West High School Iowa Alumni Obituaries

Monita May Thorp Lank was born on September 17 1934 to Elda and Harry Thorp. She was a distant relative to the famous athlete Jim Thorpe. Monita had two older brothers Darrel and Don and two younger sisters Wilma and Jenny. Monita met Psych Lank at a gas station when she was 17 years old. They marri...

Edgar E Bantz 92 of Muscatine Iowa formerly of Galesburg died on Friday December 19 2025 at home. Ed was born August 15 1933 in Danville Illinois the son of Ford D. and Audrey Canaday Bantz. He married Helen M. Helander on November 3 1962 in Chicago. She preceded him in death on November 27 2018 aft...

    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...

Eldon Braxton Cook known to his family and close friends affectionately as Braxton 65 years old passed away on December 21 2025 at home in Belton Missouri with his wife of 42 years Jackie and family by his side. He was born on September 24 1960 in Aurora Missouri to Eldon and Claudia Cook. He was th...