Obituary Listing

Nov 29, 2008

Janet Vander Beek, the fourth child of Willem D and Marie (Van De Scheur) Hol, was born October 23, 1922 at their rural home in Tracy, Iowa. Janet attended rural elementary school in Mahaska County and graduated from Pella Community High School in 1940. She made Confession of Faith at Ebenezer Reformed Church in Leighton in 1939. She was...

Nov 28, 2008

William Bandstra was born March 13, 1917 southeast of Pella in Mahaska County, the third of six children born to Peter and Anna (Stursma) Bandstra.

Bill attended rural schools - Black Oak Center, Flintridge, and Pella Christian Grade School. Growing up Bill worked for several farmers, also for the Rural Electric Association digging post holes by hand...

Nov 25, 2008

Loyd Ralph William Ray was born June 6, 1938 to Brown and Ruby Glozier Ray in Dyersburg, Tennessee. He passed away at his residence in Pella, Iowa on Tuesday afternoon, November 25, 2008 at the age of seventy.

Loyd received his GED at Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa, Iowa. On December 1, 1957 he entered the...

Nov 16, 2008

Jeanette Neels Elsloo was born on March 7, 1912 to Tunis and Annie (Swank) Neels at Oskaloosa, Iowa. She passed away Sunday, November 16, 2008 at the Pella Hospice Comfort House at the age of ninety-six.

As a small child, Jeanette moved with her parents to the Lynnville-Sully area. She graduated from the Sully Christian Grade School...

Nov 7, 2008

Elmer John Van Waardhuizen was the second of five children born to Arie W. and Mae (Kool) Van Waardhuizen. He was born July 6, 1923, in Summitt Township near Cordova, Iowa. Elmer received his early education at Fair Oaks County School and earned his GED in 1974. On December 28, 1948, he was inducted into the United States Army...

Nov 2, 2008

Margaret Lois Spence was born on December 1, 1913 to Joe and Nellie Grant Spence in Madrid, Iowa. She died on Sunday, November 2, 2008 at the Pella Regional Health Center-Long Term Care reaching the age of ninety-four.

Margaret graduated from Madrid High School and later attended American Institute of Business.

On March 21, 1936...

Oct 23, 2008

Helen Margaret Graver Menning was born on June 14, 1918 to Lloyd and Grace Johnston Graver in Lisbon, Iowa. She passed away at the Pella Hospice Comfort House on Thursday, October 23, 1918 at the age of ninety.

Helen attended Cornell College and the University of Iowa earning her B.S. degree in business. She spent many of...

Oct 18, 2008

Jamie, son of Lyle and Mary Jane (Armstrong) Brillhart, was born December 5, 1961 in Atlantic, Iowa. He passed away on Saturday, October 18, 2008 at the Pella Regional Health Center.

Jamie received his education in the Pella schools. He graduated from Pella Community High School with the class of 1980.

On August 10, 1985...

Sep 27, 2008

LeRoy Van Vark was born in Pella on December 21, 1916 to William and Marie Roovaart Van Vark. He was raised in the Pella area and received his education in the Pella schools. He graduated from Pella Community High School in 1933. He started driving truck for Pella Produce with his father, William Van Vark.

LeRoy married...

Sep 24, 2008

Gregory Jon Van Wyk was born on April 25, 1965 to Marvin Lee and Ruthanne (Ver Woert) Van Wyk in Iowa Falls, Iowa. He received his education in the Sully area, graduating from the Lynnville-Sully High School. He furthered his education by attending trade schools. Greg passed away on Wednesday, September 24, 2008.

On July 29, 2000...

Sep 16, 2008

Jill Anjanette Hoy Bauman was born in Washington, Iowa on July 24, 1969 to Dr. Gene Wilbur and Linda (Gurney) Hoy. She grew up in Richland, Iowa. She graduated from Pekin High School at Packwood and then attended Central College in Pella. While at Central she worked as a manager for the football and basketball teams. She held various...

Sep 4, 2008

Donald Boertje was born November 19, 1924 to John and Barbara (Van Ryswyk) Boertje in rural Jasper County. He attended several country schools and graduated from Prairie City High School with the class of 1943. After graduation Don enlisted in the Air Force and served nearly five years during World War II and the Korean War. During his working...

Sep 1, 2008

Ernest Charles Hunziker, son of Fred and Ella (Shutts) Hunziker, was born March 5, 1926 in Sully, Iowa. He passed away at the Pella Regional Health Center on Monday, September 1, 2008 at the age of eighty-two.

Ernest received his education in the Sully schools and graduated from the Sully High School.

On September 28,...

Aug 28, 2008

Leona Vanita Witzenburg Braafhart was born on April 28, 1917 on the family farm four miles west of Pella, Iowa. She was the daughter of Gerrit and Johanna Niemantsverdriet Witzenburg.

Leona attended country school for one year until the family moved to Otley. She attended Otley Public School for four years. The family moved to Pella and...

Aug 21, 2008

Dorothy Marie Conover was born on December 7, 1928 to Kors and Jennie (Nikkel) Harthoorn on the family farm north of Lynnville, Iowa. She passed away early on the morning of Thursday, August 21, 2008 at the Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa at the age of seventy-nine.

Dorothy attended the Black Oak Country School where...

Aug 15, 2008

Bernard Vander Molen was born August 19, 1923 to Lewis and Katie (Nieuwsma) Vander Molen near Peoria, Iowa. He attended Peoria Christian School where he completed the eighth grade.

He was baptized in the Peoria Christian Reformed Church and made profession of faith there.

He married Alida Stam on January 8, 1948 and lived near...

Aug 2, 2008

Jennetta Irene Antle was the tenth child of fourteen children born to Guysbert and Gertrude (Van Arkel) Van Wyk. She was born on August 3, 1920 at rural Sully. She passed away at her home in Sully on Saturday morning, August 2, 2008, at the age of eighty-seven.

Jennetta went to grade school at Sully Christian School....

Jul 29, 2008

Donald Paul Van Hal was the youngest of five children born to William and Wilma Wichhart. He was born December 16, 1939, in Pella, Iowa.

Donald graduated from Pella High School in 1957 and went on to attend Central College. He worked as a baker at Vander Ploeg Bakery, where he was given the nickname "Doughmaker." He...

Jul 15, 2008

Elmer John "Nig" DeWinter, son of Nicholas and Wilhelmina (Klyn) DeWinter, was born on June 1, 1916 in Pella, Iowa. He passed away on Tuesday evening, July 15, 2008, at the Pella Regional Health Center-Long Term Care at the age of ninety-two.

As a child Elmer attended school in the Pella area, graduating from Pella High School...

Jun 29, 2008

Wilma Vanden Berg Hugen was born on May 16, 1922 to George and Annie Kelderman Vanden Berg in Pella, Iowa. She passed away on Sunday morning June 29, 2008 at the Pella Hospice Comfort House at the age of eighty-six.

Wilma was united in marriage with John Hugen in Pella, Iowa on August 16, 1940. To this...