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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...
Karla A. Miller - Adel
Oct 8, 2013
Karla A. Miller, 49, died Tuesday, October 8 at Mercy West Lakes, West Des Moines. Funeral Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, October 12, at United Methodist Church in Van Meter, with burial to follow at Elmwood Cemetery in Minburn. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Friday, at McCalley Funeral Home in Adel, where family will greet friends from...
Daniel W. Peterson - De Soto
Oct 3, 2013
Daniel Wade Peterson was born July 1, 1958 at Methodist Hospital in Des Moines to Robert W. and Celesta (Brooker) Peterson of Van Meter and he died October 3 in DeSoto. He was baptized and later confirmed his vows at Trinity Lutheran Church in Van Meter. He attended Van Meter Schools and graduated in 1976. He was in band,...
Donald M. Emehiser - Johnston
Oct 2, 2013
Don passed away October 2, 2013 at Mercy Hospital. Funeral Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, October 5, at McCalley Funeral Home in Adel, with burial at Panther Creek Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Friday, October 4th at the funeral home where family will greet friends from 4:00 to 7:30 p.m., until prayer service begins at 7:30...
Jerald Lee Fessler
Sep 29, 2013
Masonic Services for Jerald Lee Fessler were held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, October 3, 2013 at the Hastings Funeral Home in Perry with Mr. John Summerson presiding. Funeral services were held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, October 4, 2013 at the Rippey United Methodist Church in Rippey, Iowa. Pastor Paul Burrow of the Rippey United Methodist Church provided words of...
Joanne S. See
Sep 29, 2013
Joanne Sylvia See, the daughter of Grace Brennan and John Francis Ford, was born June 10, 1933 in Kansas City, Missouri. She passed away on Sunday, September 29, 2013 at Methodist West Hospital in West Des Moines, Iowa at the age of eighty years, three months, and nineteen days. Joanne was united in marriage with Kenneth Franklin See on...
Margarete Louise Hall
Sep 28, 2013
A service for Margarete Louise Hall was held 10:30 a.m. Thursday, October 3, 2013 at Hastings Funeral Home in Jefferson, Iowa. Pastor Gordon Moen of the First Presbyterian Church of Jefferson provided words of comfort. Casket bearers were: Doug Delp, Duane Delp, Vince Kennedy, Paul Mears, Jr., Roger Garnett and Jack Williams, Sr. Sheryl Sloan was the Pianist and...
Anthony 'Tony' Lafratte
Sep 27, 2013
Anthony John “Tony” LaFratte, the son of Pasquale and Carmella (Loffredo) LaFratte was born March 18, 1927 in Des Moines, Iowa. He passed away at his home in rural Madison County on Friday, September 27, 2013, at the age of eighty-six years, six months, and nine days. Tony was united in marriage with Frances Darlene King on November 22,...
Melvin E. Pickett - Urbandale
Sep 25, 2013
Melvin E. Pickett, 91, of Urbandale, Iowa, died Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at Bickford Cottage of Urbandale in Urbandale, Iowa. Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Monday, September 30, at the First Christian Church in Adel, Iowa with Pastor Tony Thurston and Pastor Michael Mudlaff officiating. Burial will be in the Oakdale Cemetery at Adel. Melvin was born...
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