All the wet weather has had me sitting around the house a lot because my riding lawn mower has been stuck in the yard.
I thought about my 45 years of being employed at the same job. I drove a semi around Iowa and delivered freight to nearly every town in Iowa at one time or...
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Darlene Van Der Zyl, 82
Darlene Y. Van Der Zyl, 82, of Sully died Friday, Sept. 7, 2018, at St. Francis Manor in Grinnell. A funeral service was held on Monday, Sept. 10, at Sully First Reformed Church. Memorials have been designated to Inspirations Daycare.
Darlene, the daughter of Ben and Viola (Renaud) Van Kampen, was born Oct. 6, 1935, on...
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Christen Papa, 49
Christen Lyn Toppenberg Papa, 49, of Effingham, IL, passed away Satur-day, Sept. 1, 2018, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 7, 2018, at New Hope Church in Effingham, IL, with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. Her family has requested memorial donations be made to Fear Nothing. Donations may...
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Eliana Koralye Jo
Craig and Lindsey O'Dell of Monroe finally have a little girl. Her name is Eliana Koralye Jo O'Dell. She was born Sept. 5, 2018, (her oldest brother’s birthday), weighed 8 pounds 11 ounces, and measured 21 inches long. Her brothers are Gavin-8, Logan-5; and Gabriel-2.
Grandparents are Bob and Lesa O'Dell of Reasnor, Cresty and Gerald...
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EJ Michael
EJ Michael Tompkins was born to Bailey Terpstra and Mason Tompkins of Lynnville on Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018. He weighed 7 pounds 14 ounces and measured 21 inches long.
Grandparents are Mike and Brenda Terpstra of Lynnville and Mike and Deb Tompkins of Montezuma.
Great-grandparents are Wilbur and Fontella Terpstra of Lynnville, Lyle and Mary Tompkins from...
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Rhea Evelyn
Spenser and Amber Remick of Reasnor are the parents of a daughter, Rhea Evelyn, born at 5:45 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. She weighed 6 pound 13 ounces and measured 19.5 inches long.
Grandparents are Gary and Brenda Smith of Malcom and Joe and Carol Remick of Hillsboro.
Great-grandparents are Jerry and Barb Minner of Malcom,...
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Lions, links, and literacy
The Sully Lions Club recently awarded $2,226 checks to the Lynnville and Sully Libraries thanks to money raised at the 2018 Sully Lions Ryder Cup Golf Tournament held at the Diamond Trail Golf Club in Lynnville July 28. This year marked the 18th year of the annual golf tournament, and 42 golfers hit the links...
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