McINTOSH, Kanen James 2012-2018

MCINTOSH, NIELSEN, REITER, WILLETT

Posted By: K.L. Kittleson
Date: 6/16/2018 at 14:00:24

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Dunkerton, Iowa – Kanen James McIntosh, six years old, of Dunkerton, died of natural causes, Wednesday, June 13, 2018, at UnityPoint Health - Allen Memorial Hospital, Waterloo, Iowa.

Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. - Tuesday, June 19, 2018, at Jesup Bible Fellowship Church, Jesup, IA, with burial at Fairview Cemetery, Dunkerton, IA.

Visitation will be 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., Monday, June 18, at White Funeral Home, 1315 Main St., Jesup, IA. Visitation will continue for an hour before services at the church on Tuesday. Memorials may be directed to the family.

Kanen was born February 12, 2012, at Covenant Medical Center, Waterloo, IA, the son of August James McIntosh and Kathryn Marie (Nielsen) McIntosh. Kanen had just completed kindergarten at Jesup Community School and was looking forward to first grade. He was a member of Prairie Lakes Church in Cedar Falls, IA, with his family, where he attended Sunday School.

Kanen loved nature, animals, and science. He loved to be outside at the cabin and on the farm. He loved to build things, break them, and build them back up again. He loved to play with his siblings and his Transformers. He was a loving brother with a kind and protective heart. Kanen’s bright smile and personality will forever be missed.

Kanen is survived by his parents, August & Katie McIntosh of Dunkerton, IA; his sister, Alyvia, and brothers, Winston and Holt, all at home; maternal grandparents, Ronald & Charlotte Nielsen of Waterloo, IA; paternal grandparents, James & Patricia McIntosh of Dunkerton, IA; maternal great-grandparents, LeRoy Nielsen of Denver, IA, Richard & Joan Reiter of Waterloo, IA; paternal great-grandparents, John McIntosh of Dunkerton, IA, Beulah “Boots” Willett of Jesup, IA; paternal step-great-grandmother, Elizabeth Bare of Winthrop, IA; aunts & uncles, Jaccie (Sam) Feldt, Stephanie Nielsen, Jessica (David) Hansen, Andrea (Luke) Johnson, Lyle (Sara) McIntosh; 13 cousins; great uncle Mark Bare and several other great aunts & uncles; also special friends, Joel & Machelle Forsyth and Duane & Grandma Karen Forsyth, all of Charles City, IA.

He was preceded in death by his maternal great-grandmother, Mildred Nielsen; paternal great-grandparents Juanita McIntosh and Lyle Bare; great -aunt Catherine Swinford and great-uncle Duane Earl Swinford.

White Funeral Home, Jesup, Iowa, is in charge of arrangements

SOURCE: White Funeral Home
1315 Main Street
Jesup, Iowa 50648
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#2: News article:

DUNKERTON — A six-year-old found dead at home died of sepsis caused by a burst appendix, according to autopsy results.

Kanen McIntosh, 6, was found unresponsive at 7114 E. Dunkerton Road, a single-family home in Dunkerton, around 7:40 a.m. Wednesday, according to the Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Office, which opened an investigation into the death.

The boy was taken by Dunkerton Ambulance to UnityPoint-Allen Hospital and pronounced dead.
Black Hawk Co. investigating death of Dunkerton child

DUNKERTON -- Deputies are investigating the death of a child who died Wednesday.

The Iowa State Medical Examiner determined the preliminary cause of death to be sepsis, caused by acute peritonitis, caused by acute appendicitis. The results are pending the completion of toxicology tests.

The Sheriff’s Office said it closed the investigation after the autopsy results were completed.

Appendicitis is an inflammation of the appendix, and is the most common abdominal surgical emergency in the U.S. If left untreated, the appendix can burst, releasing bacteria and leading to peritonitis, an inflammation of the tissue that lines the inner wall of the abdomen.

If peritonitis is left untreated, it can lead to sepsis, an infection throughout the body.

SOURCE: Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, 14 June 2018