Obituaries

Apr 18, 2023

On Tuesday, April 18, 2023, James Arthur "Art" Wright, 92, of Des Moines, was called home, to be reunited with the Lord and his loving wife. Graveside services, with Military Rites, will be held at 1:30 p.m., on Monday, April 24, 2023, in the Indianola I.O.O.F. Cemetery.

Art was born on April 8, 1931...

Apr 14, 2023

Celebration of Life Services for Amber Elizabeth Byler, 34, who passed away Friday, April 14, 2023 at home will be held 6 p.m., Friday, April 21, 2023 at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola. Visitation will be held 3 to 6 p.m. prior to service where family will be present to greet friends. Cremation will follow services with an inurnment...

Apr 11, 2023

A Celebration of Life Service for John Monroe, 76, who passed away Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at EveryStep Kavanagh Hospice House in Des Moines, IA due to complications from a stroke, will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, April 22, 2023 at the Indianola First United Methodist Church.  Visitation will be held prior to services from 9 to 11a.m. at...

Apr 9, 2023

Celebration of Life Services for Eva Grace "Gracie" Flynn, 94, of Indianola, formerly of Norwalk, who passed away Sunday, April 9, 2023, in Indianola, will be held 11 a.m., Saturday, April 15, 2023, at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola.  Visitation will be held prior to services from 10 to 11 a.m.  Inurnment of cremains will follow services in the...

Apr 8, 2023

Harold M. Hunt passed away Saturday, April 8, 2023 in Indianola. Graveside services with Military honors will be held 9 a.m., Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at Bethany Cemetery, Baxter, IA.

Harold graduated from Zephyrhills High School but spent part of his schooling in Baxter, IA. He enlisted in the United States Navy and after being discharged he...

Apr 8, 2023

A Memorial Mass for Otto Thomas Bussanmas, 82, of Bevington, will be held 10:30 a.m., Friday, April 14, 2023 at Shrine of The Assumption Catholic Church, Churchville with inurnment of cremains following in the Calvary Cemetery, Churchville.

Otto Thomas Bussanmas "Otto" was born to SJ (Jim) and Aletha (Leach) Bussanmas in 1941.  Otto departed this Earth on...

Mar 28, 2023

Patrick J. Flannery, 84, of Indianola, passed away Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at home.  No services are planned and inurnment of cremains will be in the Indianola I.O.O.F. Memorials Gardens Cemetery at a later date.

Pat is survived by his wife Janice of 67 years; children Vicki (Randy) Andrew, Jeff (Karen) Flannery, Cindy (Mark) McDonald, Bryan (Lynn)...

Mar 26, 2023

The force of nature that was Margaret Wood suddenly left us on Sunday afternoon, March 26, 2023, and we cannot picture life without her.

She was born in Corwith, Iowa, on October 18, 1936, the oldest of the six children of Art and Alice Kelch.  After Margaret came Eugene, Donna (Larry) Maher, Duane (Ruthann), Jerry (Enid Rosenthal),...

Mar 25, 2023

Diana Sue Harwood, 77, of Des Moines, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Saturday, March 25, 2023 at home in Des Moines. She was born June 12, 1945 in Indianola, IA. Visitation will be held 5 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at Overton Funeral Home. Interment will be held in the IOOF Cemetery.

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Mar 25, 2023

Rick Demory, 80, of Indianola, passed away Saturday, March 25, 2023 in Des Moines. Celebration of Life Visitation will be held 5 to 8 p.m., Thursday, March 30, 2023 at Overton Funeral Home. Inurnment will take place at a later date.

Rick was born in 1943 to Darlene and Ralph Demory. He enjoyed playing golf with his...

Mar 24, 2023

Susan Ann Rowland, 87, of Indianola, passed away Friday, March 24, 2023 at Westview Care Center.  Private family inurnment of cremains will be held at a later date in the Indianola I.O.O.F. Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

Sue was born April 1st, 1935 in Osceola, Iowa. She attended school in Osceola and graduated in 1953. She married Ronald Lee...

Mar 21, 2023

Charlotte Wilson was born April 8, 1937 at the Indianola Hospital to Pearl and Ellen (Coon) Wiley. She passed away Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at MercyOne Hospice in Johnston. A Celebration of Life will be held 3 p.m., Friday, March 24, 2023 at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service at the...

Mar 20, 2023

Doyle Rankin, 87, of Woodburn, Iowa, who passed away Monday, March 20, 2023 at Clarke County Hospital in Osceola, will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, March 24, 2023 at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Indianola. Inurnment will take place at Westlawn-Hillcrest Memorial, Omaha, Nebraska, at a later date.

Doyle Rankin lived his long and productive...

Mar 19, 2023

Services for Shirley Anne Andrew, 91, of Indianola, Iowa, who passed away Sunday, March 19, 2023, will be held 11 a.m., Thursday, March 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 one hour prior to services, at the funeral home.

Shirley Anne Andrew,...

Mar 17, 2023

Services for Carol Jean "Jeanie" Mowrer, 80, of Norwalk, who passed away Friday, March 17, 2023 in Perry, IA will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola.  The family will greet friends prior to services from 10 to 11 a.m. at the funeral home.  Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m....

Mar 13, 2023

Linda Lee Johnson, 76, passed away Sunday, March 13, 2023 at Indianola Good Samaritan Society. Inurnment will be held 10:30 a.m., Friday, April 7, 2023, in the Webb Cemetery.

She is survived by her sons, Donald Alexander, Timmie Alexander; sister, Jeanne; and many other famliy and friends. She is preceded in death by her husband, Donald Alexander;...

Mar 13, 2023

Memorial services for James Stuart Baier, 75, of Indianola, who passed away Monday, March 13, 2023 in Des Moines, will be held 12:30 p.m., April 1, 2023 at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Indianola.  Family will greet friends one hour prior to services from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the church.  Inurnment of cremains were held in the Iowa...

Mar 12, 2023

A lesson plan for a great life. Cheryl Lee Koch was born on April 11, 1955, in Sigourney, Iowa to Harold and Cathreen Grimm Coffman. She joined her sister Karen (Bill) Wadsworth and brother Richard (Barb) Coffman and was later joined by her brother Robert (Darlas Shockley) Coffman.

Cheryl attended English Valley High School where she graduated...

Mar 12, 2023

Marie Dorene Phillips, 58, passed away Sunday, March 12, 2023 at home in Indianola. Visitation will be held 9 to 11 a.m., Friday, March 17, at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola with burial following in the Sandyville Cemetery.

Marie was always keeping busy doing something. She loved shopping, playing games, fixing things, tie-dying clothes, but most of...

Mar 9, 2023

Funeral Mass for Carl E. Wilson, 82, of Marshalltown formerly of Indianola, who passed away Thursday, March 9, 2023 at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown, will be held 3 p.m., Friday, March 17, 2023 at Saint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 7075 Ashworth Rd, West Des Moines, IA 50266. Visitation will be held 1 p.m. to 3 p.m....