Obituaries

Jul 16, 2023

S. Maxine Lee, 97, of Indianola, passed away Sunday, July 16, 2023 at Windsor Manor in Indianola. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m., Friday, July 21 at Overton Funeral Home with visitation held 9:30 to 11 a.m., prior to service. Following services, Maxine has elected to make an anatomical gift to Des Moines University.

Maxine was...

Jul 15, 2023

Rita JoAnn Stalter, 76, of Indianola, Iowa, passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 15th at Westview Care Center with her daughters by her side.

Rita was born on November 1, 1946, to Irwin and Bernice (Alm) Reichert in Garner, Iowa.  She grew up in Britt and New Virginia, Iowa, with her brother Keith where their parents owned...

Jul 14, 2023

Donald "Allen" Stalter, 77, of Indianola, Iowa, passed away Friday, July 14, 2023 at home, after a short battle with melanoma.

Allen was born in Indianola, on April 3, 1946, to Donald C. and Frances (Broyles) Stalter.  He grew up in Liberty Center and New Virginia with his brother Michael and sister Shelley.  He helped his parents...

Jul 14, 2023

Judith Justine Avery, 82, passed away Friday, July 14, 2023 in Indianola, were held 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 18, 2023 in the Coal Ridge Church Cemetery, rural Marion County, Iowa.

Judy was born May 31, 1941 to Robert and Alice (Simmons) Avery.  She attended country schools in Marion County School System on May 19, 1955 and graduated...

Jul 9, 2023

John Paul Crouch was born February 27, 1932 in Des Moines, IA to Paul and Leona Crouch. He graduated from Lincoln High School in January of 1950. John achieved his goal of obtaining his law degree from Drake University in 1969. After serving in Korea, John returned home and married Phyllis Ransom Crouch in 1955. They raised two sons,...

Jul 6, 2023

Norma Frances Pugh was born on July 10, 1927 in Indianola, Iowa to the late George and Dorothea King. She was preceded in death by her husband (Marvin Leroy Pugh) and her brothers (Howard and Charles King).

On July 21, 1946, she and Marvin were married. Their marriage was blessed with two children, a son, Marvin Avery...

Jul 1, 2023

Patricia JoAnn Wilkinson, 93, of Indianola, passed away Saturday, July 1, 2023 at the Indianola Good Samaritan Society Nursing Home.  Private inurnment of cremains will be held at a later date in the Indianola I.O.O.F. Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

Pat is survived by her husband Lowell Wilkinson; children, Edward Wilkinson, Vickie (Donald) Coleman, Cathy Wilkinson-Christiansen, Shelley King, Greg...

Jun 30, 2023

Services for Douglas Eugene Dyer, 80, of Norwalk, will be held 10 a.m. Friday, July 7, 2023 at Overton Funeral Home with burial following in the Webb Cemetery, rural Norwalk.

Doug was born on August 7, 1942 to Olive and Ellsworth Dyer in Ottumwa, IA.  He grew up in Des Moines and enjoyed spending time with family...

Jun 29, 2023

Daisy Belle (Shutt) Jacobs, daughter of Walter Jefferson and Joanna Elvria (Daniel) Shutt, born on May 31, 1928, at their home in St. Charles, Iowa. Daisy passed June 29, 2023, at Norwalk Nursing and Rehab, at the age of 95.

Daisy attended school in both St. Charles and St. Marys, graduating from St. Charles in 1945. When...

Jun 26, 2023

Lyle Dean Fast, 85, of St. Charles, Iowa passed away Monday, June 26, 2023. He was born in Quincy, Illinois to Paul and Evelyn Fast. Lyle served in the United States Air Force as an Airplane Mechanic from 1960 to1966. He then went on to do various jobs before joining the Union as a Laborer. Lyle loved spending time...

Jun 25, 2023

Lois McPherson-Enga, 77, of Indianola, passed away Sunday, June 25, 2023 at MercyOne Medical Center in Des Moines.  Lois was born in Stockton, MO and moved to Indianola with her family where she graduated from Indianola High School.  She married Bill and with this marriage had two daughters.

She enjoyed selling real estate and continued that career...

Jun 24, 2023

Funeral services for Lona Marie Ehlers, 50, of Indianola, Iowa, who passed away Saturday, June 24, 2023 in Wisconsin, will be held 2 p.m., Thursday, June 29, 2023 at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola, with burial following in the St. Marys Cemetery, St. Marys.  Visitation will be held prior to services from 1 to 2 p.m., at the funeral...

Jun 23, 2023

Robert (Bob) Swanberg, 83, passed away Friday, June 23, 2023, at Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa. Services will be held 11 a.m, Friday, June 30, 2023, at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola.  The visitation will be held prior to services from 9 to 11 a.m., at the funeral home.  Cremation will follow services, with inurnment of cremains to...

Jun 23, 2023

I decided it better to write my own obituary so that the facts are correct.  Cindy (Cynthia) Turkle, fought the critter (her cancer) until I couldn't kick it down the road.  Born in the cold Iowa winter of January 1951, I proved to be a tenuous fighter though out my life.  I wanted to prove to my brothers that...

Jun 23, 2023

Services for Paige Marie Clark, 29, of New Virginia, Iowa, who passed away Friday, June 23, 2023, will be held 10:30 a.m., Monday, July 3, 2023 at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola, with burial following in the Indianola I.O.O.F. Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

Visitation will be held 3 to 7 p.m., Sunday, July 2, at Overton Funeral Home....

Jun 23, 2023

Carol "Sue" Douglas, daughter of Harold and Ellora (Garrison) Hypes was born December 18, 1946, in Indianola, Iowa and passed suddenly from this life Friday, June 23, 2023, at the age of 76 years old.

Sue grew up and attended school in Indianola, later receiving her GED.  As a child she enjoyed roller skating, going to movies,...

Jun 18, 2023

Kenneth Karl Lehmkuhl, formerly of Indianola, Iowa, passed away June 18, 2023 in Eden Prairie, Minnesota where he lived recently, close to daughter, Barbara Puegner and her family.

Ken was born October 19, 1930 on Hunky Dory Farm, near Roanoke Missouri, to Karl Christian Lehmkuhl and Juanita Elois (Humphrey) Lehmkuhl.  Ken's family moved from the Missouri farm...

Jun 18, 2023

Funeral services for Martin Edward Bown, 90, of Indianola, Iowa, who passed away Sunday, June 18, 2023 at Taylor House in Des Moines, will be held 2 p.m., Friday, June 23, 2023 at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola, with burial following in the Indianola I.O.O.F. Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be held prior to services from Noon to 2...

Jun 17, 2023

Graveside services for Norma Carolyn Goering, 98, of Indianola, Iowa, who passed away Saturday, June 17, 2023 at Shirlee's Retirement Home in Indianola, will be held 2:30 p.m., Thursday, June 22, 2023 in the IOOF Memorial Gardens Cemetery, in Indianola.

Iowa was having a brutal winter that particular year. It was an unbearably freezing February 16, 1925...

Jun 17, 2023

Funeral services for Shirley Anita Wolff-Eichner, 99, of Indianola, Iowa, who passed away Saturday, June 17, 2023 at Westview Care Center in Indianola, will be held 12 p.m., Thursday, June 22, 2023 at the First Assembly of God Church in Indianola. Visitation will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. prior to service. A Graveside service will be...