Nellie Eliason
Jan 2, 2013
Nellie Angeline Eliason was born on May 11, 1932, to Jacob and Mary De Waard in Hancock County, Iowa. She passed away on January 2, 2013, at the Hospice of Pella Comfort House in Pella, Iowa.
Nellie lived in Kanawha, Harcourt, and Hawkeye, where she made many life-long friendships. She graduated from the Corwith High School and...
Beulah De Zwarte
Jan 1, 2013
Beulah Pearl De Zwarte, daughter of Conrad and Anna (Andringa) De Vries, was born on August 15, 1934 in Mahaska County near Peoria, Iowa. She attended rural country schools, Pella Christian Grade School, and Pella Christian High School.
She was united in marriage with Loren De Zwarte on July 30, 1952. Beulah and Loren were blessed with...
Richard G. Litwiller
Dec 23, 2012
Richard Glenn Litwiller was born on September 5, 1940, to Glenn Edward and Ethel Pearl Miller Litwiller in Manson, Iowa. He passed away Sunday evening, December 23, 2012 at the Hospice of Pella Comfort House at the age of seventy-two.
He received his early education in the Manson Schools and graduated in 1959 from Manson High School....
Douglas Van Haaften
Dec 23, 2012
On January 1, 1957, Douglas Gene Van Haaften was born, six weeks before his expected due date, to Marion and Marjorie Van Haaften in Oskaloosa, Iowa. It was said he was small enough to fit in a shoe box. Doug passed away Sunday evening, December 23, 2012, at the Hospice of Pella Comfort House after a long battle with...
Willem Scholten
Dec 22, 2012
Willem Karel Scholten was born on June 2, 1920, in Overschie, the Netherlands, to Arie and Pieterje (Post) Scholten. He attended grade school through the eighth grade when he started working full-time for a construction contractor at age fourteen. He went through trade school by taking night classes and graduated at the age of nineteen.
In January...
Raymond L. Williams
Dec 18, 2012
Raymond Lee Williams was born on December 31, 1946, to William John and Lydia Rose Bessel Williams in Ashtabula, Ohio. He passed away Tuesday, December 18, 2012, at the Pella Regional Health Center at the age of sixty-five.
On April 2, 1966, Ray was united in marriage with Barbara Lee Riffle in Saybrook, Ohio. To this union...
Leona De Ruiter
Dec 15, 2012
Harriet "Leona" De Ruiter was born February 18, 1920 northeast of Pella, Iowa, to Gerrit and Sarah (Buwalda) Van Gorp. She attended Warren School, rural Pella. She passed away Saturday, December 15, 2012, at Jefferson Place in Pella at the age of ninety-two.
On August 10, 1938, she married Nick De Ruiter. Nick and Leona had four...
Lois A. Vos
Dec 5, 2012
Lois Ann Nieuwsma Vos was the sixth child born to Henry and Irene Andringa Nieuwsma on July 9, 1939, near Taintor, Iowa. She passed away Wednesday evening, December 5, 2012, at the Hospice of Pella Comfort House at the age of seventy-three.
Lois graduated from Pella High School with the class of 1957. On June 6, 1957,...
Marion W. Dieleman
Nov 30, 2012
Marion Will Dieleman, the son of William (Will) and Carrie Van Baale Dieleman, was born north of Pella on August 2, 1918. He passed away Friday, November 30, 2012, at the Crystal Heights Care Center in Oskaloosa, Iowa, at the age of ninety-four.
Marion attended a rural school north of Pella and graduated from the eighth grade...
Anna Roose
Nov 29, 2012
Anna Vos Roose was born December 19, 1919, to Adrian and Sarah Vander Molen Vos in Mahaska County, Iowa. She passed away Thursday, November 29, 2012, at the Pella Regional Health Center at the age of ninety-two years and eleven months.
She received her early education at the Peoria Christian Grade School. She was a life-long member...
Abe J. Nunnikhoven
Nov 23, 2012
Abraham J. Nunnikhoven was born in the rural Knoxville, Iowa home of his maternal grandfather on December 30, 1927, to Anthony J. and Bertha Slykuis Nunnikhoven. He was the oldest of seven sons born into the family. After he completed the eighth grade at South Flagler School, the family resided in the Sully and Pella areas, where Abe helped...
Ruth Van Steenwyk
Nov 22, 2012
Ozie Ruth Van Steenwyk was born on November 14, 1935, to Lloyd D. and L. Mae Beard Harvey in Warren, Arkansas. She passed away Thursday, November 22, 2012, at the Hospice of Pella Comfort House at the age of seventy-seven.
Ruth graduated from the Attica High School. On November 14, 1952, she was united in marriage with...
Wayne Vanden Berg
Nov 22, 2012
Cornie Wayne Vanden Berg was born May 15, 1924, to Cornie and Beryl Reynolds Vanden Berg near Fifield, Iowa. He passed away Thursday, November 22, 2012, at the Pella Regional Health Center-Long Term Care at the age of eighty-eight.
Wayne received his early education in the Pella area schools, graduating from Pella High School with the class...
Jennie Geurts
Nov 11, 2012
Jennie Elscott Geurts was born March 8, 1917 to John and Maggie (Brand) Elscott. She was the first born of seven children in a country home two miles north of Taintor. She was raised in the Taintor area and graduated from the eigth grade at the Case School, which was located at the end of their farm.
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William Rigg
Oct 30, 2012
William Richard Rigg was born August 27, 1940 to Robert and Lorrean(Kilgore) Rigg in Kansas City, MO. After serving in the Army, he worked construction and was a contractor. He passed away Tuesday, October 30, 2012 in Pella at the age of 72. Those left to cherish his memory are: two children, Robin Rigg-Walters and Tony Rigg; three grandchildren,...
Leona R. Ver Meer
Oct 19, 2012
Leona Ruth Uitermarkt Ver Meer was born October 5, 1920, to Gerrit and Elizabeth Verros Uitermarket near Otley, Iowa. She was the youngest of seven children. She went to her heavenly home on Friday, October 19, 2012, at the Pella Regional Health Center - Long Term Care at the age of ninety-two.
Leona received her early education...
Albert M. Pleima
Oct 16, 2012
Albert Martin Pleima was born on August 29, 1922, to Martin and Regina De Jong Pleima at the family farm in the Lower Grove area near Pella. He passed away Tuesday, October 16, 2012, at the Hospice of Pella Comfort House at the age of ninety.
Albert received his early education at the Rider School in Jasper...
Johanna Wilma Roorda
Oct 7, 2012
Johanna Wilma De Haan, ninety-one, born April 3, 1921, was the first of two children born to Teunis and Sarah Van Steenis De Haan at the family farm east of Pella in Mahaska County. Wilma received an eighth grade education at Black Oak Center School in Mahaska County. She was a baptized member of the Second Christian Reformed Church...
William J. Moll
Oct 5, 2012
GRAVESIDE SERVICE 3:00 P.M., Wednesday, October 10, 2012 St. Mary's Cemetery Pella, Iowa
MEMORIALS St. Mary's Catholic Church Marion County Humane Society
FAMILY Wife: The late Adeline Moll Children: Pamela (Joe) Scovill - Kansas City James (Dedra) Moll - Kansas City Patti (Kent) Rotert - Pleasant Hill, Iowa
Harry C. Tibboel
Sep 29, 2012
Harry was born on Halloween in 1919, to Martin and Maggie (Stam) Tibboel. He was their fifth child and was born at home on a farm near Cordova Iowa. Cordova was located south of Monroe where Red Rock Lake is now located.
The Tibboel family moved to a farm in northern Iowa near Kanowa, then by train,...
