Obituaries

Anita Hill-Kelly died peacefully in her sleep surrounded by family at her daughter's home on Tuesday following a year and a half of cancer challenges at the age of 83. Born in 1934 as one of seven children to Freeda and Ben Cook in Seymour, Missouri,...

Robin Lorene (Harris) Penaluna, age 39, of Ankeny, Iowa, died at home in her sleep on Friday the 7th of July 2017. A funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m., Friday July 14, 2017 at Memorial Services of Iowa funeral home, with burial to follow at An...

Herbert H. Petersen, 88 of Ankeny passed away July 5, 2017. A Memorial Service will be held 11:00 a.m., Saturday, July 15, 2017 at Memorial Services of Iowa funeral home (4208 N. Ankeny Blvd). A visitation will be held 1 hour prior to the service. ...

Jerry Lee Pritchard, 66, of Bondurant, passed away peacefully surrounded by family and friends on July 1, 2017. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m., Thursday, July 6th at Memorial Services of Iowa funeral home (4208 N Ankeny Blvd). A visitatio...

Evelyn M. McClure, 82, of Ankeny passed away June 29, 2017. Funeral Services will be held 11:00 a.m., Saturday July 1, 2017 at Resurrection Lutheran Church in Ankeny. A visitation will be held 1 hour prior to the service. Evelyn worked at Mercy H...

John Peter "Pete" Hieronimus, 85, died on Saturday, June 17, 2017 at home in Bella Vista, Arkansas. Born to Henry G. and Charlotte V. (Smith) Hieronimus in Chicago on September 2, 1931, Pete spent his childhood on the south side of Chicago. Pete at...

Cheryl Lynn (Tabor) Lillegraven, 53, of Johnston passed away June 17, 2017. A visitation will be held 5 – 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at New Hope United Methodist Church (4525 Beaver Ave, Dsm, IA). A memorial service will be held 10:30 a.m....

Tyler Jon Smyth, 35, of Ankeny passed away June 14, 2017. A Celebration of Life Gathering will be held at a later date. Tyler was born on June 12, 1982 in Des Moines, Iowa to Richard Craig Smyth and Patricia Lynn (Oberender) Pirtle. Tyler grew up l...

Cletus Edmund Chicoine, 82, of Ankeny, passed away June 8, 2017 at his home of Lung Cancer. A Funeral Mass will be held 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at Our Lady's Immaculate Heart Catholic Church. A visitation will be held 5 – 7:00 p.m., Mon...

Robert L. Landers, 93 of Ankeny passed away June 3, 2017. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, June 7th at Resurrection Lutheran Church (914 N W Ash Drive). A visitation will be held 7 – 8 p.m., June 6th at Memorial Services of Io...

Audrey Rosabel Kettelson was born in Meeting Creek, Alberta Canada on December 15, 1934. She left this world May 25, 2017 in Ankeny, Iowa. Audrey was the youngest of 13, born to Peter A. Kettelson and Lilian F. Raycraft. As a child the family mov...

Maxine Minnie McCombs, 91, passed away on May 21, 2017 of natural causes at Urbandale Healthcare Center surrounded by her loving family. Visitation will be held Tuesday May 23, 2017 from 5 - 7:00 p.m., at Ankeny Memorial Funeral Home. Funeral servi...

Mark Kubik, 51, of Ankeny passed away unexpectedly May 17, 2017. A celebration of his life will be held 3 – 6:00 p.m., Monday, May 22, 2017 at Memorial Services of Iowa funeral home (4208 N Ankeny Blvd). Mark was born February 25, 1966 in Marsh...

LaNida Severidt, 95, of State Center, Iowa, passed away May 10, 2017, at the Madrid Home for the Aging, Madrid, Iowa. A visitation will be held 4 – 6:00 p.m., Sunday, May 14, 2017 at Memorial Services of Iowa funeral home (4208 N Ankeny Blvd). Fu...

Norma Jean Duvall Mitchell, 79, of Altoona, passed away Tuesday, May 9. She was born August 30, 1937 to Virgil and Mary Pearson Harrison. Norma had three children from her first marriage to Robert Duvall, Sr.; Robert Duvall, Jr. (Elaine) of Cedar Rap...

Leo Walter, infant son of Steven and Sarah Walter became an angel in Heaven on Sunday, April 30, 2017. A funeral service will be held on Friday, May 5, 2017 at Lutheran Church of Hope-Ankeny, located at 520 NW 36th St., Ankeny, Iowa, at 10:30am. All ...

Patricia (Pat) Harris was born December 21st, 1931 to Gus C. Gustafson and Vivian Viola Gustafson. She graduated from Rippey High School and married her high school sweetheart, Marvin (Spud) Harris September 5th, 1949. In younger days Pat and Spud...

Tom Diekema passed away on April 20 due to injuries sustained in a car accident. Visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00pm Friday, April 28 at Memorial Services of Iowa (4208 N. Ankeny Blvd). A Memorial service will be 10:30am Saturday April 29 at t...

Beverly Barber, 87, of Ankeny passed away April 19, 2017. Private family services will be held. Beverly was born March 26, 1930 in Des Moines Iowa. She is survived by her husband Gregory; four children, Gina (John ) Hale, Tony Lorenzano, Melody L...

Terry Lee Welch, 68, of Polk City died April 18, 2017 at Mercy Hospice in Johnston. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, April 26th at Memorial Services of Iowa funeral home (4208 N Ankeny Blvd). A visitation will be held 5 – 7:00 p.m....

Michael Dake, 48, of Ankeny, passed on Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at Taylor House Hospice in Des Moines, Iowa. A visitation will be Friday, April 21, 2017, 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. with memorial service following at 8:30 p.m. at Memorial Services of Iowa, 42...

Douglas Hamilton of Ankeny passed away at Mercy Hospice in Johnston on April 12th at the age of 70. He was the son of Lyle and Doris Hamilton. He graduated from Des Moines Technical High School and worked at John Deere Des Moines Works in Ankeny for ...

Dwaine "Bud" Schneider, 84, of Ankeny, IA, passed away at 12:02 PM on April 9, 2017, at Taylor House Hospice in Des Moines, IA. A Celebration of Life Ceremony will begin at 1:00 PM on Saturday, April 15, in the gymnasium at St. Luke's Catholic Ch...

Orville Eugene Carlson, 89, of Ankeny passed away April 8, 2017 at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines. A visitation will be held 5 -7:00 p.m., Thursday, April 13, 2017. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m., Friday, April 14, both at Memorial Services...

David Henry Long of Ankeny passed away April 6, 2017. The visitation will be Wednesday, April 12 from 1-3 PM, followed by a service at 3 PM and lunch at 4 PM -- all at Ankeny Memorial Funeral Home (4208 N. Ankeny Blvd.), Ankeny, IA. David was born Ma...