Obituaries

Jul 13, 2019

JEAN MARIE MELVIN

Jean Marie Melvin, 96, of Des Moines, IA, died July 13, 2019, at Wesley Acres Retirement Community in Des Moines.

Memorial services will be held in Des Moines and in Kansas City. The first will be in Des Moines on Friday, September 20, 10 am, at Wesley Acres. There will...

Jul 12, 2019

Services for Marvin DeGoey, 90, of Pleasantville, who passed away Friday, July 12, 2019, in Des Moines, will be held 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 17, at the Indianola First Baptist Church, burial will follow in the I.O.O.F. Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Indianola, IA

He is survived by his wife, Junella; children, Karla (Darrell) Labertew and Lyle (Reeca) DeGoey;...

Jul 11, 2019

A Memorial visitation for Kevin Glen Schnathorist, 55, of Lacona, who passed away Thursday, July 11, 2019, will be held  4 to 8 p.m., Thursday, July 18, at Overton Funeral Home, Indianola where family will be present from 5 to 8 p.m. to greet friends.

Kevin Glen Schnathorst was born August 11, 1963 in Des Moines Iowa...

Jul 10, 2019

JOHN "BILL" BABCOCK

Services for John "Bill" Babcock, 81, who passed away Wednesday, July 10, 2019, in Des Moines, will be held 10 a.m. Monday, July 15, at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church.  Cremation will follow services and inurnment of cremains will be held at a later date in the Bauer Cemetery, Lacona, IA

Jul 8, 2019

VERYL WICKETT

Services for Veryl David Wickett, 81, who passed away Monday, July 8, 2019, will be held 1:30 p.m., Monday, July 15, 2019, at the Indianola First Baptist Church with burial following in the Indianola I.O.O.F. Cemetery.

Veryl Wickett was born on September 16th, 1937, in Osceola, Iowa, the 4th born son...

Jul 7, 2019

Services for Dale Francis Nicholls, 97, who passed away Sunday, July 7, 2019, at home, will be held 6:30 p.m., Thursday, July 11, 2019, at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola with military graveside services to be held at 9:30 a.m., Friday, July 12 in the Palmyra Cemetery.

Dale grew up in Warren County, IA on the Family...

Jul 6, 2019

Ricky Lynn Young (Rick), 68, of Des Moines, Iowa, was born May 15, 1951 to Ivan and JoAnn (Aubert) Young in Indianola. Rick passed away July 6, 2019 at Methodist Hospital in Des Moines.

Rick married Deborah Johnson in 1974, and to this union was born a daughter, Christina Lynn. In 1989, he married Caryn (Freeman) Tompkins....

Jul 6, 2019

ROBERT C. RAUENHORST

Services for Robert Charles Rauenhorst, 87, of Indianola, who passed away Saturday, July 6, 2019, at home, will be held 9 a.m. Thursday, July 11, 2019, at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola will burial with military rites at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Iowa Veterans Cemetery, Adel, IA.

He is...

Jul 5, 2019

PATRICIA MAE VERMACE

Services for Patricia Mae Vermace, 64, of Indianola, who passed away Friday, July 5, 2019 under hospice care at the Indianola Good Samaritan Society Nursing Home, will be held 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, July 10, at the Indianola First United Methodist Church with burial following in the Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Des...

Jul 4, 2019

Services for Maxine Martens, 102, who passed away Thursday, July 4, 2019 in Indianola, will be held 11 a.m., Friday, July 12, 2019, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Martensdale with burial following in the Linn Grove Cemetery, rural Norwalk, IA.

She is survived by her son, Michael Martens; brother, Joe (Roberta) Hayworth; many nieces and nephews...

Jun 30, 2019

A visitation for Larry Dean Turner, Jr., 84, of Indianola, who passed away June 30, 2019, will be held 4 to 7 p.m., Friday, July 5 at Overton Funeral Home, Indianola.  Private interment of cremains will be held at a later date.

Lawrence Dean Turner, Jr. was born on May 2, 1935, to Vera and Lawrence Turner...

Jun 30, 2019

JACOB HIGGINS

On June 30, 2019 Jacob Elam Higgins, 84 years of age of Milo, IA was reunited with his loving wife, as he was surrounded by family.

Jacob was born in Summerset, IA on June 13, 1935 to Jacob and Lucile Higgins.  He was the middle child of 5, to-wit, Ethel, Opal,...

Jun 28, 2019

DIANE IRENE KING

Indianola

Diane Irene King passed away quietly Friday afternoon, June 28 after an eleven year battle with transverse myelitis. The daughter of Clayton and Ardith McCall, she was born in massona, IA on June 27, 1947 and grew up on the family farm southeast of Bridgewater.

Starting from...

Jun 27, 2019

VERNON EUGENE WILSON

Vernon Eugene Wilson of Des Moines, formerly of Indianola passed away Thursday, June 27, 2019. At his request there will be no services. Burial of cremains will take place in the New Virginia Cemetery at a later date.

Donations may be made in his name to the Warren County Historical...

Jun 26, 2019

Services for Ronald Dean Benge, 72, who passed away Wednesday, June 26, 2019 in Des Moines, will be held 2 p.m. Monday, July 1, 2019, at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola with burial following in the Liberty Cemetery, rural Clark County, IA.

He is survived by his children, Raymond Oldsen, Joan Vech, April Oldsen, Joyce (Ben) Gott,...

Jun 24, 2019

BRANDI BISHOP

Funeral services for Brandi Lynn Bishop, 29, of Hartford,IA, who passed away Monday, June 24, 2019 in Iowa City, will be held 10:30 a.m., Friday, June 28, 2019, at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola, with burial following in the Hartford Cemetery, Hartford.

She is survived by her sibling, Richard (Kirsten) Bishop;...

Jun 24, 2019

CHARLES De Vore Jr.

Charles (Chuck) De Vore Jr. was born March 18, 1941, in Des Moines, Iowa and passed away June 24, 2019 in Des Moines. He was the only son of C. Allen and Evelyn De Vore. He lived nearly all of his life in Indianola, Iowa with a short amount of time...

Jun 22, 2019

JAMES ARCHIBOLD

Indianola

James D. Archibold died Saturday, June 22, 2019 at MercyOne Medical Center. Visitation will be held 4 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, June 26 at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola with family present from 6 to 8 p.m.  Private burial of cremains with be at a later date.

Jim...

Jun 21, 2019

Maxine LaVera Runyan was born to Clarence and Vera Herold July 12, 1928 near Lacona IA.  She went to be with her savior on  Friday, June 21, 2019, after a long battle with Alzheimers.

Maxine married Stanley Runyan December 7, 1947 and lived near Milo for a few years and later moved to Indianola to farm for...

Jun 20, 2019

LARRY CHURCH

It is with a heavy heart and great sadness that we announce the passing of Larry Dean Church, loving husband to Mary Barbara of 51 years, devoted father to Jacqueline (fiancé John) and Angela Church and cherished Papa to Anthony, Reece and William. He passed away on June 20, 2019.

Born...