Obituaries

Oct 4, 2020

Catholic Mass for Robert F. Bell, 68, who passed away Sunday, October 4, 2020, will be held 10 a.m., Friday, October 9, 2020 at Church of Assumption, Churchville, IA. Burial will follow in the Calvary Cemetery, Churchville. Family requests that all in attendance please wear a face mask. For those unable to attend, services will be recorded and uploaded...

Oct 4, 2020

Graveside services for Shirley Mae Alexander, 88, who passed away Sunday, October 4, 2020, will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, October 10, 2020, in the Webb Cemetery, rural Norwalk.

Shirley was born December 8, 1931, in Webster City, IA to Herman and Velma Rethman.  They moved to the Norwalk area when she was a young girl and...

Oct 1, 2020

Graveside services for Richard Pool, 86, who passed away Thursday, October 1, 2020, at home, will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday, October 6, 2020, in the Norwalk Cemetery.  Visitation will be held from 11 to 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola.

Carl Richard Pool was born in Warren County,...

Sep 30, 2020

Graveside services for Betty Jean Milligan who passed away on Wednesday, September 30, 2020 in Winterset, IA will be held 2 p.m., Wednesday, October 7, 2020 in the IOOF Cemetery, Indianola. Visitation will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Overton Funeral Home prior to services.

Betty Jean Barcus was born to Virgil and Florence...

Sep 26, 2020

Ramona McKee passed away on Saturday, September 26, 2020 at Scottish Rite Park in Des Moines, Iowa.  She was 91 years old.  Celebration of life services will be held at a later date.

Ramona Mariam Swenson was born in rural Story County, Iowa on March 18, 1929.  Until going to college, she lived on farms outside Roland,...

Sep 25, 2020

Darin Gregory Hraha passed away on Friday, September 25, 2020 in Des Moines, IA. A Celebration of life visitation will be held 3 to 8 p.m., Monday, October 5, 2020 at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola, where family will be present from 5 to 8 p.m.

Darin was born July 21, 1977 to Greg and Sheila (Lash)...

Sep 24, 2020

Funeral services for Elna Marie Bricker, 107, of Indianola, who passed away Thursday, September 24, 2020, in Indianola, will be held 1:30 p.m., Monday, September 28, 2020 at Overton Funeral Home with burial following in the Indianola I.O.O.F. Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

Celebrating the life of Elna Adamson Bricker, born November 11th, 1912 in Des Moines, Iowa to...

Sep 21, 2020

Update: A graveside service and interment of ashes for Russell and Mary Long will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, July 30, 2021 at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Indianola.

Mary S. Long, 94, passed away Monday, September 21, 2020 in Indianola.  Mary, the daughter of A.J.  and Ellen Marie (Rockwell) Moffitt, was born August 21, 1926 on the...

Sep 19, 2020

Family services for Norma Jean Clatt, 87, who passed away Saturday, September 19, 2020, at home, will be held Friday, September 25, 2020.  Friends may join the family on Norma's obituary page of Overton Funeral Home's website beginning at 10:30 a.m.  Burial will follow in the Indianola I.O.O.F. Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

Norma Jean was born July 9,...

Sep 18, 2020

Services for Henrietta Louise Huss, 95, who passed away Friday, September 18, 2020, in Des Moines, IA, will be held 2:30 p.m., Tuesday, September 22, 2020, at the Martensdale Community Church, Martensdale, IA.  Burial will follow in the Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Des Moines.

She fell in love at first sight with her husband Fred Huss at...

Sep 16, 2020

Graveside services for Ronald James Webb, 78, who passed away Wednesday, September 16, 2020, at home, will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday, September 23, 2020, at the Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.

Ron was born May 2, 1942 in Albany, MO. to Clarence Herman and Lucille (Marshall) Webb.  He graduated from High School and entered the United...

Sep 15, 2020

A memorial service for Sherry Ann Catron, 74, of Indianola, who was received by the Father on September 15, 2020, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, September 19 at Overton Funeral Home, Indianola.  A visitation will be held one hour prior to services at the funeral home. You may join the family for Sherry's service via livestream on...

Sep 14, 2020

Catherine Ann Jacobs (Bence), 70, of Altoona, passed away Monday, September 14, 2020, at Park Ridge Specialty Care in Altoona.

Catherine is survived by her children, Andrew Jacobs, Wendy (Mike) Gifford, Dwayne (Lisa) Clark, Tanya (Charlie) Viles; grandchildren, Bryon, Craig, Hallie, Zachary, Zane, Brandon, Sadie, Jarrod, Wesley, Kaleb; 7 great-grandchildren; siblings; many nieces and nephews. She is...

Sep 12, 2020

Marlene Kay Nordhagen, 81, of Indianola, Iowa, passed away Saturday, September 12, 2020, surrounded by her children.  Private family services will be held with services recorded and posted to the website.

Marlene was born February 18, 1939, in Des Moines, Iowa, to Charles and Mildred Kienast.  She attended North High School, and following graduation, completed her training...

Sep 10, 2020

Susan (Sue) Lee Stallman, 74, of Atkins, Iowa, passed away at home, on Thursday, September 10, 2020, after a courageous battle with cancer.

Born May 31, 1946, in Mason City, Iowa, to LeRoy and Florence (Venechuk) Miller, Sue graduated from Clear Lake High School in 1964 and moved to Cedar Rapids in 1966. On October 24,1970, Susan...

Sep 9, 2020

Loren Ray Shaw, 87, passed away Wednesday, September 9, 2020 at Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines.  A celebration of his life will be held 1 p.m., Saturday, July 10, 2021 at the Trinity United Presbyterian Church in Indianola, IA.

Loren was born near Ottawa, Kansas, on December 10, 1932 to Robert Emmett and Velma May (Graves)...

Sep 5, 2020

JAMES WAYNE HOWERTON

A Funeral Mass for James Wayne Howerton, 70, of Lucas, IA, who passed away Saturday, September 5, 2020, in Des Moines, will be held 10 a.m., Tuesday, September 15, 2020, at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Indianola with burial following at 12:30 p.m. in the Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.  You may...

Sep 3, 2020

Donald Clarence Shelton, 73, passed away Thursday, September 3, 2020 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Des Moines.  No services are planned at this time.

Don was born March 31, 1947, in Ceylon, MN.  He graduated from Ceylon High School then attended mechanics school before entering the United States Army serving in Vietnam.

He was...

Sep 3, 2020

Linda Irene Laird was born November 18, 1939, the daughter of Marvin & Fonda (Robuck) Laird Growing up she and her family lived in various parts of Marion County Iowa, settling finally on a farmstead at Attica, Iowa. She had a brother Charles b. 1942 and a sister Susan b. 1947.

Linda was active...