All Obituaries


Arlin Harvey


Arlin Merle Harvey was born on October 12, 1940, to Marvin Merle and Hazel (Miers) Harvey on a farm near Newton, Iowa. He had an older sister and brother, Mariln and Connie and a younger sister...

Hayden Bacus


Hayden Mark Bacus was born sleeping at Pella Regional Health Center on Saturday March 18, 2023. Hayden is the son of Trenton & Megan Bacus of Knoxville, Iowa. A beautiful baby boy who touched...

Charles Koopman


Charles Neal Koopman was born August 29, 1938, in Pleasantville, Iowa, the firstborn son of Neal and Ruby (Sinclair) Koopman. He was raised in Knoxville, his father, a truck driver, his mother, a...

Ralph Van Roekel


Ralph James Van Roekel was born January 8, 1927, to Louis and Maggie (Van Ommen) Van Roekel, in Rose Hill, Iowa. In 1948, Ralph was united in marriage to Walleta De Reus in Oskaloosa, at his...

Delmar Wichhart


Delmar Lee Wichhart was born June 18, 1943, to Adam and Jeanette (Klein) Wichhart, in Pella, Iowa.  He was a 1962 graduate of Pella Community High School. On August 2, 1962, he was united in...

Bonnie Westerkamp


Bonnie Lou Westerkamp was born February 21, 1943, to Kenneth and Carolyn (Roorda) Vander Linden in Pella, Iowa.  Bonnie lived in the Pella area her entire life and was a 1961 graduate of...

William Wiegand


William Robert Wiegand was born March 4, 1936, to John H. and Madeline (Hasler) Wiegand, in Nameoki, Illinois. He was a 1954 graduate of Mitchell High School. He attended Southern Illinois...

Bonnie Christiansen


Bonnie Lou Christiansen was born July 24, 1930, to Loran and Lucy (Hawk) Libby, in a farm home in Holt County, Nebraska.  She was the first of three children. Her parents and two brothers...

Lois Colleen Wiklund


Lois Colleen Wiklund was born October 9, 1934, to Harold and Lois (Sellers) Sparks, in Jasper County, Iowa. She attended elementary school in Reasnor, and was a 1953 graduate of Monroe High...

Michael Wedekind


On September 8, 1951 James and May Wedekind welcomed their first son, Michael James.  He was later joined by brothers John, Ruth (Justin, Micah and families), Joe, Lori (Emilee, Seth and...