Category Archives: Obituaries

Norman Wehrle, 88, of Taintor, passed away Thurs-day evening, Dec. 12, 2019, at Hospice of Pella Comfort House. Funeral services will begin at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 19, at Taintor Community Church. Burial will be in the Friends Cemetery in New Sharon. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Taintor Community Church...

Joyce E. Christensen, 85, of Sully, died Friday, Dec. 13, 2019, at Newton Village.  A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Dec. 20, at Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory in Newton. The family will greet friends from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 19, at the funeral home. Memorials to the Killduff...

Wayne Carroll Zegers, a lifetime resident of Sully, went home to his Lord Jesus Christ on Nov. 24, 2019. Following interment at Sully Cemetery, a funeral service was held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 29, at The Gathering Place at Sully First Reformed Church. Memorials have been designated for Willowbrook Adult Day Care Center...

Funeral services for Lawrence Vander Molen, 86, of Pella, were held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019, at Second Christian Reformed Church in Pella, followed by interment in Black Oak Cemetery near Pella. Memorial contributions are preferred for CHAMP Camp, a five-day camp for children requiring breathing assistance at which some of Lawrence’s...

Marvin A. Van Haaften, 79, of Pella, died Nov. 24, 2019. Interment was in Oakwood Cemetery at Pella at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 27, followed by the memorial service at 10:30 a.m. at Covenant Reformed Church, Pella. Memorials have been designated for Pella Christian Grade School and Crossroads Bible Institute. Marvin Alvin Van Haaften was...

Marie Allbee, 97, of Grinnell, died Nov. 29, 2019, at St. Francis Manor in Grinnell. A prayer service and graveside service was held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 3, at Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell with Rev. Kirsten Klepfer  of First Presbyterian Church in Grinnell officiating. Pallbearers were her grandsons: Richard and Kevin Lowry,...

Carrol E. Schnell, 92, of rural Sully, passed away Nov. 21, 2019, at his home. Funeral ser-vices were Monday, Nov. 25, at Pence ~ Reese Funeral Home in Newton. Memorial contributions may be made to Killduff United Methodist Church, Mercy Hospice, or a charity of your choice. Carrol, the son of Edward and Pearl (Hagedorn) Schnell,...