Keith “Groucho” Blom
Jun 21, 2011
Keith Virgil "Groucho" Blom was born on April 24, 1939 to William and Clara (De Bruin) Blom in Oskaloosa, Iowa. He went to his heavenly home on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at the Hospice of Pella Comfort House at the age of 72.
Keith received his early education at the European No. 3 school in Lake Prairie...
Jerry R. Byers
Jun 5, 2011
Jerry Richard Byers was born on April 8, 1929 in Lucas County, Iowa to Clinton Leland and Beulah Maud Richards Byers. He went to his eternal home after a courageous battle with cancer on Sunday, June 5, 2011 at the Hospice of Pella Comfort House at the age of eighty-two.
On June 17, 1951 Jerry was united...
Marie Dieleman
Jun 1, 2011
Marie Dieleman was born on September 5, 1915, to Richard and Maggie Duinink Vander Leest in rural Jasper County, Iowa.
Marie was eleven years old when she finished eighth grade. Because she was so young, she was required to repeat the eighth grade for a second time. Her dreams of going to high school were never realized...
Violet Vander Linden
May 25, 2011
Violet Frances Wickett Vander Linden was born on February 5, 1930, to Frank and Bethseba Torgenrud Wickett at the family residence in Canton, Minnesota. She went to her heavenly home on Wednesday, May 25, 2011, at the age of eighty-one.
Violet graduated from Canton High School in Canton, Minnesota. On November 1, 1952, she was united in...
Arvena Schuring
May 19, 2011
Arvena Bernice Schuring was born on July 2, 1929, to Clarence H. G. and Bernice A. (Dabb) Rietveld on a farm near Swan, Iowa. She passed away Thursday, May 19, 2011, at the Hospice of Pella Comfort House.
Arvena attended country school near Pleasantville and the Iola Country School. On June 26, 1947, Arvena was united in...
Andrew Menninga
May 18, 2011
Andrew Menninga was born to Yella Z. and Sarah Witzenberg Menninga on November 8, 1926, at the home place near Pella. Andrew went to his heavenly home on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at the Pella Regional Health Center at the age of eighty-four.
In 1948 Andrew was united in marriage with Patricia Slycord. They were blessed with...
Tena Hoogendoorn
May 16, 2011
Tryntje (Tena) De Haan Hoogendoorn was born on June 26, 1917, to Sander and Tryntje Roos De Haan in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, one of twelve children. She went to be with her Heavenly Father on Monday, May 16, 2011, at the Pella Regional Health Center-Long Term Care at the age of ninety-three.
On May 29, 1941 Tena...
Daniel Dieleman
May 10, 2011
Daniel E. Dieleman was born on September 26, 1915, to Daniel D. and Hattie (Roorda) Dieleman in rural Marion County. When Dan was only four years old, his mother passed away in childbirth. Dan was then raised by his step-mother Lena (Van Baale) Dieleman. Dan attended Davis County School until eighth grade.
Dan was united in marriage...
Gradus L. Bensink
May 1, 2011
Gradus Lee Bensink was born November 1, 1927, to Arie G. and Gertie Van Zante Bensink. He grew up on a farm and attended Battle Ridge country school in Marion County.
On June 8, 1949, Gradus was united in marriage with Wilma Reva De Kruyff in Sully, Iowa. They were blessed with two children: David and Scott....
Rosie Van Den Berg
Apr 28, 2011
Rosie Van Den Berg was born on November 4, 1936, to Bastian and Henrietta Schippers Goemaat in Pella, Iowa. She passed away early Thursday morning, April 28, 2011, at the Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa, after a short illness.
Rosie attended the Pella schools and began employment with Pella Corporation. On October 14, 1954, Rosie was...
Donna Rietveld
Apr 23, 2011
Donna Mae Rietveld was born on September 12, 1924, to Dirk and Anna Van Baale Rietveld in Pella, Iowa. She passed away on Saturday, April 23, 2011, at the Pella Regional Health Center-Long Term Care at the age of eighty-six.
Donna attended Pella Community High School and later Texas Tech University. In 1944 she was united in...
Paul C. Ter Louw
Apr 9, 2011
Paul's desire was to honor and bring glory to Jesus Christ in life and in death. That last desire was met when he went to be with his Lord on April 9, 2011 at the age of 88. Paul was born December 15, 1922, on a farm in the Sandridge area. Paul, and his twin brother, Apollas, were the...
Elsie Menning
Apr 6, 2011
Elsie (Van Dusseldorp - In't Veld) Menning entered into eternal rest April 6, 2011. She was born April 11, 1914 in Pella, Iowa, the daughter of Gysbert and Johanna (Veldhuizen) Van Dusseldorp. Elsie grew up on the family farm northeast of Pella. She attended Flintridge country school through 8th grade, walking to school with her cousin or getting a...
Darwin Lee Vos
Apr 2, 2011
Darwin Lee Vos was born August 24, 1958, to Raymond and Lois Nieuwsma Vos in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Darwin was baptized at the Sully Christian Reformed Church.
Darwin lived in Sully until age four, when he moved to Newton. There he attended Berg Elementary School until age nine, when the family moved to Washington, Iowa. He then moved...
Gertrude Dykstra
Mar 24, 2011
Gertrude Blommers Dykstra was born May 17, 1919, to Benjamin Thomas and Tillie De Wit Blommers near Pella, Iowa. She received her early education at the Wheat Grow and Flint Ridge Country Schools near her home.
On June 7, 1941, Gertrude was united in marriage with Paul E. Dykstra, son of Peter J. and Zwannetta Vischer Dykstra,...
Cornelia M. De Vries
Feb 19, 2011
Cornelia Maria (Van Zee) De Vries was born on October 8, 1911, to Leendert and Geertje (Ver Voorn) Van Zee in a farm home west of Sully, Iowa. She was the fifth of six children in the Van Zee family.
She was a lifetime member of the Sully Christian Reformed Church where she was active many years...
Dorothy Zuidema
Feb 15, 2011
Dorothy Mae (Bandstra) Zuidema, the daughter of Bart and Mary (Vande Voort) Bandstra, was born on January 14, 1917, at the home of her parents near the little town of Evans, Iowa. She was the fourth of ten children. She loved her parents and brother and sisters dearly. Dorothy attended West Weaver School in Mahaska County and graduated from...
Betty Aalbers
Feb 14, 2011
Betty Marie Terpstra Aalbers was born on July 15, 1928, the fifth child of Garrett and Marie Vande Voort Terpstra. Both of Betty's parents were of Dutch descent; her father was born in Patterson, New Jersey and her mother came to this country from Gelderland Province in the Netherlands at the age of fifteen.
As a young...
Charlotte Brouwer Lerette
Feb 2, 2011
Charlotte Wyma LeRette was born on September 28, 1917 to Henry and Effie Spoelstra Wyma near Peoria, Iowa. She passed away at the West Ridge Nursing and Rehab Center in Knoxville, Iowa on February 2, 2011 at the age of ninety-three.
Charlotte received her early education in the Pella Schools and later attended American Beauty School in...
Elizabeth Kroes
Jan 20, 2011
Elizabeth Bastiaantje Schep, daughter of Jacob and Bastiaantje Rozendaal Schep, grew up on a farm in Willege Langerak, Holland. She was born into a family of twelve children--two full sisters and two full brothers and five half brothers and three half sisters. Elizabeth attended the Gereformeerde Kerk in Ziest and made profession of faith in 1934.
On...
