Marilyn Amber
Nov 23, 2011
Marilyn Joyce (Fleener) Amber was born on January 18, 1934, in Oskaloosa, Iowa, to John and Opal (Keeran) Fleener. Marilyn passed away at the Pella Regional Health Center on Wednesday, November 23, 2011, at the age of seventy-seven.
Marilyn was educated in the Oskaloosa Community School District. On May 31, 1952, she was united in marriage to...
Matthew Olivier
Nov 23, 2011
Matthew Wm Olivier was born on April 21, 1919, to Jacob and Lena Blommers Olivier in the Oskaloosa/Eddyville area. He received his education from the Madison Center County School. He passed away Wednesday, November 23, 2011, at the Pella Regional Health Center-Long Term Care at the age of ninety-two.
On June 3, 1941, Matt was united in...
Clarence J. Meyers
Nov 11, 2011
Clarence Jay Meyers, son of Chester and Mary DeGraff Meyers, was born on August 20, 1923, near Prairie City, Iowa. He passed away Friday, November 11, 2011, at Jefferson Place in Pella, Iowa.
He received his early education in the Prairie City area and graduated from Monroe High School.
On February 4, 1949, Clarence was...
Rev. David Laman
Nov 6, 2011
David A. Laman (97) passed away and went to be with the Lord on November 6, 2011. He was born in Baldwin, Wisconsin on October 10, 1914. He graduated from Hope College and Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan. He married Lois Lohuis and together they served churches in Grant, Michigan, Muskegon, Michigan, Maurice, Iowa, Oskaloosa, Iowa, Artesia, California,...
Murray Kamerick
Nov 2, 2011
Murray Kamerick, son of John and Muriel Sytsma Kamerick, was born April 2, 1925, in Pella, Iowa. He passed away Wednesday, November 2, 2011, at the Hospice of Pella Comfort House at the age of eighty-six.
Murray received his early education at a country school near his home.
On October 11, 1944, Murray was united...
Gilbert J. Schut
Oct 27, 2011
Gilbert James Schut, son of Gerrit and Cornelia (Bos) Schut, was born on September 30, 1921, on the family farm near Monroe, Iowa. He was raised in the Monroe area and educated in the Capital Prairie School.
On January 29, 1948, Gilbert was united in marriage to Johana De Koning at her family farm near Monroe. To...
Karen Uitermarkt
Oct 12, 2011
Karen Joyce Uitermarkt was born on August 27, 1944, in Ottumwa, Iowa to Alfonse "Doc" and Delores (Terrell) Johnson. Karen passed away at her home in Pella on Wednesday, October 12, 2011, at the age of sixty-seven.
Karen graduated from the Ottumwa High School with the class of 1962. She received her B.A. of Theology, with a...
Glenn De Kock
Oct 9, 2011
Glenn De Kock was born on September 11, 1928, to Jasper "Jap" and Minnie (Bogaards) De Kock. He was raised on the family farm in the Sandridge area north of Pella. Glenn graduated from the Pella High School with the class of 1946.
Glenn was a carpenter for most of his life, working mainly in the Pella...
Donald L. Tuinstra
Oct 8, 2011
Donald Lee Tuinstra, son of Matthew and Jeanette Vande Kieft Tuinstra, was born on April 9, 1924, on the family farm near Leighton, Iowa. He was raised and educated in Pella and Marshalltown, Iowa. Don enlisted in the U.S. Navy on July 23, 1942. After deployments to the Atlantic, Caribbean, Mediterranean, and the Middle East, he was honorably discharged...
Johanna M. Manges
Sep 23, 2011
Near the Des Moines River in Marion County, Iowa, is a small town known as Harvey, where on May 1, 1920, Johanna Mae Visser was born to Henry and Maggie (Vander Veer) Visser. Not long before Johanna's youngest brother Laverne was born, her family moved to a farm on the Pella side of the Des Moines River. She grew...
