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  Gay Lorraine (Wingfield) Mercer, 90, of Middle Amana, passed away peacefully at Cottage Grove Place in Cedar Rapids on Jan. 5, 2023. Ser-vices were at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 11, at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories by Pastor Kolleen Queener. Burial was in Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Gay was born in Lynnville on Apr....

James Allen Steenhoek was born in Oskaloosa on Jan. 19, 1940. Jim was the fourth of six children born to Walter and Anna (Van Zee) Steenhoek. He was baptized at Leighton Christian Reformed Church where he later made his profession of faith. He attended Leighton Christian Grade School and graduated from Pella Christian High School...

  Duane Brand, 85, of Sully, died Jan. 15, 2023. Visitation will be noon-6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, at Sully First Re-formed Church with the family present 4-6 p.m. Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 20, at Sully First Reformed Church. Family interment will be in Sully Cemetery. Memorials have been designated...

Marilyn Gillespie Keenan Rozendaal, 88, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, Wife, and friend, passed away peace-fully on Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, at Kavanagh House in Des Moines. Born June 14, 1934, in Grinnell to C. Ithel and Ruth (McCulloch) Gillespie, Marilyn attended school in Ladora and Newburg. Following graduation in 1952, she married Kenneth Keenan. They raised...