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William J. Riley Sr. (October 7, 1920 [1] – December 15, 2006) was an American entertainer known as "Mr. State Fair" in Iowa. Riley was born in Iowa Falls, Iowa.His father died when he was 18 months old, and Bill and his brother were raised by their mother through the Great Depression.
Ruth Sue Ann Robison, 45, and her spouse Tony Ray Robison, 52, both took bullets to the head when the shooting erupted at the home in Des Moines, Iowa last Friday.
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
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Des Moines Daily News was a daily newspaper published in Des Moines, Iowa, between 1881 and 1908. [1] Notable people. Ella Hamilton Durley (died 1922), reporter and ...
Nikki Marie Loffredo died on Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, from injuries sustained in a July 27, 2024, shooting in Des Moines.
James Allen, commander of Fort Des Moines No. 2 (1843-1846) and organizer of the Mormon Battalion, first officer buried at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery; Frank Mills Andrews, architect; Herbert W. Armstrong, religious evangelist, founder of the Worldwide Church of God; Austin Baeth, member of the Iowa House of Representatives
Woodland Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Des Moines, Iowa, having been established in 1848, before Des Moines was the state capital. [1] It is a municipal cemetery owned and operated by the Des Moines Parks and Recreation Department. It covers 69 acres (28 ha) at the corner of 20th Street and Woodland Ave [2] and is the site of over 80,000 ...