Obituary Listing

Dec 24, 2016

Nola Fern Monsma was born to Dirk and Anna Elscott Monsma on a farm south of Lynnville on January 13, 1920. She attended Ludwick Country School and graduated eighth grade from Jasper County Country Schools in 1932 with honors. In 1936, she graduated from Lynnville High School at the age of 16. After dating four years, she married Glen...

Dec 21, 2016

Laurine Van Maanen was born on May 31, 1925, to Yella Z. and Sarah (Witzenburg) Menninga at their rural home near Pella, Iowa. She attended a country school through the 8th grade. Laurine met William D. Van Maanen at the Monroe Old Settlers and they were married on December 21, 1945. To this union was born a son, Donald...

Dec 20, 2016

Sheri Rae Carter was born September 2, 1971, to William and Nancy (Harrison) Carter. She passed away on December 20, 2016, in Pella, Iowa.

Sheri lived and worked at Christian Opportunity Center since July 1994. Some of things that brought joy to her life were listening to soft, soothing music like Peter, Paul and Mary, watching Iowa...

Dec 13, 2016

Carl Mark De Jong was born October 7, 1947, to Anthony and Josephine (Van Heukelom) De Jong in Oskaloosa, Iowa. He passed away unexpectedly December 13, 2016, at his farm near Chariton, Iowa.

Carl was a 1965 graduate of Pella Community High School and AIB Business College. He was a member of the Iowa National Guard from...

Dec 1, 2016

Ruth Jean De Jong was born on November 5, 1940, to Aca and Marcella (Wolfe) Malloy in Oskaloosa, Iowa. She passed away unexpectedly on December 1, 2016, in Pella, Iowa. Jean grew up in Oskaloosa, and graduated from Oskaloosa High School. She later attended Texas Tech and William Penn University.

Jean met Robert De Jong through friends,...

Nov 29, 2016

Raymond Gerald Meulpolder was born July 30, 1933, to Stoffel and Johanna (Zweedyk) Meulpolder in Mahaska County, Iowa. He died November 29, 2016, at The Cottages in Pella.

Ray attended country school through 8th grade, and was a 1951 graduate of Pella Community High School.

Ray met Donna Crozier at a square dance and they...

Nov 22, 2016

Johanna Esther Hittle was born October 27, 1919, to Cornelius and Irene (VanHaaften) Goemaat, south of Pella. She passed away November 22, 2016, at the Comfort House in Pella.

Johanna grew up in the Pella, Iowa, area. She married Eugene Everett Hittle on August 24, 1941, in Unionville, Missouri. He passed away on October 23, 1966, in...

Nov 19, 2016

Dorothy Jean Van Englehoven was born February 11, 1939, to John and Della Van Englehoven in Prairie City, Iowa. She passed away Saturday, November 19, 2016, at Pella Comfort House in Pella, Iowa.

Dorothy grew up on a farm north of Pella and graduated from Pella Christian High School in 1957. That summer she met Jerald Van...

Nov 16, 2016

Martha Jean Jones was born November 21, 1956, in Ottumwa, Iowa, to Lawrence and Aleta (Bunting) Kiefer. She passed away November 16, 2016, at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa.

Martha grew up in Hedrick, Iowa, and was a 1975 graduate of Hedrick Community High School. She attended Indian Hills Community College for Clerical and Accounting, worked...

Oct 17, 2016

Marla Kay Schiebout, 65, of Pella, died on October 17, 2016, at home. She was born to Bob and Dorothy Monsma on September 12, 1951, in Oskaloosa. She was the second of five children and grew up in Pella. Marla was a natural caretaker from a young age and she enjoyed spending time with her family playing rook, climbing...

Oct 13, 2016

Margery Irene Van Hemert, 92, of Pella, died on October 13, 2016, at Vriendschap Village. Margery was born to Gerritt and Alice (Hoksbergen) Van Heukelom on October 29, 1923, near Leighton. She graduated from Pella High School in 1940 and then attended Central College for two years and received a teacher's certificate. She married the late Reuben E. Van...

Sep 29, 2016

Gerald Allen Van Hemert was born February 19, 1927, to Cornelius and Johanna (Vander Pol) Van Hemert, in rural Marion County, Iowa. He passed away on September 29, 2016, at the Pella Regional Heath Center.

Gerald graduated 8th grade from Chester School. After his education, he began farming with his family. In 1948, Gerald met Elizabeth Harsselaar...

Sep 23, 2016

Henrietta Ruth "Joy" Janssen was born on November 25, 1924 in Holland Michigan, to the Rev. Henry T. and Cornelia Stek Rozendaal. She was the second of their five children. Her father served churches in Valley Springs, South Dakota and Melvin, Iowa during her childhood and teenage years, and she graduated from Melvin High School.

She attended...

Sep 21, 2016

Carol Kappel, 57, of Pella, Iowa, passed away at the Hospice of Pella Comfort House on September 21, 2016, after a courageous battle with liver cancer.

Carol Ann Rice was born June 30, 1959, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Norman and Betty (Hazewinkel) Rice. She grew up in Marion, Iowa, and graduated from Marion High School in...

Sep 16, 2016

Marvin Gerrit Branderhorst, the son of Gerrit and Evalena (Van Ryswyk) Branderhorst, was born August 3, 1931, in Jasper County, Iowa. He attended Des Moines #4 rural Schools.

Marvin made profession of faith at an early age at the Prairie City Christian Reformed Church. He later became a member of Covenant Reformed Church in Pella. Throughout his...

Sep 15, 2016

Henry W. De Jong was born January 28, 1921 to Martin and Marie (Van Wyngarden) De Jong near Leighton, Iowa. He passed away Thursday, September 15, 2016 at the age of ninety-five at the Oskaloosa Care Center.

Henry attended country schools and Peoria Christian Grade School and graduated from the eighth grade.

On August 28,...

Sep 12, 2016

Muriel Goemaat was one of nine children born to Martenis Govert and Everdena (Schut) Kamerick on October 17, 1925, in rural Pella. She passed away September 12, 2016, in Knoxville.

Muriel was baptized and made profession of faith at an early age. She grew up and lived in the Pella and Harvey areas and attended East Amsterdam...

Sep 12, 2016

Naomi Lynn Braafhart was born on September 12, 2016, to Joey Alan and Jenny Lynn (Howell) Braafhart at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Naomi was born at 3 lbs. 1 oz. 13 A½ inches long, with lots of pretty dark hair. Naomi lived for one hour and 22 minutes. Naomi was greeted by her sisters: Riley (9),...

Sep 8, 2016

Harry VanDerHart was born March 5, 1939, to William Henry and Jennie (Wielard) VanDerHart at home on their family farm near Pella. He passed away at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, on Thursday, September 8, 2016.

Harry grew up in the Peoria area and attended country school through 8th grade. He farmed all his life, worked...

Sep 1, 2016

Anita Marie King was born on April 24, 1948, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the daughter of Frank and Margaret (Price) Lindquist. Anita passed away on September 1, 2016, at the Hospice of Pella Comfort House in Pella, Iowa.

As a youth much of her activity revolved around the community of faith at First Baptist Church in Anoka, Minnesota,...