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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…

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Jack 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…

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Robert 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…

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Charles 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…

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Marilyn 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…

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William 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…

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Cheryl "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…

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Jerry 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…

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Janet 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…

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Allene "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…

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John 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…

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Nina 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…

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Richard "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…

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Sandra Maxine Reding

Deceased: 03/23/2025 | Service: 04/12/2025

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Gerald "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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