Funeral services for Edita De Alvarenga, 72, of Des Moines, IA will be 8:00 to 10:00 a.m. Saturday, September 10, 2022 at Iglesia Bau Tista Hispania Ebenerzer Church in Perry. Burial will follow at Violet Hill Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 3:00 to 9:00 p.m. Friday, September 9, 2022 at Murdock Funeral Home. Edita passed away Sunday, August 28, 2022 at MercyOne in Des Moines, IA.

Edita Melida Romero was born October 8, 1949 in Santa Rita, Chalatenango El Salvador. She was the daughter of Pascual and Romelia Reina Romero Gutierres. Edita moved to the United States of America and received her permanent residency on October 4, 2005.

Left to cherish her memory are her husband, Abel Alvarenga Orellana of Des Moines, IA; a son, Juan Alvarenga of Perry, IA along with other immediate family members and extended family.