OBITUARIES

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Daniel Todd Frederick

Daniel Todd Frederick

Nov 1, 2022

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Daniel Frederick, 19, of Madrid (formerly of Des Moines), passed away unexpectedly on November 1, 2022 in Grimes.

Visitation will be held from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 9, 2022 at Caldwell Parrish...

Nuke Williams

Nuke Williams

Oct 31, 2022

Nuke Emanuel Williams born November 19,1986 - died October 31st, 2022

Nuke was born at Firestone medical hospital (Roberts field). Under the union of Laura B. Williams and H. Arthur Williams. He was raised by his step mother Akma Captan Suede.

Nuke had 4 siblings from his mother side. His oldest Patient &...

Mark Patrick Greiner

Mark Patrick Greiner

Oct 29, 2022

Mark Greiner, age 61, of Swinney Switch, Texas, died on October 29, 2022 in Adel.

Mark was born on June 18, 1961 to LeRoy and Karen (Hughes) Greiner in New Jersey. He attended school in many places due to his father being in the military, but ended up in George West, Texas. He was a...

Allison Marie Schiltz

Allison Marie Schiltz

Oct 29, 2022

Allison Marie Schiltz was born February 6, 1982 in Des Moines, Iowa, the daughter of Loran and Margaret “Peg” (Rupp) Schiltz. She grew up in West Des Moines where she graduated from Dowling Catholic High School in 2000. She went on to St Louis University and then Grandview University where she earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in...

Jose Alex Mendez

Jose Alex Mendez

Oct 28, 2022

Jose Alex Mendez was born January 20, 1993, in Kodiak, Alaska, the son of Jose Martin Mendez and Teresa De Jesus Argueta. He lived in Alaska for one year before moving to El Salvador (5 years), California, Minnesota, and Oregon until finally settling in Des Moines (where he lived for 20 years). He graduated from Hoover High School in...

Daniel Joseph Klinker

Daniel Joseph Klinker

Oct 28, 2022

Daniel Joseph Klinker, son of Dennis and Pam (McWilliams) Klinker was born August 24, 1982, and departed this earthly life on October 28, 2022 after a brief illness.

Dan graduated from Clarke Community High School in 2001 and then attended the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks where he attained his private pilot’s license, though severely...

Jimmie Majerus

Jimmie Majerus

Oct 27, 2022

Jimmie Lee Majerus, 74, of Des Moines, Iowa passed away on Thursday Oct 27, 2022 surrounded by his family at the VA Hospital in Des Moines.

Jimmie was born on June 17, 1948 in Atlantic, Iowa and the world hasn’t been same ever since. He grew up in Menlo, Iowa before moving to Sioux City,...

Scott Jensen Crowell

Scott Jensen Crowell

Oct 26, 2022

Scott Jensen Crowell of West Des Moines, Iowa, died at the age of 61 of lung cancer.  He was born September 12, 1961 to Larry L. and S. Karen (Jensen) Crowell in Centerville, Iowa.  He was a proud graduate of West Des Moines Valley High School.

Scott began working at an early age with his...

Herman Jacob Kneuper

Herman Jacob Kneuper

Oct 24, 2022

Herman Kneuper, 98, of Van Meter, passed away at Spurgeon Manor in Dallas Center on Monday, October 24, 2022.

Funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, October 28, 2022 at the Trinity Lutheran Church in rural Van Meter with visitation one hour prior beginning at 10:00 a.m. Burial will follow in the Trinity...

Avon Olson

Avon Olson

Oct 22, 2022

Avon Olson got her wings and went to walk with the angels on Saturday, October 22, 2022. She was 88 years old.

A memorial service will take place at 1:00 PM, Monday, November 7, 2022 at Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home, Winterset Chapel with a visitation held two hours prior, from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM....

Reed Pate

Reed Pate

Oct 21, 2022

On Friday, October 21st, 2022 Reed Pate passed away at the age of 77. He was born on February 4th, 1945 to George and Mildred (Reed) Pate. Reed graduated from TRHS in 1963 and after attending one semester of college started working for Bodin Van Dorn selling clothes. His gym membership were valued by Reed where he worked out...

William Anders Kimber

William Anders Kimber

Oct 21, 2022

Bill Kimber passed peacefully surrounded by his family on October 21, 2022.  A visitation will be held Thursday, October 27, 2022 at Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home - McCalley Chapel in Adel, from 4:00P.M. to 7:00P.M. A Memorial Service to celebrate his life will be held Friday, October 28, 2022 at 10:00A.M. at the Adel United Methodist Church.

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John Williams Jr.

John Williams Jr.

Oct 20, 2022

John H. Williams Jr. died suddenly at the age of 80 due to heart failure. He was born on February 21, 1942 to John and Ruth “Spohr” Williams in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from Proviso East High School in Chicago then attended college at the University of Illinois. Being born and raised in Chicago, John became an avid Chicago...

Van  Thanh Nguyen

Van Thanh Nguyen

Oct 20, 2022

Van Thanh Nguyen of Urbandale passed away at MercyOne Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa, on the twentieth day of October 2022 at the age of 71.

Van was born in Long Xuyen, Vietnam, on the sixth day of July 1951. He served in the South Vietnamese Airforce as a helicopter mechanic. As part of...

Joanne Sirdoreus

Joanne Sirdoreus

Oct 19, 2022

JoAnne Sirdoreus, 62, of Urbandale, passed away Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at Karen Acres Health Care Center in Urbandale.

A memorial graveside service will be held on November 19 at 2:00 p.m. in the Winterset Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be directed to the family for a future designation. Online condolences may be left...

Beverly Jean Helsing

Beverly Jean Helsing

Oct 19, 2022

Private entombment services will take place at Chapel Hill Gardens Cemetery.

Iona Marie Thornburg

Iona Marie Thornburg

Oct 17, 2022

Iona Thornburg, age 100 of Perry, passed away on Monday, October 17, 2022, at the Eden Acres Campus of Perry Lutheran Homes in Perry. A private family graveside service will be held in the Peoples Cemetery. There will be a celebration of her life held at a later date. Memorials will be given to her family and may be...

Benny Reed Scroggins

Benny Reed Scroggins

Oct 17, 2022

Benny "Ben" Reed Scroggins, of Guthrie Center, Iowa passed away peacefully on October 17, 2022, from complications of pneumonia at The New Homestead Care Center, Guthrie Center, IA. Benny was born in Norwood, MO to Morris and Evelynn (Millard) Scroggins on January 1, 1947, the second of three children. Ben had many careers throughout his working years. After his...

Carol Smith

Carol Smith

Oct 16, 2022

Carol Ione Smith passed peacefully on Sunday, October 16, 2022 at the Stuart Community Care Center in Stuart, at the age of 96.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, October 21, 2022 at Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home, Winterset Chapel. Family will greet friends one hour prior, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Interment...