WILLIAM C. “BILL” KIMBALL, 71, of Des Moines (& formerly of Brayton), died May 12th at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines. A Celebration of Life for BILL KIMBALL will be held 3-p.m. Thursday, May 23rd, at Scottish Rite Consistory in Des Moines, with a Memorial gathering to immediately follow, until 6-p.m. Iles Funeral Home – Westover Chapel in Des Moines has the arrangements.

Memorials may be directed to the Holt International Family Preservation Fund for Vietnam, to support Vietnamese families in crisis (https://support.holtinternational.org/site/Donation2?4156.donation=form1&df_id=4156 ), or to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, (http://www2.jdrf.org/goto/billkimballmemorial) to help find a cure for Type 1 diabetes, which Bill’s granddaughter has.

BILL KIMBALL is survived by:

His wife – Char Kimball, of Johnston.

His daughters – Jenny (Tony) Meade, of Urbandale,and Holly Kimball, of Johnston.

His son – John Kimball, of Johnston.

His sisters – Karen Riesberg, of Griswold, and Linda Kimball, of Anchorage, AK

and three grandchildren.