Bernice L. Skinner
May 5, 2013
Bernice Louise Hoyt Cummings Skinner, age 95, died Sunday, May 5, 2013, at the Senior Suites of Urbandale. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at the First Bapist Church of Pella, with a private family burial service at Oakwood Cemetery.
Bernice was born on October 20, 1917, in Oskaloosa, Iowa to Harry and Myrtle...
John Denbleyker
Apr 30, 2013
John DenBleyker, age 73, passed away Tuesday, April 30, 2013, at Methodist Hospital in Des Moines. Private family inurnment will occur at a later date.
DIED April 30, 2013
Jay V. Veldhouse
Apr 28, 2013
Jay Vernon Veldhouse was born on October 9, 1928, at the family farm home near Kanawha, Iowa, to Heiko H. and Grace E. Abbas Veldhouse. He attended country school his elementary years and graduated from Kanawha High School in 1945. It was a joyful time in America as World War II was winding down, ending in August.
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Robert Frederick
Apr 23, 2013
Robert Riley Frederick, the oldest of five sons, was born to Jasper Monroe Frederick and Alice Rose (Mitchell) Frederick on July 13, 1924, in a log cabin outside of Osage, Arkansas. Working to help support the family through the depression years, Robert attended a one-room country school house and later graduated from high school at The School of the...
Arie Spoelstra
Apr 22, 2013
Arie Spoelstra was born at the family home on March 16, 1926, to Jacob and Emma Boot Spoelstra. He was baptized at Peoria Christian Reformed Church. At eight years old, a barn door blowing in the wind hit him in the head leaving him almost totally deaf. He was adept at reading lips and compensated well. He made profession...
Marjorie T. Kuiper
Apr 10, 2013
Marjorie T. Van Zante Kuiper was born on May 22, 1920, to Lane and Minnie (De Cook) Van Zante in their farm home near Pella, Iowa. She was raised there and graduated from the eighth grade. As a young girl, Marge loved riding horses, an interest she maintained for many years.
On January 1, 1942, she was...
Lavonne Van Wyk
Apr 7, 2013
LaVonne Van Wyk was born on December 20, 1935, to Carl and Christine Terlouw Hackert in Sully, Iowa. She graduated from Sully High School with the class of 1954.
On March 15, 1956, LaVonne was united in marriage with Forrest Van Wyk at the First Reformed Church in Sully, Iowa. They were blessed with four daughters: Debra,...
Rev. Stephen Veldhuis
Apr 4, 2013
Rev. Stephen Sipko Veldhuis, the son of Berend Jan and Siepkje (Veenstra) Veldhuis, was born November 9, 1928, in Almelo, Overyssel, Netherlands. He immigrated with his parents, sister, and brother to Alton, Iowa, in 1953, leaving behind his (then) fiancAC.e, Ann Slot.
In January of 1955, he went back to Holland to get married hoping to make...
Lee R. Hendricks
Apr 2, 2013
Lee R. Hendricks was born on April 1, 1933, to William and Pearl Martin Hendricks near Reasnor, Iowa. He completed the eighth grade at the Brown Country School southeast of Galesburg, Iowa. Following school he helped his Dad on the farm. After getting his chauffer's license, Lee drove a truck for Charles Awtry from Galesburg.
Lee was...
Virgil P. Klein
Apr 1, 2013
Virgil Paul Klein was born on February 29, 1928, on the family farm near Otley, Iowa, to Gradus A. and Anna Van Den Berg Klein.
Virgil was baptized in the First Christian Reformed Church of Pella, July 1, 1928, by Rev. J. DeHaan. He completed the eighth grade at the Otley School. On February 27, 1947, Virgil...
Ronald E. Menninga
Mar 31, 2013
Ronald Eugene Menninga was born on September 12, 1949, in Pella, Iowa, to Andrew and Patricia (Slycord) Menninga.
He went to be with his Heavenly Father on Sunday, March 31, 2013, at the Hospice of Pella Comfort House at the age of sixty-three.
Ron received his education in the Pella area schools and graduated from...
Jean Terpstra
Mar 30, 2013
Adriana Petrinella "Jean" Terpstra was born on May 1, 1921, to Stoffel and Johanna Zweedyk Meulpolder in the Netherlands. Jean (as she was known upon arriving in the United States) and her family sailed by ship to the United States in 1923 setting up their home on a farm in the Pella area.
Jean graduated from the...
Bernard Van Zante
Mar 30, 2013
Bernard Eldon Van Zante was born on April 28, 1927, to Arie and Martha Boomsma Van Zante, in Richland Township, Jasper County, Iowa. He graduated from the eighth grade at the Highland Country School and attended high school for one year.
In January 1951 Bernard served his country in the Air Force until being discharged at the...
Norman L. Van Maanen
Mar 29, 2013
Norman Lee Van Maanen, son of Teunis and Rika Fortuin Van Maanen, was born on September 8, 1941, on the family farm south of Lynnville. He passed away Friday, March 29, 2013, at the Skiff Medical Center in Newton, Iowa, at the age of seventy-one.
He received his early education at the Case Country School near his...
Ralph Van Wyk
Mar 24, 2013
Ralph Van Wyk was born on December 18, 1925, to John Will and Ella (Wyngarden) Van Wyk on the family farm northwest of Sully, Iowa. He passed away Sunday, March 24, 2013, at the Mahaska Health Partnership in Oskaloosa, Iowa, at the age of eighty-seven.
Ralph completed the eighth grade and soon started his career in farming....
Robert "Bob" Van Zante
Mar 24, 2013
Robert John Van Zante Jr. was born on May 10, 1964, to Robert and Tamiko Asano Van Zante in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He passed away Sunday, March 24, 2013, at the home of his daughter at the age of forty-eight.
The family moved from Colorado to Pella in 1979. Bob attended the Pella Community High School.
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Evelena Roozeboom
Mar 14, 2013
Evelena Roozeboom, age eighty-seven, passed away Thursday, March 14, 2013. She was born at her parent's home on June 9, 1925, the daughter of John M. and Minnie Van Gorp. She graduated from Pella Christian High School in 1942. Following graduation she taught at Peoria Christian School and Leighton Grade School.
On February 6, 1948, Evy was...
L. Geraldine "Gerry" Septer
Mar 12, 2013
Lois Geraldine "Gerry" Septer was born July 11, 1928, to Melis and Marie Van Gilst Otten of rural Killduff, Iowa. She was the second of three daughters. She passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at the Hospice of Pella Comfort House at the age of eighty-four.
She attended Newton High School and graduated with the class of...
Marjorie J. Van Wyk
Mar 11, 2013
Marjorie J. Van Wyk was born on September 10, 1920, to John and Dora Klein Willemsen near Sully, Iowa. She passed away on Monday, March 11, 2013, at Jefferson Place in Pella at the age of ninety-two.
On November 15, 1940, Marjorie was united in marriage with Wilber Ramer. They were blessed with one son, Dwayne. Wilber...
Frances V. Van Wyk
Feb 22, 2013
Frances Vivian Van Wyk was born on March 27, 1918, to Weitz and Catherine Brand Kooistra at the family home north of Lynnville, Iowa. Frances passed away at the St. Francis Manor in Grinnell, Iowa, February 22, 2013, at age 94.
Frances attended Union School and then Lynnville High School. On February 21, 1936, Frances was united...
