Hamilton High School Iowa Alumni Obituaries

Beloved husband and father Rodney Ray Gary 60 of Nixa Missouri passed away April 15 2025 on a beach in Aruba. He always said the beach is where he belonged and God apparently agreed. His wife of 21 years Kristy Polete was right by his side. Their journey of love and adventure began when Kristy was h...

Everett Rice Keith Jr 73 of Platte City Missouri formerly of Memphis Missouri has gone to the baseball park in the sky. Endless strikes hotdogs and beer. Junior passed away Tuesday evening November 11 2025 at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City Kansas. Everett was born on September 16 1952 in Bloom...

Melinda Rae "Mindy" Henley 68 of Hamilton Missouri passed away on November 23 2025 at North Kansas City Hospital from cancer and other health complications. She was born August 8 1957 in Hamburg Iowa to Lelah Mae Meredith Clapper and Donald Glen Clapper. She was the middle child of three siblings an...

Donald L. Hermsen 84 of Epworth Iowa passed away Monday January 19 2026 due to complications from the flu at Accura Health Care in Cascade Iowa surrounded by his family. Visitation for Don will be held from 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday January 22 2026 at the Reiff Funeral Home in Epworth Iowa where a prayer...

Ronald Steven Wheeler, 78, of Jewell passed away peacefully on January 13th at Bethany Life in Story City, following a brief illness. Funeral services will be Monday January 19th at 10:30 am at Bethesda Lutheran Church in Jewell. Burial will follow in the Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation will be Mo...

Betty Jane Eggland was born to Selma and James Zavoral in Glencoe, Minnesota on May 24, 1926. She was raised by her mother and grandmother and actively assisted with gardening, canning and raising chickens. After graduating from Glencoe High School, she enrolled at Iowa State College majoring in D...

Alvin Al H. Goren beloved husband dedicated father cherished grandfather and devoted friend passed away on December 24 2025 at the age of 76. He was born in Brooklyn New York and adopted by his loving parents Shirley and Max Goren who raised him alongside his sister Rochelle. In 1967 Al graduated fr...