To the Class of 2017, May is the month that finds many of the flowers opening their buds to display the best they have to offer and, in a way, our schools are opening their doors to display the best they have to offer – their graduating classes.
Graduation day is probably one of the few...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers
I have never been classified as a smart person. Way back when I was a kid in school, teachers would tell my parents how smart I was, but never tried to do the best I could. I guess it was too hard for them to say the truth, “Folks, your son is stupid.”
So modern technology...
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Norman W. Van Wyk, 76
Norman Wesley Van Wyk, 76, of Pella, passed away Saturday, May 13, 2017, at the Hospice of Pella Comfort House. Funeral services were held Wednesday, May 17, at Covenant Reformed Church in Pella. Interment followed in the Oakwood Cemetery at Pella with military honors. Memorial contributions are suggested for the Pella Christian Grade School Building...
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Randall J. Paul, 31
Randall J. Paul, 31, of Oskaloosa and formerly of Grinnell, died Friday afternoon, May 12, 2017, due to a traffic accident south of Grinnell. Funeral services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 19, at Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell with the Rev. John Epperson, Grinnell Regional Hospice Chaplain, officiating. Pallbearers will be Tim Brown,...
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Thelma L. Vanderpol, 74
Thelma L. Vanderpol, 74, of Sully, passed away Thursday evening, May 11, 2017, at the Hospice of Pella Comfort House. Funeral services were Tuesday, May 16, at Sully First Reformed Church. Interment was in Sully Cemetery. Memorial contributions are suggested for Bethany Christian Services or Many Hands for Haiti.
Thelma Louise Jansen was born Feb. 5,...
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Larry D. Van Wyngarden, 66
Larry Duane Van Wyngarden, 66, of rural Newton, died Wednesday morning, May 10, 2017, in Haverhill due to a farming/trucking accident. A time of remembrance and celebration of life was held Wednesday, May 17, at the Newton Church of the Way. Burial was in the veterans section at Newton Union Cemetery. As an expression of...
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Rick Vasseau, 65
James Richard “Rick” Vasseau, 65, of Kellogg died on Tuesday, May 9, 2017. A visitation was held May 16 at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory, followed by military honors. In lieu of flowers, memorials to the Kellogg American Legion Post 355 to be used for a scholarship in Rick’s name may be left...
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