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Virginia Ruth Murrow Thomas
Deceased: 03/26/2025 | Service: 03/29/2025
Virginia Ruth Thomas, age 93, passed away Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at Prairie Vista Village in Altoona. Virginia was born January 30, 1932 to Ward and Jennie (Hotka) Murrow. She was the middle…
ViewJack G. Wahlig
Deceased: 03/26/2025 | Service: 04/04/0202
“I would like very much to take the journey into tomorrow’s radically changing world with you. I can’t. But you’re going to do great - I’ll bet on it.” (Jack Wahlig) Jack sweetened the odds on this…
ViewRobert Edward Cunningham
Deceased: 03/26/2025 | Service: 04/01/2025
Robert “Bob” Edward Cunningham, 69, passed away Wednesday, March 26, 2025, at home. Robert was born March 12, 1956, in Des Moines, Iowa to Dewitt and Maria (Csader) Cunningham, Jr. He graduated from…
ViewCharles Sinclair
Deceased: 03/26/2025 | Service: 03/31/2025
Charles “Chuck” Rex Sinclair, 85, of Norwalk, Iowa, passed away peacefully on March 26, 2025, at his home, surrounded by his family. Born on March 9, 1940, in Melrose, Iowa, Chuck was the son of…
ViewMarilyn Jean Nordquist
Deceased: 03/25/2025 | Service: 04/01/2025
Marilyn Jean Nordquist passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. She was 92 years old. Marilyn was born to Alice and Leo Van Nest on July 1, 1932 in Ferguson, Missouri. She grew up with…
ViewWilliam Allen Summers
Deceased: 03/25/2025 | Service: 04/06/2025
Beloved husband, treasured friend, world traveler, brilliant chemist, business innovator, lover of music and animals, bread baker, and spiritual seeker Bill Summers was born to William and Catherine…
ViewCheryl "Sherry" W. Pentico
Deceased: 03/25/2025 | Service: 04/12/2025
Cheryl “Sherry” Wilma Pentico, age 79, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. Sherry was born March 14, 1946, in Warren, Ohio to Robert and Elva (Young) Piltz. She moved to the Des…
ViewJerry Arthur Engelke
Deceased: 03/24/2025 | Service: 04/01/2025
Jerry Arthur Engelke, 74, passed away in his West Des Moines home on March 24, 2025. He was born on January 22, 1951, in Omaha, Nebraska to Bettie Dunn Engelke and George Russell Engelke. Jerry…
ViewJanet Sue Fors Card
Deceased: 03/24/2025 | Service: 03/31/2025
Janet Sue Fors Card Janet Sue Fors was born on April 21, 1936 in Cook County hospital in Chicago to Bernard and Esther Fors. She was welcomed home by her brothers, Don, Bill and Jim. When Janet…
ViewAllene "Cookie" Cranston
Deceased: 03/24/2025 | Service: 05/30/2025
Allene Jeanette Thompson Cranston, known to most as “Cookie”, 76, of Johnston, Iowa, passed away in her home on Monday March 24, 2025 with beloved dog Bailey by her side. Cookie was born in Iowa…
ViewJohn R. Nelson
Deceased: 03/23/2025
John Robert Nelson, born on August 14, 1930, in Salina, Kansas, passed away peacefully in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of 94. He was the beloved son of Josephine and George Nelson and grew up in a…
ViewNina Moore
Deceased: 03/23/2025
Nina C. Moore, 86, passed peacefully on March 23, 2025 with her family at her side. Nina was born to Evert and Margaret Davis in Eldora, Iowa on December 23, 1938. During the family years Nina was…
ViewRichard "Rik" Shannon
Deceased: 03/23/2025 | Service: 03/29/2025
Richard “Rik” Joseph Shannon, 68, passed away at his home in Des Moines on March 23, 2025. Rik was born on October 7, 1956, and raised in Sigourney, Iowa, graduating from Sigourney High School and…
ViewGerald "Jerry" Anderson
Deceased: 03/22/2025
Gerald (Jerry) John Anderson, 69, passed away peacefully, with his sons at his side, on March 22, 2025 at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa. Jerry was born October 22, 1955 the beloved son of…
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