Category Archives: Obituaries

Peter R. Jochems, 85, of Pella passed away Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017, at the Hospice of Pella Comfort House. Funeral services will be Thursday, Jan. 26, at 10:30 a.m. at Peoria Christian Reformed Church with interment in the Peoria Cemetery. Pete, a retired farmer, is survived by his wife, Betty J. Jochems; their son, Gary...

Glen L. Jones, 77, of Newton, died Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017, at his home. A memorial service was held at 11 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 6, at Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory in Newton. Memorials to Mercy Hospice in Glen’s name may be left at the funeral home. Glen, the son of Ralph and Pearl...

Jerry Fawcett, 78, of New Sharon, passed away peacefully Wednesday evening, Dec. 28, 2016, at the Mahaska Health Partnership Hospice Serenity House. Memorial services were held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 31, at Union Mills Christian Church. Burial with military honors will be held at a later date at the Union Mills Cemetery. Jerry Ray...

Nola Emmert, 96, died Dec. 24, 2016, in Pella. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Dec. 27, at Garden Chapel Funeral Home in Pella. Memorials have been designated for Liberty Evangelical Free Church – Building Fund and Pella Historical Society. Nola Fern Monsma was born to Dirk and Anna Elscott Monsma on a farm south of Lynnville...

Earl Vande Krol, 92, formerly of Sully, died at St. Francis Manor in Grinnell Tuesday morning, Dec. 27, 2016. A memorial service was held Friday, Dec. 30, at Sully Community Church. Memorials have been designated for the church’s missionary fund. Earl Wayne Vande Krol was born Feb. 22, 1924, to Geurt and Della (Veldhuizen) Vande Krol...

The Rev. Bernard Daniel Hakken, Jr., 89, went to be with his Lord on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016. He was preceded in death by his parents, Bernard and Elda Hakken; and his brother, James Hakken. Rev. Hakken will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 63 years, Donna (Hoogerhyde) Hakken; his children, Ruth (Douglas) Roosien, John...

Melvin D. Geurts, 94, formerly of Lynnville died Sunday, Dec. 25, 2016, at Accura Healthcare of New-ton. A memorial service was held Dec. 28 at Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton. A private family burial was held at the Woodland Cemetery in Lynnville. Memorials in Melvin’s name may be left at the funeral home. Memorials...