Obituaries

Mary "Melinda" Baldwin

Deceased: 02/02/2020

Melinda Baldwin, age 46, passed away Sunday, February 2, 2020 after a courageous battle surrounded by her loving family. Melinda was born September 26, 1973 in Des Moines, Iowa to Larry and Jean…

Wayne Erickson

Deceased: 02/02/2020

Wayne B. Erickson, 89, passed away Sunday, February 2, 2020 Wayne was born May 1, 1930 in Madrid, Iowa. He served in the Army during the Korean War. He was very mechanically inclined. Wayne was a…

June Forbes

Deceased: 02/02/2020

June Forbes was born February 12, 1931 and passed away February 2, 2020 at the age of 88. June enjoyed playing Bingo and cards. She loved animals especially her four legged fur baby named…

John (Jack) Sarasio

Deceased: 02/02/2020

Jack Sarasio, 89, passed away Sunday, February 2, 2020 at Mercy Hospice in Johnston. Jack was born on May 9, 1930, son of John and Fern (Griffith) Sarasio. Jack attended McKinley Elementary School…

Richard Charles Barnes

Deceased: 02/02/2020

Richard passed away Sunday, February 2, 2020. He was born in Oelwein, Iowa on December 31, 1936. He was athletic throughout his entire school years and graduated from Alpha Community High School in…

Roger Mays

Deceased: 02/02/2020

Roger Ray Mays, 75, of Des Moines passed away Sunday, February 2, 2020 at Mercy One Hospice House, Johnston, Iowa, surrounded by his family. The family will greet friends from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.…

Wanda B. Pederson

Deceased: 02/01/2020

The Lord called on another angel. Wanda Bernice Pederson, 86, was born April 20, 1934, and passed away February 1, 2020. She was employed by Meredith Corporation in their Security Department, JC…

Eugene Behle, Jr.

Deceased: 02/01/2020

Eugene Behle, Jr., 77, was born July 20, 1942, and died February 1, 2020 after a short journey fighting lung cancer. He made his living as a junkman, and was always peeling copper wire. He loved…

Jennifer Marie Wu

Deceased: 02/01/2020

Jennifer Marie Wu, 32, of West Des Moines, IA, passed away on Saturday, February 1, 2020 at Iowa Methodist Hospital surrounded by her loving family after a courageous battle with illness. Jennifer…

Claudia Lee Mann

Deceased: 02/01/2020

Claudia Lee Mann, age 75, passed away Saturday, February 1, 2020. Claudia was born April 22, 1944 in Kansas City, MO to Howard and Dorothy (Hartman) Petty, and was raised by her grandmother, Beulah…

Tanis Burnett

Deceased: 02/01/2020

Baby Girl Shi

Deceased: 02/01/2020

DeVonte DeShawn Swanks

Deceased: 01/31/2020

DeVonte DeShawn Swanks, born September 30, 2000, age 19, and his younger brother, Malachi Ethan Swanks, born September 19, 2003, age 16, were tragically taken from this life on Thursday, January 30,…

Malachi Ethan Swanks

Deceased: 01/31/2020

DeVonte DeShawn Swanks, born September 30, 2000, age 19, and his younger brother, Malachi Ethan Swanks, born September 19, 2003, age 16, were tragically taken from this life on Thursday, January 30,…

Betty Lawler

Deceased: 01/31/2020

Betty Mae Lawler was born July 20, 1924, to Grace and Commodore King. She passed away peacefully at her assisted living apartment, Brookdale South in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, on January 31, 2020 at…