Tina Westra
Jul 21, 2017
Tina Cornelia Westra was born March 7, 1952, to Cornelis "Case" and Nelly (Verburg) De Haan, in Vinkeveen, Utrecht, the Netherlands. She came to the United States with her parents and four older brothers from the Netherlands on "The Big Bear" when she was 1A½, and they settled in Pella. She passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family...
William “Bill” Slycord
Jul 21, 2017
William Jay Slycord was born April 5, 1953, in Oskaloosa, Iowa, to Peter James and Anna Mae (Vink) Slycord. He passed away on July 21, 2017, at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines.
Bill, the second of four brothers, grew up on his family's farm east of Pella. He was a 1971 graduate of Pella Community High School...
Wilma Veldhuizen
Jul 12, 2017
Wilma Veldhuizen was born November 11, 1922, on the family farm west of Taintor, Iowa, to John and Johanna (Vande Hoef) Veldhuizen. She passed away July 12, 2017, at Jefferson Place in Pella.
Wilma attended school at the Granville Country School near Taintor through eighth grade. In her younger years, she worked at various places in Pella...
Clarence “Shorty” Wichhart
Jul 6, 2017
Clarence Ray "Shorty" Wichhart was born on December 15, 1935 to Christopher and Henrietta Groeneweg Wichhart in a farmhouse east of Oskaloosa, Iowa. He went to his heavenly home on Thursday, July 6, 2017 at the Hospice of Pella Comfort House at the age of eighty-one.
Shorty was baptized at the Central Reformed Church in Oskaloosa, Iowa...
Max Fox
Jul 6, 2017
Max Gordon Fox was born February 28, 1932, the oldest of five children, to Van De Forest and Ruby (Chambers) Fox, in Reynolds, Iowa. He passed away July 6, at the Pella Regional Health Center in Pella.
Max graduated from Bloomfield High School where he excelled on their track team. He met Marilyn Courter at a band...
Duane De Vries
Jun 24, 2017
Duane "Dob" De Vries passed away Saturday, June 24, age 79, surrounded by his loved ones at the Comfort House in Pella, Iowa. Entering this world on April 9, 1938, at a whopping 13 pounds, he was the oldest child of Everett and Cora (Uitermarkt) De Vries.
Duane played football at Pella Community High School, graduating in...
Betty Ver Meer
Jun 12, 2017
Betty Ann (Louwsma) Ver Meer was born on February 7, 1943, east of Pella to her parents William and Marie (Vermeer) Louwsma. Betts, as most call her, grew up with her parents and four sisters: Micki, Ethel, Maxine, and Lee, around New Sharon and Oskaloosa. She graduated from Oskaloosa High School in 1961. On October 27, 1961, she was...
Marilyn Mutti
Jun 10, 2017
Services for Marilyn Mutti, 84, Pella, Iowa, formerly of Hopkins, Missouri, will be held Friday, July 21, at Conception Abbey, Conception, Missouri at 10 a.m. with a lunch to follow at the Abbey. Burial will be at the Hopkins Cemetery at 2 p.m. A visitation will be held Saturday, July 22, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the...
Julia Kamerick
Jun 5, 2017
Julia Emma Kamerick was born on May 19, 1908, to Gerrit and Elizabeth (Verros) Uitermarkt. She was born in Otley, one of seven children. She had two brothers and four sisters. Julia passed away at Vriendschap Village on June 5, 2017, at the age of 109. She was Marion County's oldest resident.
She grew up on a...
Clarence Schwien
May 24, 2017
Clarence Sherman Schwien was born June 2, 1928, in Boone, Iowa, to August and Carrie (Sherman) Schwien. He passed away at Comfort House in Pella, on May 24, 2017, surrounded by family.
He was a 1946 graduate of Boone High School. Clarence enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in WWII and the Korean War.
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Leola M Klein
May 14, 2017
Leola Maxine (Niemantsverdriet) Klein was born August 24, 1924, on the family farm near Otley, Iowa, to Asa and Jennie (Van Peursem) Niemantsverdriet.
On February 27, 1947, Leola was united in marriage to Virgil Paul Klein at the home of Wilbur and Bea Hugen. They were blessed with two daughters: Lola and Jeanne.
Leola was...
William “Bill” Hinga
May 9, 2017
William Kendrick Hinga of Pella died in his sleep at Jefferson Place in the early morning hours of May 9, 2017. He was 88.
Bill was born Feb. 20, 1929, in Holland, Michigan, to Gladys Kendrick Hinga and Milton "Bud" Hinga. Their second child, he grew up under the watchful eye of his sister, Connie, who regaled...
Robert Pippel
May 3, 2017
Robert Lee Pippel, son of Peter and Marie (Vande Haar) Pippel, was born on December 11, 1929, on the parental farm northeast of Pella. He attended Flint Ridge Country School and graduated from Pella High School in 1948.
Robert was inducted into the U.S. Army during the Korean War, serving from May 1951 - May 1954. On...
Leonard Rodigas
Apr 27, 2017
Family
Wife: Mimi Rodigas - Pella
Daughters: Myra and John Wolf - Lake of the Ozarks Mona and Kevin Gibson - Pella
No services are planned at this time.
Nancy See
Apr 19, 2017
Nancy Carol See was born at her grandmother's house near Pella, Iowa, on October 25, 1945, to Hubert and Norma (Schakel) Hollingshead. She grew up on a farm south of Knoxville. She graduated from Twin Cedars High School in 1963.
Nancy married Gary See on March 27, 1964, at the Methodist Church in Knoxville, Iowa. To this...
Wilma “Billie” Vandevoort
Apr 18, 2017
Wilma Meppelink was born on November 1, 1925, on her family farm near Sully. She was the fourth of five children born to Bert and Jennie (Vos) Meppelink of Sully. Wilma passed away Tuesday, April 18, 2017, at The Hearthstone Cottages in Pella at the age of 91.
Wilma's youth was as a tomboy on the family...
Wm. Robert Monsma
Apr 14, 2017
William Robert Monsma was born on a farm near Prairie City, Iowa, on October 11, 1925, to John and Johanna (Branderhorst) Monsma, the first of their four children. Robert, affectionately known as Bob, graduated from Prairie City High School and enlisted in the United States Army when he was 18. He went to basic training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma,...
Bertha Roozeboom
Apr 10, 2017
Bertha Van Zanten, the first child of William and Gertrude Van Zanten, was born on December 30, 1928, near Hawarden, Iowa. She enjoyed growing up on the family farm with her sister, Jo, and her brothers, Bill and Gerald. She recalled her father making their own ropes and repairing their shoes in the evenings, when he wasn't reading books....
Keith L. Vos
Apr 10, 2017
Keith Loren Vos was born January 30, 1951, to Cornie and Gladys Alyda (Vermeer) Vos, in Oskaloosa, Iowa. He passed away April 10, 2017, at Comfort House in Pella.
Keith graduated from Pella Christian High School in 1969. He lived in Leighton until June of 1972, when he married Ruth Diane Cochrane together they moved to Oskaloosa,...
Martin Bruce Heerema
Mar 3, 2017
Martin Bruce Heerema was born August 26, 1940 to Martin John and Elva May Heerema in Oskaloosa, Iowa. He passed away unexpectedly on March 3, 2017 at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa.
Bruce graduated from Pella Community High School in 1958 where he was active in Football, Track and Baseball. He earned his degree from Central...
