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Page18A Sunday, January 24, 2016 State Edition DesMoinesRegister.com Des Moines Sunday Register OBITUARIES Submit an obituary and search a database of recent obituaries at DesMoinesRegister.comobituaries ANN HORNS Des Moines MARTY NIELSEN 12966 -11712 RAE ANNE BERHOW Des Moines Rae Anne Berhow passed away 1172016. She was 78 years old and was survived by two sons Mike And Dan Berhow, one grandson Jake and Shanda Berhow, two grand daughters, Keshia Berhow and Natashia and (Dan) Medeiros, great grandson, Gibson Berhow, her brother Grant Jordan and her sister Penny Bray. She touched hundreds of people's lives and was loved by people near and far. She made new friends at the South-ridge apartments over the last few years that were very special to all of us. Mom lived in Des Moines but had moved from Chicago, Oklahoma, Ames, Clinton, Waterloo, Davenport and fourty years in Knoxville la.

She will be missed in many places. Services will be held at a later date to be announced. On Jan. 18, 2016, Okema Lucy "Ann" (Stowe) Horns died peacefully following a fall in her home. Ann was born in Mangum, OK on May 5, 1927 and was raised in Riverside, CA.

She moved to Des Moines in 1946 with her husband, Don, who predeceased her after 50 years of marriage. Services will be held at 2PM Saturday, January 30th at Scottish Rite Park, 1 2909 Woodland in Des Moines. Cremation services and extended obituary are provided by Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home. www. CaldwellParrish.com Happy 50th, Babe.

Here's to Balloons Fireworks! Fish on my Angel! Love Miss You, Debby Tyler JAMES COLLINS Slater James Collins, 72, passed away January 21, 2016 LYLE A. HANSEN Beaverdale Caldwell Parrish FUNI-RAL I IOML CREMATORY at Israel Family Hospice House in Ames. The family will receive friends from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 26 at Soderstrum Funeral Home, 312 Main Slater. Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday, January 27 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Slater. James Dayton Oldham Collins was born Septem Lyle Andrew Hansen, 89, passed from this life on Sunday, January 17, 2016, at Calvin Manor in Beaverdale. In agreement with Lyle's wishes, cremation rites have been accorded. A memorial service celebrating Lyle's life will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, January 28, at Westminster Presbyterian Church, where he was a member.

The church is located at 4114 Allison Avenue, corner GERTRUDE L. SIMPSON Germantown, TN Gertrude L. "Trudy" Simpson, age 91, died suddenly on Dec. 15, 2015, from natural causes. She was born in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jul.

23, 1924, and moved to Germantown in 1974 after her husband retired from the U.S. Air Force and joined Federal Express Corporation. She leaves behind her beloved husband of 71 years Lt. Col. Warren L.

(Wally), sons Warren Steven and Scott, daughter Barbara, daughters-in-law Sally and Diane and son-in-law John Bennett, grandchildren Tyler, Todd, Brittany, Taylor, Lauren and Brianne and great grandchildren Kaitlin, Emilee, George, Avery, Charlie, Hudson and Henry. She was pre-deceased by her beloved grandson Brent. Trudy was a devoted and long time member of Christ United Methodist Church of Memphis where she sang in the Choir and served on numerous Committees over the years. She was also active in civic affairs in Germantown and was appointed by Mayor Goldworthy to serve as a member of Germantown's Beautification Commission. In addition, she spent much time and effort enhancing life at the Village since moving there in 2005 and, most significantly, was involved in the creation and raising of funds for the Village at German-town Foundation.

A public Visitation and Funeral Service for friends and family were held on Jan. 11, 2016, at Christ United Methodist Church, 4488 Poplar Memphis, TN. A private Burial followed. On Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, a Celebration of Life was held for residents and staff at the Village at German-town.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to: St Jude's Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105 (donation website: https:shop.stjude.orgGiftCatalogdonation. or The Village at Germantown Foundation, 7820 Walking Horse Circle, Germantown TN 38138. ber 22, 1943 to Nels and Violet P. (Hoffman) Oldham in Omaha, Neb. James and Carolyn Jones were married November 16, 1963 in rural Waukee.

He worked as a technician for 37 years for Northwestern Bell in Des Moines, retiring in 2000. James loved fishing at Big Creek drifting or ice fishing for crappies. He led a very active lifestyle. James enjoyed spending time with and spoiling his grandchildren. He was a lifelong Chicago Bears and New York Yankees fan.

