Brian P. McWhirter

Brian P. McWhirter, 47, of Baxter, died Saturday, June 18, 2016, at the Taylor House Hospice in Des Moines. Brian’s funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 23 at the Baxter Community High School Gym, 202 E. State St. The family will greet friends from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 22 at the Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton. Burial will be at the Restland Cemetery in Baxter. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials in Brian’s name (please make checks payable to Julie), to be used for several projects may be left at the funeral home or at the school at the time of the service. Memorials may also be mailed to the Wallace Family Funeral Home, please add, Attn: McWhirter Family.

Those left to honor and cherish Brian’s memory are his wife, Julie of Baxter; children, Hannah and Hunter McWhirter, both of Baxter; his mother, Sandra “Sam” McWhirter of Baxter; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Jerry and Karla Clement of Newton; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Steve Ayers of Mingo, Lisa Hansen of Collins and Mark (Kim) Ayers of Colfax; nephews, Derrick (Keriann) Hansen and Dylan Hansen; great-niece, Lena Hansen; several aunts, uncles and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his father, Robert D. “Bobby” McWhirter; and maternal and paternal grandparents.