OBITUARIES
All Obituaries
Bertha Reed
Mar 15, 2013
Bertha Reed, 81, died Friday, March 15, 2013 at the Winterset Care Center South. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m., Wednesday, March 20 at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset with burial to follow in the Winterset Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 2 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, March 19 at the funeral home, where family will receive...
Patricia 'Pat' Stephens
Mar 15, 2013
Patricia “Pat” Stephens, 76, of Lorimor, died Friday, March 15, 2013, at her home. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, March 23 at the Word of Life Family Church near Winterset with burial to follow in the Lorimor Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 1 to 8 p.m., Friday, March 22 at Ochiltree Funeral Service,...
Betty A. Sawyers
Mar 14, 2013
Betty A. Sawyers, 80, of Winterset, died Thursday, March 14, 2013, at the Winterset Care Center North. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 19 at the First Christian Church in Winterset with burial to follow in the McDonald-Chase Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 2 to 8 p.m., Monday, March 18 at Ochiltree Funeral...
Steven Pierce - Adel
Mar 14, 2013
Steven L. (Steve) Pierce, 69, passed away Thursday, March 14, 2013, from cancer. Steve served in the U.S. Navy for four years, stationed in California and Hawaii. He was discharged in 1968. Steve worked as the Chief Draftsman for Veenstra & Kimm, Inc. prior to retirement in 1993. One of Steve's main projects with V&K was in the growth...
Mr. Henry David Alborn
Mar 14, 2013
Henry David Alborn was born June 9, 1954 to Henry Sr. and Clementine "JoeAnn" Sidwell Alborn in Perry, Iowa. He died on March 14, 2013 at the Mercy Medical Center in Dubuque, Iowa at the age of 58 years, 9 months, 5 days. SERVICE 10:00 a.m. Tuesday March 19, 2013 Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Perry, Iowa WORDS OF COMFORT...
Margaret 'Peggy' Merrifield
Mar 13, 2013
Margaret “Peggy” Merrifield, 94, of Winterset died Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at the Norwalk Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Norwalk. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m., Saturday, March 16 at Ochiltree Funeral Service & Aftercare where family will receive friends one hour prior to services. Burial will follow in the Van Meter Cemetery, Van Meter. Memorials may be...
Dennis D. Hiatt
Mar 11, 2013
Dennis Hiatt, 70, of Lorimor, Iowa died Monday, March 11, 2013 at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines. Services will be private and burial will be in the Hartman Cemetery near Truro. Memorials and condolences may be made to the family at 815 1st Street, Lorimor, Iowa 50149. On-line condolences may be made to the family at www.ochiltree.com. Dennis...
Merlyn C. Faris, Jr.
Mar 11, 2013
Merlyn C. Faris, Jr., 62, of Macksburg, Iowa died Monday, March 11, 2013 at home. A visitation will be held 2 to 8 p.m., Friday, March 15 at Ochiltree Funeral Service, where family will be present to receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m.. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, March 16 at Ochiltree’s with burial...
Douglas Benedict
Mar 8, 2013
DOUGLAS LAVERN BENEDICT, BORN May 20, 1956, Larimer, Iowa DIED March 8, 2013, Iowa City, Iowa AGE 56 Years, 9 Months, 20 Days CELEBRATION OF LIFE SERVICE 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 13, 2013 , Hastings Funeral Home, Perry, Iowa Pastor Charlene Wolfe United Methodist Church, Bagley, Iowa HONORARY BEARERS All His Friends RECORDED MUSIC Daddy's Hands Black Velvet Fishin'...
Pat Stoneking - New Virginia
Mar 8, 2013
Patricia E. Stoneking, 75, of New Virginia, Iowa, died Friday, March 8, 2013, at Mercy Hospice - Johnston in Johnston, Iowa. Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Tuesday, March 12, at McCalley-Collins Funeral Home in Winterset, Iowa with Rev. Bill Branson officiating. Her body will be cremated following the funeral service with her cremains to be interred in...