James is survived by his wife of 52 years, Carolyn Collins of Slater; two children, Kelly (John) Seery of Des Moines and Clint (Teresa) Collins of Ankeny; six grandchildren, Chelsey (Nick) Cortez, Ashley (Christopher) Greif, Haley Madison, Madeleine Collins, Ga-brielle Collins and Alyssa Guinn; one great-grandson, Judson Cortez; his mother, Violet Rogers of Earlham; two sisters, Peggy (Steve) Wright of Buena Vista, Colo, and Joetta Winkel of Vancouver, and his brother, Richard (Kim) Collins of Des Moines. He was preceded in death by his father, Nels Oldham; and his step-father, Dale Collins. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be designated to Ankeny First United Methodist Church, Road to Recovery Ministries, 206 SW Walnut, Ankeny, IA 50023. Condolences and photos may be shared at of Franklin and Beaver in Beaverdale. The family will greet friends at a church reception following the memorial service.

Lyle was born the son of Ole J. and Cecilia Marie (Mary Mathieson) Hansen on April 5, 1926 in Kimble-ton, Iowa. He was a student at Iowa State, and had been in the V-12 program and graduated with honors, a civil engineering degree and commission in the navy all by age 19. Lyle married Darlene Hansen (Elk Horn) on November 2, 1947, in Elk Horn, Iowa, and they were blessed with five children. Lyle patented the Straight Unloader, the 'Cadillac' of unloaders for grain and seed, and had the manufacturing company Straight Engineering in Adel, Iowa.

Lyle enjoyed spending time with his wife, family and friends. Lyle had many opportunities to travel, both on business and with Darlene. These included Japan, UK, Denmark, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Canada, Panama Canal, Alaska, and special Chamber of Commerce trips to Jordan, Egypt and the Middle East. Lyle designed and had their own home built out of redwood in Beaverdale, where the family enjoyed a large garden for more than 60 years. Left to cherish his memory are children: Connie of St Augustine, FL, Ted of Des Moines, LA, Tim of Berkeley, CA, Roger of Des Moines, IA, and Vicki of Luxembourg in Europe; four grandchildren; and one brother, Dallas Hansen of Omaha, NE.

Lyle was preceded in death by his wife. The family would like to express their heartfelt gratitude and appreciation for the care and support Lyle received from the doctors, nurses, and staff at Mercy Hospital and Calvin Manor. In lieu of flowers, the family has respectfully requested that any memorials be made to the Westminster Presbyterian Church Foundation. Lyle's ashes are interred at Resthaven Mausoleum. Hinlral homi: JOYCE MADDY Perry McLaren's Chapel al Cemetery Joyce Ellen Maddy, 92, died January 18, 2016 at Rowley Masonic Community in Perry.

She had suffered from Alzheimer's disease, as did her mother and three of her four sisters. Joyce was the youngest of 10 children (five boys, five girls) born to Harry Claude Riley and Eliza Leota (Meredith) Riley of rural Rippey, IA. She graduated from Rippey High School in 1941 and entered Iowa State University that fall, where she met her husband-to-be, the late Paul Eugene Maddy, her first weekend there. They wed August 9, 1942 at Collegiate United Methodist Church in Ames. Her early years were split among taking university classes to obtain a teaching certificate, working to put hubby through college, earning her own additional university credits in summer school, and typing her husband's letter-perfect master's thesis on a manual typewriter; all while juggling mom duties for their two daughters.

From 1951 through mid-1958, she taught fifth graders in Eldora, where she gained respect from the students like the time she removed her high heels to run a PE. relay race in her seamed nylon stockings, just to even up the teams' numbers. She became popular, in part, because of her traditional spring class field trip to tour the Iowa State THELMA GRIFFITH Des Moines Thelma Humphrey Griffith, age 96, went to be with her Lord after a long and full life, Monday, January 11, 2016, at her home in Mission, KS. She passed peacefully surrounded by her loving family. Thelma was born May 7, 1919, in Des Moines, Iowa to Bert and Lucy Humphrey.

She graduated from Des Moines North High School in 1937. She also attended Capitol Building, which many students had never visited. More than a half -century later, many still recall going there. Teaching children to love to read was uppermost on her agenda. To calm the students down post-lunch, she'd read to them for a half-hour often a chapter from a Hardy Boys or Nancy Drew mystery.

For some, it was the only time an adult had spent time reading to them. In the 1950s, when many parents believed reading comic books was surely a step towards juvenile delinquency, Joyce defended kids and their comics: "Well, at least the child is reading," she reasoned. Joyce became an excellent seamstress, often late into the night sewing party dresses or matching Easter outfits for her daughters, tailoring a suit for herself, or creating a foldable canvas tent for top-of-the-station-wagon camping, masterfully mind-reading from an elusive pattern in Paul's head. After a family move to southern California, she again taught fifth graders in El Monte. There she was surprised to learn that phonics wasn't taught as a stepping stone to reading; in fact, it was a no-no.

