Obituaries

Georgia Sickles

Deceased: 09/18/2008

Georgia died peacefully in her sleep on September 18 at Bright Kavanagh House at age 101. She died as she lived: Not wanting to miss a moment (she was alert and interactive until the last few days );…

Robert Thornton

Deceased: 09/17/2008

Robert S. Thornton Jr., 48, of Des Moines passed away Wednesday at home. Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Saturday, September 20, 2008 at Santiago United Methodist Church. Visitation will be…

Norman Pearson

Deceased: 09/17/2008

Norman G. Pearson, 79, of Mitchellville passed away Wednesday at the Taylor House. Norman was born February 21, 1929 in Des Moines to Gerald and Louise Pearson (Daniels). He was a 1947 graduate of…

Armani Jenkin

Deceased: 09/17/2008

Richard Dennis Bash

Deceased: 09/17/2008

Rich Bash, 54, died Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at his home. He was born in Bell Gardens,CA to Richard and Dorothy Bash. As a carpenter, he enjoyed woodworking and making furniture for his…

Evelyn M. White

Deceased: 09/17/2008

Evelyn White, 68, died Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at the Kavanaugh House on 56th Street. The funeral service will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday, September 20, 2008 at Hamilton’s Funeral Home, 605 Lyon…

Glendora Proctor

Deceased: 09/17/2008

Glendora Proctor, 90, died Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at Skiff Medical Center in Newton. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Monday, September 22, 2008 at Hamilton’s near Highland Memory…

James Brown

Deceased: 09/16/2008

Jim Brown went to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 after a courageous, yet brief battle with brain tumors. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, September 20,…

Merle Tellis

Deceased: 09/16/2008

Merle Tellis, 79, died September 16, 2008 at Good Samaritan Care Center in Indianola. Merle was born on January 26, 1929 in Cincinatti, Ohio to Anthony and Evelyn Tellis. Merle was a member of many…

Judy Lint

Deceased: 09/16/2008

Judith (Judy) H. Lint, age 63 went to be with her Savior on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 after a courageous battle with cancer. Judy, the daughter of John and Betty Mally was born on November 2, 1944.…

Willis Lohmeier

Deceased: 09/16/2008

Willis “Whitey” Lohmeier Willis Lohmeier, age 79, died September 16, 2008, at Taylor Hospice House in Des Moines. A son of Henry and Minnie (Rostermundt) Lohmeier, he was born August 16, 1929, in…

Patricia Hockersmith

Deceased: 09/16/2008

Jesus took Pat’s hand and led her to her eternal home in Heaven on Tuesday, September 16, 2008. As she entered those pearly gates, she was reunited with her son Steve, her nephew Tim Rounds and her…

Frances Bristle

Deceased: 09/16/2008

Frances passed from this world on September 16, 2008 from complications of surgery. Frances was born on June 20, 1932 to Harold Ardith Stuhlmiller and Lois Minnie Jeys in Spencer, Iowa. She was…

Michael Robert McCafferey

Deceased: 09/16/2008

Mike McCafferey, 44, passed away at his home Tuesday, September 16, 2008. Michael was born on September 30, 1963. He was raised in Fort Dodge, Iowa by his parents Carolyn (Hayes) and Robert…

Edd Bowers

Deceased: 09/16/2008

Edd Bowers '43, a Grinnell alumnus and former coach, was a Pioneer in every sense of the word. Bowers died Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008, in Grapevine, Texas, at the age of 86. Bowers has divided his time…