Category Archives: Obituaries

Gary D. Ratcliff, 63, of Sergeant Bluff, died Friday, Sept. 9, 2016, at a Sioux City hospital. Services were held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, at Waterbury Funeral Service of Sioux City. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, in Lynnville Friends Cemetery. Gary D. Ratcliff was born Sept. 11, 1952, to Ross and...

Dale Ritter, 61, of Newton died Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Funeral services were held Friday, Sept. 9, at Pence ~ Reese Funeral Home in Newton. Memorials may be designated to Newton Foursquare Church or Jasper County Animal Rescue League and may be left at the funeral home. Dale Francis Ritter,...

Russell “Russ” William Gause, 73, of Pasadena, TX, passed away Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016. He was born in Oskaloosa on Apr. 22, 1943, to the late Lory W. and Helen D. Gause. Russ graduated from Lynnville-Sully High School in 1961 and received a bachelor’s degree in finance and a master’s degree in economics from The University...

Donald Rus, 73, of Pella, passed away Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016, at his residence. Funeral services were held Monday, Aug. 29, at Calvary Christian Reformed Church, Pella. Interment followed in the Pella Oakwood Cemetery with military rites. The family prefers memorial contributions for the Luke Society or Mission India. Donald Rus, the fifth of seven children...

Cherine Schnelle, 60, of Laurel, passed away peace-fully at her home on the morning of Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016, with her loving family by her side. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 19, at Mitchell Family Funeral Home in Marshalltown with Chaplain Bob Spilger officiating. Cherine was born Sept. 23, 1955, in...

Abigail Anne Bohstedt, 25, of Highland, IN, and formerly of Grinnell, was killed in a multi-vehicular traffic accident on Monday, Aug. 1, 2016, near Ottawa, IL. Her fiancé, Darrell Scott, Jr., was killed in the same accident; they were to be married Nov. 12. A funeral service was held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 6,...

Willis Dale Thiessen, 81, of Marion, IN, passed away July 25, 2016, in Norman, OK, where he was visiting family. Willis was born Feb. 20, 1935, to Abraham John and Marie Goertz Thiessen in Mt. View, OK, the fourth of five children: Older siblings Walter, Verna, and Dewey, and younger sister Lanita, all now deceased. After...