Yearly Archives: 2023

‘A Slice of Home’ by Simone Bates

‘A Slice of Home’ by Simone Bates
A new year, indeed! Happy New Year! I love the precipice of a new year. For just a moment, we find ourselves on the edge. From this position, in all directions, we can view the places and events we say goodbye to in 2022 and the fresh possibilities of 2023. This last year has been brimming with...
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2022 Chronology

2022 Chronology
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Gloria Billingsley, 77

Gloria Jean Billingsley, 77, of Prairie City, passed away Monday, Dec. 26, 2022, at The Comfort House in Pella. Funeral services were held Friday, Dec. 30, at 10:30 a.m. at Coburn Funeral Home in Prairie City. Burial was at Waveland Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to Hospice of Pella Comfort House and condolences may be...
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Irene Roose, 85

Irene Roose, 85, passed away Dec. 26, 2022. Inurnment will be at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 14, at Evergreen Cemetery, Leighton. Memorial service will follow at 1:30 p.m. at First Church, 603 Broadway Street, Pella. Memorials have been designated for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Janice Irene (De Hoedt) Roose was born Oct. 19, 1937,...
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Iris Plummer, 75

  Iris Plummer, 75, of Sully, went home to be with the Lord a little after 7 p.m. Dec. 30, 2022, at The Comfort House in Pella surrounded by her family. Funeral services were at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023, at Sully Community Church. Interment was in Sully Cemetery. Memorials have been designated for The...
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