Marilyn J. Carpenter
Nov 3, 2007
Graveside Memorial services for Marilyn J. Carpenter, 75, who died Saturday, November 3, 2007 at Taylor House Hospice in east Des Moines will be held at a later date in the Resthaven Cemetery in West Des Moines. Marilyn was born in Lucas, Iowa and had lived in Indianola for the past 15 years, previously living in Nacogdoches, TX 6 years,...
Roy E. Brown
Nov 2, 2007
Roy E. Brown, 76, went home to be with his Savior on Friday, November 2, 2007. Services will be held 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, November 6 at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Indianola. Burial will be in the I.O.O.F. Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
Roy was born in Earlham, Iowa and served in the United States Navy. He was employed for 25...
Norma M. Breese
Nov 2, 2007
Funeral services for Norma M. Breese, 74, who passed away at Kavanagh House in Des Moines on November 2, 2007 from complications of cancer, will be 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, October 7 at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola. Cremation will follow services and burial of cremains will be at a later date in the Sandyville Cemetery.
Norma was born in...
Ed M. Brown
Nov 1, 2007
Ed M. Brown, 41, passed away Thursday, November 1 in his home.  Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m., Monday, November 5, 2007 at the 1st Assembly of God Church in Indianola. Internment will be at Mt. Tabor Cemetery, rural Warren County, Iowa.
Ed was born in Des Moines, Iowa and worked for Electric Pump in Des Moines as...
Grace L. Gideon
Oct 30, 2007
Funeral services for Grace L. Gideon, 93, who died Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, IA, will be held 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, November 6, 2007 at the Norwalk United Methodist Church of which she was a member. Burial will follow in the Norwalk Cemetery.
Grace was born in rural Warren County and was united in...
Ruth E. Thacker
Oct 30, 2007
Ruth Evelyn Thacker, 92, died Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at the Westview Care Center in Indianola. Ruth was born February 20, 1915, to Thomas and Ida Randa in Cylinder, Iowa. Following the death of her mother, Ruth was raised by an aunt and uncle speaking only Norwegian until she attended grade school. Ruth married Richard E. Thacker on May 15,...
Roger A. Keeney
Oct 29, 2007
Memorial services for Roger Alva Keeney, 57, of Milo, who passed away peacefully Monday, October 29, 2007 at home after a short illness, will be held 1:30 p.m., Saturday, November 3, 2007 at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola. Burial of cremains will follow in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Indianola. Roger was born March 19, 1950 to Silas George and Eureta...
Laurence H. Wiegert
Oct 28, 2007
Visitation for Laurence H. Wiegert, 77, who died Sunday, October 28, 2007, will be held 5 – 8:00 p.m. Thursday, November 1, 2007 at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola. Inurnment of cremains will be held at a later date in the Resthaven Cemetery in West Des Moines, IA.
Laurence was born in Ft. Dodge, IA and farmed in northern...
Richard Garity
Oct 27, 2007
Services for Richard "Dick" Garity, 61, who passed away Saturday, October 27 at home, will be held 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, October 31 at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola. Burial will follow in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Bereavements can be sent to Overton Funeral Home, 501 West Ashland Avenue, Indianola, Iowa 50125. No monetary gifts please.
Richard Gordon Garity, son of...
Betty M. Saint
Oct 26, 2007
Services for Betty M. Saint, 71, who died Friday, October 26, 2007 at home, will be held 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, October 30 at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola. Burial will follow in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Betty was born in Bono, Arkansas and had lived in Indianola since 1971. She worked for the Indianola Good Samaritan Center from 1998 –...
Roger B. Williams
Oct 26, 2007
"Take his character all together, and we shall not look upon his like again." – William Shakespeare Services for Roger B. Williams, 92, of Indianola, Iowa, who passed away Friday, October 26, 2007 at the Indianola Good Samaritan Center will be held 11:00 a.m., Thursday, November 1, 2007 at the Pleasantville Church of Christ. Visitation will be held at the...
Elda L. Fry
Oct 23, 2007
Services for Elda Louise Fry, 76, who died Tuesday, October 23, 2007 at Regency Care Center in Norwalk, will be held 2:00 p.m., Friday, October 26 at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola. Burial will follow in the Bethel Chapel Cemetery, Clarke County, IA. Survivors include her daughters, Alecia Fry of Des Moines and Vickie (Fred) Wickett of New Virginia; 3...
Earl H. Brennan, Jr.
Oct 22, 2007
Funeral services for Earl H. Brennan, Jr., 58 who went to be with the Lord, Monday, October 22, 2007 at Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Des Moines, will be held 10:30 a.m., Friday, October 26 at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Indianola, of which he was a member. Burial will follow in the I.O.O.F. Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
Earl...
Ruby Dolores Essick
Oct 22, 2007
Ruby Dolores Burks Essick fell asleep in the Lord on Monday, October 22, 2007 at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines following a courageous battle with lung cancer. Services will be held 10:30 a.m., Thursday, October 25 at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola with burial following in the I.O.O.F. Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Dolores was born November 5, 1955 to John and...
Rupert J. Pfaff
Oct 17, 2007
Services for Rupert J. Pfaff, 90, who passed away Wednesday, October 17, 2007, will be 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, October 23, at Overton Funeral Home, Indianola with burial following in the Liberty Center Cemetery.
He was born in Westover, SD and graduated from Chariton High School. He was an over the road trucker for over 45 years and a member...
Kay Moss
Oct 17, 2007
Services for Kay Moss, 64, who passed away Wednesday, October 17, 2007, peacefully at home, will be 1:30 p.m., Monday, October 22 at Overton Funeral Home, Indianola with burial following in the Altoona Cemetery. Survivors include her husband, Michael; children, Jodie (Dave West) Benevitae, Kevin (Lori) Auten and Angie (Mitchell) Hennigar; stepsons, Darren Moss and Danny (Allison) Moss; 7 grandchildren;...
Joan E. Guy
Oct 15, 2007
Memorial services for the celebration of the life of Joan Eleanor Guy, 78, who died Monday, October 15, 2007 in the Hospice Room of the Knoxville Hospital, will be held 10:00 a.m. Saturday, October 20, at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola with burial of cremains following in the Milo I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Mrs. Guy was born on August 11, 1929...
Sheila E. Schuster
Oct 14, 2007
Sheila Elizabeth Schuster passed away Sunday, October 14, three days shy of her 49th birthday. Sheila was diagnosed with stage four non-hodgkins mantle cell lymphoma in 1997. Her theory was if 98% of the people die from this, someone has to be in the 2%. And that's exactly what she did for ten years. Sheila not only survived but truly...
