Mark Alan Vetter, who was born on November 8, 1966 in DeWitt, Iowa to Tom and Margaret (Hamilton) Vetter, passed away at the age of 53 on Sunday, June 28, 2020 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa Visitation will be held Wednesday, July 1, 2020 from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Ernst Funeral Home, Waukee.  Masks are requested while attending visitation.  Private Funeral Services will be held at St. Boniface Catholic Church, Waukee.  Interment to follow at...

Donna Rae (Coe) Green, 77, passed away on June 27, 2020, at ManorCare Health Services in West Des Moines, Iowa, after a long battle with Parkinson's disease.  Visitation will be held Tuesday, July 7, 2020 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. and services will be held Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 10:00 a.m., both at Ernst Funeral Home, Waukee.  Donna's service will be lived streamed on Ernst Funeral & Cremation Services' Facebook Page...

Bonnie Jean Anderson, age 77, of Waukee, IA, received her final call peacefully on June 24th, 2020 from a long battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). Bonnie’s work here is done, with the call comes a huge sign-on bonus, a reunion with family and friends she has not seen in a long time, we are sure there is one hell of a poker game going on in which she is assuredly winning as long as Mo’s paying her ante. Her hands were rarely still, quilting and knitting were among her...

   William (Jim) James Hermann Jr. of Waukee, Iowa passed away at the age of 80 on June 24th.    Jim was born to the late William (Bill) and Kathryn (Kay) Hermann on May 19, 1940. Jim graduated from Waukee High School and attended Grandview University. Jim married Carolyn Burger and they spent 56 years together. Jim served in the Army and was stationed in Stuttgart, Germany. He worked for Sears Roebuck, retiring in 1999 after 40 years of service. During this time, Jim...

 Frances Prueitt died June 17, 2020 surrounded by family. She was born as Frances Ann Worth on July 15, 1930, daughter of Boyd and Stella Worth on their farm near Monroe, Iowa. The family along with her brothers, Robert and Wayne, raised and milked registered Jersey cattle. She was active in her church, basketball, 4-H and attended American Legion Auxiliary Girls State in 1947. She was educated in a one-room Union Valley school house and graduated from Monroe High School, where she was...

Vivian A. McCutcheon, who was born on September 29, 1931 in Clinton, IA, passed away at the age of 88 on Saturday, May 30, 2020 at MercyOne Medical Center in Des Moines, IA. Vivian was a wonderful mother and homemaker.  Raising four active children, she was always there to support them and anything they needed.  Throughout her life Vivian enjoyed traveling, participating in sports, playing cards, bingo, and going to casinos.  She will be greatly missed by her...

Lloyd Austin Royer, known to many as Babe, returned home to Jesus on the evening of May 27, 2020. Born August 5, 1941, in Phillip, South Dakota, Lloyd was raised on a farm north of town by parents Charles Lloyd and Steena (Helgeson) Royer. He attended a one-room schoolhouse and graduated from Phillip High School in 1959. Lloyd married the love of his life, Margaret Rosetta "Rosi" Fedderson on November 19th, 1960. Lloyd worked a long and productive career that began with jobs for...

Robert Dean Wilson, known to all as Bob, passed away on May 23, 2020 at the age of 67 years. Bob was born in Guthrie Center, Iowa on August 30, 1952, to Marion and Deloris Wilson.  Bob attended YJB Community Schools, graduating in 1970.  During his time at YJB, be began dating Carolyn Walker, who would become his wife of 47 years.  They had one son, Matthew, and one daughter, Andrea.  After high school, Bob earned an Associates Degree from DMACC.  Bob worked...

Helen Lorraine Lockwood, who was born to George and Edythe Wolf on February 21, 1928 in Algona, IA, passed away at the age of 92 on Saturday, May 23, 2020 at Taylor House in Des Moines, Iowa.  A visitation will be held Tuesday, May 26, 2020 from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Ernst Funeral Home (Social distancing measures will be in place.)  Helen's Funeral Service can be viewed at https://www.facebook.com/ernstfuneralcremation/videos/543858816206789/   A committal service...

   Lorraine M. Stone, who was born to Hans and Mae (Russell) Knutsen on April 9, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, passed away at the age of 91 on Saturday, May 23, 2020 in Dallas Center, Iowa.  A private service is planned at Ernst Funeral Home with interment to follow at the Waukee Cemetery.  Funeral Services may be live stream viewed at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 28, 2020 or viewed anytime thereafter at the Ernst Funeral & Cremation Services Facebook...