Obituaries

David Harkness

Deceased: 03/24/2014

David H. Harkness, 84, passed away Monday, March 24, 2014 at Lutheran Hospital. David was born January 27, 1930 to David W. and Grace Harkness in Chicago, Illinois. He was a United States Army…

Lawrence Butters

Deceased: 03/24/2014

Lawrence Butters, 56, passed away March 24, 2014 at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines. Lawrence was born April 27, 1957 in Des Moines, Iowa to Lawrence and Frances Butters. He was a truck driver and…

Patricia "Pat" Ann Fees

Deceased: 03/24/2014

Patricia Fees, 70, was born in Madrid, Iowa, on November 27, 1943. She passed away from complications of COPD on March 25, 2014, surrounded by her loving family. Pat worked for Younkers Distribution…

Mary Jane Barber

Deceased: 03/24/2014

Mary Jane Barber was born January 20th, 1932 in the Village of Browerville, Minnesota. She was a caring mother to six children and a devoted wife to her belated husband Ned Barber. Mary Jane was a…

Maureen Willis

Deceased: 03/23/2014

Maureen Willis, 72, was born September 27, 1941, in Minneapolis, the daughter of Francis and Irene Hall. She passed away March 23, 2014, at her home in Urbandale. Maureen grew up in Davenport where…

Beverly Louise Brown

Deceased: 03/23/2014

Beverly (Bev) Brown peacefully passed away with family at her side on Sunday, March 23, 2014. Bev was born on May 21, 1941, in Trenton, Missouri. She lived in Mercer County until moving to Des…

Lorraine Nizzi

Deceased: 03/22/2014

Lorraine G. Nizzi, 93, passed away at her home on Saturday, March 22, 2014. She was born in Des Moines and lived her adult life on the Southside and Fort Des Moines Community. Lorraine graduated…

Richard Ostrand, Jr.

Deceased: 03/22/2014

Joseph Daniel Seals Plumley-Signorelli

Deceased: 03/22/2014

Joseph Daniel Seals Plumley-Signorelli, 20, was born December 13, 1993 in Montclair, California, to Kimberley Ann Plumley and Keith Lee Seals. He passed away unexpectedly on March 21, 2014 in Des…

Nancy Weuve

Deceased: 03/22/2014

Mary Brudy

Deceased: 03/21/2014

Noel E. Casebolt, Sr.

Deceased: 03/21/2014

Noel Edward Casebolt, Sr. 75, passed away Friday, March 21, 2014. He was born May 7, 1938, to Kenneth and Margaret Casebolt in Des Moines, Iowa. Noel was in the Sheet Metal Union Local 45. He…

Virgil L. Wells

Deceased: 03/21/2014

Virgil Wells, 77, passed away Friday, March 21, 2014 at Fountain West Care Center in West Des Moines. Virgil was born April 18, 1936 in Carlisle, Iowa to William and Maxine. He proudly served in the…

Charles W. Young

Deceased: 03/21/2014

Charles W. Young, 90, lost his battle with cancer Friday, March 21, 2014, at HCI Care Services 56th. Charles was born May 20, 1923, in Coon Rapids, Iowa, to Julius and Sylvia Young. He had lived in…

Marilyn Grinstead

Deceased: 03/20/2014

Marilyn Virginia (Jones) Grinstead was born July 30, 1929, in Des Moines, Iowa, to Howard and Eva (Joseph) Jones. She lived her entire life in the Des Moines area. She worked for a total of 51 years.…