OBITUARIES
All Obituaries
Phillip "Phil" Creese, Sr.
Jan 9, 2013
A service for Phillip Moin Creese Sr. was held 2:00 p.m. Sunday, January 13, 2013 at the Woodward Granger High School. Visitation was Saturday from 1:00 p.m. till 8:00 p.m. with family present 4-8 p.m. at the high school. Hastings Funeral Home in Perry was in charge of making arrangements. Pastor Joe Haynes of the First Baptist Church in...
Neva Striley - Adel
Jan 8, 2013
Neva Striley, 90, passed away Tuesday, January 7, 2013 at Bickford Cottages in West Des Moines. She had been a resident of Bickford Cottages since February 2009. A private family service will be Friday, January 18, 2012 at MCCalley Funeral Home in Adel. Burial will be at East Linn Cemetery in Redfield. Born in Morgan Township, MN, Neva moved...
Earl F. Lohr - Winterset
Jan 7, 2013
Earl F. Lohr, son of the late Francis Michael and Maude Gibbs Lohr, was born January 6, 1925, in Lucas County, Iowa. He passed away on January 7, 2013, at Winterset Care Center North. A Celebration of Life service was held at the Winterset United Methodist Church on January 19. Interment will be later in the Winterset Garden of...
Pauline Reynolds
Jan 5, 2013
Pauline Reynolds, 100, of Winterset passed away Saturday, January 5, 2013 at Mercy Hospice in Johnston. A Celebration Of Life service will be held 11 a.m., Saturday, January 12 at the First United Methodist Church in Winterset. Memorials may be made to the Methodist Churches in Winterset and Shenandoah. On-line condolences may be made to the family at www.ochiltree.com....
Alberta Ledbetter
Jan 3, 2013
Alberta Lee (Miller) Ledbetter peacefully passed away on January 3, 2013 at Green County Medical Center in Jefferson, IA, she was 81. Born June 12, 1931 in Joplin, Missouri to Homer and Edythe Miller, Alberta spent her early years in Joplin, graduating from Joplin High School. After graduation she attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri and later graduated from...
Norman Edmondson
Jan 3, 2013
A service for Norman Eldon Edmondson was held 10:00 a.m. Monday, January 7, 2013 at the Christ Lutheran Church in Bouton, Iowa. Visitation was after 1:00 p.m. Sunday with family present from 2-4 p.m. at Hastings Funeral Home in Perry. Rev. Max Phillips provided words of comfort. Honorary bearers were: Steven Greimann, Ryan Purviance, Darrell Edmondson, Jim Edmondson, Jeff...
E. Leona Eberhart Wilson - Adel
Jan 1, 2013
Leona Wilson, 93, of Adel passed away peacefully on January 1, 2012 at Methodist West Hospital. Funeral Services will be 11:00 AM Friday January 4, at McCalley Funeral Home in Adel, with burial at Oakdale Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 PM Thursday at McCalley Funeral Home where friends will greet friends from 4-6 PM with a prayer service...
Alice Bown
Jan 1, 2013
Alice Bown, 102, of Winterset died Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at the Winterset Care Center South. A visitation will be held 2 to 7 p.m., Friday, January 4th at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset, with family to receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Funeral services will be held 10 a.m., Saturday, January 5th at Ochiltree’s with burial to...
Ethel Berry - Winterset
Dec 31, 2012
Ethel Berry, 85, of Winterset, Iowa, died Monday, December 31, 2012, at the Madison County Memorial Hospital in Winterset. Funeral services will be held 10:30 AM Friday, January 4, 2013, at McCalley-Collins Funeral Home in Winterset with Rev. Bob Epperson officiating. Burial will be in the Winterset Cemetery. Ethel was born on November 12, 1927, at Madison County, Iowa...
Mary Louise Nelson
Dec 31, 2012
Mary Louise Nelson, 88, of Van Meter died Monday, December 31, 2012 at Mercy Hospice in Johnston. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m., Friday, January 4th at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Winterset with burial to follow in the Thornton McNear Stump Cemetery in Dallas County. A visitation will be held 2 to 8 p.m., Thursday, January...
Fred Bomar
Dec 30, 2012
Fred Bomar, 71, of Van Meter died Sunday, December 30, 2012 at Sunnybrook of Adel. A visitation with family present will be held 3 to 6 p.m., Saturday, January 5th at Ochiltree Funeral Service & Aftercare in Winterset. A memorial service will be held 2:30 p.m., Sunday, January 6th at the Winterset Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Memorials may be made...
Gretchen J. Williams - Adel
Dec 30, 2012
Gretchen J. (Noe) Williams was born February 24, 1931 to Roy and Margaret Noe. She passed away December 30, 2012. Gretchen graduated from Adel High School, Adel, Iowa in 1948, attended the University of Northern Iowa for two years, completed a Bachelor of Science in Education at Drake University, and earned the equivalent of a masters degee in Library...
Lewis H. Jordan - Winterset
Dec 26, 2012
Lewis H. Jordan, 82, of Winterset, Iowa, died Wednesday, December 26, 2012, at the Madison County Memorial Hospital in Winterset. Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, December 31, at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Winterset. As per his request, his body was cremated and will be interred in the Winterset Cemetery at a later date....
Mae Ann Shellenbarger - Adel
Dec 26, 2012
Mae Shellenbarger of Stuart, Iowa died Wednesday, December 26 at Community Care Center. No public viewing or services are planned at this time.
Hazel A. Dye - Adel
Dec 25, 2012
Hazel Sterling Dye, 96, of Dallas Center was born in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada, and died on December 25 in Johnston. Funeral services will be 10:30 AM Saturday, December 29 at McCalley Funeral Home in Adel with burial at Oakdale Cemetery. Friends may call after 3:00 PM Friday at the funeral home where family will greet friends from 5 to...
Michael John Mcnamara - Winterset
Dec 25, 2012
Michael John McNamara, 80, of Winterset, Iowa, died Tuesday, December 25, 2012 at the VA Central Iowa Health Care System in Des Moines, Iowa. Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:30 AM Saturday, December 29, 2012, at the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Winterset with Father Dan Kirby officiating. Burial with military honors will be in the Winterset...
John E. Snyder - Winterset
Dec 24, 2012
John E. Snyder, 77, of Winterset, Iowa, died Monday, December 24, 2012, at the Madison County Memorial Hospital in Winterset, Iowa. As per his request, his body was cremated with a memorial service to be conducted at a later date. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy; children, Rick Snyder, Edward (Cherita) Snyder, Julie (Rich) McKinney, and Susan (Chris)...
Charles Gerald Paullin
Dec 24, 2012
Gerald died Monday, December 24, 2012. He was 85. A visitation will be held 4 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, December 26th at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset, where family will be present from 6 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m., Thursday, December 27th at the First Christian Church with burial to follow in the Winterset...
Brenda Mapes
Dec 23, 2012
Brenda Mapes, 68, of Winterset died Sunday, December 23, 2012 at her home. A visitation will be held 2 to 8 p.m., Thursday, December 27th at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset, where family will be present from 6 to 8 p.m.. Services will be held privately with family. In lieu of flowers, memorials to the Winterset Public Library will...
Jay Cobb
Dec 18, 2012
A service for Jay David Cobb was held 11:00 a.m. Friday, December 21, 2012 at Hastings Funeral Home in Jefferson. Visitation was after 12:00 p.m. on Thursday with family present 4-6 p.m. at the funeral home. Pastor Julie Poulsen of the United Methodist Church in Jefferson provided words of comfort. Honorary bearers were Lily Johnson, Timmy Johnson, William David...


