Obituaries

Donald Dean Filby

Deceased: 12/07/2012

Donald Dean Filby passed away Friday, December 7, 2012, in Jacksonville, FL, from Pancreatic Cancer. Don was born on December 16, 1946, in Des Moines, IA, and resided in Urbandale, IA, before…

Mary A. "Toni" Kuzela

Deceased: 12/06/2012

Mary A. “Toni” Kuzela, 85, passed away Thursday, December 6, 2012, at Scottish Rite Park. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 11 a.m., Monday, December 10, 2012, at Christ the King Catholic…

Ernest J. Bowenkamp

Deceased: 12/06/2012

Ernest “Big Bama” Bowenkamp, 79, passed away Thursday, December 6, 2012, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center. Ernest was born October 6, 1933, in Elmo, Missouri, to Ernest and Frances Bowenkamp, and…

Virginia Snyder

Deceased: 12/06/2012

Virginia Irene Snyder was born July 19, 1918, in Lake Mills, Iowa, and died Thursday, December 6, 2012, at the Rehabilitation Center of Des Moines. She was married to John A. Snyder. Virginia is…

Georgia Taylor

Deceased: 12/06/2012

Christopher Hanley

Deceased: 12/06/2012

Christopher Hanley, 42, passed away December 6, 2012 at the Helen Powell Cancer Center after bravely fighting complications of cancer. He was born September 3, 1970 in Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated…

Patricia Davis

Deceased: 12/06/2012

Ivan Wayne Straight

Deceased: 12/06/2012

Phillip Carlson

Deceased: 12/05/2012

Phillip Carlson, 71, of Manor Care in West Des Moines, died Wednesday, December 5, 2012, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center. No services are planned at this time. Phil was born May 11, 1941, in Des…

Jesus “Jesse” Lopez Gutierrez

Deceased: 12/05/2012

Jesse Lopez, 93, died of natural causes on Wednesday, December 5, 2012, at Altoona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Son of Jesus and Hermalinda Lopez, Jesse was born August 8, 1919, in Colima,…

Kenyon Peck

Deceased: 12/05/2012

Kenyon Peck, 57, passed away Wednesday, December 5, 2012, at the Mercy Medical Center. Kenyon was born December 4, 1955, in Colfax, and remained “small town” even after moving to Des Moines. He was…

Margaret "Peggy" H. Buchanan

Deceased: 12/05/2012

Margaret “Peggy” H. Buchanan, 93, died Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at Methodist West Hospital in West Des Moines. She was the daughter of Creig and Matilda Hoyt of Grove City, PA. Peggy lived most…

Terry Lee Beyer

Deceased: 12/05/2012

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

John Halbur

Deceased: 12/05/2012

Rosalie Graham

Deceased: 12/04/2012

Rosalie Graham, 88, died Tuesday, December 4, 2012, at Iowa Lutheran Medical Center. A funeral mass will be held 11 a.m., Friday, December 7, 2012, at Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart Catholic Church, 510…