OBITUARIES

Obituaries - Des Moines area

Apr 3, 2021

Kathleen May Minear

Kathleen Mae (Clark) Minear, 93 went home to sing with God’s Choir on April 1, 2021 at Story County Long Term Care in Nevada, Iowa....

Apr 2, 2021

Mary Margaret Ashby

Mary Margaret Ashby, 95, passed away on March 25, 2021, at the Mayflower Health Center, Grinnell, Iowa. A funeral service will be held...

Mar 31, 2021

Rickey C. Clardy

Rickey C. Clardy, age 73, of Des Moines, Iowa died on March 29, 2021. He attended Des Moines Technical High School graduating in 1965....

Mar 29, 2021

Gretchen Heston

Gretchen Lorraine Heston, 99, passed away at Karen Acres Health Center on February 23, 2021. Gretchen was born on November 28, 1921, near...

Mar 25, 2021

Phyllis Joan Bridson

Phyllis Joan (Fairchild) Bridson, 87, of West Des Moines, IA, passed away Monday, March 22, 2021. A memorial service will be held at a...

Mar 17, 2021

Martin Begleiter

Martin (Marty) Begleiter passed away at home on March 11, surrounded by the love of his family. Marty grew up in Albany, New York. He...

Mar 16, 2021

Douglas N. Nelson

Douglas Nestor Nelson was born July 1, 1934 in Alston, Michigan and passed away March 15, 2021 at his home in Madrid, Iowa. Douglas had a...

Mar 15, 2021

Robert "Bob" James Vest

Robert James Vest September 1, 1950 – March 10, 2021 Robert (Bob) James Vest was born to Viola Birdie (Grant) and Leroy Charles Vest on...

Mar 15, 2021

David Snyder

David Snyder, 82, of Grinnell, IA, died at Taylor House Hospice in Des Moines, IA, on Friday, March 12, 2021. No end of life services are...

Mar 12, 2021

Larry W. Forsyth

Larry Walter Forsyth, the son of Robert Ezra and Leila May (Kurtz) Forsyth, was born January 3, 1941 in Des Moines, Iowa. In his youth,...

Mar 6, 2021

LeeAnna (Root) Waldo

LeeAnna (Root) Waldo went to be with her family in heaven on February 27th, 2021 due to complications from heart surgery. LeeAnna was...

Mar 2, 2021

William Shumaker

William Alan Shumaker, 93, was born in Ames Iowa on October 13, 1927. He was the second son of Dr. John B. and Ruth Shumaker, a city kid...

Mar 1, 2021

Edward "Butch" Kuhns

Edward Kuhns, 76, died peacefully on February 25, 2021 at the UnityPoint Hospice - Taylor House after a courageous battle with cancer. He...

Feb 27, 2021

Suzanne Connelly

Suzanne was a loving caring wife, mother, sister and friend. She left this world on February 25, 2021 at the age of 63. She was born to...

Feb 26, 2021

James Orrin Choate

James Orrin Choate, 81, of Jefferson, Iowa passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, February 24, 2021. James was born on July 14,...

Feb 26, 2021

Tania Joy Siembieda

Tania was born in Sioux City in 1933. She is preceded in death by her mother, Josephine; father, Clayton; step mother, Myrtle; sister,...

Feb 24, 2021

Joseph Blair

Joseph Blair, 39, of Altoona Iowa passed away unexpectedly on February 19, 2021. Joseph was born January 20, 1982 to Cindy and Mike...

Feb 24, 2021

Pamela Marie Dice

Pamela Marie Dice, 72, formerly of Ankeny passed away Sunday, February 21, 2021 at Mercy One Hospice in Johnston due to a respiratory...

Feb 24, 2021

Abbe Noelle Jensen

Abbe Noelle Jensen (Abby) age 31, of Des Moines, Iowa passed away Friday, February 19, 2021 at home after a courageous battle with colon...

Feb 22, 2021

Margaret Lou Greimann

Margaret Lou Greimann, 90 years young, passed away peacefully at EveryStep Kavanaugh House on February 17, 2021. She was born on December...