Gideon and Emily Boender of Lynnville are the parents of a baby girl, Eleanor Rose, born Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. She weighed 7 pounds 8 ounces. Her sister is Oakley, age 1.
Grandparents are BJ and Cassia Boender of Oskaloosa and Dan and Deanne Sytsma of Pella.
Great-grandparents are Steve and Jan Boender of Oskaloosa, Mike and Melanie Leaverton of Walden, CO, Anton and Carolyn Hol of Pella, and Andy and Karen Sytsma of Leighton.