She was sure students would fail at reading without that skill. So covertly, she and the school's administration established a "don't askdon't tell" policy of incorporating phonics into her fifth graders' curriculum. the students finally learned to read. After a year in California, she and Paul joined the U.S. Agency for International Development, first being stationed in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Dissatisfied with the English-speaking school where her daughters went, she helped establish an American school for 50 students, where she taught fifth and sixth graders. The next year, she taught while also becoming the school's "head teacher," essentially its principal. Joyce and the other founders originally ordered 400 textbooks and library books to be shipped from Iowa. Today, what has become the Walworth Barbour American International School has two campuses in Israel, with 600 students and more than 31,000 books in its central library and media center, in addition to magazines, online databases and media equipment. Joyce was too restless to stay at home, so she always found administrative work at their subsequent posts in Nigeria, Sudan, Liberia, Panama, Washington, D.C., Vietnam and Bangladesh.

Starting in the mid-'70s, she learned and taught other government employees how to use computers long before most of us had computers at the office or at home. Away from the office, her Iowa farm-honed cooking and baking skills came in handy, especially when entertaining whether she was turning out homemade sticky cinnamon rolls for a brunch for 85, or baking unheard-of homemade hot dog and hamburger buns for beach-picnic cookouts. From early childhood, Joyce exhibited a keen talent for music and learned how to play the violin, accordion and piano. She had perfect pitch and held less-than-charitable opinions of people whose off-key efforts hurt her ears. She played the organ at various churches, starting at the United Methodist Church in Eldora and continuing throughout several overseas posts.

In retirement, she became a bell-ringer at the First United Methodist Church in Perry. Joyce's great-granddaughters Hailey and Lindsey have inherited her exquisite ear. Joyce and Paul enthusiastically took up golf in their 40s. After their 25-year foreign-service career, they retired in 1984 to her hometown area, Perry, where she helped care for her four older widowed sisters, who resided at Rowley Masonic Community. She also continued her 40-year hobby of genealogy, dating to pre-Internet days, meticulously documenting source records, making more than 20 research trips to the Mormon genealogical library in Salt Lake City, in addition to searches at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.

and visits to East Coast cities where her ancestors had lived. All of that material and genealogy research passion has been preserved and passed along to her namesake granddaughter, Jennifer Joyce Turner, who has vastly extended our knowledge of the family heritage. Joyce was predeceased by her parents, nine siblings and their spouses, and husband of 72 years, Paul. She is survived by her daughters, Claudia (Dee) Maddy (Raymond Hubbard) of Urbandale, IA and Barbara Durbin of Portland, OR. She was Grandma to Dawn (Mark) Buzynski and Matt Malloy, of the Des Moines, LA area; and Christopher (Kristen) Durbin of Renton, WA and JJ (Matt) Turner of Portland, OR.

She was Grandmama to great-grands Anna Putney and Hailey and Lindsey Buzynski, of the Des Moines, IA area; and Violet Love and James Riley Turner of Portland, OR. Also surviving are four generations of nieces and nephews. There will be no funeral at this time. Burial in the Rippey Cemetery will be private. The family will hold a memorial service at a future date.

In lieu of flowers, please direct memorials to the Rowley Masonic Community, 1300 E. 28th Street, Perry, LA 50220, or the Alzheimer's Association (the Iowa chapter is at 1730 28th Street, West Des Moines, IA 50266, or online at http:www.alz.orggreateriowa). The family is being assisted by the Carris Family Funeral Home. Online condolences may be sent at Olivet Nazarene College. She married Paul Griffith on January 23, 1941 in Des Moines, Iowa.

They started their young married life in Paul's hometown of Creston, Iowa. To this union, two sons were born, Roger and Roland. The family moved back to Des Moines in 1954. Thelma worked for the Des Moines School District, primarily at King Elementary. She was a lifelong member of the Des Moines First Church of the Nazarene where she played the piano and organ for many years.

She was also a very active member of her Ladies Club for nearly seventy years. Thelma had a great number of friends and touched many lives over the years. It was always very natural for her to put others first in her life. She and Paul enjoyed a number of vacations traveling "out west." Paul's passing in 2004 was a significant loss in her life. In 2013, Thelma moved to Mission, KS to be near her son, Roland and his wife Connie.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul Griffith; father, Bert Humphrey; step-father, Ernest Hochmuth; mother, Lucy Humphrey-Hochmuth; and brother, Ivan Humphrey. Thelma is survived by her sons, Roger (Patricia Duncan) Griffith and Roland (Connie Galloway) Griffith; five grandchildren, Christine Griffith Ludwig, Craig Griffith, Lisa Griffith-Tierney, Douglas Griffith, and James Blake; 11 greatgrandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren; and three nieces and four nephews. Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, January 26th at Hamilton's on Westown Parkway, 3601 Westown Parkway in West Des Moines. Funeral services will begin at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, January 27th at Des Moines First Church of the Nazarene, 4703 Douglas Avenue in Des Moines followed by burial at Glendale Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be directed to Des Moines First Church of the Nazarene.

Condolences may be expressed at www.HamiltonsFuneralHome. com..