Patricia Joann Wilkinson
July 1, 2023
Patricia JoAnn Wilkinson, 93, of Indianola, passed away Saturday, July 1, 2023 at the Indianola Good Samaritan Society Nursing Home. Â 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...
Douglas Eugene Dyer
June 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. Â He grew up in Des Moines and enjoyed spending time with family...
Daisy Belle Jacobs
June 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...
Lyle Dean Fast
June 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...
Lois Evelyn Enga
June 25, 2023
Lois McPherson-Enga, 77, of Indianola, passed away Sunday, June 25, 2023 at MercyOne Medical Center in Des Moines. Â Lois was born in Stockton, MO and moved to Indianola with her family where she graduated from Indianola High School. Â She married Bill and with this marriage had two daughters.
She enjoyed selling real estate and continued that career...
Lona Marie Ehlers
June 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. Â Visitation will be held prior to services from 1 to 2 p.m., at the funeral...
Robert Oscar Swanberg
June 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. Â The visitation will be held prior to services from 9 to 11 a.m., at the funeral home. Â Cremation will follow services, with inurnment of cremains to...
Cynthia "Cindy" Turkle
June 23, 2023
I decided it better to write my own obituary so that the facts are correct. Â Cindy (Cynthia) Turkle, fought the critter (her cancer) until I couldn't kick it down the road. Â Born in the cold Iowa winter of January 1951, I proved to be a tenuous fighter though out my life. Â I wanted to prove to my brothers that...
Paige Marie Clark
June 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....
Sue Douglas
June 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. Â As a child she enjoyed roller skating, going to movies,...
Kenneth Karl Lehmkuhl
June 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. Â Ken's family moved from the Missouri farm...
Martin Edward Bown
June 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...
Norma Carolyn Goering
June 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...
Shirley Anita Wolff-Eichner
June 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...
Betty Ann Dales
June 16, 2023
Funeral services for Betty Ann Dales, 86, of Indianola, who passed away Friday, June 16, 2023 at home, will be held 12 p.m., Wednesday, June 21 at the First Assembly of God Church in Indianola with visitation held one hour prior to service. Burial will take place in the Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Van Meter, IA.
Betty is...
Jerry Lee Ripperger
June 13, 2023
Jerry Lee Ripperger, 75, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, with his wife Helen at his side.
Jerry was born in Indianola, Iowa, on October 2nd, 1947, and was the oldest of six children of Bernard and Leota Ripperger. His favorite childhood memories were camping, fishing, and ice skating, with his family. Â After...
Thomas Len Lull
June 10, 2023
Thomas Len Lull passed away on June 10, 2023 at his home in Martensdale surrounded by his loving family.
Born on January 30, 1951, Tom is survived by his wife Connie of 53 years, children, Angie, Brenda (Shawn) Gavin, and Ryan (Sonia), grandchildren, Lauren Gavin and Rachel Gavin, Naomi Lull, Caleb Lull; and brother, Gary (Diana) as...
Jonathan "Jon" Dean Wilbur Sr.
June 10, 2023
Jonathan Dean Wilbur was born in Des Moines, Iowa on October 14, 1946, He was adopted by Ross Taylor Wilbur and Elizabeth Reynolds Wilbur at about 6 months old. He joined his older sister Carolyn as the two children in their family. Elizabeth later passed and Ross married Helen Farley when Jon was around 12 years old. Jon was...
Dr. Richard Jerry Hunter
June 9, 2023
Dr. Richard Hunter, M.D., an always kind, dear, generous and sweet gentleman, passed away on June 9, 2023 at his home in Indianola, Iowa, with his family at his side. He was 92.
Richard was a healer his entire adult life and continued to practice medicine full time until he was 80 years old. He was also...
Pauline Kaye Ripperger
June 7, 2023
Pauline Kaye Ripperger, 85, of Indianola, passed away Wednesday, June, 7, 2023 at home.
Pauline Clinton Ripperger was born July 3, 1937 at Corydon, Iowa to Robert and Verla Clinton. She grew up and graduated from high school in Indianola, Iowa. Pauline loved music and dancing. She worked for Ellen Belle Dance Studios as a teenager, while...
