OBITUARIES

Oct 11, 2023

Florence Jane Ward Bohner, longtime Perry resident, died Wednesday, October 11 at Spurgeon Manor in Dallas Center. She was born January 3, 1929, to Ora F. Ward, Sr. and Florence Bomberger Ward, their tenth and youngest child. Before her passing in 1929, Florence Ward asked that her sister Hazel Bomberger Zuck raise her infant daughter. Hazel loved and cared...

Oct 11, 2023

James (Jim) Dale Sires died Wednesday, October 11, 2023, of a cardiac event.  He was getting ready to attend coffee with his Glenstone neighbors, one of his many favorite things. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, October 13, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 7075 Ashworth Road, West Des Moines, Iowa...

Oct 11, 2023

Earl Kaminski, 89, of Des Moines, passed away on Wednesday, October 11, 2023.

Earl was born on April 15, 1934 in Trade Lake, Wisconsin to Walter and Muriel (Westrom) Kaminski, and grew up in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. He was drafted on his 19th birthday, in 1954, and served in the United States Army at Fort...

Oct 11, 2023

Born in the Green Hills of West Virginia on August 7, 1938, David Walter Bartemes was the son of Frances Roberts Bartemes and Walter Joseph Bartemes. He died on October 11, 2023 in Des Moines.  Dave was a man of action who always had a project spinning in his head.

Dave graduated from Charleston Catholic...

Oct 10, 2023

Patrick L. King, 87, of Prole, passed away Tuesday, October 10, 2023 at the Madison County Memorial Hospital in Winterset.

A visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Sunday, October 15, 2023 at the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Winterset with a vigil service beginning at 7:00 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial...

Oct 8, 2023

Marilyn Elaine (Spearing) Chance, 88, of Adel, Iowa, passed away on Sunday, October 8, 2023 at the Stuart Community Care Center following a long battle with Alzheimers.

Marilyn was born in Bangor, Maine on May 5th, 1935 to Ralph Michael and Evelyn Ruth (Fielding) Spearing, which is where she met the love of her life,...

Oct 7, 2023

John Chambers passed away peacefully at his home on October 7, 2023. Services will be held at St. Augustin’s Catholic Church at 10:30 am on Friday, October 27, 2023. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the Funeral Mass. John was a graduate of Loras College and retired from his real estate consulting service.

Oct 6, 2023

Jonathan Allis, 37, of De Soto, passed away on Friday, October 6, 2023 in De Soto.

Visitation will be held from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home, Adel Chapel. A Celebration of Life will follow at the Country Lane Lodge in Adel at 5:30 p.m. Memorial may be...

Oct 5, 2023

Randall (Randy) Bruce Witke, 78, passed away on Thursday, October 5, 2023.

Rand is survived by his children Melinda Witke Kluding (Brandon Boone), Brad Witke (Gretchen Landgraf); grandchildren Johnathan (Stephanie), Kaelyn (Jonny) and Arnold Kluding, Delaney Ross, and Julian and Adeline Witke; brother David Witke; son in law Geoff Mason and former son in law...

Oct 4, 2023

Delores Gamble, 91, of St. Charles, Iowa passed away on Wednesday, October 4th, 2023 while under hospice care at Southern Hills Specialty Care in Osceola, Iowa. A private Celebration of Life service will be held at a later date. Inurnment will be at the St. Charles Cemetery in St. Charles, Iowa. Delores Joan Gamble, daughter of Cleo and Gladys...

Oct 4, 2023

Oct 2, 2023

Betty was born in Messena, Iowa on October 13, 1947 to Bertha and Lloyd Casteel. She passed away peacefully on October 2, 2023 at The Life Center in Des Moines, Iowa. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband; John, along with parents, siblings and other family members.

Betty enjoyed her role as Executive...

Oct 1, 2023

Samuel Victor Kendall was born on February 28, 1942 in Jefferson, Iowa to William Lewis Kendall and Leota Fern (Hueton) Kendall. He graduated from Jefferson High School in 1960 and entered the Navy in 1962, honorably discharged in August 1966. Samuel and Ann Marie Jenderny were united in marriage in January 1966. The couple were blessed with a son,...

Sep 30, 2023

Robert “Bob” Wayne Paullin passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 30, 2023. He was 73.

Bob was born at Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa on June 24, 1950 to Edward Wayne and Evelyn June Paullin. He attended and graduated from Winterset High School in 1968. Bob married the love of his life, Loretta Jean...

Sep 30, 2023

David Hansen, 53, of Des Moines, passed away on September 30, 2023.

David Vail Hansen was born to Edmund Jr. and Sharon (Johnson) Hansen on August 21, 1970 in Des Moines, Iowa. He grew up in Urbandale, and worked most recently as a welder for Dee Zee manufacturing.

David was a...

Sep 28, 2023

Larry Herron, age 87 of Linden, passed away on Thursday, September 28, 2023, at his home near Linden, IA. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, September 30, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. at the Carris Family Funeral Home & Cremation Care in Perry. Visitation will be on Friday, September 29, 2023, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Carris...

Sep 28, 2023

Sandra Axness, 83, of Des Moines, passed away on September 28 after a two year struggle with cancer.

Sandy was born in 1940 to Alvin and Vivian in St. Paul, Minnesota. After Sandy graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1962, she went on to a 30 year teaching career and gained her masters in...

Sep 27, 2023

Sep 26, 2023

Gloria Mae Ahnemann, 84, of Windsor Heights, Iowa, passed away at her home on Tuesday, September 26, 2023 from Lewy body dementia and the covid virus. Gloria Mae Ahnemann, nee Torkelson, was born at home on February 2, 1939 to Adolph and Sina Torkelson, nee Iverson, in Lamberton Township, Minnesota. Her family moved to Walnut Grove, Minnesota when Gloria...

Sep 25, 2023

Karen (Kaye) Lue Breckenridge, daughter of C.B. & Bernice McAninch Thompson was born on January 27, 1932 in a farm home located near Hatfield, Missouri and departed this life on September 25, 2023.

At 4 years old her education began in a one room school house 3 miles NW of Hatfield. At age 10 her...