Marion Wichhart
Dec 12, 2009
Marion Wichhart, son of Willem and Nellie Vos Wichhart, was born on January 31, 1915, just southeast of Pella, Iowa. He was the eighth of ten children. His first job was working as a mechanic at the Diamond Creek Coal Mine.
On September 11, 1940, he was united in marriage with Catherine Wanders, daughter of John and...
Marion Heemstra
Dec 11, 2009
Marion Ray Heemstra was born May 27, 1920, to Neal and Edith Baker Heemstra at the family home in Marion County, Iowa. He passed away at the Mercy Medical Center the morning of December 11, 2009, at the age of eighty-nine.
Marion attended country school through the eighth grade. He was united in marriage with Mary E....
Lorna Schakel
Dec 3, 2009
Lorna Schakel was born on February 18, 1920, to Clyde and Mella Rankin Milner in Knoxville, Iowa. She died on Thursday, December 3, 2009, at the Griffin Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Knoxville at the age of eighty-nine.
Lorna received her early education in the Knoxville school system and graduated from Knoxville High School with the class...
Sharon Sweitzer
Nov 30, 2009
Sharon Ann Shafranek Sweitzer was born on May 17, 1957, to Wilbur Lee and Erma Jean (Cooper) Moore at Oskaloosa, Iowa. She died on Monday, November 30, 2009, at the Pella Hospice Comfort House at the age of fifty-two.
Sharon received her early education at the Oskaloosa schools and graduated from Oskaloosa High School with the class...
Cecile Tool
Nov 28, 2009
Cecile LaVerne Tool, daughter of Vern and Netta (Nettie) Bain Wheeler, was born May 5, 1918, near Reasnor, Iowa. She passed away in Ankeny, Iowa, on Saturday, November 28, 2009, at the age of 91.
Those left to cherish her memory are: her daughter, Cherry Donovan of Ankeny, Iowa; her grandchildren: Tanner and Dr. Anne Donovan of...
Bernice M. Bennink
Nov 4, 2009
Bernice Marie Bennink was born December 15, 1916, in Cherry Grove, located southeast of Peoria, Iowa, to William and Grace De Jong Van Dusseldorp. She died on Wednesday, November 4, 2009, at the Oskaloosa Care Center at the age of ninety-two.
At a young age Bernice's mother passed away. Later her father married Rachel Kolenbrander. Bernice received...
Betty Goodyk
Oct 26, 2009
Betty Jean Van Heukelom Goodyk was born on August 2, 1929, to Gerrit R. and Winnie Pothoven Van Heukelom near Pella, Iowa. She passed on to be with her Lord on Monday afternoon, October 26, 2009, at the age of eighty years.
Betty lived most of her lifetime in the Pella, Sully, and Eddyville areas. She graduated...
Josephine Vander Leest
Oct 19, 2009
Josephine De Vries Vander Leest was born on June 29, 1920, to Arie and Josie Beyer De Vries at the family home near Otley, Iowa. She passed away on Monday, October 19, 2009, at the Mahaska Hospital in Oskaloosa, Iowa, at the age of eighty-nine.
Josephine received her early education at a country school near her home...
Andrew Hiemstra
Oct 15, 2009
Andrew Hiemstra was born on December 13, 1916, to Harry and Helena Van Rees Hiemstra at the family home near Otley, Iowa. He passed away at the Hospice of Pella Comfort House the evening of October 15, 2009, at the age of ninety-two.
As a young man Andrew enjoyed spending time with his friends, which often included...
Rachel Ryken
Oct 15, 2009
Rachel Ryken was born February 14, 1908, to Gerrit and Nellie De Jong Ryken at the family home in the Lower Grove neighborhood near Peoria, Iowa. Rachel was the eleventh of fourteen children born into the family. She passed away at the Pella Regional Health Center on Thursday, October 15, 2009, at the age of 101.
Rachel...
Mildred L. Ratcliff
Oct 13, 2009
Mildred Lois Ludwick Ratcliff, daughter of Ray and Jennie Monsma Ludwick, was born April 15, 1924, at her parent's farm home near Taintor, Iowa. She passed away at Harbor Crest Home in Fulton, Illinois, on Tuesday, October 13, 2009, at the age of eighty-five.
Mildred grew up in the Lynnville/Sully area where she received her education, graduating...
Elvin E. Van Wyk
Sep 10, 2009
Elvin Edwin Van Wyk, son of Will D. and Nellie Bruxvoort Van Wyk, was born August 17, 1930 near Sully, Iowa. He passed away at his shop north of Pella on Thursday evening, September 10, 2009, at the age of seventy-nine.
Elvin attended the Brown School near Sully and graduated with his eighth grade class.
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Bonnie J. Kerr
Sep 7, 2009
Bonnie Kerr, the daughter of Ward Dillon and Charlotte (McNulty) Dillon was born in Polk county Iowa August 10, 1923. She passed away September 7, 2009 at Ebenezer Ridges Care Center in Burnsville, Minnesota, at the age of 86.
Bonnie married former husband, George Kerr, in 1943. They returned to Iowa following the war, and then moved...
Anna Olsthoorn
Sep 6, 2009
Anna Terpstra Montgomery Olsthoorn, daughter of William and Nellie Terpstra, was born December 30, 1913, near Lynnville, Iowa. She passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2009, at St. Francis Manor in Grinnell, Iowa, at the age of ninety-five.
As a child Anna attended the Lynnville School and graduated from the eighth grade.
On December 2,...
Mathilde Schultz
Sep 3, 2009
Mathilde Viola Brand Schultz was born on April 30, 1919, two miles north of Killduff, Iowa. She was the youngest of five children that were born to Charles and Marie (Nelemans) Brand. She passed away at the Pella Regional Health Center-Long Term Care Center on Thursday evening, September 3, 2009, at the age of ninety.
Mathilde started...
David A. Van Haaften
Aug 26, 2009
David Anthony Van Haaften, son of David and Ruth Bovee Van Haaften, was born on February 21, 1945, in Oskaloosa, Iowa. He passed away at his home on the morning of Tuesday, August 26, 2009, at the age of sixty-four.
David attended Oskaloosa High School, graduating with the class of 1963.
On September 7, 1974,...
Henry A. Bennink
Aug 24, 2009
Henry Arie Bennink, son of John H. and Carrie Bogaards Bennink, was born June 26, 1916 at the family home near Taintor, Iowa. He passed away Monday, August 24, 2009, at the Oskaloosa Care Center at the age of ninety-three.
Henry attended the Peoria Christian School where he graduated from the eighth grade.
On January...
Joyce G. Van Gorp
Aug 22, 2009
Joyce G. Vos Van Gorp, daughter of Peter H. and Hattie Van Veen Vos passed away on Saturday morning, August 22, 2009 at the Comfort House of Pella.
Joyce grew up on a farm near Otley, Iowa, and attended country school and the Pella Community High School.
On August 12, 1947, Joyce and Donald J....
Marcia D. Cade
Aug 11, 2009
Marcia Delores Cade, daughter of William H. and Irene Van Wyk Klein, was born January 4, 1931, in Oskaloosa, Iowa. She passed away at the Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines on Tuesday, August 11, 2009, at the age of seventy-eight.
Marcia received her education in the Pella schools and graduated from Pella High School.
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Elery Park (E.P.) Willey Jr
Aug 3, 2009
Elery Park Willey Jr., son of Elery Park and Anita Randolf Willey, was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on March 7, 1927. He lived most of his life on the family farm near Chelsea and Belle Plaine, Iowa. He graduated from Belle Plaine High School, where he had many good times with Chuck McLennan and Louis Winslow.
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