OBITUARIES

Sep 6, 2022

Hastings Funeral Home in Perry is in charge of arrangements for LaVere Derry, 91, of Rippey. LaVere died September 4, 2022 at Windsor Manor in Nevada. Visitation will be held Friday, September 9, 2022 from 1:00 until 7:00 p.m. with family hours from 5-7 at Hastings Funeral Home in Perry. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, September 10,...

Sep 6, 2022

Sep 5, 2022

Margaret M. Davis, daughter of Emery Burns and Nancy Jane Edmonds Burns, was born March 19, 1919 in Keokuk, Iowa. After graduating high school Margaret went on to college at Iowa School of Beauty. She got her beauty license and started working at the college. Margaret's students loved her, and she would let them practice piercing on her ears....

Sep 5, 2022

Ina Evonne (Dullenty) Rouw, 78, of Bondurant, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, September 5, 2022 at the Urbandale Health Care Center in Urbandale.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, September 10, 2022 at Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home, Winterset Chapel with a visitation held one hour prior beginning at...

Sep 5, 2022

Aleah Johnson, 23, of Windsor Heights passed away on September 5, 2022. A vigil service will be at 7:00 PM on Saturday, September 10, 2022 at Union Park in Des Moines. The family will have a private visitation and funeral service.

Aleah was known to be wild and adventurous. She was a loyal and fierce...

Sep 5, 2022

Hastings Funeral Home in Jefferson is in charge of arrangements for Daniel Ross Coleman, 76, of Grand Junction. Daniel died September 5, 2022 at Aspire of Gowrie. Visitation will be held Friday, September 16, 2022 from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. at Hastings Funeral Home in Jefferson. Daniel Ross Coleman Sr., son of Ross Otis Coleman and Betty Jane Davis...

Sep 5, 2022

Wayne Trupiano, 74, of Des Moines passed away September 5, 2022. A private service will be held at a later date.

Wayne was born on September 27, 1947 in St. Louis Missouri to the parents of Frances and Martha (Brown) Trupiano. Wayne was a proud Vietnam veteran for serving his country and proud of his Sicilian heritage....

Sep 4, 2022

Jerry James Lee was born Dec. 4, 1932, in Greene Co. Iowa to Raymond and Ruby (Rhoades) Lee. He grew up in Dawson, IA graduating from Dawson School in 1950. Jerry enlisted in the U.S. Air Force June 1950 and retired from Air Force April 1971. Jerry and Francie were married Aug 2, 1952. They were married 70 years....

Sep 4, 2022

Jonathan Lloyd Bennett, known to most as Jon, was born on October 7, 1965 to Michael J. and Mary Bennett. Jon passed away peacefully in his sleep at the young age of 56, next to the love of his life. He married his soul mate, Elizabeth, on August 27, 1990 and the two of them made and lived a...

Sep 4, 2022

Sharron A Collier, 78, of Des Moines, IA, passed away September 4, 2022. Sharon was preceded in death by her husband Kenneth Collier Sr, and Son Kenneth Collier II. A Home Going Service to celebrate Sharron’s life will be held on September 24, 2022 at Morning Star Baptist Church 3322 E. 25th St Des Moines. A visitation will start...

Sep 3, 2022

Fredrick Xavier Adams, 87, passed away on Saturday, September 3, 2022, at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa. Fred was born on August 15, 1935 to Claude and Geraldine (Dagy) Adams in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was married to Nancy Adams (Van Pelt) in Marshalltown, Iowa for 57 years. Fred worked at the Des Moines Register for 36 years,...

Sep 3, 2022

Betty Berdine, 91 of Winterset, passed away on September 3, 2022 at Azria Health in Winterset.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, September 8, 2022 at Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home, Winterset Chapel with a visitation one hour prior beginning at 9:00 a.m. Burial will follow in the Oakland Cemetery in Shannon City,...

Sep 2, 2022

Karen Joan Owen, 74, passed away September 2nd, 2022 at the Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa.

Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., Friday, September 9, 2022 at Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home. Karen will be laid to rest in her hometown of Claremont, MN. Visitors will be welcomed at First Presbyterian...

Sep 2, 2022

Merlin Siefken, age 77, of Johnston, IA passed away Friday, September 2, 2022 at MercyOne Hospice in Johnston. A visitation will be held at 10 A.M. on Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Urbandale. The funeral service will take place at the church following the visitation at 11 A.M. A private family burial will take...

Aug 31, 2022

Marilyn Mae Fairholm, 84, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at the Iowa Methodist Hospital in West Des Moines.

Visitation will be held on Tuesday, September 6, 2022, from 1:00 to 7:00 p.m. with family present from 5:00 to 7:00 at Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home, Winterset Chapel. Funeral Service will take place at...

Aug 29, 2022

Hastings Funeral Home in PERRY is in charge of local arrangements for Jennifer Leigh Greimann , 39, of Waukee, Iowa. Services will be held at Hastings Funeral Home in Perry, Iowa at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, September 7th. Visitation will be held 5:00 - 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 6th at Hastings Funeral Home in Perry. Burial will be in the...

Aug 29, 2022

Reuben Grace Turner, 67, passed away on August 29, 2022. She was born on March 2, 1955 to Reuben and Mozelle “Jones” Cherry in Meridian, Mississippi. Soon after she was born, Reuben and her family moved to Des Moines, Iowa where she lived most of her life. Reuben attended Logan Elementary, Amos Hiatt Middle School and East High School....

Aug 29, 2022

Larry Allen Peterson, age 82, of Urbandale, died peacefully Monday, August 29, 2022 at Mercy One Hospice in Johnston, Iowa.

Larry was born on June 28, 1940 at Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa, to Gustav Stanley Peterson, age 27, and Bernice Theresa (Dahl), age 26. Their small family moved to Newton, IA, where his father...

Aug 28, 2022

Brandon Charles Robinson, 29, of Grimes Iowa, was laid to rest surrounded by his loved ones on August 28, 2022. He is survived by his parents, Dan Robinson and Kathy Robinson, his siblings Joel Robinson and Stephenie Holtry, and his dog, Sparton. Several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends. Brandon was preceded in death...

Aug 28, 2022

Hastings Funeral Home in Perry is in charge of arrangements for Michael Dean Kempf, 71, of Perry. Michael died August 28,2022 at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines. He is survived by his wife Sherry Kempf of Perry, daughters Jaime Kempf (Chris Walker) of Perry, Paula Devilbiss of Perry, Jennifer Kempf of Rippey, Amanda Hurrenstein (Andrew Peterson) of Reedsburg,...