Obituaries

Catherine Griffin

Deceased: 05/22/2016

Catherine Griffin, 64, passed away May 22, 2016, at her home in Waukee, Iowa. She was born September 19, 1951, in Des Moines. Catherine graduated from North High School and worked as a secretary…

Clair Junior Strohn

Deceased: 05/22/2016

Clair Junior Strohn Des Moines Clair Junior Strohn, 79, passed away Sunday, May 22, 2016 at the VA Hospital in Des Moines. Clair was born October 7, 1936 in Des Moines. Clair graduated from Lincoln…

Linda S. Campfield

Deceased: 05/21/2016

Linda Campfield Altoona Linda Campfield, 64, passed away at Taylor House Hospice on Saturday, May 21, 2016. Born August 16, 1951 to John and Margaret Payton, she was a lifelong resident of Des…

Kent Hilsabeck

Deceased: 05/21/2016

Alverda Karaidos

Deceased: 05/21/2016

Alverda Karaidos passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 21, 2016 at the age of 96. She was born December 22, 1919 to Ralph and Laverna in Fonda, Iowa. Alverda had a passion for antiquing and owned…

Jackie Duane Beaman

Deceased: 05/21/2016

Jackie Duane Beaman, age 56, was born June 10, 1959 in Des Moines, Iowa to Darrell and Lillian (Campbell) Beaman. He passed away Saturday, May 21, 2016 at his home in Des Moines. He was a man who…

Larry Thomas Lester, Sr.

Deceased: 05/21/2016

Larry Thomas Lester, Sr. Truro Larry Thomas Lester, Sr., 66, died doing what he loved, driving truck, in Salinas, California on Saturday, May 21, 2016. He was born December 7, 1949 to Frank and…

Linda B. Gesling

Deceased: 05/20/2016

Linda B. Gesling, 74, passed away on Friday, May 20, 2016, at her home. Linda was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on July 31, 1941, to Winifred (Morris) and Richard Bland, Sr. Linda was formerly…

Lansana Bayoh

Deceased: 05/20/2016

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Bruce A. Woods

Deceased: 05/20/2016

Bruce A. Woods, 74, of Urbandale, passed away unexpectedly on May 20, 2016. Bruce was born November 28, 1941 in Northwest Iowa, the eldest of four children, to Lester and Ila Woods. After relocating…

Michael Farnum

Deceased: 05/19/2016

Michael James Farnum Des Moines Michael James Farnum, 36, was born March 11, 1980 in Des Moines, Iowa to Joseph and Kathy (Robinson) Farnum. He left this world much too soon on Thursday, May 19,…

Charles Wells

Deceased: 05/18/2016

Charles Wells, 57, passed away Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at Mercy Medical Center. Charles was born September 11, 1958 in Terre Haute, Indiana to Beverly Emerson and Charleston Culberson. He graduated…

Molly Lynne Bushman

Deceased: 05/18/2016

Molly Lynne Bushman, 41, passed away on Wednesday, May 18, 2016, at Methodist Hospital. She was born on May 20, 1974, to James and Marlene Bushman in Des Moines. Molly graduated from Urbandale High…

Rita Waters

Deceased: 05/18/2016

Rita June (Miller) Waters, 71, passed away in Ankeny on May 18, 2016. She was born in Moline, Illinois on June 18, 1944, the daughter of Elbert and Frances Miller. Rita enjoyed cooking, crafting,…

Corey Clayton

Deceased: 05/18/2016

Corey Eugene Clayton, 31, was born September 26, 1984 to Robert and Kathy Clayton in Des Moines. He passed away at Mercy Medical Center on May 18, 2016 from complications of Duchenne Muscular…