Obituaries

Verl Sims

Deceased: 11/21/2020

Verl N. Sims, 93, passed away November 21,2020. He was born July 22, 1927 to Charles and Cora (Martin) Sims and resided in Des Moines for most of his life. He graduated from Pillsbury Military…

Debra Jo Smith

Deceased: 11/20/2020

Debra (Deb) Jo White Smith passed away at her home on Friday, November 20, 2020. The family is planning a celebration of life at a future date. Deb was born January 14, 1957 to Royden and Janet…

Roy Brown, Jr.

Deceased: 11/20/2020

Roy Worthington Brown, Jr., age 78, passed away Friday, November 20, 2020 at his home in Des Moines. There will be a visitation from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at Hamilton’s…

Dorothy Pinneke

Deceased: 11/20/2020

Dorothy Pinneke, 86, passed away November 20, 2020 at her home. Dorothy was born January 16, 1934 in Liberty, Iowa to Leland and Fern Carnes. She retired as a medical assistant from Gynecology &…

Mary Joan "Jo" Reid

Deceased: 11/20/2020

Mary Joan “Jo” Reid, 81, died on Friday, November 20, 2020. She had recently been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease, but thankfully was able to spend the last few months living with her daughter,…

Edith Bredehoft

Deceased: 11/19/2020

Edith Julia Bredehoft, 92, passed away at Mercy Hospice in Johnston November 19, 2020. Edith was born May 26, 1928 in Vienna, Austria. In 1939, her family left a life of comfortable normalcy in…

Michael Edward Pantzlaff

Deceased: 11/19/2020

Susan Witte

Deceased: 11/19/2020

David McNeeley

Deceased: 11/18/2020

David L. McNeeley passed away on November 18, 2020, at Granger Nursing and Rehabilitation at the age of 85. He was born in Newton, Iowa, on September 10, 1935, to Mark and Wilma McNeeley. David was…

Norman D. Gustafson

Deceased: 11/18/2020

Norm passed away on November 18, 2020 at Taylor House Hospice. He was born June 4th 1940 in Storm Lake, Iowa to John and Evelyn Gustafson of Albert City, Iowa. Norm was most proud of his Swedish…

Doris Marie (Tuff) Lofthus

Deceased: 11/18/2020

Doris Marie (Tuff) Lofthus was born on November 26, 1929 at the home of her parents, William Hamilton Tuff and Eileen (Carl) Tuff, on their farm roughly 9 miles northwest of Rugby, ND. William was…

Noth Vivanh

Deceased: 11/18/2020

Noth Vivanh, age 97, passed away peacefully in the comfort of her own home on Wednesday, November 18, 2020 surrounded by her family. Noth was born September 6, 1923 in Son La, Vietnam. Her family…

Jean Hamilton

Deceased: 11/18/2020

Jean Shawhan Hamilton died peacefully on Wednesday, November 18, 2020 in her home at Scottish Rite Park in Des Moines, Iowa. She was born June 21, 1935 in Des Moines and adopted by Fae and Ken…

Clarence Dean Osborn

Deceased: 11/18/2020

Clarence Dean Osborn Dean “Killer” Osborn died of Covid on November 18, 2020. There will be no services at this time. Jesse James, a very close friend, wrote on Instagram- “He was such a real…

Lan Lovan

Deceased: 11/18/2020

Our precious mother, Lan Lovan passed away on Wednesday, November 18, 2020 after her long battle with diabetes and kidney failure. She devoted her life to her children, grandchildren,…