Denis L. & Sandra S. Kale-In addition to owning and operating Truro, Denis
began to work for the Webster Funeral Home in Osceola in 1968.
William H.
Ridgeway founded Webster Funeral Home in 1866, and upon his retirement in 1899,
his son-in-law, Theodore B. Webster operated the business.
In 1915, Lester B. Webster, son of Theodore, took over upon the death of
his father, and William E. Webster became a partner in 1951.
William and his mother, Alice operated the business until 1970, when
Denis and his wife, Sandra purchased the business.
They now operate both
Osceola and Truro locations, under
the Kale Funeral Home name. The
Webster Funeral Home/Kale Funeral Home has served Clarke County from the present
location on South Main since 1929.
Contact
Denis for question or information
Contact Sandy for questions or
information
E. Todd Kale-E.
Todd Kale, the son of Denis and Sandra Kale, is the fifth generation of Kale’s
in funeral
service. Todd
became a licensed Funeral Director in 1989 while
working for Hamilton's Funeral Home in Des Moines, Iowa. Todd joined the Kale Funeral Home in 1992
to carry on
the five generations of “Family Serving Families” In Time of Need.
Contact
Todd for questions or
information
Mark T. Browne-"Brownie" is a licensed Funeral Director. Mark
worked for the Funeral Home
in
1984, before
attending
mortuary school in Dallas. He worked
in New Mexico and Texas from 1986 to 1997, when he returned with his wife and
two girls to Iowa to be near family. He worked for Hamilton's Funeral Home
in Des Moines until December of 1999 when he began working here with us.
Contact
Mark
Anne Johnson - Anne Johnson, lifelong resident of
St. Charles and retired Interstate 35
school band
instructor, works as the administrative assistant and office manager. She
assists with funeral services and plays piano and organ for funeral services here at the funeral home.
Carole
Sorensen - Carole Sorensen,
is a longtime resident of Osceola. Carole and her late husband Hank
owned the Playland Lanes bowling alley for many years. She helps
with funerals and visitations. She can often be seen delivering
the funeral information store cards to businesses in the community.
Ed Buesch - Ed Buesch, lifelong resident
of Osceola, works for the Osceola Sentinel and Tribune and is a real estat
