Obituaries

Evelyn Porter

Deceased: 06/14/2015

Evelyn E. Porter Des Moines Evelyn E. Porter, 95, passed away June 14, 2015 at Mercy Medical Center. She was born June 5, 1920 in Purdy, Iowa to Jonas and Mary Lenig. Evelyn graduated from East…

Tommy Lee Jayne

Deceased: 06/14/2015

Tommy Lee Jayne, 66, passed away peacefully in his sleep at home on Sunday, June 14, 2015. He was born April 13, 1949 in Des Moines to Vernon and Patricia (Ruby) Jayne. Tommy was a veteran of the…

Amelia Smith

Deceased: 06/14/2015

Artis Cline Fenimore

Deceased: 06/13/2015

Artis Cline Fenimore, 90, passed into eternal life on Saturday, June 13, 2015, at Mercy Hospice in Johnston. She was born October 7, 1924, to Walter and Anna (Picken) Cline in Winterset, Iowa. Artis…

James L. Ward, Jr.

Deceased: 06/13/2015

James Leslie Ward, Jr. passed away on Saturday, June 13, 2015, at Good Samaritan Village, in Moscow, Idaho. He had been diagnosed with a inoperable spinal tumor three months earlier. He was 91 years…

Dora James

Deceased: 06/13/2015

Dora Mae James Des Moines Dora Mae James passed away peacefully Saturday, June 13, 2015, five days before her 82nd birthday. Dora was the daughter of Herschel and Grace Quinn, born in Moberly, MO…

Marjorie Olson

Deceased: 06/13/2015

Marjorie Olson, 93, went home to be with the Lord on June 13, 2015. Services will be held on Thursday, June 18, 2015 at Hamilton’s on Westown Parkway, 3601 Westown Parkway in West Des Moines at…

Darrell Stickel

Deceased: 06/13/2015

Darrell DeWayne Stickel age 72 of Des Moines, IA passed away on Saturday June 13, 2015. He was born on November 17, 1942 in Davenport, IA. At the age of 17 he enlisted in the US Air Force until the…

Elizabeth Michelle O'Connor

Deceased: 06/13/2015

Elizabeth Michelle O’Connor, 60, died suddenly and unexpectedly on June 13 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines from complications of cancer—only three weeks after her initial diagnosis. …

James "Jimmy" G. Freeman

Deceased: 06/13/2015

James Freeman, 65, passed away on June 13, 2015, at the Veterans Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa. He was born September 3, 1949, in Monterey, California, to Glenn and Ruth Freeman. Jim was a U.S. Army…

Dona Lloyd

Deceased: 06/12/2015

Dona K. Lloyd, 77, passed away Friday, June 12, 2015 at Mercy Hospice in Johnston. Dona was born August 31, 1937 in Hubbard, Iowa to William and Doris Thompson. She had worked as a legislative…

Robert Wendell Fitz

Deceased: 06/12/2015

Robert "Bob" Wendell Fitz, 86, died June 12, 2015 at home at Arbor Springs Skilled Nursing Facility in West Des Moines, Iowa. He grew up as the son of a Methodist minister and spent his adult life…

Flora Miller

Deceased: 06/12/2015

Flora E. (Aquino) Miller, 79, passed away Friday, June 12, 2015 at Mercy West Lakes. Flora was born November 19, 1935 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Procopio and Hazel Aquino. She was a member of St.…

Madalene Harrison

Deceased: 06/12/2015

Madalene Harrison, 97, passed away Friday, June 12, 2015 at Arbor Springs in West Des Moines. She was born on July 9, 1917 to Rollo Gilbert and Gladice Merritt Batcheler. Madalene grew up on the…

Bobby Lee Long

Deceased: 06/12/2015

Bobby Lee Long, 32, passed away suddenly Friday, June 12, 2015. He was born March 10, 1983 in Des Moines, Iowa to Stanley and Ranae Long. He was a talented artist and had aspirations of becoming a…