OBITUARIES

Norman H. Smith, 81, of Des Moines, Iowa passed away Thursday, May 5 at the Veterans Hospital. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m., Tuesday, May...

My husband wrote his own obituary, so I took that as a challenge to do mine. I was born on February 9, 1938, in my great-grandmother’s...

Jo Ann “Jo” Gaps passed away on April 22, 2022, at the age of 91 after a brief but courageous battle with stomach cancer. Jo will be laid...

June Marie Hill, passed away peacefully on Sunday April 24, 2022 in Carlisle, Iowa. Services will be held Friday April 29th with...

Helen Pavelka went to her eternal home on April 16, 2022. She was born April 25, 1933 in Readlyn, Iowa to Arthur and Elsie Klemp. She...

Travis John Hamilton Neff, 42, passed away on April 2, 2022, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Visitation will be 5-7...

West Des Moines – John passed away Tuesday, March 29, 2022, after years of health struggles culminating in a short fight with cancer....

Christopher was born August 11, 2002 in Dunedin, Florida and passed away March 25, 2022. Chris was larger than life, with an equally...

William Lewis Farlow was born in Maryville, Missouri on April 8, 1949. He was given his grandfather's middle names, William for Floyd...

Rose Marie Serra, 86, late of Fayette, Iowa, passed away on March 15, 2022, at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse, Wisconsin....

Theodore W. Toulouse, 84, passed away on March 14, 2022 at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, with his family by his side. He was born on...

Ronald "Ron" Dennis Rivas, Sr. 74, passed away unexpectedly on February 28, 2022 in Las Vegas, NV. He was born May 7, 1947 in Des Moines,...

Marcelyn May Churchill went home to be with Jesus on February 20, 2022. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 25th, at Brooks Funeral...

Patricia Seiler, 79, of West Des Moines, Iowa passed away on February 19, 2022. Patty was born May 15, 1942 to John and Eleanor Fleming...

George E. Cordaro, 88 of Des Moines, passed away on Thursday, February 17th, 2022. Born in Des Moines, he was the son of the late James...

Peter Marasco passed away peacefully on February 14, 2022, at Wesley Acres in Des Moines. His extraordinary life reflected his...

Robbie was born January 19th, 1950 to Robert Henry Gallinger and Loretta Joanne White Gallinger in Lewistown, Illinois. He spent many of...

Richard Michael Howard was born to Wayne and Catherine Howard on November 20, 1958. He passed away on February 7, 2022. He spent many of...

Maryellen Kathryn Allen was born January 9, 1939, in Chicago, IL to Lawrence Nathaneal Magnuson and Frances Dolores Giermak. She was the...

Marsha Lee (Heistand) Austin Born June 27, 1952, in Omaha, NE, to Dorthey Elaine (Graser) Sprouse and John “Whitey” Sprouse. She was a...