OBITUARIES
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Arnold Nelson
Nov 8, 2013
Arnold Nelson, 97, of Van Meter died Friday, November 8, 2013 at Westbridge Care and Rehab in Winterset. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, November 12th at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Winterset, where family will gather with friends beginning at 9:30 a.m. Burial will follow in the Thornton McNear Stump Cemetery in Dallas County. A...
Ralph Merical
Nov 5, 2013
Ralph Merical, 72, died at his home in Redfield. Private family services are planned at Wiscotta Cemetery Saturday, November 9, 2013. Ralph was a veteran and is survived by his daughters and siblings.
Harold M. 'Hal' Butzloff - Clive
Nov 5, 2013
Harold M. Butzloff was born in Chicago, IL. on November 21, 1930, the son of Harold Butzloff, Sr. and Hazel Thornburg Butzloff. He died Tuesday, November 5th at his home. At age 8, the family moved to Mansfield, Ohio, where he grew up. He attended Northwestern University, and obtained a degree in Mechanical Engineering. On June 13, 1953, he...
Donna Belle Sandusky Lane Miller
Nov 3, 2013
Donna Belle Sandusky Lane Miller passed to a much better place on November 3, 2013 at Trinity Center At Luther Park in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 92. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m., Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at the United Methodist Church in Earlham. Visitation with family present will be held prior to services from...
Jay Haupert
Oct 29, 2013
Funeral services for Jay Haupert were held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, November 1, 2013 at the First United Methodist Church, Jefferson, Iowa. Visitation was from 5:00 p.m. till 7:00 p.m. Thursday at the First United Methodist Church. Reverend Julie E. F. Poulsen of the First United Methodist Church and Pastor Larry Monthei of the Cooper Methodist Church provided words...
Juan Antonio Flores
Oct 29, 2013
Hastings Funeral Home in Perry is in charge of arrangements for Juan Antonio Flores 42, of Perry, who died October 29, at Watertown, South Dakota in a traffic accident. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Patrick Church in Perry. Visitation will be from 3:00 to 9:00 p.m. Friday at Hastings Funeral Home in...
Donna Marie Wilson - Adel
Oct 28, 2013
Donna Marie Wilson, 56, passed away Monday, October 28, 2013 at Perry Lutheran Home in Perry, Iowa. Funeral Services will be 11:00 AM Friday, November 1, 2013, at McCalley Funeral Home in Adel with burial at Oakdale Cemetery. Friends may call after 3 PM Thursday, October 31 at the funeral home, where family will greet friends from 5 to...
Kathleen Kate Carr - Van Meter
Oct 26, 2013
Kathleen 'Kate' Mae (Hagg) Carr, 85 from Van Meter, IA, died October 26, 2013 from complications due to a brain aneurysm. Kate was born October 17, 1928 to Emil and Gladys Hagg, Sr. in Adel, IA. She graduated in 1946 from Adel Community School. Last week, she and her remaining 5 class members celebrated their 67th year class reunion...
Florence Grace Bennett
Oct 24, 2013
Florence Grace Lockard Bennett was born September 5, 1918 at Searsboro, Iowa to Cecil E. Lockard and Flora M. Reed Francis and died October 24, 2013 at the Eastern Star Masonic Home in Boone at the age of 95 years. She graduated from the Montezuma High School in 1936 and from the Thompson's Beauty School in Des Moines, Iowa...
John Perry Rutledge - Adel
Oct 23, 2013
John Perry Rutledge, age 82, of Adel, Iowa, passed away peacefully at his home on Wednesday, October 23, 2013. Memorial Services will be 11 AM Tuesday, October 29, 2013, at McCalley Funeral Home in Adel. Friends may call after 2 PM Monday, October 28, 2013, at McCalley Funeral Home in Adel, where family will greet friends from 5 to...
Norma Herring - Adel
Oct 21, 2013
Norma Herring, 88 of Adel, died October 21, 2013 at Adel Acres Skilled Nursing facility where she had recently moved. Norma will be missed by her children, Sue Kolander, Ken (Carma) Herring, Peggy Hutchins, ten grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren, brother Richard Snyder and sister Kay (Lee) Struble. Norma was preceded in death by her parents, husband Gayelord, sister Florence,...
Joseph R. Michell - Indianola
Oct 18, 2013
Joseph Ralph Mitchell, a WWII veteran, died Friday October18, 2013 at Kavanagh House on 56th Street in Des Moines. He was 94. He was preceded in death by his wife Marguerite A. Mitchell; parents Robert and Mary Mitchell; brother David Mitchell; sister Mildred White; son Joseph R. Mitchell, Jr.; daughter Marianna Beikler; and grandson William S. Siedschlag, III. Joseph...
Nakia Scott Williams - Adel
Oct 16, 2013
Nakia was involved in a fatal automobile accident early Wednesday October 16. He has been cremated and a private family Memorial service will take place at a later date.
Jan (Juanita) C. Kennedy
Oct 15, 2013
Jan (Juanita) C. Kennedy, 73, of Winterset died Tuesday, October 15, 2013 after a brief cancer illness. A memorial service will be held 2 p.m., Saturday, November 2, 2013 at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset. A visitation will be held from 1 to 2 p.m., prior to services on Saturday. Memorials may be directed to the ARL (Animal Rescue...
Leo Classen
Oct 14, 2013
Leo Classen, 88, of Des Moines died Monday, October 14, 2013 at The Village at Legacy Pointe in Waukee. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m., Thursday, October 17, 2013 at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset. A visitation will be held prior to services from Noon to 2 p.m., Thursday. Burial will be in the St. Charles Cemetery, St....
Bonnie E. Feldman - Marshalltown
Oct 13, 2013
Bonnie Eileen Feldman passed away Sunday, October 13, 2013 at the Iowa Veteran's Home in Marshalltown. She will be greatly missed by her nieces & nephews. Service: 2:00 PM Saturday November 9, 2013 Fairview Cemetery De Soto, Iowa
Mrs. Eileen Mae Essing
Oct 12, 2013
Funeral services for Eileen Mae Essing were held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at Mt. Olivet Lutheran Church in Perry, Iowa. Pastor Mark Holmes of the Mt. Olivet Lutheran Church provided words of comfort. Casket bearers were: Lanny Staples, Steven Essing, Doug Hanson, Keith Killmer, Jon Marckres and Nathan Staples. Music was provided by Don and Dalayna...
Burton Dale Cox
Oct 11, 2013
A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m., Monday, October 21, 2013 at the North McDonald Cemetery, Madison County. A gathering with family will be held on Monday at Ochiltree Funeral Service from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., prior to the graveside service. Burton Dale Cox was born on November 18, 1930, in Winterset, Iowa to Sylvanus and...
Glen Joseph Kellner
Oct 10, 2013
A memorial mass will be held 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, October 16th at St. Joseph Catholic Church, St. Joseph, Iowa; with burial immediately following in the St. Joseph Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. at the church, Tuesday, October 15th; with a Rosary at 5:30 p.m. and a Prayer Service at 7 p.m. Memorials to...
Doris Louise Kipping - Redfield
Oct 9, 2013
Doris L. Snyder was born in the farm home of her family near Adel 100 years ago on August 18, 1913. She enjoyed celebrating her milestone birthday at Spurgeon Manor in Dallas Center, where she most recently lived. Doris was raised in the rural Redfield area with parents Milo and Phoebe Dillworth (Crouse) Snyder in their family of ten...