All Obituaries

Booker T. Phillips passed away on July 15, 2018. Memorial services will be held on Saturday, July 21, 2018, at 12:00 p.m. at Henderson's Highland Park Funeral Home.  Check back for a full obituary. 

Ms. Dorothy Avant Taylor, passed away peacefully at the age of 98 years old. A full obituary will be published soon. Please continue to pray for the family and consider making a donation to help with funeral costs. 

Donna Lewis passed away on July 13, 2018. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, July 17, 2018, at Henderson's Highland Park Funeral Home at 11:00 a.m.  Check back for a full obituary. 

Marion E. Williams passed from this life to God’s unending realm and is chillaxing with Jesus and many family members, friends and fraternity brothers from his beloved Kappa Alpha Psi. Dad was a deeply respected community leader, a retired pharmacist, and man of great faith and social justice activism. The Des Moines Men’s Ministry, which he founded, has an active homeless outreach and food security program. He still fed the homeless, worked as an elementary school mentor to...

Nathaniel Quinn passed away on July 10, 2018. Services are pending.  The family is seeking donations to help cover the cost of Nathaniels funeral expenses. Please consider making a contribution on the donations page. 

Glance Yang passed away on July 10, 2018. Services will be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 

George Leroy Bruce was born January 19, 1937 in the little town of Oralabor, Iowa; to Alfred Maurice and Bernice Thurstine (Cook) Bruce.  He was one of the six children born to that union. George attended and graduated from Tech High School. It was there, in the food service core area, that he learned to bake. He used that knowledge and skill to work for the Hotel Ft. Des Moines as a baker for over 20 years. He then branched out in a completely different area to become a fork lift...

Frances Louise (Johnson) Collier was born May 18, 1924 in Des Moines, Iowa to Ralph and Juanita (Johnson). Frances was educated in the Des Moines Public School system where she graduated from East High School. She furthered her education by attending and graduating from the first class of  Licensed Practical Nurses in the city. Frances spent 23 years as a nurse at the VA Hospital before she  retired. Frances’ ambition in life was to be a good Christian. She...

Gregory Leroy Fields was born in Durant, Mississippi on November 23, 1956 to Jessie L. Fields and Stephen Delores Fields Cheatom, and was called home by his Heavenly Father on Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at the age of 62. Gregory was educated in the Des Moines, Iowa school system, where he later graduated from North High School, and went on to attend Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa. He was a member of Union Baptist Full Gospel Fellowship in Burlington, Iowa under the leadership of...

Connie Odessa Evans was born to Violet (Brooks) and Elmer Evans on June 18, 1946 in Des Moines. She passed away on June 15, 2018 in Killeen, Texas.  Visitation will be from 12 to 2 p.m., followed by services at 2 p.m. on Friday, June 29 at ay) at Christ Apostolic Temple, 1230 E. 17th Street, with burial in Glendale Cemetery. Henderson’s Highland Park Funeral Home is handling service arrangements. Connie graduated from North High School and earned her B.A. and Masters in Public...