Obituary Listing

Jul 16, 2010

Dorothy Christina Nelly Beyer Van Zee was born on October 18, 1917 to Gerrit and Gertie Slycord Beyer. She was the oldest of five children. Dorothy passed away Friday, July 16, 2010 at the Pella Regional Health Center at the age of 92.

Dorothy grew up on the family farm near Taintor. Dorothy was united in marriage...

Jun 22, 2010

Harold Duane Busby, son of James Harold and Adella Leatherman Busby, was born May 4, 1927, near New Sharon. He died June 22, 2010 at his home in Pella at the age of eighty-three.

Duane grew up in the Montezuma area and graduated from the Montezuma High School with the class of 1944. After high school and...

Jun 10, 2010

Marvin Dwight May was born January 15, 1940 in Knoxville, Iowa to Frank and Mabel Scott May.

He was raised and educated in the Tracy, Bussey, Knoxville area and graduated from Attica High School in 1958.

On October 10, 1958 he married the love of his life, Marilyn I. Terpstra at the Lynnville Friends Church....

Jun 8, 2010

Beloved sister, aunt, teacher, and friend Thelma Grandia passed away on June 8, 2010, in Warren, Michigan, after a courageous battle with stage four liver cancer.

Thelma was born on March 9, 1930, to Murry and Leona Vander Linden Grandia near Pella. After graduating from Pella High School in 1948, she attended Central College for six weeks...

May 24, 2010

Floyd Van Der Kamp, son of Paul and Gertie Van Genderen Van Der Kamp, was born April 30, 1921, near Sully, Iowa. He died Monday, May 24, 2010, at the Skiff Medical Center Monarch Wing in Newton, Iowa, at the age of eighty-nine.

Floyd grew up in the Sully area and received his early education in a...

May 14, 2010

Gerdena Van Ryswyk Bandstra was born on December 16, 1917, to Dick and Catherine Kloosterman Van Ryswyk near Prairie City, Iowa . She received her early education at the Garden Hall Country School near the family home.

On February 9, 1938, Gerdena was united in marriage with Dick Bandstra at the home of her parents south of...

Apr 25, 2010

Magdeline (Maggie) Rozenberg Van Weelden was born December 8, 1932, to Andrew and Elizabeth Sneller Rozenberg at the home of her parents west of Leighton. She died at her home on Sunday, April 25, 2010 at the age of seventy-seven.

As a young girl one of her first jobs was wrapping butter at the Pella Creamery. Maggie...

Apr 23, 2010

Cheryl Faye Van Haaften Van Wyngarden was born on January 6, 1959. She was fifth of six children born to Henry and Janet (Wassink) Van Haaften. She died on Friday, April 23, 2010 at the University of Iowa hospital at the age of fifty-one after a short illness.

Cheri began her early childhood education at the Pella...

Apr 21, 2010

Henry Lee Roush was born to William Earl and Grace Dena Vander Linden Roush on January 4, 1928, near Prairie City, Iowa. He died on Wednesday, April 21, 2010, at the Hospice of Pella Comfort House at the age of eighty-two.

Henry was the youngest of eight children, one sister and six older brothers. After having lost...

Apr 19, 2010

Howard D. Ritter, son of Roy and Lettie Rohrdanz Ritter, was born February 26, 1928, on the family farm 2 ½ miles east of Reasnor. He was the fourth generation to live on the farm.

Howard attended McKinney Country School and graduated from Newton High School in 1946. On November 11, 1951, he was united in marriage...

Apr 16, 2010

Harold Van Wyk was born to John Will and Ella Wyngarden Van Wyk on December 18, 1925 on the family farm near Sully, Iowa. He passed away Friday, April 16, 2010, on the family farm at the age of eighty-four.

Harold graduated from Sully High School with the class of 1944. He spent his entire life farming....

Apr 16, 2010

Dr. Mildred R. Steele, age 86, died at Brookestone Village in Omaha on April 16, 2010.

A daughter of Joe and Gladys Romedahl, Mildred was born in rural Napier, Iowa, on January 13, 1924. She grew up with her older sister, Josephine Romedahl Said. In 1947 at Luther, Iowa, she married Otto Scott Steele, Jr., then a...

Apr 15, 2010

Debra Jolene Veenstra, age 53, died at her home in Otley, Iowa Thursday, April 15, 2010 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Deb was born June 26, 1956 in Des Moines, Iowa and met her husband Ed Veenstra while attending Central College. They were married October 21, 1977 and made a home in Otley, Iowa.

She was...

Apr 14, 2010

John Gerrit Beekhuizen was born to Arnold and Bertha Janssen Beekhuizen on July 19, 1924, near Tracy, Iowa. He was raised on the family farm and lived there his entire life. He graduated from Tracy High School.

John served his country in the United States Army 7782 Special Troops Division from March 1946 to August 1948 in...

Apr 9, 2010

The Lord blessed Cornelius and Goverdena Klyn De Jong with the birth of their daughter, Dorothy Pieternella, on May 7, 1923. She grew up in the Sully-Knoxville-Prairie City area. In 1940 the family lived near Otley when Niel was asked if Dorothy would please attend the newly organized school called "Pella Christian High School." She attended PCHS for her...

Mar 23, 2010

Michael Lynn Atkins, son of Dana and Irene Baresel Atkins, was born March 16, 1950 in Manhattan, Kansas. In 1965, the Atkins' family, including Mike's two younger sisters, Jan and Jill, moved to Oskaloosa.

Mike graduated from Oskaloosa High School, received his B.A. in education at William Penn College and his M.A. at Northeast Missouri State University....

Mar 10, 2010

Mark David Stevenson was born January 4, 1986 in Fort Smith, Arkansas. At the age of one, he and his family moved to Richfield Springs, New York. While living there, Mark was diagnosed at the age of three with Hunter Syndrome, a very rare degenerative disorder that he had since birth. During this time Mark began early childhood intervention...

Mar 7, 2010

Art Sneller was born near Monroe, Iowa, on April 5, 1930. He weighed only two pounds, small enough to fit in a shoe box. He was the youngest of six children, four brothers and one sister. He attended school in Colfax where he completed the eighth grade. After he finished school he went to work for his brother, Henry,...

Mar 5, 2010

Susan Marie Glessner was born on December 28, 1959, in Davenport, Iowa, to John W. and Janet M. Anderson Glessner, Sr. She passed away on Friday, March 5, 2010, at the Hospice of Pella Comfort House at the age of fifty.

Prior to her moving to Pella in 1996, she received her early education at River Hills...

Feb 28, 2010

Larry Allan Mulder was born on May 16, 1954, to Marvin and Loretta (Kleinhuizen) Mulder in Denver, Colorado. He passed away at his home in Pella on Sunday, February 28, 2010, at the age of fifty-five.

Larry graduated from Renville Community High School in Renville, Minnesota. He received his college degree in Physical Education from South Dakota...