Obituaries

Beverly Ann Bloomquist

Deceased: 01/03/2024

Beverly Ann Bloomquist, 91, died at Kavanagh House on January 3, 2024. Beverly Bloomquist was born November 13, 1932 in Ames, IA to Carl and Goldie Pepper. She was married to Gary A. Bloomquist on…

Martha Squire

Deceased: 12/18/2023 | Service: 01/08/2024

Martha Jane Squire passed peacefully on December 18, 2023 in Des Moines, Iowa. She was born to Polly (Hansen) and Henry Dloughy on Dec. 10, 1928 in Waterloo, Iowa, where she and her younger brother…

Sharon Kay Vasquez

Deceased: 10/09/2023 | Service: 10/24/2023

Sharon Kay Vasquez passed away on October 9, 2023 at Azria Health Park Place in Des Moines, Iowa. Sharon was born on February 17, 1940 to Ferme (LaBounty) and Russell Allen. She grew up in Des…

Sharon Elaine (Raymond) Quick

Deceased: 09/12/2023 | Service: 09/17/2023

Sharon Elaine (Raymond) Quick, 75, passed away on September 12, 2023 at her home to be with her Lord and Savior. She was born on September 17, 1947 to Harold “Bud” and Mary “Dee” (Goodwin)…

Isla Hope Hoque

Deceased: 08/16/2023

Our precious daughter Isla Hope Hoque was born at just 25 weeks gestation on August 3, 2023. She was with us for only 13 days before she developed a serious infection and passed away in our arms at…

Russell Quick

Deceased: 08/14/2023 | Service: 08/27/2023

Russell Wayne Quick, 79, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on August 14, 2023 at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. He was born February 29, 1944 in Des Moines, Iowa to his parents…

Esperanza Marquez Mayorga

Deceased: 08/10/2023

Esperanza Márquez Mayorga, de 74 años, falleció el jueves 10 de agosto de 2023 en su casa rodeada de su amada familia. Nació el 23 de enero de 1949 de Mauro Márquez y Rogelia Medina en El Plateado,…

Joyce Blomquist

Deceased: 08/02/2023

Boun Van Quang

Deceased: 05/26/2023

Boun Van Quang, age 52, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, May 26, 2023. He was born the son of It and La Cavan on November 10, 1970 in Vientianne, Laos. He was the youngest out of seven children. …

Janice Elaine Quass

Deceased: 05/10/2023

Janice Elaine Quass, 85, passed away peacefully on May 10, 2023 with family by her side. Janice was born September 23, 1937, to Lars and Annette Egeberg in Orfordville, WI. She received a BA degree…

Katherine Ann Blomquist

Deceased: 05/02/2023

Katherine Ann Blomquist, 73, passed away on May 2, 2023, at Harmony Nursing Home in West Des Moines. She was born in Des Moines on December 27, 1949, the daughter of Harry and Elsa (Grodt)…

Trinidad Velazquez Rodriguez

Deceased: 03/18/2023

Trinidad Velázquez Rodríguez Des Moines Trinidad Velázquez Rodríguez, de 84 años, falleció el Sábado 18 de Marzo de 2023. Trinidad nació el 13 de Junio de 1938 en Gen. Francisco Murguia, Zacatecas,…

Charles A. Quintana

Deceased: 01/19/2023

Charles Americus Quintana, 76, passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday, January 19, 2023. Charles was born January 10, 1947, in Denver, Colorado to Americus and Virginia (Milner) Quintana. …

Cheryl Jordan-Quine

Deceased: 12/15/2022

Cheryl Viola Jordan-Quine, 74, was called home to her Lord and Savior on Thursday, December 15, 2022. Cheryl was born on July 13, 1948 in Iowa City, IA but lived most of her life in Des Moines, IA.…

Owen L. Quaintance

Deceased: 12/13/2022

Owen L. Quaintance Des Moines, Iowa Owen Quaintance, 74, passed away peacefully and surrounded by his family on December 13, 2022, after a 16 month battle with esophageal cancer. A Celebration of…