Obituaries

Bob Bell, 72, passed away Tuesday, April 4th, 2017 at Taylor House Hospice, with his family by his side. A memorial service will be 3:00 p.m., Sunday, April 9th, 2017 at Union Park Grace Fellowship, 832 Grandview Ave. Des Moines, IA. 50316. Bob...

Doris Arlene Nickel (95) of Cambridge, Iowa entered her eternal home on Friday, March 31, 2017 at Taylor House in Des Moines, Iowa. She was born October 15, 1921 in Stoughton, Wisconsin to Ray and Irene Champney. Doris graduated from Stoughton High S...

Norma I. Voogt, 91, of Ankeny passed away March 30, 2017. A visitation will be held Saturday, April 15 from 10 a.m. to noon at Memorial Services of Iowa funeral home (4208 N. Ankeny Blvd.). Norma was born on May 8, 1925, in Dumont, Iowa, to Frank ...

William (Bill) Ray Mason was born on September 22, 1928 in Des Moines, IA to Edward Clifton Mason and Hada Bell (Purdy) Mason. He grew up in rural Ankeny and graduated from Ankeny High School in 1946. He served in the army in Korea and was a corporal...

Randy Albaugh, 61, of Ankeny passed away March 23, 2017. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., April 1, 2017, at Memorial Services of Iowa funeral home (4208 N Ankeny Blvd) A visitation will be held 5 to 7:00 p.m., Friday, March 30th, also at the fu...

Donald E. Penquite, 87, of Ankeny IA went home to be with the Lord Sunday, March 19, 2017. Don was born on September 5, 1929, in Des Moines, IA. He graduated from Luther High School, Luther, IA in 1948 and served three years in the U.S. Army in Kor...

Reed was born on December 21, 1956 and passed away on Sunday, March 19, 2017. Reed was a resident of Grimes, Iowa....

Victor Bruce Freeman, 74, of Ankeny, Iowa passed away Friday, March 17th, 2017 at home. A visitation will be held 5 – 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 22nd at Memorial Services of Iowa funeral home (4208 N Ankeny Blvd). A prayer service will follow at...

Larry was born on September 5, 1929 and passed away on Thursday, March 16, 2017. Larry was a resident of Jefferson, Iowa....

Raymond Louis Christiansen, 86, of Ankeny passed away March 9, 2017. A celebration of his life will be held 11:00a.m., April 22, 2017 at Memorial Services of Iowa (4208 N. Ankeny Blvd). Ray was born September 16, 1930 in Denison, Iowa. He graduat...

Lois Imogene (Gray) Van Dorn passed away March 9, 2017. A visitation is set for Saturday, March 11th at 10:00 a.m. followed by a funeral service at 11:00 at Memorial Services of Iowa (4208 N Ankeny Blvd) Lois was born April 24, 1919 to Raymond...

Dale William Wagner died at Trinity Center on March 6, after years of battling Alzheimer's disease. He was born on February 9, 1938 at Burlington, IA, the son of Homer Dodge and Mildred Eunice (Helton) Wagner. He graduated from ISU with a degree in...

Dan Nash, 58 of Ankeny passed away March 2, 2017. A graveside service will be held 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at Ankeny Memorial Gardens. Dan was born March 24, 1958 in Des Moines. He grew up in Ankeny, and graduated from Ankeny High Sch...

Dale Eugene Stall, 89, of Ankeny passed away March 2, 2017. A Funeral Mass will be held 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at Our Lady's Immaculate Heart Catholic Church. A visitation will be held 1 hour prior to the service. Dale was born Sept. ...

Arlene Kay Edmondson, 76 of Ankeny passed away on February 24, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at Ankeny Presbyterian Church (317 S.E. Trilein Dr.). A visitation will be held 5 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, February ...

Raymond Eugene Yori, 87, passed away February 22, 2017. A funeral Mass will be 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, February 28, at Our Lady's Immaculate Heart Church in Ankeny. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. at the church Monday with a celebration of life following. ...

Richard L. Dickerson, 79, of Ankeny passed away February 20, 2017 at Mercy Hospice in Johnston. A visitation will be held 4 to 6:00 p.m., Sunday, February 26, 2017 at Memorial Services of Iowa chapel (4208 N Ankeny Blvd). A Funeral Mass will be hel...

Kenneth Owen Dory, 80, of Cambridge died February 7, 2017 at Bethany Life in Story City. Funeral Services will be held 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017 at Memorial Services of Iowa (4208 N Ankeny Blvd). A visitation will be held 5 to 7:00 p.m., ...

Paige Sterling, 52, danced her way into heaven on February 2, 2017. She was a graduate of Roosevelt High School and the University of Iowa. Paige was on the Iowa Pom Pon squad for three years and has and will always be a huge Iowa Hawkeye supporter...

Harold Eugene Dowden, 90, of Ankeny passed away February 2, 2017 after a brief illness at Mercy Hospital. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at Ankeny First United Methodist Church. A visitation will be held 5 t...

Kristyn "Kris" Gerhard, 48, of Yale passed away January 31, 2017. Funeral Services will be held 10:30 a.m., Saturday, February 4, 2017, at Timberline Church (4459 121st St, Urbandale). A visitation will be held 6 to 8:00 p.m., Friday Feb 3, also at...

Ronald Machir, 80, of Des Moines passed away January 25, 2017. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m., Saturday, January 28, 2017 at Memorial Services of Iowa funeral home (4208 N Ankeny Blvd). A visitation will be held 5 – 7:00 p.m., Friday, J...

Tim McCombs, 64 of Prairie City, passed away January 25, 2017. A visitation will be held 6 to 8:00 p.m., Friday, January 27, 2017 at Prairie City United Methodist Church, in Prairie City. A Memorial Service will be held 10:30 a.m., Saturday January...

Phillip Wagner, 30, passed away Jan. 14, 2017. A visitation will be held at All Saints Catholic Church in Des Moines from 5-7 pm on Tuesday, Jan. 17, with prayer service at 7:00. A funeral mass will be held at 10 am on Wed, Jan. 18, at All Saints ...

Ona Mae Machir, 77, of Des Moines passed away December 31, 2016. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m., Thursday, January 5, 2017 at Memorial Services of Iowa funeral home (4208 N Ankeny Blvd). A visitation will be held 5 – 7:00 p.m., Wednesda...