Barbara Hamilton
Mar 8, 2013
BARBARA HAMILTON BORN July 20, 1920 Emmetsburg, Iowa DIED March 8, 2013 Jefferson, Iowa AGE 92 Years, 8 Months, 12 Days SERVICE 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 12, 2013 Hastings Funeral Home Jefferson, Iowa WORDS OF COMFORT BY Chaplain Dori Collogan Hospice of Central Iowa CASKET BEARERS Tom Heater Leon McDowell Bill Kempf Chuck Hastings Curt Hastings INTERMENT Jefferson Cemetery...
Mrs. Verna Mae Clingan
Mar 7, 2013
Verna Mae Clingan. Mrs. Clingan died Thursday at the Eastern Star Masonic Home in Boone. Services will be Monday at 11:00 a.m. at Hastings Funeral Home in Jefferson with burial in the Jefferson Cemetery. Visitation will be after 1:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home with her family present 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Memorials are suggested to the Alzheimer's...
W. Bunker Upton French
Mar 6, 2013
W. Bunker Upton French, 65, of Indianola, Iowa died Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at his home. A military graveside service will be held 9:30 a.m., Monday, March 11 at the Iowa Veteran’s Cemetery near Van Meter. Memorials may be directed to the Wymer VA Medical Foster Home 2004 N. 9th Street, Indianola, Iowa 50125. On-line condolences may be made...
Mae N. Rinard
Mar 6, 2013
Mae N. Rinard, 80, of Winterset, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 6, 2013 surrounded by her loving family at the Winterset Care Center South. A graveside memorial service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, March 9, 2013 at the Fairview Cemetery, Madison County. A celebration of life will be held at 1:30 p.m., Saturday at Ochiltree Funeral...
Robert Gubser 'Doc' - Adel
Mar 6, 2013
Robert K. "Doc" Gubser, DVM Panora Robert Gubser died Wednesday March 6, 2013 at Kavanagh on 56th Hospice House in Des Moines. Memorial services will be 1:30 PM Sunday March 10, 2013 at McCalley Funeral Home in Adel where family will greet friends after the service. Robert was a graduate of Adel High School. After graduating high school he...
Arlene Cron - Adel
Mar 3, 2013
Arlene J. Cron DeSoto Arlene Joan Cron, 82, a long-time DeSoto resident went to be with the Lord on March 3, 2013. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 6 at the DeSoto United Methodist Church. Arlene will be laid to rest with the cremains of her beloved husband of 55 years, Fletcher, at Oakland Cemetery in DeSoto,...
Howard E. Ford
Mar 2, 2013
Howard E. Ford, 83, of rural Dexter, Iowa died Saturday, March 2, 2013 at Westbridge Care and Rehabilitation in Winterset. A visitation with family will be held from 5 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, March 6 at the Community Building at the Madison County Fair Grounds. Memorials may be directed to Middle River Hospice and/or Westbridge Care and Rehabilitation’s Activity...
Mary Ann Meinecke
Feb 28, 2013
Mary Ann Meinecke BORN January 23, 1913 Calumet, Michigan DIED February 28, 2013 Perry, Iowa AGE 100 Years, 1 Month, 5 . Sunday March 3, 2013 Visitation at Hastings in Perry from 1:00 until 5:00 p.m. CHRISTIAN FUNERAL SERVICE 10:00 a.m. Monday, March 4, 2013 St Patrick Catholic Church Perry, Iowa OFFICATING Father David Polich HONORARY BEARERS Hunter Meinecke,...
E. Dean Fritz
Feb 28, 2013
E. Dean Fritz, 79, of Winterset, Iowa died Thursday, February 28, 2013 at his home. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m., Tuesday, March 5, at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset with a reception to immediately follow at the Jackson Community Building. A visitation will be held 2 to 8 p.m., Monday, March 4, at Ochiltree’s with family present...
Marilyn (Shepherd) Sour
Feb 27, 2013
Marilyn Fae (Shepherd) Sour, 80, of Winterset, died Wednesday, February 27, 2013, at her home. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, March 4 at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset with burial in the Winterset Cemetery at a later date. Memorials may be directed to AHeinz57 Pet Rescue, Box 188 De Soto, Iowa 50069. Acknowledgements of...


