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Richard John Azinger Sr.
Jan 28, 2025
Richard John (Dick) Azinger Sr. passed away on Tuesday January 28th 2025 at the age of 87. He was born on August 6th, 1937 in Keokuk, IA to Herman & Loretta Azinger. Dick graduated High School in Montrose, IA and then went on to receive multiple advance degrees from colleges and universities including St. Ambrose and the University of Iowa....
John "Jack" R. Shelker
Jan 28, 2025
John Ronald Shelker (Jack) was born in State Center, Iowa on November 7, 1936 to John and Wadena (Blink) Shelker. Jack was little brother to three sisters and big brother to one sister. Needless to say, he was picked on by the three older ones and adored by the younger one. The family lived in rural Rhodes, Iowa until 1940...
Gerald Soper
Jan 27, 2025
Gerald Wayne Soper (1936-2025) - Son, farmer, husband, soldier, father, teacher, guidance counselor, papa.
Gerald Wayne Soper, 88, passed away January 27, 2025 surrounded by his loving family, after a sudden battle with cancer.
Gerald (“Jerry” or "Soap") was born May 4, 1936 to Olin and Myra (Schultz) Soper. He was welcomed into the family by his older brother, Delbert LeRoy Soper....
Donald Thomas Roberts
Jan 27, 2025
Donald Thomas Roberts (60) passed away on January 27, 2025, in Des Moines, Iowa. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, February 11, 2025, from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home & Crematory (8201 Hickman Road, Urbandale, Iowa). A Celebration of Life will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, at Caldwell Parrish Funeral...
Jonathan David May
Jan 26, 2025
Jonathan David May died on January 26, 2025 in the city of Ashburn, Virginia. His death came as a surprise to family and friends and all of us were saddened by his passing. He was predeceased by his father, Bill May, grandparents Eugene and Betty (Rothfus) Friedrichsen, William A. May and step grandpa Lyle Miller and Edith (May) Miller, Uncle...
Angelo Mascaro
Jan 26, 2025
Angelo P. Mascaro, 91 of Winterset, IA passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 26, 2025 at Madison County Memorial Hospital. Angelo was born April 4, 1933 in Des Moines, to Stella and Angelo Mascaro. He met his wife Patty in 1956, they were married in 1957 and lived in Des Moines, where they raised two sons Jimmy and Joe, before...
Craig Newton
Jan 26, 2025
Craig Newton, 70, of Winterset, passed away Sunday, January 26, 2025 at Azria Health of Winterset.
Craig Reynolds Newton was born October 26, 1954, the son of William Newton and Constance (Reynolds) Newton Gorsuch. He grew up on the south side of Des Moines, where he graduated from Lincoln High School. Craig went on to earn a degree in Nursing from...
Craig Brice Sandahl
Jan 26, 2025
Craig B. Sandahl, 74, of Johnston, IA, passed away on Sunday, January 26, 2025 at the VA Central Iowa Healthcare System in Des Moines, IA. A visitation will be held at Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home & Crematory in Urbandale, IA on Monday, February 3, 2025 at 10:00 A.M., followed by a memorial service beginning at 12:00 P.M. Online condolences may...
Jean Elizabeth McCarthy
Jan 26, 2025
Jean was born on May 31, 1943, in Mt Pleasant, Iowa. She died peacefully at home on January 26, 2025, in Des Moines, Iowa. She was 81 years old.
Jean was born during WWII while her father served in the Navy making multiple crossings of the Atlantic Ocean. He didn’t see Jean for the first time until she was one year...
Richard Eugene Sims
Jan 26, 2025
Richard “Dick” Eugene Sims was born January 6, 1946, in Jefferson, IA, to Elmer and Zelia (O’Neill) Sims. He was one of 8 children born into the family. He grew up in various places throughout Green County, IA, but dropped out of school working various jobs until joining the Army as a teen, where he served as a tank driver...
Josue Abraham Curiel
Jan 25, 2025
Josue Abraham Curiel, de 22 años, residente de Perry, Iowa, falleció inesperadamente el sábado 25 de enero de 2025, en Woodward, Iowa, debido a las lesiones sufridas en un accidente automovilístico.
La visitación para Josue se llevará a cabo el viernes 7 de febrero de 2025, de 4:00 p.m. a 7:00 p.m. en la Iglesia Católica San Patricio en Perry. La...
Larry Rodgers
Jan 25, 2025
Larry Richard Rodgers, of West Des Moines, died on January 25, 2025, after a prolonged illness. Larry passed peacefully while holding the hand of his wife, Leona Rodgers. Also left to miss him are his daughters Kimberly (Shane) Smith, Christina Rodgers-Blount, and Kathleen (Jason) Catrenich. In keeping with Larry’s wishes, alternatively his daughters all answer to “Hot Shot” , “Honey”...
Barry Benson
Jan 25, 2025
Barry K. Benson, 82, died Saturday, January 25th, 2025 from complications of Parkinson’s disease and dementia at Ramsey Village in Des Moines, Iowa.
A visitation with family present will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Friday, January 31, 2025, at Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home & Crematory (8201 Hickman Road, Urbandale, Iowa). A memorial service will be at 11:00...
Leona Sutton
Jan 24, 2025
Leona P. Sutton, age 101, died on January 24, 2025. She was born April 5, 1923 in Des Moines, Iowa.
Leona graduated from North High School in Des Moines, and attended Drake University. She began a career in banking and after 44 years retired from Bankers Trust Company at the age of 70, as the first female Vice President in the...
Ayen Lual
Jan 24, 2025
Ayen Lual passed away on January 24th, 2025, at the age of 20 in Des Moines, Iowa, at Mercy Hospital after battling cancer for nearly three years.
Ayen was born on April 26, 2004, in Des Moines, Iowa, and was the daughter of Triaza Nyiker and Isaac Lual. Ayen was raised in Des Moines alongside her siblings, Dau, Nyandeng, Julliana, and...
Anthony James Littleton
Jan 23, 2025
Anthony Littleton (60) of Perry, Iowa, passed away on January 23, 2025. A visitation will be held at 10:00 a.m. at St. James Lutheran Church (5665 Merle Hay Road, Johnston, Iowa 50131) on February 6, 2025. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. and a luncheon will follow.
Anthony James Littleton was born to Cecil and Ruby (Robison) Littleton...
Huey Nguyen
Jan 23, 2025
Huey Nguyen, 49, of Urbandale, Iowa passed away unexpectedly on January 23, 2025.
Huey was born on September 15, 1975 to Son Nguyen and Hanh Ho in Vietnam. Huey and his family migrated to the United States as a child and grew up in the Des Moines area attending North High School and Iowa State.
Huey is survived by his wife Thuy...
Rosemary Nelson
Jan 23, 2025
Rosemary Nelson, age 91, of Ames, Iowa, passed away peacefully on January 23, 2025, at the Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames. Born on December 3, 1933, in Millertown, Ohio, she was the daughter of Alfus James and Thelma Marie (McCoy) Linscott.
In 1954, Rosemary married Dr. E. Stanley Nelson, beginning a life of love and partnership that spanned over 60...
Harold Drake
Jan 23, 2025
Harold L. Drake, 89, of Bondurant, IA formerly of Indianola, IA, passed away peacefully surrounded by family Thursday, January 23, 2025 at Courtyard Estates at Hawthorne Crossing in Bondurant. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.caldwellparrish.com
Harold was born to Carl Drake and Ella Howe in Des Moines, IA on August 12, 1935. Harold, and his wife, Edith...
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