OBITUARIES
All Obituaries
Joan Leber
February 6, 2012
Joan Faye Leber was born September 29, 1935 in Minburn, Iowa to Clarence Huffman and Edith Steinshower Huffman and died on February 6, 2012 in her home in Perry, Iowa at the age of 76. Joan grew up in Minburn and at the age of eight she moved with her family to Perry, where she graduated from Perry High...
Linda Jones
January 30, 2012
Linda Jones, 64, of Prole died Monday, January 30, 2012 in Madison County. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:30 a.m., Friday, February 3, 2012 at the St. Patrick Irish Settlement Church near Cumming. A visitation will be held 1 to 8 p.m., Thursday, February 2 at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset, where family will be present...
Susan Hamilton
January 29, 2012
Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m., Saturday, February 4, 2012 at Ochiltree Funeral Service & Aftercare in Winterset. A visitation will be held 1:00 to 8:00 p.m., Friday, February 3, 2012 at the funeral home, with family present to receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Burial will be in the Peru Cemetery. Memorials to the family will...
Derek Thorpe
January 25, 2012
Services for Derek were held 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at Hastings Funeral Home in Jefferson. Words of comfort were provided by Pastor Charlene Wolfe of Hope United Methodist Parish in Cooper, IA. The casket bears were Justin Alliss, Mike Bolfik, Randy Frantz, Matthew Pegg, Timothy Thorpe, and Troy Zeleznik. The honorary casket bearers were Vincent Alliss, Joe...
Charlotte S. Paull
January 23, 2012
Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m., Thursday, January 26, 2012 at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset. A visitation will be held from 1 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at Ochiltree Funeral Service, with family present to receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Burial will be in the Winterset Cemetery, Winterset. Memorials may be directed to...
Ronald L. Kirk
January 22, 2012
A gathering with family will be held 4:00 to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, January 26, 2012 at Ochiltree Funeral Service & Aftercare in Winterset. Burial in the Lorimor Cemetery will be held at a later date. Memorials to Middle River Hospice will be appreciated. Ronald Lee Kirk was born April 23, 1943 in Osceola, Iowa; the son of John R....
Larry Caudle
January 20, 2012
A gathering with family and friends will take place Saturday, February 11, 2012 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at Ochiltree Funeral Service & Aftercare. A memorial service beginning at 6:00 p.m., Saturday evening. Memorials to the family will be appreciated. Larry George Caudle was born September 12, 1952 in Winterset, Iowa, the son of Phillip C. and Shirley Ann...
Elmo Atwell
January 20, 2012
Hastings Funeral Home in Perry is in charge of arrangements for Elmo Paul Atwell 83, of Perry, Elmo died, Friday at the Perry Health Care. Visitation will be from 1:00 until 8:00 pm Monday at Hastings Funeral Home Services at 2:00 p. m. Tuesday at Hastings Funeral, the family will greet one hour before the services. Home in Perry....
Eleanor Sawhill
January 17, 2012
Funeral services will be held 3:00 p.m., Sunday, January 22nd at Ochiltree Funeral Service in Winterset with a visitation held one hour prior to services. Burial will be in the Winterset Cemetery. Memorials may be made to AmVets (American Veterans) 2818 5th Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50313. Mary Eleanor Sawhill was born March 6, 1911 on the family farm...
Reese Merryman
January 17, 2012
Reese Miles Merryman, 93, of Montrose Health Center in Montrose, died at 10:45 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, at the health center. Born Aug. 17, 1918, in Patterson, he was the son of Carl and Mildred Garmon Merryman. He married Amy Elaine Coll on July 7, 1940, in Perry. She died June 16, 1999. Mr. Merryman was raised in...
Leo Rogers
January 16, 2012
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Friday, January 20, 2012 at Ochiltree Funeral Service & Aftercare in Winterset. A visitation will be held from 1 to 8 p.m., Thursday, January 19, 2012, with family present to receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Burial with military honors by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #8142 and the...
Linda Rinard
January 11, 2012
Linda Rinard, 58, of Winterset, died January 11, 2012 at Iowa Methodist in Des Moines, Iowa. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m., Monday, January 16th at the First Baptist Church in Winterset. A visitation will be held 1 to 6 p.m., Sunday, January 15th at the Ochiltree Funeral Service & Aftercare, with family present to receive friends from...
Kathy (Thornburg) Faux
January 9, 2012
Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m., Thursday, January 12th at Ochiltree Funeral Service & Aftercare. A visitation will be held 1 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, January 11th at the funeral home, with family present to receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m. Burial will be in the McGinnis Cemetery, rural Madison County. Memorials to the family will be...
Vivian Marks
January 7, 2012
Vivian Elsie Marks, 89, passed away on January 7th, 2012 in Mesa, AZ. The daughter of Alfred and Leo (Morse) Thompson, Vivian was born December 18, 1922, in Minburn, IA. It was in Scranton, IA, where she met her husband, Marvin Marks. They moved to Jefferson, IA where they raised a family of three children: Ron Marks (Bobby) of...
Katherine Macias
January 4, 2012
Katherine Louise Macias, daughter of Burl Thomas Corrigan and Susan Juanita Fetty, was born April 9, 1969 in Des Moines, Iowa and died January 4, 2012 at Mercy Hospice in Johnston, Iowa at the age of 42. A service was held 11:00 a.m. Monday, January 9, 2012 at Hastings Funeral Home in Perry for Katherine. Words of comfort were...
Richard L. Scroggs
January 2, 2012
A memorial service will be held 11 a.m., Friday, January 6, 2012 at the First Christian Church in Winterset. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Middle River Hospice of Winterset. Richard Lee Scroggs was born February 26, 1938 in Des Moines, Iowa, the son of Hubert and Helen (Mish) Scroggs. His marriage to Beverly Gardiner took...
Judy Sabbag
December 21, 2011
Hastings Funeral Home in Jefferson is in charge of services for Judy Ann Sabbag, 67 of Jefferson. Judy died December 21, 2011 at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines. Services will be 12 noon on Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at the First United Methodist Church in Jefferson. A visitation will be held at the church 10:00 a.m. until time...
Merna Kinney
December 13, 2011
Services for Merna Kinney were held 1:00 p.m. Saturday, December 17, 2011 at Hastings Funeral Home in perry, Iowa. Words of comfort were provided by Rev. Dori Collogan of the United Methodist Church, Chaplain for HCI. Music was provided by Marjorie Vannatta and Brenda Roberts. The hymns were "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere", "No Night There", "Beyond the Sunset" and...
Clyde Goodman
November 30, 2011
Clyde Victor Goodman BORN January 21, 1926 Peru, Iowa DIED November 30, 2011 Perry, Iowa AGE 84 Years, 10 Months, 9 Days GRAVESIDE SERVICES 10:00 a.m. December 6, 2011 Violet Hill Cemetery Perry, Iowa Clyde Victor Goodman, son of Harry C. Goodman and Christine Valborg Goodman, was born January 21, 1926 in Peru, Iowa and died November 30, 2011...
Vicky Johnson
November 29, 2011
Vicky Sue Johnson, daughter of Edward Samuel Nicholas and Wilma Jean Noack, was born October 14, 1952 and died November 29, 2011 at Mercy Hospital Medical Center, Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 59. Vicky graduated from Perry High School. She had worked at the Woodward State Hospital School during school and for a period after. Vicky received...


