OBITUARIES

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Viola Mapes

Viola Mapes

Mar 28, 2013

Viola Mapes, 84, of Slater died Thursday, March 28, 2013. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m., Tuesday, April 2, at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset with burial to following in the Winterset Cemetery. A visitation with family present will be held from 6 to 8 p.m., Monday, April 1 at Ochiltree’s. Memorials may be directed to...

Mrs. Donna Mae Tolle

Mrs. Donna Mae Tolle

Mar 26, 2013

A service for Donna Mae Tolle was held on Saturday, March 30, 2013 at the Hastings Funeral Home in Perry. Visitation was after 12:00 p.m. Friday with family present 5-7 p.m. at the funeral home in Perry. Pastor Paul Burrow of the First United Methodist Church officiated. Honorary casket bearers were the grand-children: Joe Harmon, Jake Jackson, Nicholas Tolle,...

Inez Marquardt 'Formerly Of Van Meter' - Winterset

Inez Marquardt 'Formerly Of Van Meter' - Winterset

Mar 26, 2013

Inez Marquardt, 87, of Winterset, Iowa, died Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at West Bridge Care & Rehabilitation in Winterset. Funeral services will be held 2:00 PM Friday, March 29, 2013, at Trinity Lutheran Church in rural Van Meter with Pastor Kenneth Schmidt officiating. Burial will be in the Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery. Inez was born on March 15, 1926,...

Sharon R. Emory - Adel

Sharon R. Emory - Adel

Mar 25, 2013

Sharon Reay Emory was born to Lowell and Maxine McClellan in Des Moines, Iowa on September 10, 1938. She grew up in the Highland Park neighborhood and graduated from North High School in 1957. She was a member of Eastern Star, the Clive Good Ideas Club and Highland Park Christian Church. Sharon lived in the Des Moines area until...

Don Bruett

Don Bruett

Mar 24, 2013

Don Bruett, 79, of Winterset died on Sunday, March 24, 2013 at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 27 at the Foursquare Gospel Church in Winterset with burial to follow in the Winterset Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 1 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, March 26 at Ochiltree’s. Memorials...

John Mccauley

John Mccauley

Mar 24, 2013

John McCauley, 64, of Winterset died Sunday, March 24, 2013 at the Winterset Care Center North in Winterset. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, March 30 at Ochiltree Funeral Service where a reception will immediately follow services. Burial will be in the Winterset Cemetery at a later date. Memorial contributions to the Church of the...

Lila Dorrell

Lila Dorrell

Mar 23, 2013

Lila J. Dorrell, 56, of Lorimor passed away Saturday, March 23, 2013 at her home. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m., Thursday, March 28, at Ochiltree Funeral Service & Aftercare in Winterset. A visitation will be held 3 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, March 27, at the funeral home, with family present to receive friends from 5 to 8...

Patricia Pat Roberts

Patricia Pat Roberts

Mar 23, 2013

Patricia "Pat" Galivan Roberts, 63 of Perry died March 23, 2013, at Granger Manor in Granger. Visitation will be held at Hastings Funeral Home in Perry on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 from noon to 7:00 p.m. with family present from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. A funeral service will then be held on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 10:00...

Beulah J. Howell

Beulah J. Howell

Mar 20, 2013

Beulah J. Howell, 76, of Winterset died Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at home. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m., Monday, March 25, 2013 at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset with burial to follow in the Montpelier Cemetery near Patterson. A visitation will be held 1 to 6 p.m., Sunday, March 24 at Ochiltree’s with family present to receive...

Betty J. Bowles - Adel

Betty J. Bowles - Adel

Mar 19, 2013

Betty Bowles, 88, passed away suddenly Tuesday, March 19, 2013. Betty (Henry) Bowles was born March 12, 1925 to Burt and Lenora Henry in Van Meter, Iowa. She attended Adel Schools. On February 14, 1942 she married Cleo Bowles and they had two children, Larry and Mike. Cleo and Betty were self-employed in carpentry for 50 years until retiring...

Bertha Reed

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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...