Category Archives: Obituaries

Danny D. “Bud” Bishop, 55, of Iowa City died Fri-day, Oct. 21, 2016. Memorial services were held Oct. 26 at Lensing Funeral and Cremation Service, Iowa City. In lieu of flowers, The Danny “Bud” Bishop Memorial Fund has been established. Bud was born Oct. 25, 1960, in Newton, the son of Coy and Judith Parsons Bishop....

Leslie Garnett Proudfit, 54, of Oskaloosa, died Friday, Oct. 14, 2016, at the MHP Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloosa. He was born Nov. 17, 1961. He attended school at Lynnville-Sully. Leslie worked several places throughout his life, including McDonald’s, Oak Tree Villas, and a pallet company in Jefferson City, MO. When he moved to Iowa,...

Michael G. Nikkel, 54, of Sully, passed away unex-pectedly Wednesday night, Oct. 12, 2016, at his home. Funeral services were held Monday, Oct. 17, at Sully Christian Reformed Church. Interment followed in Sully Cemetery. Memorials may be designated for Sully Christian School. Michael Gene Nikkel was the youngest of six children born to Dewey and Elizabeth “Betty”...

Funeral services for Gerald Van Hemert, 89, of Sully were held Monday, Oct. 3, 2016, at Sully First Reformed Church. He passed away Sept. 29 at Pella Regional Health Center. In lieu of flowers, memorials have been designated for Sully First Reformed Church special projects. Gerald Allen Van Hemert was born Feb. 19, 1927, to Cornelius...

Gerald John Manatt, Jr., 65, of Lakewood Ranch, FL, formerly of Victor and Brooklyn, died Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016, at the University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City. A funeral mass was held at the St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Brooklyn at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 3, with Fr. Corey Close officiating. The burial service...

Dale J. Wallace, 87, formerly of Lynnville, passed away peacefully Sept. 17, 2016, surrounded by his wife and family in his home in Estero, FL. Dale was born Dec. 2, 1928, in Norman County, Minnesota, to William Wallace and Alice DeWitt. He is survived by his wife (DeLoris Van Weelden) of 46 years; his children, Donovan and...

Ida D. (Van Kooten) Harsselaar, 88, formerly of Sully, passed away Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, at her residence in The Cottages in Pella. Funeral services were held Wednesday, Sept. 28, at Sully Christian Reformed Church. Interment was in Sully Cemetery. Memorial contributions are preferred for Sully Christian School per Ida’s request. Ida Dorothy Van Kooten was a...