Obituaries

Bettie Stiles

Deceased: 09/08/2013

Bettie, 90, passed away Sunday, September 8, 2013. She was born March 7, 1923, to Robert and Avice Taylor in Perry, IA. Bettie was happily married for 71 years. She enjoyed quilting, crocheting,…

Michael Dean Squires

Deceased: 09/08/2013

Michael Dean Squires, 67, passed away at his home Sunday, September 8, 2013. Mike was born August 9, 1946 to Darlene Florence Rummel and Donald Dean Squires in Rhode Island. He attended Arlington…

Violet Cox

Deceased: 09/08/2013

Violet Cox, 80, passed away at home on Sunday, September 8, 2013, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. She was born on November 7, 1932, to Glenn and Hazel Satterlee. She was married on August 4,…

Deana Ann Amman

Deceased: 09/07/2013

Deana Ann Amman, 48, passed away at home on September 7, 2013. Services will be held on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at 12:00 p.m. at Hamilton’s on Westown Parkway, 3601 Westown Parkway in West Des…

Rosemary I. Nicholson

Deceased: 09/07/2013

Rosemary Nicholson, 88, was born April 17, 1925, in Webster County, the daughter of James and Myrtle Foster. She passed away Saturday, September 7, 2013, at her home in Des Moines. Rosemary was a…

Dorothy McFarland

Deceased: 09/07/2013

Stanley Gullion, Jr.

Deceased: 09/07/2013

Stanley Gullion, Jr., 70, of Des Moines, passed away on Saturday, September 7, 2013, surrounded by his family at Methodist Hospital, after a long battle with cancer. He was born in Chariton, Iowa,…

Joseph Peter Melcher

Deceased: 09/07/2013

Joseph “Pete” Melcher, 54, died September 7, 2013, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Pete was born February 14, 1959 in Des Moines to Joe and Barbara Melcher. He graduated from Lincoln High School in 1977…

Myasiah Moren

Deceased: 09/07/2013

Sale of Urn

Deceased: 09/06/2013

Larry G. Parsons

Deceased: 09/06/2013

Larry G. Parsons, 65, of Des Moines died September 6, 2013 at Mercy Hospital. The funeral will be Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 12:00 p.m., at Hamilton’s Southtown Funeral Home. Visitation will be…

Keith D. Mathews

Deceased: 09/06/2013

Keith D. Mathews 78, passed away Friday, September 6, 2013. He was born June 9, 1935, to H. Dwight and Laura Mathews in Mt. Union, IA. Keith worked as a Fuel Attendant for the City of Des Moines for…

Phillip W. McClaskey

Deceased: 09/06/2013

Phillip W. McClaskey, born September 21, 1934, passed away September 6, 2013. Family will greet friends at Hamilton’s, 605 Lyon Street, Des Moines, on Wednesday, September 11, 2013, from 6 – 8 pm. A…

Herbert Johnston

Deceased: 09/06/2013

No formal obituary Condolences may be expressed at: www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com

James M. "Jim" Hanrahan

Deceased: 09/05/2013

James Michael Hanrahan of Des Moines passed away after a brief illness on Thursday, September 5, 2013, at Bright Kavanagh House. Jim was born to Michael and Dorothy (Wright) Hanrahan on March 2,…