Cornelia Veenstra
Jun 12, 2009
Cornelia Helena De Jong Veenstra, daughter of Martin P. and Marie Van Wyngarden De Jong, was born near Leighton, Iowa, on June 14, 1918. She received her early childhood education at a country school near her home.
On December 5, 1940, she was united in marriage with Lambert Veenstra. To this union seven children were born: John,...
Wilbur Van Zante
Jun 12, 2009
Wilbur Roy Van Zante, son of Arie and Martha Boomsma Van Zante, was born at Richland Township, Jasper County, Iowa on September 8, 1918. He graduated from the eighth grade at the Highland Country School.
On December 9, 1943, he was united in marriage with Harriet De Vries at her home. To this union, four children were...
Harold Mathes
May 30, 2009
Harold Mathes, the son of John and Jennie (Vos) Mathes, was born March 6, 1925 on the family farm north of Pella. He was one of ten children. Harold passed away at the farm at the age of eighty-four.
On February 12, 1948 Harold was united in marriage with Pauline Rozendaal at the Third Reformed Church in...
Carol Van Dusseldorp
May 10, 2009
Carol Juanita Van Dusseldorp was born on April 14, 1921 to Henry and Dora (Van Vark) Carson. She grew up in Pella, Iowa, where she lived most of her life. She received her education in the Pella Public Schools and graduated from Pella High School.
She was employed at the Pella Rolscreen Company, now Pella Corporation, during...
Betty Van Weelden
Apr 15, 2009
Betty Jean Van Weelden was born December 2, 1928 in Pella, Iowa to Herman and Katherine Rus Notting. She attended Webster Grade School and Pella High School, graduating in 1946. She spent her younger days with her aunt and uncle, Leona and William C. Stursma and their family, as both of her parents worked.
Betty married Henry...
Floyd Criss
Apr 14, 2009
FAMILY Son: Richard Criss - Pella, Iowa Sisters: Ella Cornelius - Riverside, California Oma (Glen) Umble - Knoxville, Iowa Brother: Herbert Criss - Maybank, Texas
MEMORIAL SERVICES 5:00 P.M., Friday, April 17, 2009 New Hope Community Church Pella, Iowa
VISITATION Beginning at 4:00 P.M., Friday, April 17, 2009 until the time of service. New...
Nellie Rus
Apr 13, 2009
Nellie Rus was born on February 8, 1916 near Sully, Iowa, the daughter of Herman and Sietska Terpstra Van Mersbergen. She was baptized at the Sully Christian Reformed Church. Nellie attended and graduated from Sully Christian Grade School. She professed her faith in Jesus Christ as her Savior at the age of seventeen in the Sully Christian Reformed Church....
Rebecca (Van Rheenen) Pickens
Mar 27, 2009
Rebecca Ann (Van Rheenen) Pickens, daughter of John and Mary Irene (De Cook) Van Rheenen, was born October 11, 1957 in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Rebecca passed away March 27, 2009 at her home in Bakersfield, California at the age of fifty-one due to Leukemia.
Rebecca grew up in Pella. She professed her faith in God at a young...
Kenneth L. Olivier
Mar 25, 2009
Kenneth Lee Olivier, son of Edward Lester and Jean Eleanor Cornelius Olivier, was born October 9, 1945, in Des Moines, Iowa. He passed away on the morning of Wednesday, March 25, 2009, at the Marion County Care Facility at the age of sixty-three.
Kenneth attended the Pella Community Schools, graduating with the class of 1963. Kenneth served...
Juanita E. Postma
Mar 6, 2009
Juanita Elizabeth Ann Postma, daughter of Virgil and Rose Ann Lemmon, was born February 6, 1927, in Kansas City, Kansas. Juanita grew up in the Kansas City area where she received her education and graduated from high school.
On September 15, 1949, Juanita was united in marriage with Hubert H. Postma at St. Rose of Lima Church...