Ronald J. Vos
Sep 18, 2011
Ronald James Vos was born on August 2, 1940 to James and Wilma Jansen Vos in Jasper County. He passed away Sunday, September 18, 2011 at the Hospice of Pella Comfort House at the age of seventy-one.
On June 26, 1959 Ron was united in marriage with Lucille Joan Vande Voort near Killduff, Iowa. To this union...
Cornelia Tibboel
Sep 9, 2011
Cornelia Tibboel was born on January 13, 1923, to Peter and Adrajana Kleinendorst Verschuure at their farm home near Tracy, Iowa.
She attended elementary schools in the Tracy, Otley Prairie City, and Pella area and graduated from Pella High School in 1941. She taught one year in a rural school northeast of Pella, then worked at the...
Charly Beyer
Sep 1, 2011
Charly Beyer, son of Gerrit and Gertie (Slycord) Beyer, was born November 20, 1923, in Taintor, Iowa. He passed away at the Hospice of Pella Comfort House on Thursday, September 1, 2011, at the age of eighty-seven.
On May 29, 1950, Charly was united in marriage with Elotia Myers at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa....
Beverly A. Toom-Turner
Aug 26, 2011
Beverly Ann De Moss Toom-Turner was born July 5, 1940, to Lee and Mildred Schrader De Moss, in Knoxville, Iowa. She passed away on Friday, August 26, 2011, at the Hospice of Pella Comfort House at the age of seventy-one.
Beverly grew up in the Knoxville area, received her early education in the Knoxville Schools, and graduated...
Bonnie J. Vande Kraats
Aug 14, 2011
Bonnie June Vande Kraats, daughter of John Arie and Betty Lou Van Sant Vande Kraats, was born September 15, 1959 on the family farm two miles north of Pella, Iowa, in Marion County. She lived her whole life on the family farm. She attained the age of fifty-one, passing away on Sunday, August 14, 2011.
Bonnie attended...
Robert L. Van Ryswyk
Aug 9, 2011
Robert L. Van Ryswyk, son of Arie and Irene (Vande Lune) Van Ryswyk, passed away Tuesday, August 9, 2011, at the Hospice of Pella Comfort House at the age of eighty-four. He was born September 3, 1926, on the family farm south of Prairie City. He received his early education in the Prairie City area, graduated from Prairie City...
Esther W. Roorda
Jul 17, 2011
Esther Wilma Overbergen Roorda was born near Leighton, Iowa, in Mahaska County, on January 15, 1921, to Lambertus and Martha (De Bruin) Overbergen. Her older brother, Raymond, welcomed her into their busy farm home. Esther was educated in the Black Oak Center School, where she graduated from the eighth grade in 1934.
As a young girl, Esther...
Jacob Schuring
Jul 12, 2011
Jacob L. Schuring (Jake), son of Louis and Elizabeth Van Dyke Schuring, was born February 15, 1924, in Pella, Iowa. Jake went to his heavenly home on Tuesday, July 12, 2011, at the Pella Regional Health Center at the age of eighty-seven.
He attended Fifield and Otley grade schools and graduated from Pella Community High School in...
Bessie Jansen
Jul 9, 2011
Bessie Fortuin Jansen was born on March 1, 1911, to Ruurd "Roy" and Jennie (Rozendaal) Fortuin in Crookston, Minnesota. Her family moved to Iowa when she was two weeks old and she lived in the Sully area until 2000. She passed away Saturday morning, July 9, 2011, at her residence in the Hilltop Manor.
Bessie received her...
Alida Vander Molen
Jul 9, 2011
Alida Jeanetta Vander Molen, the daughter of Cornelius and Johanna Vander Kieft Stam, was born near Tracy, Iowa on December 15, 1927, the ninth of ten children. She attended grade school in Tracy and Beacon. She attended Pella Christian High School for two years and graduated from Oskaloosa High School in 1945. After graduation, she worked as an Aid...
