Obituaries

Lorraine "Lori" Dennis

Deceased: 03/31/2019

Lorraine Dennis Des Moines Lorraine “Lori” Dennis, 64, passed away Sunday, March 31, 2019 at her home in Des Moines. Lori was born July 27, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois to Larry and Helen (Sheldon)…

Robert L. "Bud" Vial

Deceased: 03/31/2019

Robert Leith “Bud” Vial, 93, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, March 31, 2019. Bud was born on the family farm in Pocahontas County, Iowa, on September 14, 1925, to Ralph and Flora (Leith)…

Lonnie Rae Hanson

Deceased: 03/31/2019

Lonnie Rae Hanson 74, passed away at Every Step Kavanagh House Hospice on Sunday March 31, 2019 after a courageous fight with cancer. She was born April 29, 1944 in Des Moines, Iowa to Aldo and Rose…

Onah E. Leahy

Deceased: 03/31/2019

Onah E. Leahy, 62, passed away March 31, 2019 at Mercy Medical Center. Onah was born October 30, 1956. She attended Lincoln High School. Onah worked at the Des Moines International Airport Gift…

Sheldon S. Shen

Deceased: 03/31/2019

Physicist, biologist, professor, scholar, clock fixer, haiku writer, stock trader, emoji user, basset hound spoiler, world traveler. These parts of Sheldon Shen's life quietly ended on March 31, 2019…

Michael Harlan

Deceased: 03/31/2019

William Dee Grail

Deceased: 03/31/2019

Toby L. Lawrence

Deceased: 03/31/2019

Toby L. Lawrence, 55, passed away unexpectedly at home on March 31, 2019. He was born November 30, 1963 in Waterloo to Larry Lawrence and Virginia Miller. Toby graduated from Waterloo East in 1982.…

Daniel Thomas Lindsay

Deceased: 03/30/2019

Daniel Thomas Lindsay passed away on March 30, 2019. He was born in San Gabriel, California on April 21, 1969 to Jack and Mary Lindsay. Dan grew up in Southern California and moved to Nebraska with…

Twila Vae Meadows

Deceased: 03/30/2019

Ignacio Marquez Mayorga

Deceased: 03/29/2019

To the Child in My Heart O precious, tiny, sweet little one You will always be to me So perfect, pure, and innocent Just as you were meant to be. We dreamed of you and of your life And all that it…

Isabelle Keturokis

Deceased: 03/29/2019

Isabelle Keturokis passed away March 29, 2019 at Regency Care Center in Norwalk at the age of 101. Isabelle was born August 20, 1917 in Des Moines. She was a lifelong resident of the Des Moines…

Pamela Kay Johnson-Turner

Deceased: 03/29/2019

Pamela Kay (Wallrichs) Johnson-Turner, 52, passed away Friday, March 29, 2019, in Des Moines, Iowa, after a short and unexpected illness. Pam was born on February 11, 1967 in Council Bluffs, Iowa.…

Ezra Erickson

Deceased: 03/29/2019

Ezra Albert Erickson was born June 29, 2001 passed away March 29, 2019. Ezra was a charming young man who will be greatly missed by all that knew and loved him. He was kind and loving and cared…

Donna May Filardo

Deceased: 03/28/2019

Donna May Filardo Of Des Moines, Iowa Donna May Filardo, age 87, passed away on March 28, 2019 at Union Park Health Services. She was born to John and Dottie Penenger on February 27, 1932 in Des…