Tuesday, April 30, 2013
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Martha Gray, 79, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, in her home surrounded by her family after a brave battle with cancer. Martha was born on November 3, 1933, in Des Moines, Iowa to Dr. George and Ola Rae (Cook) Marquis. She was a graduate of Roosevelt High School, attended Monmouth College where she was a Kappa Delta, and was a graduate of Broadlawns School of Nursing. Read More. The full obituary can be found on Memorial Services of Iowa website. For more information on posting obituaries, please email Ankeny Patch Local Editor Megan VerHelst at megan.verhelst@patch.com. Or post it directly to our announcements section.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
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Kent Wendell Hedges Sr., 74, of Ankeny, died on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at Taylor House Hospice in Des Moines. A visitation will be held at the First United Methodist Church in Ankeny on Thursday, April 4, from 5-7 p.m. with a prayer service at 7 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 6, at the Scranton United Methodist Church where friends may call from 9:30 a.m. until the time of service. The full obituary can be found on the Dahn & Woodhouse Funeral Home website. For more information on posting obituaries, please email Ankeny Patch Local Editor Megan VerHelst at megan.verhelst@patch.com. Or post it directly to our announcements section.
Monday, March 25, 2013
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Karen A. McCargar, 72, of Ankeny passed away on March 17, 2013, at Methodist Hospital in Des Moines. A Memorial Service was held on March 21 at Memorial Services of Iowa funeral home (4208 N. Ankeny Blvd.) Karen was born in Marshalltown, Iowa June 8, 1940. She grew up in State Center and graduated from State Center High School. See the full obituary on Memorial Services of Iowa's website. For more information on posting obituaries, please email Ankeny Patch Local Editor Megan VerHelst at megan.verhelst@patch.com. Or post it directly to our announcements section.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
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Barbara L. Rolison, 76, of Ankeny, passed away March 12, 2013. Rolison taught school in the Ankeny School system for 27 years. She was an integral part of creating the Garfield Reading Program, was a Golden Apple recipient, and influenced the lives of many young people. Services were held Saturday, March 16, at Memorial Services of Iowa. Rolison's full obituary can be read on Memorial Services of Iowa's website. For more information on posting obituaries, please email Ankeny Patch Local Editor Megan VerHelst at megan.verhelst@patch.com. Or post it directly to our announcements section.
Monday, March 11, 2013
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Tom Varilek, 53, Ankeny, died Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, at Mercy Hospice in Johnston. Funeral services were held March 2 at St. Leo Catholic Church, Tyndall, S.D. Burial was at St. Leo Catholic Cemetery, Tyndall. A celebration of his life is being planned in the Des Moines area. For details to this event email CelebratingTom@gmail.com. Read the full obituary at Goglin Funeral Home's website. For more information on posting obituaries, please email Ankeny Patch Local Editor Megan VerHelst at megan.verhelst@patch.com. Or post it directly to our announcements section.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
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Tuesday, February 26
Randolph Dean Sanford, 55, of Ankeny, died Feb. 18, 2013 due to complications stemming from prostate cancer. A memorial service will be held 5 p.m., Friday, March 1, at Memorial Services of Iowa funeral home, 4208 N. Ankeny Blvd. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Read the full obituary on Memorial Services of Iowa website. For more information on posting obituaries, please email Ankeny Patch Local Editor Megan VerHelst at megan.verhelst@patch.com. Or post it directly to our announcements section.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
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Victor J. Schima, 95, Ankeny, passed away on Feb. 12, 2013 at Sunny View Care Center. Funeral services were held Sunday, Feb. 17, and burial was at Ankeny Memorial Gardens. Victor is survived by wife Dorothy and daughter Margie, and numerous nieces and nephews. Read the full obituary on Ankeny Memorial Gardens website. Randie L. Bartleman, 67, of Ankeny, passed away peacefully in her sleep at her home on Thursday, Feb. 7, after a six-month graceful battle with cancer. Funeral services were held Saturday, Feb. 16, at 1 p.m. Burial followed at Union Cemetery in Polk City. Read the full obituary on the Ankeny Funeral Home website. Wanee Aaberg, 89, of Waukee -- after five years of suffering with Alzheimer 's disease -- succumbed to …
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Family, friends and the community gathered in Cedar Falls to celebrate the life and love of Elizabeth Collins, whose body was discovered with her cousin Lyric Cook-Morrissey after a search that lasted nearly five months.
Hope, not despair, was the theme of the night Thursday as the community gathered to bid farewell to one of its stolen children, Elizabeth Collins. Elizabeth, 8, was mourned not just by her family and friends, but by thousands of people who spent months searching and praying for her and her cousin, Lyric Cook-Morrissey, 10, after the two girls disappeared while riding their bikes one sunny July day. "It’s a celebration for her," Elizabeth's mother Heather Collins said as around 1,500 people filled Heartland Vineyard Church in Cedar Falls. Countless others watched the service live on the local and regional news. "I know she’ll be looking down on us, smiling and dancing along with us and singing." The "Life and Love of Elizabeth" ceremony …
Elizabeth Collins and her cousin Lyric Cook-Morrissey, of Evansdale, went missing July 13. Their bodies were recently discovered. A 'Life and Love Celebration' and visitation will be held for Elizabeth tonight.
A "Life and Love" service in honor of Elizabeth Collins is taking place in Cedar Falls tonight. Collins, 8, and her cousin, Lyric Cook-Morrissey, 10, of Evansdale, disappeared while riding their bikes near Meyers Lake July 13. Their bodies were discovered in a wooded area of Bremer County last week. Heartland Vineyard Church, at 405 Greenhill Road, Cedar Falls, will have a visitation and service for Elizabeth tonight, Dec. 13. The visitation is 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., with the service to begin at 7 p.m. The church also plans to offer a live stream of the funeral on its website. Other media outets, including KWWL and KCRG, are also planning live coverage. A service for Lyric will be held separately. Her mother, Misty Morrissey, grandmother …
Friday, January 27, 2012
Family, friends and Ankeny residents say goodbye to the 16-year-old Ankeny High School sophomore who passed away on Jan. 22.
Stories and secrets were shared during the emotional funeral of 16-year-old Joe Tourte on Friday. The Ankeny High School sophomore recently died from health complications while awaiting a heart transplant. Several hundred people filled the Ankeny First United Methodist Church, and an extra row had to be formed at the back of the building. Upon entering, mourners were greeted by a slideshow featuring images taken throughout Joe Tourte’s life. Joe as a baby (he weighed 8 lbs, 1 ½ oz.). Joe in a Superman costume. Joe underneath an igloo made from gallon milk jugs. Richard Blachford, Joe’s grandfather, spoke first during the service, sharing memories of his grandson. He described Joe as someone who was “friendly, he always wanted to wrap …
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Karen Brown
12:37 pm on Wednesday, March 27, 2013
So sorry for your loss she was my teacher and I to this day remember her so much as my favorite teacher....live in oklahoma now but just heard she passed again so sorry Karen Brown-owasso ok. more ›