All Obituaries

Wiuca Wiuca passed away on Monday May 4th, 2020. Visitation will be held at Henderson's Highland Park Funeral Home on Thursday, May 21 from 10:00AM-5:00PM. Funeral Service will also be held at Henderson's on Friday May 22, 2020 at 12:00PM with burial to follow at Orlabor Cemetery. 

Andre Handley passed away on May 11, 2020. Private services will be held on Saturday, May 16, 2020, at Henderson's Highland Park Funeral Home at 1:00 p.m. Henderson's will be live streaming the services to our Facebook page so that the general public will be able to attend virtually. Check back for more information 

Akakecha Amnobe  was born January 1, 1931 in DRC Congo, to  Iyungu Yamba and Nabotoka Alubenga.  Preceded in death by her parents Iyungu Yamba and Nabotoka Alubenga. Husband Iyungu and daugther Mauwa.  She leave to cherished Cheldrea, Ekyoci, Riziki, Nesterine and Iyungu. Twenty nine grandchildren and twenty great grand and a host of extended family and friends. 

Mr. Michael Dyer passed away on 4/23/2020. Homegoing services will be held at 11 am  Friday May 8, 2020 at  Henderson's Funeral Home. Interment to follow at Glendale Cemetery.   Michael Anthony Dyer was born January 20, 1962 in New Haven, Connecticut to Armand Gray Dyer, Sr. and Rosemary Freeman Dyer.  At a young age he relocated with his family to Des Moines, Iowa.  He graduated from North High School after attending Greenwood and Saint John’s...

Wayne Barker passed away on April 28, 2020. Visitation will be held from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 7, 2020, at Henderson's Highland Park Funeral Home. Private family services will follow the visitation at 11:00 a.m.  (Due to the current mandate on public gatherings, no more than 10 individuals will be allowed in the funeral home at a time.) The funeral service will be live streamed on the Henderson's Highland Park Funeral Home facebook page so that others will...

Pearl VanDever passed away on April 25, 2020. A visitation will be held at Henderson's Highland Park Funeral Home on Friday, May 1, 2020 from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. at Henderson's Highland Park Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Glendale cemetery. Check back for updated information and a completed obituary. 

Abdullahi Sharif passed away on Saturday May 2, 2020. Private services were held on Monday May 4, 2020. Please keep the family in your prayers.

Ms. Lucille Herndon passed away on April 23, 2020.  Funeral services will be held at 11 am Thursday April 30th at Henderson's Funeral Home (following CDC and state guidelines). Interment to follow at Glendale.     Lucille Dixon Herndon was born Dec. 10, 1928 in Des Moines, IA  to William L. and Birdie (Ware) Dixon.     She was educated in Des Moines schools and graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1946. In 1944 she married William McKinley Herndon....

Hosia Bailey passed away on Thursday April 30,2020. No services have been planned at this time.

Baby Emilyn Ghee passed away on 4/19/2020. Graveside services will be held at Glendale Cemetery on  April 28, 2020 at 1 pm  Emilyn Kay Ghee-Wilcox was born February 6, 2020 to Cory Russell Wilcox and Nicole Ghee at Mercy Hospital. She was the baby sister of Alexis, Levi and Preston Ghee and Kara Eslinger. She was a happy baby and everyone loved her great big smile and strawberry blond hair. Emilyn is now helping her Great grandpa’s, Kenneth Garvey and Gregory Kim Garvey,...