Obituaries

Lois Stump

Deceased: 12/07/2021

Lois Stump was born on October 7, 1926, to Viola (Henkel) and Homer Olsen in Omaha Nebraska. After losing her mother at a young age, Lois went to live with her beloved grandparents on a farm in…

Paul B. Friedel

Deceased: 12/07/2021

Paul Friedel, 92, passed away peacefully at his home in Ankeny on December 7, 2021. He was born January 12, 1929, and raised as the son of Lois and Ben Friedel. Following high school graduation and…

Mark Boyd Nagel, Sr.

Deceased: 12/06/2021

Mark Boyd Nagel, Sr. Of Des Moines, Iowa Mark Nagel, Sr., age 64, passed away on Monday, December 6, 2021 at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, he was a three time cancer survivor. He was born the son of…

Willa Short

Deceased: 12/06/2021

Willa Short, 88, passed away on December 6, 2021, in West Des Moines. She was born in Sheridan, MO on February 11, 1933, the daughter of Donald and Nona Wake. Willa loved riding horses in her…

Margaret "Peg" Louise Liston

Deceased: 12/06/2021

Margaret “Peg” Louise (Bierma) Liston passed away on December 6, 2021, at the age of 79. Peg was born on November 4, 1942, to Lester and Ethel Bierma. She graduated from Lincoln High School and…

Carolyn Grace Rife

Deceased: 12/06/2021

Carolyn Grace Rife Of Des Moines, Iowa Carolyn Rife, age 81, passed away at home on Monday, December 6, 2021. She was born the daughter of Francis and Lucile (Rapp) Browne on September 19, 1940 in…

Kelly Evans

Deceased: 12/06/2021

Connie McBee

Deceased: 12/05/2021

Connie Rose McBee, age 78, passed away Sunday, December 5, 2021. Connie was born March 10, 1943 in Creston, Iowa to Wesley and Delilah Bryant. She loved spending time with her family and traveling,…

William Allen Lenhart

Deceased: 12/05/2021

William Allen Lenhart Of Des Moines, Iowa William Lenhart, age 54, passed away at his home on Sunday, December 5, 2021. He was born on January 16, 1967 in Des Moines, Iowa. Bill was an Advanced…

Robert Rodney Murphy

Deceased: 12/05/2021

Robert Rodney Murphy Of Redfield, Iowa Robert Murphy, age 78, passed away on Sunday, December 5, 2021. He was born on October 13, 1943. Robert leaves behind his wife, four children and their…

Daniel Lee Newberg

Deceased: 12/05/2021

God’s gift to Thelma and Burleigh Newberg Dan was born on April 30, 1947. Dan left us on December 5, 2021 to be with his parents. Dan devoted 52 years of his life to Hy-Vee. It was a family…

Debra K. Jones

Deceased: 12/04/2021

Debra K. Jones October 9, 1955 December 4, 2021 Wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and aunt. Companion, partner, best friend, confidant, teacher, mediator, defender, protector,…

Bonnie Lee Gieseke

Deceased: 12/04/2021

Uriel Rivera

Deceased: 12/04/2021

Uriel Rivera, infant daughter of Mayra Jimenez & Uriel Rivera, passed away on Saturday, December 4, 2021 at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines. Uriel is lovingly survived by her parents; grandparents,…

Katie Marie Leffler

Deceased: 12/03/2021

Katie Marie Leffler was born May 27, 1991 to Daryl and Kathy Leffler. Katie could not wait to enter this world and arrived very unexpectedly at 24 ½ weeks gestation. She weighed 1 pound 5 ounces,…