Category Archives: Obituaries

Doyle Churchill, 90, passed away Saturday morning, May 28, 2016, at Nelson Manor in Newton. A time of remembrances for Doyle will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 2, at the Pence ~ Reese Funeral Home in Newton. Burial will be in Newton Union Cemetery. A time of fellowship and visitation will be one...

Matthew J. Rolffs, 26, of Pella, died of injuries received in a single auto accident early Friday, May 27, 2016, in Pella. Funeral services were held Wednesday, June 1, at Federated Fellowship Church, Pella. Committal services with military honors followed at Oakwood Ceme-tery in Pella. The family prefers memorials for the Wounded Warrior Project in...

JoAnn Yarrington, 85, of La Porte City, died Sunday, May 22, 2016, at La Porte City Specialty Care. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 26, at Heartland Community Church, 705 Bishop Avenue in La Porte City, with burial in Westview Cemetery. Public visitation will be held from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, May 25,...

Terry L. Needham, 64, of Grinnell and formerly of Newton, died on Saturday, May 21, 2016, at his home in Grinnell with his family by his side. A funeral service was held Tuesday, May 24, at the Heart of Worship in Lynnville with Pastor Tom Pool officiating. Interment was in Woodland Cemetery in Lynnville. Memorials may...

Alma Halbloom Wisgerhof was born July 27, 1918, and died at age 96 on May 15, 2014, in Fort Collins, CO. Alma was married to Donald H. Wisgerhof, and they had two children, Rhonda Lee and Sally. They lived in Sully, Grinnell, and LeClair. For the past many years, Alma had resided near her daughter in...

Marion Pol, 86, of Pella passed away peacefully on May 4, 2016, at Comfort House in Pella with his family by his side. Funeral services were held Monday, May 9, at Trinity Reformed Church, Pella. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of Pella. Marion Pol was born June 1, 1929, in Otley,...

Esther Lavon Barr, 93, formerly of Kellogg and Reasnor, died Saturday, Apr. 30, 2016, at Skiff Medical Center in Newton. Garden Chapel Funeral Home arranged the cremation, and a memorial service will be held at the First United Methodist Church in Newton on Saturday, June 4, 2016, at 2:30 p.m. A visitation will be held...