Obituaries
Obituaries
Laurence H. Wiegert
October 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
October 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
October 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
October 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
October 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.
October 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
October 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
October 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
October 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
October 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
October 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...
David Mcaninch
October 12, 2007
Services for David LeRoy McAninch, 57, who died Friday, October 12, 2007, will be held 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, October 16, 2007 at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola. Interment will follow in the I.O.O.F. Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
David was born in Des Moines and graduated from Indianola High School in 1968. He farmed and for the past 20 years had...
Ruth (Strable) Henson
October 11, 2007
Services for Ruth Henson, 93, of Prole, Iowa, who died Thursday, August 9, 2007 at The Village Health Center in Indianola, will be held 10:30 a.m., Monday, August 13 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Martensdale, with burial following in the St. Marys Cemetery.
Survivors include her son, Larry (Terri) Henson of Martensdale; daughters, Alberta (Roy) Seymour of Prole,...
Robert Babcock
October 11, 2007
Robert (Bob) Babcock, 74, died at home on Thursday, October 11, 2007. He was born at Lacona, IA to John and Ivah Babcock and graduated from Lacona High School in 1950. He served in the United States Navy from 1952 – 1956 and worked at Chumbley's Gas Station & L.P. Delivery for many years, retiring in 1996.
He was...
Harold L. Sheesley
October 11, 2007
Harold L. Sheesley, 81, of Altoona, formerly of Pleasantville, IA, passed away Thursday, October 11, 2007. Harold was born in Afton, IA and was a long time resident of Pleasantville. He was known for his mandolin playing and love of music.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Mabel; infant son; five sisters and five brothers.
...Virginia A. Broyles
October 7, 2007
Memorial services for Virginia Alice Broyles, 78, of Madison, AL, who died Sunday, October 7, 2007, after a long illness, will be held Saturday, October 13, at 10:30 a.m. at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola. Burial of cremains will follow in the IOOF Cemetery. Virginia was born in Warren County, Iowa where\\ she had lived most of her life. She...
Lawrence K. Jenkins
October 2, 2007
Services for Lawrence Keith Jenkins, 71, who died Monday, October 1, 2007, will be held 10:30 a.m., Friday, October 5 at the First Baptist Church in Indianola. Graveside services will be held 1:00 p.m., Friday, October 5 at the Moon Cemetery, Macksburg, Iowa. Larry was born in Independence, M., the son of Wilbur and Nellie Jenkins. He graduated from Cameron...
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