Obituary Listing

May 10, 2020

Wallace "Wally" A. Kooyman, of Sarasota, Florida, formerly of Moline, died Sunday, May 10, 2020, visiting family at Pella, Iowa. Cremation rights were afforded per his wishes, with a memorial service and burial to be held at Church of the Palms in Sarasota at a future date.

Wally was born June 6, 1930, to Simon A. Kooyman...

May 6, 2020

Private funeral services for Irvin Vander Leest, age 78, of Sully, will be held at 11:00 am, Monday, May 11, at the First Reformed Church in Sully.  Immediate family only will be able to be in attendance. The church will provide hand sanitizers and please use a mask at your own discretion. The service will be live-streamed on the...

May 5, 2020

Timothy Mark Nelson, 67, of Muscatine, Iowa went to be with the Lord Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics. Tim was born June 19, 1952 in Lexington, Nebraska, the son of Raymond and Margaret Nelson. He graduated from East High School with the class of 1970. Tim went on to study business at...

May 5, 2020

Gary Glen Schminke was born December 4, 1948, to Victor and Hazel (Price) Schminke in Van Horne, Iowa. He passed away on May 5, 2020, at the Comfort House in Pella, with wife Linda, daughter Cindy and a special nurse, Barb Van Gorp, by his side.

Gary was a 1967 graduate of Vinton High School, and Area...

May 5, 2020

Luetta Carol (Clark) Slagter passed away May 5, 2020, in Pella. Luetta was born October 10, 1933. She was the third child born to (Thomas) Wilson and Carrie (Verros) Clark in Harvey, Iowa.

On June 9, 1954, she was married to Don Slagter in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Luetta was a housekeeper and did some home cleaning. On July...

Apr 20, 2020

Lois Pauline (Brush) Vander Schel, 93, was born May 13, 1926 near Lynnville, Iowa.  She passed away peacefully on Monday, April 20, at the Cottages Hospice Care in Pella.

Lois graduated from Lynnville High School in 1944, where she played basketball and was Salutatorian of her class.

In 1946, Lois was united in marriage to...

Apr 16, 2020

Connie Elaine Brouwer was born October 25,1943 in Oskaloosa, Iowa.

Her parents, Henry and Anna Van Haaften Sedrel, lived in Leighton, Iowa.  Connie was raised in Leighton, along with her older sister Carol. She went to school in Leighton through the eighth grade.  While in grade school, Connie was a writer for the Pella Chronicle.  She walked...

Apr 14, 2020

Lois Virginia (DeJong) Van Genderen was born September 26, 1944 to Floris Walter DeJong and Doris (Monsma) DeJong. She passed away unexpected, but peacefully, of a heart attack early Tuesday morning, April 14, 2020. She attended Maple Grove Country School through 6th grade and was very active in 4-H. She graduated from Prairie City High School in 1962. She...

Apr 13, 2020

Dorothy was the fourth of seven children born to Ray and Johanna (Van Haaften) Hoksbergen, on May 17, 1935, on a farm northeast of Leighton, Iowa.   She was baptized at Second Christian Reformed Church in Pella.  Her father bought a farm northwest of Taintor and the family moved there in April of 1937.  They became members of Peoria Christian...

Apr 12, 2020

Glen Ray Chapman was the sixth of ten children, born February 5, 1959, to Ivan and Carolyn (Klein) Chapman, in Oskaloosa, Iowa.

Glen attended North Mahaska School in New Sharon, and was a 1977 graduate of  Lynnville-Sully High School.  As a young boy he attended the Lower Grove Church and he enjoyed his first job junking with...

Apr 9, 2020

Wilma Reva Bensink was born April 24, 1930, to John and Cora (Fortuin) De Kruyff, on the family farm northeast of Sully.  She grew up on a farm and attended Battle Ridge country school, Lynnville School, and graduated from New Sharon High School.

On June 8, 1949, she was united in marriage with Gradus Bensink in Sully,...

Apr 6, 2020

Wilma Florence (Eckhoff) Rozendaal was the sixth of nine children born to Peter G. and Johanna G. (Timmermans) Eckhoff, on August 17, 1916, in Platte, South Dakota.

In 1925, she moved with her family to Hollandale, Minnesota. After graduating from Albert Lea High School in 1933, she did housework for others, including Adrian Rozendaal's sister, Pearl Reynen....

Mar 28, 2020

Ronald Eugene Evans was born on January 24, 1933, to Cecil and Inez (Bowman) Evans in Maquoketa, Iowa.

Ron met his wife, Doris, in Maquoketa, Iowa and were married in 1956. They were blessed with two children: Douglas and Cheryl.

Ron was a devoted police officer and spent many years as the Maquoketa Chief of...

Mar 25, 2020

William Harold Schimmel was born at home near Tracy, Iowa, on June 4, 1923, to Dick and Hattie (Van Hal) Schimmel. He was the third son of seven children, and baptized at the Tracy Christian Reformed Church. Bill received his elementary education at the Union School located next to the farm where he lived. In 1938, the family moved...

Mar 13, 2020

Leroy Donald Den Adel, son of  Isaac Den Adel and Shealynn Uitermark was born on March 13, 2020 at the Pella Regional Health Center.  At 23 weeks into the pregnancy, Leroy was born a beautiful boy who was born too early and too small for this world. Leroy will be greatly missed by his mom, dad, and his big...

Mar 9, 2020

Wilbur Dick Vos was born the oldest of five children to Cornie and Henrietta (Swank) Vos on October 20, 1931, at their home north of Sully.

He was educated at three different country schools and graduated from the eighth grade from McKinney School near Galesburg. Wilbur worked on the family farm raising registered Hereford cattle in addition...

Mar 8, 2020

Jeffrey Dean "Beek" Vander Beek was born April 30, 1970, to Lambert "Beek" and Karen (Dahm) Vander Beek, in Des Moines, Iowa.

Jeff grew up in the Prairie City area and was a 1988 graduate of Prairie City High School. In 2003, he was united in marriage to Michelle Klein.

Throughout Jeff's career, he worked...

Mar 5, 2020

Logan Dwain Terpstra was born January 19, 1946, to Cornie and Corrie (Vonk) Terpstra, in Oskaloosa, Iowa. He passed away Thursday, March 5, at the Pella Regional Health Center in Pella at the age of 74.

Logan grew up in the Sully area and was a graduate of Lynnville-Sully High School. On October 6, 1966, he was...

Feb 27, 2020

Aleida De Boer was born August 6, 1929, to Hendrik Johan and Grada (Bulten) Heersink, in Laren,  Gelderland, Netherlands. She passed away February 27, 2020, at The Cottages in Pella.

Aleida grew up in the Netherlands and attended school there. She came to the United States when she was 18, with her family and settled in Alamosa,...

Feb 27, 2020

Harry Kroll, Jr. was born June 13, 1951, to Harry and Ruth (Kelsheimer) Kroll, in Westfield, Iowa. He was united in marriage to Sek Pav in 2005. Harry worked for IBP Packing House for 14 years, Vermeer Manufacturing, Pella Schools as a bus driver, and most recently for Midwest Sanitation. He was a member of Liberty Evangelical Free Church...