Things have certainly changed a lot during my life, right from birth. There have always been people with money and people without money. We didn’t have much.
My mother was ill through long portions of my life. I didn’t come home from the Oskaloosa hospital to a decorated room full of toys.
My sister is 10 years...
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Larry Vande Voort, 71
Larry G. Vande Voort, 71, of Sully, passed away Monday, Apr. 28, 2014, at the Comfort House of Pella. Funeral arrangements are pending with the Garden Chapel Funeral Home of Sully....
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Harlan Schuring, 78
Harlan Lee Schuring, 78, passed away Sunday afternoon, Apr. 27, 2014, at Park Centre in Newton.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 1, at the First Baptist Church in Newton. In lieu of flowers, memorials in Harlan’s name are being designated for the Court House Christmas Lighting Fund. Burial will be in...
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Esther Louise Flander, 88
Esther Flander, 88, of Grinnell and formerly of Montezuma, passed away Thursday, Apr. 24, 2014, at Mayflower Care Center in Grinnell. A funeral mass was held Monday, Apr. 28, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Grinnell. Burial was in the Jackson Township Cemetery in Montezuma. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be directed to...
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Sophia Ann Swank, 94
Sophia Ann Swank, 94, of Knoxville and formerly of Sully, passed away Monday, Apr. 28, 2014, at the Comfort House of Pella. Funeral arrangements are pending with the Garden Chapel Funeral Home of Sully....
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L-S Community Service Day
Every Lynnville-Sully K-12 student and staff member joined forces and rolled up their sleeves for the sixth annual Community Service Day on Thursday, Apr. 17. The student body and staff members split up into groups and were sent to locations all over the local community and beyond – Sully, Lynnville, Killduff, Galesburg, Searsboro, Prairie City,...
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Area Easter Egg Hunts
Saturday, Apr. 19, was full of sunshine, 70-degree temps, and lots of smiles for the annual Easter Egg Hunts held in the community.
Reasnor community members hosted an egg hunt Saturday morning for children in the Reasnor park. The Easter bunny rode atop a Reasnor firetruck around town prior to the start of the hunt, and...
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