Obituary Listing

May 29, 2007

Myron F. Van Wyk, son of Gerrit J. and Cornelia Roorda Van Wyk, was born on April 1, 1919 near Prairie City, Iowa. He was the ninth child born into the family of eleven. He grew up on farms around Prairie City, Monroe, Eddyville, and Otley. He graduated from the Otley School, completing the eighth grade. Mike, as he...

May 25, 2007

Jennie Van Der Zyl was the last child born to Geurt and Jenneke Bruxvoort Van Hal on July 6, 1912 near Sully, Iowa. She passed away at the Pella Regional Health Center on the evening of Friday, May 25, 2007 at the age of ninety-four years.

Jennie attended the Sully Christian Grade School where she completed the...

May 25, 2007

Lester Daniel Vander Linden, son of Dan W. and Nettie Rouwenhorst Vander Linden, was born January 17, 1919 near Leighton, Iowa. He passed away at the Pella Hospice Comfort House on Saturday morning, May 26, 2007 at the age of eighty-eight years.

On October 11, 1940 Lester was united in marriage with Viola Ruth Dykstra at the...

May 18, 2007

Zachary Ryan Van Wyk was born April 28, 1983 to Marvin and Tammy (Romick) Van Wyk in Pella, Iowa. He passed away in Des Moines, Iowa, Friday, May 18, 2007 at the age of twenty-four.

Zac graduated from Pella Community High School with the class of 2002 and Grand View College in Des Moines, Iowa, May 2006...

May 12, 2007

Robert "Ozzy" Duane Oswalt, son of Lowell and Florence (Schnug) Oswalt, was born June 22, 1926 in Elkhart, Iowa. He passed away May 12, 2007 at the Sunny View Care Center in Ankeny, Iowa at the age of eighty years.

Robert graduated from Newton High School and served his country with the United States Army as a...

Apr 22, 2007

Kathryn Rozenberg, the daughter of John and Katie (Zylstra) Gezel, was born Oct. 22, 1916 in Otley, Iowa. A longtime resident of Monroe, Iowa and the Pella area, she attended rural schools.

Death came to Kathryn at the age of 90, on Sunday morning, April 22, 2007 in the Monarch Wing of Skiff Medical Center in Newton,...

Apr 15, 2007

Delores Joan Fritz, daughter of Ray and Dolly (King) Criss, was born September 6, 1931 in Springview, Nebraska. She passed away at the Pella Hospice Comfort House on Sunday, April 15, 2007 at the age of seventy-five years.

She moved to Pella in 1952 where she worked at the Overall Factory for eleven years. In 1980 she...

Apr 10, 2007

Fern (Meinders) Blauw was born September 27, 1918 in Beacon, Iowa at the home of her parents, Henry and Cornelia (Hols) Meinders. She was one of seven children. Her brothers and sisters were: Tymen H. (Tim), married to Nellie Slaghter; Carrie (Dahlin); Jacob, married to Bessie Vande Wall; Everett H. (Eddie), married to Anna Mae Kuiken; Marjorie; and Henrietta,...

Apr 5, 2007

Nickolas Marinus De Ruiter, son of Cornelius and Lucy (Franje) De Ruiter, was born November 17, 1916 south of Taintor, Iowa. He passed away resulting in a car accident Thursday, April 5, 2007 in Pella, Iowa at the age of ninety years.

Nick received his education in the Pella area schools and lived in the Pella area...

Mar 25, 2007

Jacob John Goodyk, son of Johannes Jelle and Sadie Spoelstra Goodyk, was born January 15, 1929 near Sully, Iowa. He passed away Sunday morning, March 25, at the Pella Regional Health Center-Long Term Care at the age of seventy-eight years.

Jake attended Andreas School, located in Jasper County, where he completed the eighth grade.

On...

Mar 22, 2007

Cathryn Pothoven Van Wyk, the second daughter of Otto and Effie (Stursma) Pothoven, was born October 31, 1926 on her parents' farm southeast of Peoria. She passed away on March 22, 2007 at the Mahaska Hospital in Oskaloosa, Iowa at the age of eighty years. Cathryn received her grade school education at the Peoria Christian School, graduating from eighth...

Mar 4, 2007

Betty A. Johnson DeMoss, daughter of John J. and Ellen S. Davidson Longdin, was born August 2, 1927, in Otley, Iowa. She passed away at Knoxville Hospital in Knoxville, Iowa on March 4, 2007, at the age of seventy-nine years.

On January 25, 1946, Betty was united in marriage with Charles "Boots" Johnson in Tracy, Iowa. To...

Feb 28, 2007

Melvin Earl Harthoorn of Sully, Iowa, passed away February 28, 2007 at the age of sixty-five years, eleven months, and fourteen days. Melvin was a son of Cornelius and Cornelia (Jansen) Harthoorn. He was born on March 14, 1941 near Lynnville, Iowa. He was raised in the Lynnville area. He graduated from Lynnville Grade School and Lynnville-Sully High School....

Feb 26, 2007

Harold Vander Hart, son of Evert and Anna Brouwer Vander Hart, was born June 30, 1921, in Pella, Iowa. He passed away at the M.L. McCreedy Home in Washington, Iowa, at the age of eighty-five years where he became a resident on February 6, 2007.

Harold received his education in the Pella area schools.

On...

Feb 11, 2007

Clarence Van Eden was born to Gysbert and Ella (Goemaat) Van Eden on January 2, 1939, on the original Goemaat homestead, south of Pella.

He attended Pleasant Grove country school and Pella High School. In 1955 he started working for Rolscreen and retired from Pella Corporation as a painter in 1990.

Speed enjoyed collecting antiques;...

Feb 7, 2007

Nellie Lurana Westerkamp was born to John F. and Maggie (Visser) Hiemstra on August 16, 1909, near Otley, Iowa. She passed away at the Pella Hospice Comfort House on February 7, 2007, at the age of ninety-seven years, five months, twenty-one days.

Nellie attended and graduated from Valley View Country School. At a young age, she made...

Jan 31, 2007

FAMILY

Sons: Larry Vander Wilt - Green Cove Springs, Florida and Richard Junior Vander Wilt - Davenport, Iowa

Sister-In-Law: Iola Vander Wilt - Leighton, Iowa

Richard Vander Wilt

Richard Vander Wilt, first child of Gerrit J. and Emma Meyer Vander Wilt, was born April 3, 1916, in Black Oak township in...

Jan 31, 2007

Floyd Uitermarkt, son of Gerrit and Elizabeth Verros Uitermarkt, was born on June 12, 1913, near Otley, Iowa.

Floyd attended country school through the 8 th grade while helping on the farm. He lived near Otley until 1927 when his family moved to a farm near Harvey. Floyd continued to farm after the death of his father...

Jan 30, 2007

Renee Kay Van Zee, daughter of Andrew and Clara Van Dyk Rooda, was born January 10, 1946, in Vrouwen Parochie, Friesland, Netherlands. After a lengthy illness, she passed away at her residence on January 30, 2007, at the age of sixty-one years.

On August 23, 1968, Renee was united in marriage with Albert Van Zee at the...

Leona Van Donselaar Ver Meer was born on August 26, 1910, to Peter and Jennie Verros Van Donselaar near Pella, Iowa. She passed on to be with her Lord on Thursday, October 22, 2009, at Jefferson Place-Long Term Care at the age of ninety-nine.

Leona lived in the Pella area all her life and received her early...