West High School Iowa Alumni Obituaries

Jerry was born at Sadler Clinic in Merkel Texas to Clarence Ernest Horton and Edna Leona Skurlock Horton on December 13 1941. He went to school in Merkel and graduated from Merkel High School in 1959. He married Audra West Horton on August 16 1963 in the home of her parents George and Veda West. As ...

Jaqueline Jackie Lee Vangilder passed away on June 29 2024 surrounded by family at her home at Franke Tobey Jones Memory Care. She was 93 years old. Jackie was born on November 30 1930 in Sioux City Iowa to Vernon and Marguerite Anderson. She was born into the large extended Kinney family of Nebrask...

Raymond Alvin Six, 87, of West Concord, died Monday, December 29, 2025, at Benedictine Living Madonna Towers, Rochester, Minnesota.Ray was born August 5th, 1938, in Knoxville, Iowa, while his parents Harold Alvin Six and Mary Belle (Wright) Six were visiting his grandparents in Dallas and Melcher, I...

ObituaryKent Melvin HodgesMay 30, 1958 – January 26, 2026Kent Melvin Hodges, 67, passed away at the Wyoming Retirement Center on January 26, 2026. Kent was born on May 30, 1958 in Ripon, Wisconsin, the third child born to Wesley Curtis and Donna Joan (Armstrong) Hodges. He spent his early years in ...

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...

Shirley Alice Hollon, 95, of Kansas City, Missouri, entered eternal life peacefully on December 17th following a brief stay at the Northcare Hospice and Palliative Care in North Kansas City, Missouri.Shirley was the daughter on Clell and Eva Laura Poole born June 5, 1930 in Donnellson, Iowa.Shirley ...

Ronald Allen Miller 66 of Lancaster Missouri formerly of Oskaloosa Iowa passed away on Friday January 16 2026 at the Schuyler County Nursing Home in Queen City Missouri. The son of Jimmy Allen and Mary Kathryn Cook Miller he was born on May 16 1959 in Burlington Iowa. He was a 1977 graduate of the S...

    Shirley Marlene Hall, 81, of rural Novelty, Missouri, passed away Monday, September 22, 2025, at the LaBelle Manor in LaBelle, Missouri.    She was born in Des Moines, Iowa, on March 25, 1944, the daughter of William Lorenzo and Louise Marie Derscheid Paulsen.    Sh...

    Gerald Joseph Sharp, 96, of rural Edina, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, August 5, 2025, at the Good Samaritan Society in Ottumwa, Iowa.    Gerald was born on October 7, 1928, in Edina, Missouri, the son of David Francis and Carrie Frances Kruger Sharp.    He attende...

Michael “Mike” Braniff was born March 26, 1963, in Omaha, Nebraska, to Raymond and Kathleen (Farrell) Braniff. He passed away December 3, 2025, at Nebraska Medicine with his family at his side after battling cancer.Mike moved with his family from South Omaha to a farm west of Tekamah when he was 10 ...

Catherine Kay Davies age 75 Sabattus Maine formerly of Wayne Ohio passed away Friday Dec. 20 2013 in Lewiston Me. She was born on November 2 1938. In Ashland Ohio to late Harold Bixby and Marguerite Bixby Sowers. Kay married Jan M. Davies on November 28 1959 in Gibsonburg Ohio. Surviving Kay is her ...

Laura Ruth Laurie LaneReticker was born May 25 1926 in Manchester NH to Stoddard and Estella Hitchcock Lane. In 1929 they moved with Stoddard Lane Jr. Barbara and Mary Dana to Des Moines Iowa where Stoddard Lane was minister of Plymouth Congregational Church until his death a week before Laurie grad...

Robert Bob Boehm Messerli 94 of Edgar NE passed away January 10 2026 in Deshler NE. The son of Pauline and Edward Messerli was born on September 28 1931 in Council Bluffs IA. Bob was raised in lowa alongside his two brothers Edward and Howard and his sister Marian. He attended Underwood Consolidated...

Mr. Russell “Russ” Krull, age 75, of Alton, Iowa, passed away on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, at the Orange City Area Health System.A visitation with the family present will be held on Tuesday, January 27, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., at the American Reformed Church in Orange City, Iowa. A funeral s...

A time of visitation will be held from 4 7 pm Friday January 23 2026 at the River Community Church 3001 Muscatine Avenue Iowa City. Funeral Services will be held from 10 am till Noon Saturday January 24 2026 at the River Community Church 3001 Muscatine Avenue Iowa City IA 52240. Burial with Militar...

