Clarence (Brooks) Garden
Dec 12, 2014
Brooks, as most people knew him, was born October 12, 1924, on a farm outside of Tracy, Iowa. He was the twin to Ralph born to Ralph and Ellen (Thomas) Garden. Brooks attended the Tracy Elementary School and was admitted to the Tracy High School on May 19, 1938. He entered the Army on March 19, 1943, and served...
Edith Kuiper
Dec 10, 2014
Edith Kuiper was born on January 23, 1914, to Arie J. and Josie Beyer De Vries near Otley, Iowa. She went to her heavenly home Wednesday, December 10, 2014, at the Oskaloosa Care Center at the age of 100. She received her early education at a country school near her home and completed the eighth grade.
On...
Arie Ver Dught
Dec 2, 2014
Arie Warner Ver Dught, age 92, was born on May 31, 1922, to Cornelius and Hattie Bogaards Ver Dught in the Sandridge neighborhood northeast of Pella. He had one older sister. He attended the Sandridge and Flintridge country schools.
A major event in Arie's life was undergoing brain tumor surgery at the Iowa City Hospital in 1936...
Erma M. De Haan
Nov 27, 2014
Erma May Roorda was born on April 27, 1925 and raised on the family farm northwest of Pella. She was the fifth child of Wigert and Reino (Borgman) Roorda. Erma attended Pella public schools and graduated from Pella Community High School in 1944. After high school she worked at the Co-op grocery store. Erma met Adrian Paul De Haan...
Jane Langerak Meier
Nov 25, 2014
Jane Anne Langerak Meier was born November 18, 1940 in Des Moines, Iowa and passed away on November 25, 2014 in Prescott, Arizona at the age of 74. She worked as an elementary school teacher and Title 1 reading instructor in Monticello and Big Lake, Minnesota until her retirement in 1998.
She met her husband, John, in...
Jeanetta Olsthoorn
Nov 18, 2014
Jeanetta Beyer Olsthoorn was born on May 9, 1920, to John and Trinnie Eeling Beyer near Sully, Iowa. She went to her eternal home on Tuesday, November 18, 2014, at the age of ninety-four.
Jeanetta attended Taylor School near Sully. Her first job was at the Maasdam Sorghum Mill cooking for the men that worked there. Then...
Ed Jansen
Nov 13, 2014
Edwin Eugene Jansen was born on January 10, 1947, to Jake and Adriana Vos Jansen. He went to his heavenly home on Thursday, November 13, 2014, at the Hospice of Pella Comfort House at the age of sixty-seven.
Ed grew up in the Sully area, attended Sully Christian Schools and then Pella Christian Schools. After his schooling,...
Howard H. De Prenger
Nov 8, 2014
We lost our husband, best friend, dad, grandpa, and great-grandpa this week. He was a quiet, kind, and gentle man. He had a wealth of respect for others and a steadfast faith expressed not so much by words but by actions. He had an abundance of personal strength, accepting what was handed him until the very end.
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Jacob A. Van Wyhe
Oct 30, 2014
Jacob Arnold Van Wyhe was born on December 17, 1932, to Henry and Lavina "Fannie" De Hamer Van Wyhe in rural Mahaska County. Jake went to his eternal home on Thursday, October 30, 2014, at the Hospice of Pella Comfort House at the age of eighty-one.
Jake attended Black Oak School through the eighth grade and was...
Misty Torres
Oct 29, 2014
Misty Sue Torres was born on August 29, 1985, to Scott and Charlotte Bush Cogley in San Antonio, Texas. She passed away on Wednesday, October 29, 2014, at her home at the age of twenty-nine.
At a young age she moved to Pella and attended Pella Community High School. She later earned her GED. On January 4,...
Cornelia "Kay" Vos
Oct 28, 2014
Cornelia Wilhelmina Vos was born on August 12, 1921 to Gerrit and Maria (Valster) Van Zee at their home west of Pella. Cornelia married Cornie A. Vos on August 27, 1941 at her parents' home near Leighton. Together they had six children: Arvin, Daryl, Don, Carolyn, Pauline and John. Cornie and Cornelia farmed north of Peoria from 1941-1952. Then...
C. Wendell Anderson
Oct 17, 2014
Charles Wendell Anderson was born on April 15, 1927, in Swedesburg, Iowa, to Herman and Florence Anderson. He graduated from the Olds High School in Olds, Iowa, and then from Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
Wendell married Janella "Jane" Reid on September 21, 1958, in Christiansburg, Iowa. They lived in the Ottumwa area, where Wendell...
William (Bill) Blom
Oct 7, 2014
Bill Blom was born in Mahaska County Hospital October 13, 1961, the third son of Donald and Elsie Blom of Pella, Iowa. Bill's childhood was filled with the usual activities of farm boys in the 1960's when farming was a consuming family endeavor. His parents and neighbors recall a little boy already possessing a cheerful heart and willingness to...
Peggy Sue Stocker
Oct 7, 2014
Further information pending.
A Memorial Service will be held at a later date.
MEMORIALS : May be given to the family
FAMILY Husband: George Stocker - Pella Parents: Ralph & Carolyn Jordan - Oskaloosa Children: Renee Salz - Pleasant Hill Jordan & Ryan Kamerick - Jacksonville, Florida James & Tammy Stocker -...
Robert L. Plate
Oct 1, 2014
Robert Lee Plate was born on April 5, 1940, to John H. and Agnes Steenhoek Plate in Prairie City, Iowa. Robert received his early education at the Prairie City schools and then farmed. Later he moved to Pella and worked at Vermeer Manufacturing for 41 years.
In April 1965, Robert was united in marriage with Betty Garrett....
Ruth E. Van Weelden
Sep 16, 2014
Ruth Ellen (Stursma) Van Weelden was born November 6, 1930 to the Reverend Leonard and Reca (Setsma) Vermeer in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Ruth's father baptized her in the Protestant Reformed Church and she frequently said it was not always easy being a preacher's daughter. Ruth was the oldest of 5 children. The family moved frequently serving many churches in Illinois,...
Helen Van Wyngarden
Sep 9, 2014
Helen Margaret Van Wyngarden was born May 20, 1930, to Ben and Anna Smidt Assink in Columbus, Montana. At the age of three, she and her family moved to Kanawha, Iowa. Helen took a teacher's course at Central College, taught for one year, and then married. On June 9, 1949, she was united in marriage with Donald Van Wyngarden...
Frederick J. Westercamp
Sep 3, 2014
Frederick John Westercamp was born on December 28, 1951, to John and Tena Bandstra Westercamp in Mahaska County. Fred received his early education at Peoria Christian School and attended Pella Christian High School for one year. The family then moved to the New Sharon area, and Fred graduated from the New Sharon High School. He later attended college for...
Cornelia "Nellie" Harthoorn
Aug 25, 2014
Cornelia Marie Harthoorn was born on July 16, 1913, to John D. and Jennie Plate Jansen at the family farm home north of Sully, Iowa. She went to her heavenly home on Monday, August 25, 2014, at The Cottages in Pella, Iowa, at the age of 101. She received her early education at the Sudlow Country School where she...
Mary "Janie" Vander Hoek
Aug 17, 2014
Mary Jane Vander Hoek was born on March 17, 1946, to Vernon and Mary Turner Klein in Oskaloosa, Iowa. She grew up in the Monroe area and attended Monroe High School with the class of 1964.
On April 27, 1962, Janie was united in marriage with Arlie Jean Vander Hoek at the First Reformed Church in Prairie...
