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Eldon Giles
Dec 28, 2024
Eldon Giles, 91, of Winterset, passed away on Saturday, December 28, 2024 at the Madison County Memorial Hospital in Winterset.
Eldon Roy Giles was born in Adair County on June 11, 1933, to John and Bertha (Pettit) Giles. He grew up in Spencer, Iowa and moved to Greenfield as a teenager. He moved to Winterset in 1964 and started a roofing...
Eleanor Faye McCoy
Dec 27, 2024
Eleanor Faye Peterson McCoy (93) passed away peacefully on Dec 27, 2024. A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Eleanor Faye Peterson was born to Arthur and Grada (Roetman) Peterson on April 19, 1931, on the family farm in Wright County Iowa. She was raised and educated in the area. She first attended country school and later graduated...
Pheng Ung
Dec 27, 2024
Pheng Ung, age 82, of Des Moines, passed away on December 27, 2024. A Visitation and Funeral Service will be held on Thursday, January 2, 2025 beginning at 10:00 am at Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home in Urbandale, with burial following at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Des Moines.
James Hicks
Dec 26, 2024
James Roger Hicks, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away peacefully on December 26, 2024, in Madrid, Iowa. He was born on January 14, 1944, in Audubon, Iowa, to Howard and Gladys (Jorgensen) Hicks.
Growing up in the Perry area, James (Jim) graduated from Perry High School before marrying the love of his life, Joan Anderson, in Minburn, Iowa, on...
Betty Jean Billings
Dec 26, 2024
Betty Jean Billings was born February 11, 1934 in Albia, Iowa. She was a beautiful surprise to her parents, George and Elizabeth Stevenson, since her mom was 49 when Betty was born. She grew up loved and cherished by her parents and her four older siblings. Hazel, her older sister by 25 years, was a second mother to her.
By the...
Dale Carter
Dec 25, 2024
Dale Carter, 76, of Des Moines, passed away Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City.
Dale Allen Carter was born April 9, 1948 in Dexter, Iowa to Wilbur and Margy (Travis) Carter. He graduated from Earlham High School in 1966 and received his BA from Northwest Missouri State University in 1970.
Dale was raised as a true...
Robert "Butch" Pearson
Dec 25, 2024
Robert "Butch" Pearson, 82, of Winterset, passed away Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at Azria Health Winterset.
Butch, as most called him, was born in Madison County, Iowa on March 20, 1942 to Ernest and Opal (Davis) Pearson. He attended Winterset Schools and was a lifelong resident of Madison County. He worked for the Madison County Secondary Road Department until retirement. After...
Steve King
Dec 24, 2024
Sadly, Steve King, 60, of Prole, passed away Tuesday, December 24, 2024 at MercyOne in Des Moines.
Steve was a private and quietly generous man. He didn’t like to draw attention to himself and hated to get his picture taken, but he enjoyed being ornery in his ways of dodging the camera. Every year, he would purchase a few hundred dollars...
Sandra M. Laird
Dec 24, 2024
Sandra (Sandy) Michael (Johnson) Laird, 82, passed away peacefully at Perry Lutheran Homes on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2024. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.caldwellparrish.com
She was born in Elgin, North Dakota, to Ernest “Fritz” & Lulu Johnson on May 18, 1942. She graduated from Bismarck High School in May 1960 and from the University of North...
Javier Hernandez
Dec 23, 2024
Javier ‘Javi’ Hernandez, 39, of Perry, tragically passed away on Monday, December 23, 2024, because of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident, along side his beloved mother Amelia Huaracha Rodriguez.
Javier was born on October 17, 1985, in Jalisco, Mexico, to Jose Hernandez Moreno and Amelia Huaracha Rodriguez.
Javier was a beloved husband, father, son, brother, uncle, and friend. He was...
Amelia Huaracha de Hernandez
Dec 23, 2024
Amelia “Tita” Huaracha de Hernández, 62, falleció inesperadamente en un accidente automovilístico el 23 de diciembre del 2024 al lado de su hijo Javier Hernández, en Rural Boone County.
Amelia “Tita” nació en Jalisco, México el 19 de Enero del 1962, la hija de Rafael Huaracha Rocha y Angelina Rodríguez Angulo. Amelia atendió la primaria en la Tinajera, Jalisco en donde...
Faye Jungman
Dec 22, 2024
Faye Lynne Jungman, born October 1, 1938, in Winterset, Iowa, to Clarence and Mildred (Milly) Mapes, passed away peacefully on December 22, 2024, at the age of 86.
Faye grew up on a farm in Lincoln Township, Madison County, IA. She attended Harvard Country School and recalled walking to school on mud roads and occasionally getting a ride by horseback. After...
Monica Lou Patience
Dec 21, 2024
Monica Lou (Franklin) Patience went home to be with the Lord and Savior whom she had so joyfully served, on Saturday, December 21st, 2024.
Monica’s visitation will be held from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM on Thursday, December 26, 2024, at the Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home, Adel Chapel. Her funeral service will be at 11:00 AM on Friday, December 27, 2024...
Afaf Bakal Akeg Bakal
Dec 21, 2024
Afaf Bakal Akeg Bakal (37) passed away on December 21, 2024. A visitation will be held at St. Ambrose Cathedral on Saturday, January 11, 2024, from 8:00 a.m. until 9:00 a.m. with a funeral service to follow at 9:00 until 12:00 p.m. Interment will be held at Glendale Cemetery (4909 University Ave, Des Moines, IA 50311) Please check back for...
Thienlam Pham
Dec 21, 2024
Thienlam Pham, 21, of Clive, IA, passed away unexpected, Saturday, December 21, 2024 at her residence. Funeral services will be from 3:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M., Monday, December 23, 2024 at Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home in Urbandale, IA. Interment will be at Good Shepard Cemetery in Hunting Beach, CA. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.caldwellparrish.com
Thienlam was...
Becky Miller
Dec 19, 2024
Rebecca (Becky) Sue Miller, born on November 20, 1957, in Waterloo, Iowa, passed away peacefully and surrounded by loved ones on December 19, 2024, at MercyOne Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa.
Becky was a beloved pet owner, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, and friend whose warmth and smile touched the lives of everyone she met.
Her passion for life was evident in everything...
Steven Johnson
Dec 19, 2024
Steven Lewis Johnson, age 64, passed away peacefully on December 19, 2024 at his home in Clive, Iowa. Steve will always be remembered as a joyful husband and father with an enduring love for life.
Born on July 1, 1960, in Roseville, Minnesota, Steve grew up the youngest of five children to Hope Darlyne and William Johnson. He and his siblings,...
John Robert Jones
Dec 18, 2024
John R. Jones, 78, of Urbandale, IA passed away, Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at UnityPoint Health- Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines, IA. A Celebration of Life will be held at 2:00 P.M., Friday, January 17, 2024 at Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home & Crematory in Urbandale. A visitation will begin one hour prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, donations...
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