Category Archives: Obituaries

Robert E. "Bob" Winchell, 56, of Grinnell, died on Friday, Apr. 8, 2016, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. A funeral service was held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Apr.13, at the Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell with Pastor Walt Claussen and Pastor John Claussen officiating. Military honors were presented by the Iowa Army National Guard....

Rande Henkle, 56, of Monte-zuma passed away peacefully Saturday, Mar. 26, 2016, at Grinnell Regional Medical Center with his family by his side. Funeral services were Mar. 30 at Montezuma United Methodist Church. Burial was in Jackson Township Cemetery in Montezuma. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Montezuma Fire Department. Randell...

Lynn Arthur Kleinendorst, 94, of Newton, passed from this life on Wednes-day morning, Mar. 23, 2016, at Careage of Newton. A time of remembrance and the funeral services will be at a later date at the Community Heights Alliance Church in Newton. Visitation will be at the church following the funeral services, with a lunch...

Harold Hoksbergen, 86, of Pella, left to join his Lord on Mar. 23, 2016, at Jefferson Place, Pella. Funeral services were held Saturday, Mar. 26, at Faith Christian Reformed Church, Pella. Memorials have been designated for Wesley Life Hospice. Harold Edwin Hoksbergen was born Mar. 31, 1929, to Ray and Johanna (Van Haaften) Hoksbergen at the...

Jeanettea M. Van Waardhuizen, 84, formerly of Beaman/Conrad, passed from this life on the morning of Sunday, Mar. 13, 2016, at Dave’s Place Nursing Home in Keokuk. Funeral services were held Thursday, Mar. 17, at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home in Marshalltown with Pastor Loren Strait of the Central Christian Church officiating. Born Jeanettea Harsselaar on June...

Edna G. Fynaardt, 81, of Sully, passed away Tues-day, Mar. 15, 2016, at St. Francis Manor, Grinnell, following declining memory skills. Prior to this, Edna had been attended to faithfully by her husband, Leland, for nearly 61 years. Funeral services were held Monday, Mar. 21, at Sully Christian Reformed Church. Interment was in Sully Cemetery....

Clarence C. Freese, 81, formerly of Gilman and Sully, passed from this life on Sunday evening, Mar. 13, 2016, at Park Centre in Newton. Clarence was born in Haverhill to Edward and Alvina (Klaas) Freese on Mar. 4, 1935. He attended St. Mary’s Catholic School in Marshalltown, where he graduated with the Class of 1952. Clarence...