The cold weather is already back with snow. I hate cold and snow. Even as a young kid, I hated cold and snow.
When I was young, I stayed with an uncle and aunt a lot in an old farmhouse out in the country. My uncle would pack as much wood and lump coal in an...
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Margaret De Jong, 100
Margaret De Jong, 100, of Sully, passed away Friday, Oct. 25, 2019, at Hospice of Pella Comfort House. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Oct. 29, at Van Dyke Duven Funeral Home in Pella with Pastor Wayne Sneller of Sully First Reformed Church presiding. A private burial at Sully Cemetery followed the funeral. Memorial contributions are...
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Esther Alexander, 84
Esther M. (Dorothy) Alexander, 84, of Oskaloosa, passed away Oct. 27, 2019, at MHP Serenity Hospice House in Oskaloosa. She was born Sept. 8, 1935, to Raymond and Edna Parrot Dorothy of rural Douds. She later moved to Stockport where she spent her childhood. She attended the Friends Church and was saved at the age...
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Kenneth Hunt, 89
Kenneth Hunt, 89, of Lacey, died Friday, Oct. 25, 2019. Funeral services were held Wednesday, Oct. 30, at 10:30 a.m. in the Bates Funeral Chapel in Oskaloosa with Rev. Jon Nelson officiating. Burial was in the Forest Cemetery, Oskaloosa.
Kenneth was born Jan. 8, 1930, in Lower Grove to George and Wilma Beckman Hunt. He attended...
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Adler Duke
Garrett and Jade DeHoedt of Lynnville are the parents of a son, Adler Duke, born Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. He weighed 8 pounds 6 ounces and measured 22 inches long.
Grandparents are JD and Linda DeHoedt of Lynnville and Duane and Marla Van Rees of Lynnville.
Great-grandparents are Duke and Colleen DeHoedt of Barnes City, Martha DeWitte...
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Bentley Mark
Bentley Mark Hay was born Oct. 24, 2019. He weighed 7.7 pounds and measured 18.75 inches long. His sister is Paisley, age 2. His parents are Madison and Trisha Hay.
Grandparents are Kendra and Mark Hay and Greg and Mary Stump....
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Lynnville-Sully’s Smock is XC conference champ Several top-11 finishes earn girls team second place, boys finish third
The Lynnville-Sully Hawks represented their school, community, and families well at the SICL Conference cross-country meet hosted by English Valleys at Knoll Ridge Golf Course on Tuesday, Oct. 15. Freshman Greenlee Smock led the way, winning the girls meet for the title of conference champion. Junior Caitlin Alberts also earned conference honors, placing fifth. Junior...
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