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Robert Thomas Esser

Deceased: 04/03/2025

Robert "Bob" Esser passed away April 3, 2025, closing a life rich in stories, music, and unwavering devotion to family and tradition. Born on March 10, 1952, at Mitchel Air Force Base in Oceanside,…

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Ralph L. Trotter

Deceased: 04/03/2025 | Service: 04/08/2025

Ralph Lester Trotter, 67, passed away Thursday, April 3, 2025, with his family by his side. Ralph was born May 3, 1957, in Winterset, Iowa to Ralph Berdean Trotter and Doris Ilene (Murphy) Trotter.…

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Phillip T. Jackson

Deceased: 04/03/2025 | Service: 04/19/2025

Phillip Tyron Jackson, 82, passed away Thursday, April 3, 2025, at Mercy Hospital surrounded by family. Phillip was born January 17, 1943, to Russell and Lela Jackson. He grew up in the Des Moines…

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James Alexander Weir

Deceased: 04/03/2025 | Service: 04/11/2025

James Alexander Weir, 75, passed away surrounded by family on April 3, 2025. Born in Des Moines, Iowa on February 28, 1950, he was the only child of Alex and Jeanette Weir. Jim was a 1968…

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Mary Janet Waller

Deceased: 04/03/2025 | Service: 04/12/2025

Mary Janet Waller of Ankeny, Iowa Mary “Jan” Waller, age 87, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 3, 2025 at Wesley Life Hospice. Jan was born the daughter of Joseph and Lucille (Winters)…

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Gloria Jean Harris

Deceased: 04/02/2025 | Service: 04/18/2025

Gloria Jean Crow Harris Carr, 75, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Gloria was born May 13, 1949, Shreveport,…

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Richard Raymond Fry

Deceased: 04/01/2025 | Service: 04/04/2025

Richard Raymond Fry Des Moines, Iowa Richard Raymond Fry passed away peacefully on the evening of April 1, 2025, at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa. Richard was born on October 17, 1946 to…

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Gary Burress

Deceased: 04/01/2025 | Service: 04/05/2025

Gary Burress Des Moines, Iowa Gary Burress passed away on April Fool’s Day 2025 (we desperately wish this was a joke) from complications of prostate cancer. Gary grew up in Kansas, Louisiana and…

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Tanner Austin Baxter

Deceased: 04/01/2025

Forever 21 Tanner Austin Baxter, age 21, died unexpectedly at his home on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. Tanner was born on February 26, 2004 in Omaha, Nebraska. During his time on earth Tanner had a…

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Gregory Downs

Deceased: 03/31/2025 | Service: 04/07/2025

Gregory Sayers Downs Des Moines, Iowa Gregory Sayers Downs, 87, passed away on March 31, 2025 in Des Moines. He was born on October 3, 1937 in Cambria, Wayne County to Roy and Ruth (Sayers) Downs.…

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Ken Bailey

Deceased: 03/31/2025 | Service: 04/11/2025

Kenneth Dale Bailey of Carlisle, 73, went to be with his Lord and Savior on March 31, 2025. He was born April 21, 1951 in Des Moines, Iowa to his parents, Ernest and Vera Bailey. Ken worked as an…

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Judith Zimmerman Karcher-Jewett

Deceased: 03/31/2025 | Service: 04/08/2025

Judith Zimmerman Karcher-Jewett, 86, was born on September 21, 1938, in Forest, Ohio, to James Norman Karcher and Helen Zimmerman Karcher. She was raised alongside her two younger sisters, Suzy…

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Jamie Augustus-Leigh Bielfelt

Deceased: 03/30/2025

Jamie Bielfelt was peacefully called to heaven on March 30, 2025. Though our hearts are broken, we celebrate the life of Jamie, who passed right before he was to turn two months old. He spent his…

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Brenda Ford-Engstrom

Deceased: 03/29/2025 | Service: 04/12/2025

Brenda Loyce Ford-Engstrom, 81, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on Saturday, March 29, 2025. Brenda was born September 7, 1943, in Waco, Texas to Donald and Evelyn (Sharp) Brown.…

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Robert "Sparky" Sparks

Deceased: 03/29/2025

Robert Scott Sparks (Sparky), 87, passed away March 29th 2025. Robert was born January 24th, 1938 in Chariton, Iowa to Lee and Ola Sparks. Robert grew up with 5 sisters and a brother. Robert…

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