Obituaries

Mary Russo

Deceased: 06/11/2019

Mary Jane Russo, 90, passed away June 11, 2019 at Bishop Drumm Care Center surrounded by her family. Mary was born May 13, 1929 in Des Moines to Edward and Jennie (Fucaloro) Trento. Mary worked as a…

Eva Dady

Deceased: 06/10/2019

Eva Marie Dady, 81, passed away Monday, June 10, 2019 at Manor Care in West Des Moines. Eva was born July 21, 1937 in Elkader, Iowa. She worked for Riverview Park for a time and had a home day…

Francis "Pete" August Peterson

Deceased: 06/10/2019

Having lived a long, friendly, and giving life, Francis “Pete” August Peterson passed away June 10, 2019 at Trinity Center at Luther Park in Des Moines. Born May 12, 1932 in Daggett, Michigan to…

Denise DeFrancisco

Deceased: 06/10/2019

Denise Marie DeFrancisco Des Moines Denise DeFrancisco, 48, passed away June 10, 2019 from Huntington’s disease at home surrounded by her loving family. Denise was born July 6, 1970 in Des Moines…

Savathdy Inthaboun

Deceased: 06/10/2019

Savathdy Inthaboun, 65, passed away Monday, June 10, 2019 at Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Savathdy was born June 3, 1954 in Laos. He immigrated to the United States in 1989. He was a…

Margaret Bassford

Deceased: 06/10/2019

Margaret (Griffith) Bassford, 91, passed away peacefully Monday, June 10, 2019 at Taylor House Hospice in Des Moines with her children present. Margaret was born at home September 2, 1927 in Des…

Pearl Moon

Deceased: 06/10/2019

Pearl Lois Moon, 71, passed away June 10, 2019 at Rehabilitation Center of Des Moines. She was born January 18, 1948 in Marshall, Missouri to Virgil and Pearl (Lawrence) Patton. Pearl worked as a…

Stephen Stewart

Deceased: 06/10/2019

Sindabagoye Karara

Deceased: 06/09/2019

Mr. Karara was born in Mugara, Bururi, Burundi on February 16, 1960. He and his sister, Bankanira, were the two children of Matabura. Mr. Karara and his family arrived in the United States as…

Mary Jean Howdle

Deceased: 06/09/2019

Mary Jean (Bellizzi) Howdle, 87, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, June 9, 2019, at her home at the Walnut Ridge Retirement Community in Clive, Iowa. She was a warm and loving wife, mother,…

Laura Ward

Deceased: 06/09/2019

Laura Ward, 62, passed away on June 9, 2019, at Taylor House in Des Moines. She was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa to Donald and Mary Kinney. Laura worked as a supervisor for the Disability…

Gregory Summy

Deceased: 06/09/2019

Tony Rushing

Deceased: 06/09/2019

Michael “Tony” Rushing, 50, was born on December 6, 1968 to Michael and Christie (Prine) Rushing in Des Moines, Iowa. On June 9, 2019, Tony died doing what he loved, riding his motorcycle. He…

Vikas Kapor

Deceased: 06/09/2019

Lonnie Richard Gusa

Deceased: 06/08/2019

Lonnie Richard Gusa, 76, passed away Saturday, June 8, 2019 at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. He was born March 22, 1943 to Irle and Luella (Schellhammer) Gusa in Kansas City,…