Obituary Listing

Mar 26, 2008

Sandra Elaine Keuning was born March 19, 1952, in Knoxville, Iowa, to Jake and Arvena Rietveld Schuring. She passed away on Wednesday, March 26, 2008, at the Pella Hospice Comfort House at the age of fifty-six years and seven days.

Sandy received her education in the Pella public schools and graduated from Pella High School with the...

Mar 23, 2008

Cornelia Mae Nieuwsma, daughter of Bastian and Henrietta (Schippers) Goemaat, was born February 1, 1935 in Pella, Iowa. She passed away Sunday, March 23, 2008 at the Pella Regional Health Center-Long Term Care at the age of seventy-three.

On December 28, 1953 Mae was united in marriage with Norman W. Nieuwsma in Pella, Iowa. To this union...

Mar 14, 2008

Aldene was born in Flory, Missouri on May 20, 1924. She spent the first 24 years of her life in Missouri. On January 21, 1948 she married her love, Clifford Hurst, in Juno, Alaska. They spent several years in Alaska where their two daughters Pam Bahle and Patricia Falcon were born. Following their years in Alaska they lived in...

Mar 14, 2008

Pauline Rozendaal Mathes, the daughter of Ben and Marie (Schep) Rozendaal, was born June 26, 1924 with her twin Pearl Rozendaal Riemersma on a farm north of Sully. She passed away March 14, 2008 at the Comfort House of Pella at the age of 83.

On February 12, 1948 Pauline and her twin Pearl were married at...

Mar 7, 2008

Anthony Bernard (A.O.) Ver Meer, son of Otto and Dena Stadt Ver Meer, was born October 1, 1914 in "The Big Brick House" on Highway 163 east of Pella, Iowa. He passed away at the Griffin Nursing Center in Knoxville on Friday, March 7, 2008 at the age of ninety-three years.

On May 17, 1939 Anthony was...

Mar 7, 2008

Vera Belle Hedrick Sampson, daughter of James and Lula Shacklett Hedrick, was born October 15, 1910 in Marceline, Missouri. She passed away Friday, March 7, 2008 at the Osceola Nursing and Rehab Center in Osceola, Iowa at the age of ninety-seven.

Vera graduated from Marceline High School in Marceline, Missouri with the class of 1929.

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Mar 2, 2008

Lloyd Mathes, son of Frederick W. and Wilhelmina Augusta (Hoening) Mathes, was born November 30, 1909 in Marion County, Iowa. He passed away at the Pella Comfort House on Sunday, March 2, 2008 at the age of ninety-eight years.

On February 19, 1935 Lloyd was united in marriage with Bessie Mae Bogaards at the home of her...

Mar 2, 2008

Velma Marie Van Der Kamp, 88, of Columbia, Missouri, passed away Sunday, March 2, 2008 at The Bluff's in Columbia. She was born December 24, 1919 in Sully, Iowa the daughter of the late Rennier and Sarah (Vander Leest) Dieleman. Velma married Milo Vann Der Kamp on July 29, 1939; he preceded her in death on May 12, 2006....

Mar 1, 2008

Leona Pauline (Van Ryswyk) Ross was born in Jasper County, the fourth daughter of Dick and Catherina (Kloosterman) Van Ryswyk on October 23, 1924. The family moved to Mahaska County, shortly after to the Peoria area.

She lived with her parents until her teen years when she moved to Des Moines in 1944.

She married...

Feb 26, 2008

Doretha Frances Klein died February 26, 2008 at the age of 90. A lifelong resident of Pella, Iowa, Doretha was born September 4, 1917 to Gertrude (Van Ommen) and Benjamin Vogelaar at the family farm east of Pella. She attended Flint Ridge Country School, then continued in the Pella school system when the family moved into town when she...

Feb 24, 2008

Fay Arlene Meldrem Moore, 72, went Home on February 24, 2008 surrounded by her children at the Comfort House in Pella, Iowa. Fay was born December 7, 1935 in Brooklyn, Iowa to Elton and Ruby Smith Meldrem. She attended school in Brooklyn and Newton. She was married in 1952 to D.E. Repp. From this union came three daughters: Doris,...

Feb 19, 2008

Otto Scott Steele, Jr., son of Dr. Otto Scott Steele, Sr., and Rachel Merrill Steele, was born on June 14, 1922, in New Concord, Ohio, and passed away in Pella, Iowa, on February 19, 2008, at the age of 85.

Otto spent his boyhood in several Ohio communities where his father was a Methodist pastor. The family...

Feb 12, 2008

Pete was born to Johannes Jr. and Sadie Spoelstra Goodyk on July 13, 1922 in rural Pella. He was the fifth of ten children. He passed away Tuesday morning, February 12, 2008 at the Heritage Manor Care Center in Newton at the age of eighty-five years and seven months, and thirty days.

He received his grade school...

Feb 11, 2008

Philip G. Proudfit passed away Monday, February 11, 2008 at the Friendship Manor Care Centre in Grinnell, Iowa.

Philip was born in Quincy, Illinois on May 19, 1937 to Garnet and Vivian Proudfit. He attended Martensdale St. Mary's School. On March 4, 1957 he was married to Eva Mae Roelofsen in Sully, Iowa. To this union three...

Feb 3, 2008

Joan Alice Fulton Williams was born on August 10, 1935 in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. She was one of two girls born to Jack and Erma Schippert Fulton. She graduated from Upper Darby High School in Upper Darby, New Jersey.

Joan lived many places across the country until settling in Pella in 1979. She had worked at the...

Jan 30, 2008

Dorothy I. (Van Veen) Rooda, the daughter of Gerrit and Gretchen Klien Kaldenburg, was born on January 10, 1919 in Monroe, Iowa. She was the youngest of four children.

Dorothy graduated from the Monroe High School and attended Central College. She was united in marriage with Frank Van Veen on February 4, 1938. To this union, three...

Jan 24, 2008

Russell Loraine Norton was born February 15, 1918 to Sherman and Blanch (Eshelman) Norton in Clear Lake, Wisconsin. The family later moved to Iowa. He was educated at Mohawk Country School in Jefferson County, Iowa.

Russell was part of the 28th U.S. Naval Seabees during World War II. He entered the service September 18, 1942 and served...

Jan 19, 2008

Collin James De Vries, son of Mark and Sandra (De Jong) De Vries, was stillborn on Saturday, January 19, 2008 at the Pella Regional Health Center.

Surviving Collin are his parents, Mark and Sandra De Vries of Sully, Iowa; his brother, Andrew; maternal grandparents, Junior and Linda De Jong of Lynnville, Iowa; paternal grandparents, Harlan and Donna...

Jan 16, 2008

Ellen went to be with her Lord, on Wednesday, January 16, 2008, at the Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House, Bettendorf.

Ellen Ruth Van Dusseldorp was born on June 1, 1950 in Des Moines, IA, the daughter of Simon and Margaret (Hiemstra) Van Dusseldorp. She married Brent Dale on January 18, 1971 in Otley, Iowa. Ellen started working...

Jan 14, 2008

Sylvia Renaud, the daughter of Weitze and Catherine Brand Kooistra, was born May 18, 1914 on a farm near Kellogg, Iowa. She was the fourth child of a family of three brothers and six sisters.

Sylvia graduated from Lynnville High School in 1930, then enrolled in a teacher's training course at Iowa State Normal School in Cedar...