OBITUARIES
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Mary Welty Hart
Nov 6, 2021
Mary Welty Hart, 93, passed away on Saturday, November 6, 2021 at Azria Health in Winterset. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, November 13, 2021 at the First United Methodist Church in Winterset. Family will greet friends one hour prior, beginning at 10:00 a.m. Burial will be in the Winterset Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to...
James Stajcar
Nov 5, 2021
James (Jim) Michael Stajcar, age 72, of Adel, passed away on Friday, November 5, 2021, at Unity Point Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, November 12, 2021, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Adel. Burial will follow at Oakdale Cemetery in Adel. Family will greet friends...
Desmond Dramel Newman
Nov 5, 2021
Desmond Newman, age 34 of Perry, passed away on Friday, November 5, 2021, at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, IA. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 13, 2021, at 3:00 p.m. at the Carris Family Funeral Home & Cremation Care in Perry. The service will be streamed live on Carris Family Funeral Home Facebook...
Pamela Jackson
Nov 5, 2021
Pamela Iyamide Jackson, 75, was called home to be with the Lord on Friday, November 5, 2021, at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa. She was surrounded by her loving family. Pamela, affectionately known as Pam, was born on February 7, 1946 to Sholla Thompson and Frederick Thompson in Freetown, Sierra Leone in West Africa. She was the...
Thomas Phillip King
Nov 4, 2021
Thomas Phillip King, youngest child of Louis and Anna (McKinney) King, died Thursday, November 4, 2021, of esophageal cancer at Madison County Memorial Hospital in Winterset, with family near. He was 61 years of age. Tom was a lifelong resident of Madison County, graduating from Winterset High School in 1979. He was a carpenter by trade, skilled in both...
Katherine Virginia Stehman
Nov 4, 2021
Katherine Virginia (Ginnie) Stehman, 87, passed away on November 4, 2021. She was born on September 23, 1934 in Birmingham, Michigan, to Francis Lloyd and Laura Bonita (Bonnie) “Curtis” Roberts. She graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in Washington DC in 1953, and attended University of Syracuse in 1954, and University of Arizona in 1955. Virginia lived an eventful...
James Calder
Nov 3, 2021
For the livestreaming of Jim's service, please click on Tribute Wall above, then click on the link showing for his service. James “Jim” Calder, age 82, of Van Meter, passed away Wednesday, November 3, 2021, at Methodist West Lakes Medical Center. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 9, 2021, at St....
Jack Robbins
Nov 2, 2021
Jack Robbins, 53, of Patterson, died Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at his home. Funeral services will be held 10:00 AM Friday, November 5, 2021, at Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home, Winterset Chapel. Family will greet friends from 5 to 7 PM Thursday, November 4, at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Montpelier Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to...
Paul Hantsbarger
Nov 1, 2021
To watch the livestream service of Paul, please click on Tribute Wall then Live Webcast. Paul Howard Hantsbarger, 93, died Monday, November 1, 2021 at home of natural causes. He was born in Cherokee and graduated from Grand Meadow High School with a class of 12. Paul was married to Irene (Vermie) Hantsbarger for 67 years. They raised their...
Edward Spuzello
Oct 28, 2021
Edward Joseph Spuzello a lifelong resident and businessman of Des Moines, Iowa died at age 79 years old on Oct. 28, 2021. He was born December 18, 1941 to Frank and Rachel Spuzello. He attended and graduated from Elmwood Elementary, Callahan Middle School, Roosevelt High School and Drake University in 1964. Ed married his loving wife Marjorie McNeil in...
Philip Dale Roberts
Oct 28, 2021
Philip Dale Roberts Funeral Service was held 2:30 p.m. Thursday, November 4, 2021 at the Rippey United Methodist Church. Pastor Catherine Stokes and Chaplain Brian Bopp provided words of comfort. Casket bearers were his grandchildren: Lindsay Rinehart, Sarah Bradley, Cassie Bardole, Mallory Dillavou, Geoff Roberts, Morgan Torreson, Schyler Bardole, Karen Rooney, Marshall Roberts, Quill Bardole, Josie Burkett, Addie Burkett,...
Arthur Wright
Oct 28, 2021
Arthur Wright, 88, of Winterset, passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday, October 28, 2021. A celebration of life will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at Caldwell Parrish Funeral home, Winterset Chapel. Memorials may be directed to AHeinz57 Pet Rescue and Transport in De Soto. Art was born on a cold and snowy January...
Sharon Mae Bates
Oct 27, 2021
Hastings Funeral Home in Perry is in charge of arrangements for Sharon Mae Bates, 77, of Windsor Heights and formerly of Perry. Sharon died October 27, 2021 at Urbandale Health Care Center. Visitation will be held from 1:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Sunday, October 31, 2021 at Hastings Funeral Home with family present from 5-7 p.m. Funeral Services will...
Gerald Coleman
Oct 25, 2021
Gerald Coleman, 89, passed away on October 25, 2021 surrounded by his loving family. He was born on April 19, 1932 to John and Teresa Coleman in Melrose, Iowa. Gerald loved to travel, especially to the Rocky Mountains. Gerald and his wife traveled to Texas over the winter months. He loved watching old westerns and had a great sense...
Holly Van Buren
Oct 23, 2021
Holly Ann Van Buren, 65 of Adel, passed away Saturday October 23, 2021 at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, IA surrounded by loved ones. Holly was born May 1, 1956 and adopted in upstate New York by her adoptive parents Guy and Mary (Shafer) McRorie. She was raised in Cooperstown, New York. Holly had spent her life living...
Mary Lambert
Oct 22, 2021
Mary Jane (Hechler) Lambert, 89, of Urbandale, Iowa, peacefully passed away on Friday, October 22, 2021, at Taylor House Hospice in Des Moines, Iowa. Mary was born on September 29, 1932, in Keokuk, Iowa and graduated from Keokuk High School. Mary Jane married John Lambert on April 17th, 1956, and raised three children in the Cedar Falls, Iowa community....
Valerie Schultz
Oct 22, 2021
Valerie Jean Schultz Born Valerie Jean Martens, July 1, 1966 to Nona Jill Martens and Gordon Louis Martens, Valerie Schultz passed from this world to the arms of her savior, Jesus Christ, on October 22, 2021. Valerie ended her incredibly courageous battle with metastatic breast cancer when she died quietly in her sleep at home in Van Meter, Iowa....
Keith Allen Knoll
Oct 22, 2021
Hastings Funeral Home in Perry is in charge of arrangements for Keith A. Knoll, 53, of Perry. Keith died Friday, October 22, 202 at Iowa Methodist Hospital Unity Point. Visitation services will be held from 1:00 p.m. Friday, October 29, 2021 until 7:00 p.m. at Hastings Funeral Home in Perry. Family will greet friends from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00...
Dean Decker
Oct 21, 2021
Albert Dean Decker, age 90, of Peru passed away Thursday, October 21, 2021 of a heart condition at Good Samaritan Home in Indianola. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM Tuesday, October 26, 2021 in the Peru Cemetery at Peru, Iowa with Rev. Sandy Smith officiating. No visitation is planned. Memorials may be directed to his family...