Harpreet Kaur Singh

Harpreet Kaur Singh died in Des Moines on August 13, 2026. She was 72. Born in Des Moines on January 11, 1954, into a Indian-American household that treated work as a language. She learned early that a day is something you finish, not something you wait for. She opened before dawn and closed after the last bus. A stool behind the counter wore smooth under her patience. Colleagues still mention a stool behind the counter worn smooth. She married Gurpreet in 1978. They kept a house that stayed modest when the neighborhood did not. They raised two sons through public schools and ordinary weather. After Gurpreet died in 2019, she kept the routines that still made sense: the walk, the garden, the Sunday call. Neighbors remember quiet help with a stuck mailbox or a heavy trash can. She liked early mornings before the heat or the noise. She died in Des Moines, among streets she never needed to explain. The tools are still hung where a hand can find them in the dark.