Obituaries

Anita Joan Ferguson

Deceased: 03/05/2023

Anita Joan (Green) Ferguson was born in Des Moines, IA, March 11, 1952. As the middle child of 5, she immediately began developing the gifts that would make her the shining center, pillar, and…

James Tyler

Deceased: 03/04/2023

No services will be held at this time.

Baby Boy Lolwing

Deceased: 03/03/2023

Thomas "Tom" Wood

Deceased: 03/03/2023

Thomas “Tom” Wood, 79, passed away March 3, 2023 at MercyOne after a hard fought battle with cancer. Tom was born January 19, 1944, in Flint, Michigan. Tom is survived by the love of his life…

Sharon Brooks

Deceased: 03/03/2023

Sharon Edith Brooks, age 83, passed away peacefully due to complications of cancer on Friday, March 3, 2023. Sharon was born February 27, 1940, in Des Moines, Iowa to Danny and Margaret (Grandstaff)…

Cheryl Ann Howard

Deceased: 03/03/2023

Cheryl Ann Howard, 69, passed away Friday, March 3, 2023. Cheryl was born June 6, 1953, in Des Moines, Iowa to Harold and Marilyn (Beem) Wilson. She attended Hoover High School in Des Moines…

Aurelia Ramirez

Deceased: 03/03/2023

Shirley Peterson

Deceased: 03/03/2023

Shirley Jean (Brown) Peterson, age 85, passed away 11 days after her beloved husband of 60 years, Larry on Friday, March 3, 2023. They couldn’t bear to be apart from each other and now their love…

Mary Gay McClatchey

Deceased: 03/03/2023

Mary Gay McClatchey, 86, passed away peacefully March 3, 2023, at Spurgeon Manor in Dallas Center, Iowa. Mary Gay was born June 22, 1936, to Wayne and Faye (Nash) Collins in Le Mars, Iowa. She was…

Donald Cully

Deceased: 03/03/2023

No services are scheduled at this time.

Jiva Lyer

Deceased: 03/03/2023

No services are planned at this time.

John L. Romine, Sr.

Deceased: 03/02/2023

John Lynn Romine, Sr., age 67, passed away Thursday, March 2, 2023. John was born May 30, 1955, in Des Moines, Iowa. He attended Des Moines Technical High School. John enlisted in the U. S. Army on…

Alice (Barb) Paul

Deceased: 03/02/2023

Alice Barbara Paul, age 89, passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 2, 2023 at her home surrounded by her family. Barb was born January 28, 1934, in Detroit, Michigan to Hugh and Mildred (Clark)…

Virginia Phipps

Deceased: 03/02/2023

Virginia “Ginny” Phipps, 77, passed away on March 2, 2023 at Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines. She was born on October 2, 1945, to Robert and Vada Colony in Iowa City, Iowa. Ginny graduated…

Merle Strothcamp

Deceased: 03/02/2023

Merle Eldon Strothcamp of Ankeny, Iowa, 94, was born on November 27, 1928, to Miriam and Adolph Strothcamp in Iowa Falls, Iowa. Following a brief illness, Merle entered eternal life on Thursday,…