Funeral services for Elizabeth Van Hemert, 91, of Pella and formerly of Sully, were held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020, at Sully First Reformed Church following burial at 8:30 a.m. in Sully Cemetery. Memorials have been designated for Sully First Reformed Church building projects.
Elizabeth Wilhelmina Van Hemert was born Feb. 8, 1929, to...
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Claire Butin, 99
Claire Edwin Butin, 99, of Monroe, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, at Mercy One – Newton. Funeral services were held Monday, Feb. 17, at 11 a.m. at the Monroe United Methodist Church. Burial was in Hewitt Cemetery. If so desired, memorials will be gifted to the PCM (Prairie City-Monroe) Science Departments.
The son of Jesse...
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Leona M. De Vries, 87
Leona M. (Langstraat) De Vries, 87, of Peoria, passed away Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, at Jefferson Place in Pella. Funeral service was at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15, at Peoria Christian Reformed Church. Interment followed in the Peoria Cemetery. Memorials are suggested for the Peoria Christian School Foundation.
Leona Mae (Langstraat) De Vries was born...
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Merlin Terlouw, 72
Merlin Dean Terlouw, 72, of Reasnor, passed away Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020, at Park Centre in Newton. A celebration of Merlin's life will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory, Newton. The family will greet friends from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 21, at the funeral...
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Caroline Ariena
Jeremy and Becky Rozendaal of Sully are the parents of a baby daughter, Caroline Ariena, born Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. She weighed 7 pounds 3 ounces and measured 20 inches long. Her brothers are Jay-6 and Case 3-1/2.
Grandparents are Mike and Denise Arkema of Sully and Randy and Shelly Rozendaal of Sully.
Great-grandparents are Don and...
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Student-led initiative for safety prompts speed limit change in Sully
After years of indecision and lack of resolution, 25 mph signs have been approved and installed by the City of Sully and Jasper County Board of Supervisors on the road on the south side of Lynnville-Sully School in Sully. Since the school is actually located in the county and not in the city, both jurisdictions...
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Local country crooner chases his dreams in Music City
Belting out tunes in small town Iowa bars and saloons sparked an interest that evolved into a Sully man’s trip to record a song in Nashville, TN, the heart of country music.
For most of his life, Jad Van Der Zyl of Sully never would have labeled himself as a singer of any kind. For 40...
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