Obituaries

Mary Pool

Deceased: 04/30/2018

Mary Lee (Jones) Pool died on Monday, April 30, 2018 at the age of 94 at the Altoona Nursing and Rehab Center in Altoona, Iowa. She was born on July 14, 1923 in Bloomfield, Iowa. She is survived by…

Gladys Virginia Mitchell

Deceased: 04/30/2018

Gladys Virginia Mitchell Of Des Moines, Iowa Gladys Mitchell, passed away at the age of 95 on April 30, 2018, at Good Samaritan Society in Indianola, Iowa. Gladys was born on April 18, 1923, in…

Ronald Gist

Deceased: 04/29/2018

Ronald Gale Gist, 48, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, April 29, 2018, at his home in Des Moines. Ronald was born November 17, 1969, in Des Moines, Iowa, to Robert and Susan (Stumpf) Gist. He grew…

Marvel May Ryan

Deceased: 04/29/2018

Marvel May (Mann) Ryan was born September 13, 1929, in Nashville, Minnesota, the daughter of Howard A. and Irene M. (Kettner) Mann. She had made the Des Moines area her home since 1960. Marvel…

Everett Irving Thies

Deceased: 04/28/2018

Everly Grace Ickowitz

Deceased: 04/28/2018

Everly Grace Ickowitz was born at 9:12 AM on April 28, 2018 with Potters Syndrome, a disease of the kidneys, causing underdeveloped lungs. She fought hard trying to gasp her first breath of air for…

Margaret Lucille Baux

Deceased: 04/28/2018

Margaret Lucille Baux was born June 1, 1924, in Chicago, Illinois, to Joseph and Mary (Starbuck) Baux. After graduating from Albia High School, Margie moved to Des Moines and later to Ankeny. She…

Lorna West

Deceased: 04/28/2018

Lorna P. West passed away April 28, 2018, at her home in Des Moines. She was born August 1, 1937, the daughter of F. Emogene Burkhart Peters and Bernhardt Peter Peters. Lorna married the love of her…

Christopher Lee Fees

Deceased: 04/27/2018

Shirley May (Haynes) Wilson

Deceased: 04/27/2018

Shirley May (Haynes) Wilson, 87, passed away peacefully Friday, April 27, 2018 at Ramsey Village in Des Moines. Shirley was born June 3, 1930 in Des Moines to Hubert and Adeline (Newton) Haynes. …

Josué David Alonzo II

Deceased: 04/27/2018

Josué, 20, passed away on April 27, 2018. He was born on February 17, 1998 to Josue Alonzo and Victoria (Samuel) Galindo. He was married to his wife, Yeimi (Flores) on March 18, 2018 and together…

Pamela Ren

Deceased: 04/27/2018

John and Pam Ren together again. Pamela Jean Ren, 69, passed away April 27, 2018, at Sunny View Care Center in Ankeny, Iowa. She was born January 28, 1949, to Melvin and Betty Heck. Pamela worked…

Viola Pinegar

Deceased: 04/26/2018

Viola Mae Pinegar, 86, passed away peacefully Thursday, April 26, 2018 at Mercy Hospice in Johnston, Iowa. Viola was born June 23, 1931, Des Moines, Iowa to William and Irene (Beaman) Folsom. She…

Patricia June Knape

Deceased: 04/26/2018

Patricia was born in Newton, Kansas, the third child to William Earl Lee and Eula Jane (Husted) Lee on June 28, 1936. The family moved to Wichita, Kansas where worship of Jehovah was the center of…

John "Dick" Doran

Deceased: 04/26/2018

John Richard “Dick” Doran, 79, passed away April 26, 2018 in Des Moines. He was born August 22, 1938 in Jefferson to John F. and Naomi D. (Powers) Doran. Dick grew up in Boxholm where he graduated…