held in the Leon Cemetery at Leon. A visitation with family present will be held from...
Frank William Carpenter
Dec 25, 2013
A service for Frank William Carpenter was held 10:00 a.m. Monday, December 30, 2013 at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Perry, Iowa. Visitation was after one on Sunday, December 29, 2013 with family present from 5 until 7 p.m. at Hastings Funeral Home in Perry, Iowa. Reverend Ken Bose of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Perry provided words of...
Gladys "Peg" Irene Tryon
Dec 24, 2013
A service for Gladys Irene Tryon "Peg" was held 1:00 p.m. Saturday, December 28, 2013 at Hastings Funeral Home in Perry, Iowa. Visitation was from 11:00 a.m. until time of the service. Pastor John Augspurger of the Adel United Methodist Church provided words of comfort. Casket bearers were her grandchildren: Scott Tryon, Kristi Fuller, Jason Tryon, Carrie Blackburn, David...
Robert Good
Dec 22, 2013
Robert Good, 95, passed away Sunday, December 22, 2013 at West Bridge Care and Rehabilitation in Winterset. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, December 28, at the First United Methodist Church in Winterset. A visitation with family present will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Friday, December 27 at Ochiltree Funeral Service, Winterset. Memorials may...
Caleb John Anderson
Dec 21, 2013
A service for Caleb John Anderson was held 10:00 a.m. Saturday, December 28, 2013 at the First Baptist Church in Perry, Iowa. Visitation was after noon on Friday, December 27, 2013 with family present from 4 until 7 p.m. at Hastings Funeral Home in Perry, Iowa. Pastor Chris Tjapkes of the First Baptist Church in Perry provided words of...
Mr Robert Galivan
Dec 20, 2013
Services of Life for Robert Eugene Galivan were held 2:00 p.m. Monday, December 23, 2013 at Hastings Funeral Home in Perry, Iowa. Military Rites were performed by Michael Kelley and Dennis Glass of the American Legion Post #85. Interment took place at the Rippey Cemetery in Rippey, Iowa. Robert Eugene Galivan, son of Leota Pearl Davis and Robert Keith...
Ernest Weitz Brown
Dec 17, 2013
Ernie Brown, 80, of Winterset died Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at his home after a period of declining health due to emphysema and the surgical treatment of a brain abscess. There will be no service and the family will…have a kegger, sack race, whatever, if any. Burial of the cremated remains will be held at a later date in...
Jodi (Toppin) Parker
Dec 17, 2013
Jodi (Toppin) Parker, 46, of Orient died Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at the Madison County Hospital in Winterset. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Friday, December 27 at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset. A visitation will be held from 1 to 8 p.m., Thursday, December 26 at the funeral home, with family present to receive friends from...