Obituaries

  • Associate Professor Emeritus Giles Fowler dies

    Giles Fowler, who taught at the Greenlee School from 1982-2002, died Nov. 3. A funeral will be held Saturday, Jan. 5 at 2 p.m. in Ames. It will be followed by a reception with refreshments at the church. There will also be a drinks and appetizer gathering the night before. See obituary for more details. Read More

  • Mia Guion

    Mia Guion, a spring 2017 advertising graduate of the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, died June 8, 2018. Mia tragically lost her life in… Read More

  • Robert Eugene Wilde

    Robert Wilde passed away in the spring of 2017. A proud WW II veteran, a 1949 ISU grad with a major in civil engineering… Read More

  • Teri May (Cleasby) Ochiltree

    Teri May (Cleasby) Ochiltree died suddenly of cardiac arrest at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames on April 8, 2017. Teri was born June 5,… Read More

  • William (Bill) H. Smith

    William (Bill) H. Smith passed away peacefully on June 4, 2017, at the La Posada-Mesilla Valley Hospice, in Las Cruces, NM. Bill was born on… Read More

  • William F. Moist

    William F. Moist, 99, passed away peacefully at Kavanagh House on Aug. 2, 2017. Born on June 27, 1918 in Ida Grove, Iowa, to John… Read More

  • Barbara J. McCracken

    Barbara J. McCracken, 92, of Downers Grove, IL and formerly Deerfield Retirement Community in Urbandale, died July 1, 2017. Barbara was born in Sioux City,… Read More

  • Rachel Patricia Kinley

    Rachel Patricia Kinley, 70, passed away on Aug. 22, 2017 at her home in West Des Moines. Pat was born Nov. 26, 2946 in Springfield,… Read More

  • John B. Anderson

    John B. Anderson, of West Des Moines (formerly Storm Lake), died June 7, 2017, at Edgewater Retirement Community. John Burroughs Anderson was born on… Read More

  • Don Nickerson

    Don Nickerson, the first African-American man to serve as U.S. attorney in Iowa, passed away Sept. 10. Nickerson was born on Aug. 24, 2951, on… Read More