Obituaries

Cesar Ricardo Rodriguez-Rodriguez

Deceased: 09/18/2023 | Service: 10/09/2023

Leokadia "Lorraine" Rokitnicki

Deceased: 09/17/2023 | Service: 09/23/2023

Leokadia “Lorraine” Rokitnicki, 76, passed away September 17, 2023. She was born February 3, 1947, in Darnawa, Poland to Boleslaw and Wanda Bobolinski. Lorraine graduated from Mercy Medical College…

Joyce Elaine "JJ" Burlingame

Deceased: 09/17/2023

Joyce Elaine Burlingame, “JJ”, 77, of West Des Moines, passed away peacefully on September 17, 2023 after a short stay in hospice care. She was born January 3, 1946 in Fort Worth, Texas to Joyce and…

Alan E. Helton

Deceased: 09/17/2023

Alan Helton, 67, passed away Sunday, September 17th, 2023. A Celebration of Life Open House will be held from 12:00 to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 15, 2023 at the Dallas County Fairground Community…

Janis Rudolfs Kalnins

Deceased: 09/17/2023

Janis Rudolfs Kalnins, 57, Beloved of His Heavenly Father and Savior Jesus Christ, passed away into Heaven Sunday, September 17, 2023. Janis was born in Des Moines, IA on June 11, 1966, to Imants…

James R. Sloan

Deceased: 09/17/2023 | Service: 10/03/2023

James Robinett Sloan, age 82, passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 17, 2023, at Genesis Senior Living Center in Des Moines. James was born October 30, 1940, in Des Moines, Iowa to Robert and…

Chui Leng Goodall

Deceased: 09/16/2023 | Service: 09/20/2023

Chui Leng Goodall, 67, passed away in the early hours of Saturday, September 16th, surrounded by her family. Chui was born on April 19, 1956 in Xiang Kouang, Laos to Phu Chin Leng and Kin Me Vang.…

Twyla A. Johnson

Deceased: 09/16/2023 | Service: 09/22/2023

Twyla Aileen Johnson, age 97, of Dallas Center, Iowa passed peacefully Saturday, September 16, 2023 at Spurgeon Manor surrounded by family. Twyla was born November 15, 1925 near New Virigina, Iowa…

Kagvin Vorasith

Deceased: 09/16/2023 | Service: 09/21/2023

Anousone (Kagvin), age 54 passed away peacefully at home on September 16, 2023, surrounded by his family. Kagvin was born on March 23, 1969, in Vientene, Laos to the late Vanly Vorasith (mother)…

Linda A Smith

Deceased: 09/16/2023

Linda A. Smith, age 75, passed away Saturday, September 16, 2023, at Scottish Rite Park in Des Moines. Linda was born November 6, 1947, in Winona, Minnesota to Oran and Opal (Smith) Allen. She was…

Michael Lauer

Deceased: 09/16/2023 | Service: 11/11/2023

Michael Joseph Lauer, 68, died peacefully at home, surrounded by family, on Saturday, September 16, 2023 from plasma cell leukemia. Michael was born January 16, 1955, in Farming, Minnesota, to…

Julie A. Jones

Deceased: 09/15/2023 | Service: 09/22/2023

Julie A. Jones, age 65, passed away Friday, September 15, 2023, at University of Iowa Hospital. Julie was born January 13, 1958, in Des Moines, Iowa to Richard Bird and Sharon Cain. She graduated…

Ruth Anne Petrak

Deceased: 09/15/2023 | Service: 09/23/2023

Ruth Anne Petrak, age 89, passed away peacefully Friday, September 15, 2023, at Oldorf Hospice House in Hiawatha, Iowa. Ruth Anne was born January 4, 1934, in Des Moines, Iowa to Howard Norval Beard…

Donald "Don" Van Ginkel

Deceased: 09/14/2023 | Service: 09/21/2023

Donald “Don” Van Ginkel, 69, passed away September 14, 2023 at MercyOne Medical Center. Don was born July 28, 1954 in Des Moines to Harold and Jean (Grey) Van Ginkel. He graduated from Lincoln High…

Cristina L. Mathis

Deceased: 09/14/2023 | Service: 09/20/2023

Cristina L. Mathis, 51, died at home on September 14, 2023, from complications of her long, brave battle with Muscular Dystrophy. Everyone who knows Cristina, knows she was a strong, smart, funny…