Nellie M. Klein
Apr 7, 2015
Nellie Marie (Schuring) Klein was born December 12, 1925 to Nick Schuring and Mintie (VanZee) Schuring in Pella, Iowa. She passed away Tuesday, April 7, 2015, at the Hospice of Pella Comfort House at the age of eighty-nine. She worked for many years at Dutch Mill Motel in Pella and later she was employed by Rolscreen Company. On January...
Jack Pace
Apr 7, 2015
John Evan Pace, Jr. was born on February 2, 1928, the son of John, Sr. and Gladys Fern (Scott) Pace in Poplar Bluff, Missouri.
John "Jack" was a graduate of Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan, where he earned his B. A. and M.A. degrees in 1958 and 1964. He was a proud Life Member of the...
Sheryl D. Van Wyngarden
Apr 2, 2015
Sheryl Denise Van Wyngarden was born in Pella, Iowa to Kay and Sandra (Core) Harsin on June 7, 1966, and grew up in the Knoxville area. Sheryl graduated from Knoxville High School and also attended Des Moines Area Community College and Indian Hills Community College. Sheryl was united in marriage with Daryl Van Wyngarden on August 21, 1988, at...
Lawrence Arthur Polich
Apr 1, 2015
Lawrence (Larry) was born to John and Karla (Tomlonovic) Polich on January 31, 1928 in Carney, Iowa. John and Karla were both direct descendants from Croatia. Larry served as a Sergeant in the army during Korean War at Fort Leonard Wood and was the head of the welding school. He married Cecilia Jesser in 1956 and together they welcomed...
Arvin W. Lanser
Mar 27, 2015
Arvin Wayne Lanser was born in New Sharon, Iowa to Arie J. and Johanna (Wielard) Lanser on January 31, 1949. He lived most of his life in the Sully area. He attended Sully Christian through 8th grade and then attended Pella Christian High School. Arvin was married to Ronda Terlouw on July 22, 1970. They were blessed with two...
Karen D. Courtney
Mar 17, 2015
Karen Diane Courtney was born to Albert and Charlotte (Adams) Van Waardhuizen in Oskaloosa, Iowa on March 12, 1954. Karen graduated from Pella Community High School in 1972. On August 11, 1972 she married Randy Van Weelden and together had three children: Matthew, Katherine and William. Karen later married Jack Courtney on December 11, 2013. Karen lived for her...
Adriana Dean
Mar 15, 2015
Adriana (Ada) Francis Dean was born on June 26, 1919 in Eddyville, Iowa to Cornelia and John Wynberg. Ada graduated from Pella Christian Grade School in 1933 and Pella Christian High School in 1937. Ada completed nurses training at Christian Psychopathic Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1943. On May 7, 1948 Ada married John Arland Dean and on...
Loren Beyer
Mar 8, 2015
Loren Gerrit Beyer was born on December 16, 1951 in Grinnell, Iowa. He was the first born son to Charly and Elotia (Myers) Beyer. Loren graduated high school with the Lynnville-Sully class of 1970. He worked various jobs during and after school but his love for farming was his great desire. Farming alongside his dad, whom he looked up...
Sheryl Ellinwood
Feb 26, 2015
Sheryl Ellinwood, age 55, passed away Thursday, February 26, 2015, at the Knoxville Hospital. Memorial services will be held at a later date.
Leona B. Van Wyk
Feb 24, 2015
Leona Belle Van Wyk was born on August 25, 1928, to Gysbert and Jacoba Stursma Swank in Mahaska County. She went to her heavenly home on Tuesday evening, February 24, 2015, at the Oskaloosa Serenity House at the age of eighty-six. On March 8, 1949, Leona was united in marriage with Lester J. Van Wyk in Peoria, Iowa. They...
Doyle “Joe” Van Essen
Feb 8, 2015
Doyle "Joe" Van Essen was born on the family farm near Prairie City, Iowa, on May 7, 1924, to Aart and Hazel Marie (Nolin) Van Essen. He graduated from the Monroe High School and started working the farm where he lived all of his life. On March 21, 1948, Doyle was united in marriage with Beverly Wilson at the...
Geurt Van Sant
Feb 5, 2015
Geurt John Van Sant was born on a farm near Leighton, Iowa, on July 14, 1925, to Andrew and Gertie (Van Hall) Van Sant. He received his education in area schools and graduated from the Sully High School in 1943. Geurt served with honor in the U.S. Navy during World War II, stationed aboard the U.S.S. Belleauwood. Following his...
Cornie Vander Linden
Jan 21, 2015
Cornie Vander Linden, son of Carl and Nelly Dam Vander Linden, was born in rural Oskaloosa, Iowa, on June 16, 1919. He attended Black Oak Center School in rural Leighton, Iowa, until 1931 and graduated from the Peoria Christian School in 1932. On May 28, 1952, he was united in marriage with Tracy Huyser in Chicago, Illinois. Tracy died...
Cornelia Verschuure
Jan 18, 2015
Cornelia Jacoba Tibboel was born May 21, 1917, to Martin and Maggie Tibboel at Cordova, Iowa. She went to her heavenly home on Sunday, January 18, 2015, at the age of ninety-seven. Cornelia was united in marriage with Tunis Verschuure on February 23, 1939, at her parents' home near Monroe, Iowa. They were blessed with five children: David, Eunice,...
Melvin Pothoven
Jan 8, 2015
Melvin Pothoven was born on April 4, 1926 in Oskaloosa, IA. He was the youngest of three children born to Andrew Tunis and Nellie (Van Houweling) Pothoven. He attended Wheat Grow Grade School and following this he graduated from Pella High School with the class of 1944. He chose not to attend college, and worked for several area farmers...
Ida Marie Kinnick
Jan 6, 2015
Ida Marie Kinnick, age 96, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015. She was born in Coon Rapids, Iowa, to Warren Raymond and Zula Agnes (Patrick) Bell, and was next to youngest of their six children: Opal, Irl, Lucille, Dorothy, Ida Marie and June. Soon after graduating from high school, she married the love of her life, Leo...
Eva Anderson
Jan 2, 2015
Eva Agnetta Surls was born to Fred and Olga Surls in Iowa Falls, Iowa on April 11, 1916. She was the oldest of five children. She passed away on Friday, January 2, 2015 after a short illness. Eva accepted Jesus as her Savior at the age of 13 and a few years later, felt a definite call of God...
Roberta Klein
Dec 27, 2014
Roberta Irene (Fisher) Klein was born on September 29, 1929, to Marvin E. and Charlotte L. (McKinney) Fisher in Des Moines, Iowa. She passed away Saturday morning, December 27, 2014, at the age of eighty-five.
Roberta received her early education in Des Moines schools, attended Pella High School, and North High School in Des Moines where she...
Frank Hettinga
Dec 19, 2014
Frank Hettinga, the son of Jochem and Willemien Smidt Hettinga, was born on August 24, 1927, in the Netherlands. At the age of twenty-one, Frank immigrated to the United States. He received his education in the Netherlands.
On Decembeer 4, 1949, Frank was united in marriage with Anna Vink in Pella, Iowa. They were blessed with four...
Donald K. De Reus
Dec 18, 2014
Donald Keith De Reus passed away at his rural home southwest of Monroe on Thursday, December 18, 2014, at the age of seventy-five. He was the youngest of three children born to Gysbert and Agnes (Henderson) De Reus near Prairie City, Iowa, on January 23, 1939.
Don attended Maple Grove 10 Country School near Prairie City until...