Beatrice Aalbers
Mar 3, 2009
Beatrice Rebecca Aalbers, daughter of Dick A. and Clara (De Goey) Rietveld, was born July 22, 1921 in Pella, Iowa. She passed away Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at the Oskaloosa Care Center, Oskaloosa, Iowa, at the age of eighty-seven years.
Beatrice grew up on the farm and attended country grade school where she completed the eighth grade....
Anna Mae Van Mersbergen
Feb 16, 2009
Anna Mae Van Mersbergen was born on April 29, 1929, in Sully, Iowa, the fourth of nine children born to Will D. and Nellie (Bruxvoort) Van Wyk. Anna Mae passed away at Jefferson Place in the evening of Monday, February 16, 2009.
Anna Mae attended the Brown School in Galesburg, Iowa through the eighth grade. On January...
Larry E. Vos
Feb 15, 2009
Larry Eugene Vos was born on September 27, 1944 in Newton, Iowa to John and Henrietta (Kloostra) Vos. Larry was the youngest of five children. The family lived on a farm near Killduff. When Larry was still a boy, the family moved to Michigan. He lived at Pine Rest, where he helped in the Work Shop.
Larry...
Harold Keuning
Feb 8, 2009
Harold Keuning was born on October 4, 1917 near Pella, Iowa to Cornelius and Minnie (Vanden Berg) Keuning. The family lived on a farm south of Pella. Later they moved to the Otley and Cordova neighborhood where they lived for several years. Another move took them back to the farm south of Pella.
Harold received his education...
William "Junior" Rozendaal
Jan 22, 2009
William Junior Rozendaal was born on October 11, 1927 to Walter and Margaret Baarda Rozendaal near Lynnville, Iowa. He passed away on Friday, January 30, 2009 at the Hospice Comfort House in Pella at the age of eighty-one.
Junior was the oldest of six children. He attended country school near Lynnville until the eighth grade. On February...
Jennie Hoksbergen
Jan 22, 2009
On January 1, 1907 Jennie Vonk Hoksbergen was the second child and first daughter born to Cornelius and Nellie Van Holland Vonk in Renswoude, Veenendaal, Holland. The family grew to eleven in the next sixteen years. When Jennie was seven years old and the number of children had grown to six, the family took a ship to America. Her...
Karen Vander Leest
Jan 11, 2009
Karen Charlotte LaBenne Vander Leest was born on July 6, 1944 to Joshua and Louise Larson LaBenne in Detroit, Michigan. She passed away early Sunday morning, January 11, 2009 at the Grinnell Regional Medical Center at the age of sixty-four.
Karen graduated from McKenzie High School in Detroit, Michigan, with the class of 1962. On January 29,...
Gladys Vander Molen
Jan 6, 2009
Gladys Vander Molen, the third child of Jacob and Marie (Van Zee) Veldhuizen, was born November 29, 1931. She was born in the house her grandfather built south of Lynnville. At the age of two, her family moved to a farm one mile south of Taintor. She attended Taintor Independent School, except for 8th grade, that year she attended...
Wilbur Rozendaal
Jan 5, 2009
Wilbur Anthony Rozendaal was born on October 22, 1923 to Peter G. and Anna Mae Woody Rozendaal near Lynnville, Iowa. He passed away on Monday January 5, 2009 at the Gulf Coast Medical Center in Panama City, Florida at the age of eighty-five.
On February 25, 1947 Wilbur was united in marriage with Elinor Hunziker in Sully,...
Delmar W. Schultz
Jan 5, 2009
Delmar Schultz was born July 15, 1919 to William Carl Henry Schultz and Minnie Rose Castorf Schultz on a farm northwest of Reasnor, Iowa.
He passed away on Monday, January 5, 2009 at the Pella Regional Health Care Center-Long Term Care at the age of eighty-nine.
Delmar received his education at the Palo Alto #11...
