Not much exciting happened this past week. I’m way past my Tuesday morning deadline for getting this article up to Margaret (my boss).
She gets terribly tired of me. She is going to fire me sure as heck one of these days.
I know she doesn’t like me, which is a very rare opinion of me. She...
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John Jr. Van Gorp, 89
John Jr. Van Gorp was called to his eternal home on Feb. 28, 2020, at the age of 89 years. Funeral services were at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Mar. 4, at Covenant Reformed Church, Pella. Memorials are preferred for 29 Acres (a home for young adults living with autism) or Pella Christian High School.
John was...
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Bertha Schut, 96
Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, Bertha Schut, 96, of Pella, entered her eternal home from The Cottages in Pella where she had been a resident since Aug-ust 2019. Memorial service was at 11 a.m. Thursday, Mar. 5, at Calvary Christian Reformed Church in Pella preceded by the committal service at Oakwood Cemetery, Pella. For those desiring,...
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Logan Terpstra, 74
Funeral services for Logan Terpstra, 74, of Sully were held Tuesday, Mar. 10, 2020, at Sully First Reformed Church. Interment was in Sully Cemetery. Memorials have been designated for Harris Lee Terpstra Scholarship Fund, 413 East Street PO Box 187, Lynnville, IA 50153.
Logan Dwain Terpstra was born Jan. 19, 1946, to Cornie and Corrie (Vonk)...
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Don Meredith, 85
Don Meredith, 85, of Grinnell died Mar. 6, 2020, at UnityPoint Grinnell Regional Medical Center.
A celebration of life service was held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Mar. 10, at Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell with the Rev. John Epperson officiating. Burial was in Union Cemetery in Newton.
Memorial contributions may be designated to the Iowa Lung Association...
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Parker Joseph
Nate and Lindsay Nees of West Des Moines are the parents of a son, Parker Joseph Nees. He was born Feb. 24, 2020, weighing 6 pounds .7 ounces.
Grandparents are Mike and Kathy Zylstra of Sully, Joe Nees of Breda, and Nancy Johnson of Holstein....
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Jarrett Thomas
Matthew and Grace Smalley of Sully are the parents of a son, Jarrett Thomas Smalley, born Monday, Mar. 9, 2020, at 9 a.m. He weighed 8 pounds. His brother is Lane, 5.
Grandparents are Diane and Kelvin Vander Weerdt of Sully, Catherine Smalley (John) of Sully, and Thomas Smalley (Kim) of Lynnville....
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