Ronald Henry Frederick passed away peacefully on January 5 2026 at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Iowa City Iowa. He was 74 years old. Ronald was born on October 8 1951 in Davenport Iowa. Ronald was the son of James and Phyllis Frederick ne Frick. He attended schools in Davenport and West Burlingt...

Elaine was born on August 3 1932 in Dorchester Massachusetts the daughter of the late James W. and Alice C. Elton. She was predeceased by her beloved husband Jim Hodgkins her brotherinlaw Ralph Amsden Jr. her nephew James Amsden and her greatgrandnieces Faith and Hope Colby. Elaine grew up in Hampto...

Ray L. Van Slyke of Grand Island formerly of Scotia passed away on Monday December 29 2025 at Primrose Retirement Community in Grand Island Nebraska at the age of 99. Ray Leland Van Slyke was born January 7 1926 in Valley County Nebraska to Floyd L. and Elvina Thomsen Van Slyke. He was raised on the...

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Cynthia Kaye Katherine Recker 80 of Duncansville PA unexpectedly on January 13 2026. Kaye graduated in 1963 from Newman Catholic High School in Mason City Iowa. She was married on June 18 1967 in West Lafayette Indiana and was the proud mother...

John R. Hendricks 81 of Franconia Township passed away peacefully at home on January 10 2026 after a long illness. He was the devoted husband of Karen Hendricks for 26 years. Born December 2 1944 in Quakertown he was the son of the late John L. and Pauline Barndt Hendricks. He graduated from Soudert...

Attorney David A. Howell 84 of North Abington Township passed away on January 5th at Geisinger Community Medical Center IC Unit. He is survived by his wife of 55 years Carol Armezzani Howell. Born in Scranton on October 9 1941 he was the son of the late Florence Kehrli and Esdras Howell of Clarks Su...

Janet Gms Whitney GreenOstby was born May 14 1954 in Waterloo Iowa to Charles Walter and Patricia Ann Chamber Whitney. After graduating from Waterloo West High School in 1972 she had three beautiful children Kelly Sarah and Adam. In 1980 Janet married Randy Ostby in Waterloo and shared 50 years of m...

Marion Marnie Hansen Larsen was born to parents Carl Peter and Clara Nielsen Hansen on September 6 1930 in Cedar Falls Iowa. She grew up as the youngest of three children on the family farm on the outskirts of Cedar Falls. Grades one through eight were held in a oneroom school house a mile from the ...

Evelyn Burns Shrout Sorrell 92 wife of Roy Sorrell passed into her heavenly home on November 14 2025. She was born on July 11 1933 the daughter of John Edward Shrout and Gladys West Shrout. Her life was full raising three sons on the Spencer Pike into successful separate careers in education broadca...

Don Alan Jenks 69 passed away on Wednesday December 17 2025 at his home surrounded by his family. Don was born December 25 1955 in Iowa City Iowa the son of Donald and Donna Vogel Jenks. He graduated from West Liberty High School in 1975. On March 26 1977 he was united in marriage to Helen Hines in ...

Ruth Audrey Kofoed commonly known as Audrey to her friends and family age 94 passed away on January 7 2026 at Crestview Specialty Care Center in West Branch. Audrey was born March 9 1931 in Iowa City to Lawrence and Mable Phelps Rummells. She graduated from West Branch High School in 1949. She atten...

John Charles Conley 65 of Tipton and formerly of West Branch passed away Thursday August 21 2025 at Harmony Nursing Home in Cedar Rapids. John was born September 16 1959 in Iowa City the son of Francis Joseph John and Mable Louise Peterman Conley. He graduated from West Branch High School in 1978 wh...

Carol Elaine Slach 95 passed away Friday October 31 2025 at the University of Iowa Downtown Campus in Iowa City. Funeral services will be held at 1100 A.M. Thursday November 6 2025 at the HendersonBarker Funeral Home in West Branch. Visitation will be Thursday from 1000 A.M. until service time at th...

The funeral services for Jerry will be livestreamed via Bethany Lutheran Church Facebook page and can be accessed using the link below. Stream will begin a few minutes before the 1030 Service Time. Jerry Lee Dodds 90 passed away Wednesday December 17 2025 at the Lone Tree Health Care Center in Lone ...

Joan Kay Gibson passed away quietly on November 9 2025 with her children at her bedside at Crestview Specialty Care Center in West Branch. Funeral services will be held at 1100 A.M. Thursday November 13 2025 at the United Methodist Church in West Branch. Visitation will be held from 400 to 700 P.M. ...