Obituaries

Marilyn Lee Sherman

Deceased: 12/05/2020

Marilyn Lee Sherman, 68, died peacefully at Taylor House on December 5, 2020 after a valiant battle with Parkinson’s disease. Marilyn was born May 21, 1952 in Omaha, NE, moved to Sioux City, IA in…

David W. Jensen

Deceased: 12/05/2020

David Jensen, 74, died Saturday, December 5, 2020 at Iowa Lutheran Hospital. He was born March 21, 1946 and lived most of his life in Des Moines. David drove truck for the same company, formerly…

Betty Lois Slater

Deceased: 12/05/2020

Judith Losh

Deceased: 12/04/2020

Judith Losh, 77, died on December 4, 2020, at Taylor House Hospice in Des Moines. She was born in Hampton, Iowa on November 23, 1943, to Harold and Minnie Griffith as the second of three girls,…

Robert Palmer

Deceased: 12/04/2020

Robert Milton Palmer, age 72, passed away Friday, December 4, 2020 at Kavanagh House in Des Moines. He was born October 26, 1948 in Des Moines to Merlin “Zip” and Edna Palmer. Robert is survived by…

Michael "Mike" Morning

Deceased: 12/04/2020

Michael “Mike” Morning, 63, passed away on December 4, 2020, at his home. His family will greet friends from 9-10 a.m. on Monday, December 14, 2020, at Hamilton’s near Highland Memory Gardens, 121…

Ruth C. Tibboel

Deceased: 12/04/2020

Ruth Catherine Tibboel (90), joined the Lord on December 4, 2020 at Trinity Center in Des Moines. She was born December 10, 1929 to Leonard and Alta (Van Hal) Van Soelen in Taintor, Iowa. The family…

Robert Boren

Deceased: 12/04/2020

Robert Earl Boren (Bob), passed away Friday, December 4, 2020 at Mitchell Village Care Center in Mitchellville, Iowa. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, April 9, 2021 at Hamilton's…

Beverly Ann Whitney

Deceased: 12/04/2020

Beverly A. Whitney, 84, was born May 6, 1936, in Des Moines, Iowa, to Russell Kline and Dorothy (Godwin) Kline-Hamell. Beverly grew up in Des Moines, and she graduated from East High School. She…

Cora LeMaster

Deceased: 12/04/2020

SSG Zachary Polka

Deceased: 12/03/2020

SSG Zachary Polka passed away in a tragic car accident in Texas November 27, 2020. He was 36 years old. Zach was born June 17, 1984 in Des Moines, Iowa. He graduated from Carlisle High School and…

Deborah Davis

Deceased: 12/03/2020

Deborah Ann Davis Des Moines, Iowa Deborah Davis, 57, passed away unexpectedly from heart failure at her home on Thursday, December 3, 2020. She was born on November 29, 1963 in Des Moines, Iowa.…

Mark Silver

Deceased: 12/03/2020

Mark David Silver passed away on December 3, 2020. Mark was born on December 20, 1967 and was a graduate of Ankeny High School. He continued his education, earning his degree at Drake…

Billy Joe Rote

Deceased: 12/03/2020

Billy Joe Rote February 28, 1959 - December 3, 2020 Billy passed peacefully in his sleep at home on December 3rd, of known complications due to Cancer. Billy's life was the military; to him the…

Landon "Lanny" White

Deceased: 12/02/2020

Landon “Lanny” White moved home on December 2, 2020 after battling cancer for five years. Lanny was born and raised on Des Moines East Side, graduating from East in 1961. He received a B.A. degree…