Category Archives: Obituaries

Susan M. Rolffs, 58, passed away Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 2, 2016, at her residence at Pella. Funeral services were held Feb. 6 at Federated Fellowship Church, Pella. Interment followed in the Oakwood Cemetery at Pella. Memorial contributions are preferred for Federated Fellowship Church missions. Susan Marie Bergeson was the second of four children born to Richard...

The Rev. Paul Bakker, 86, of Orange City and former pastor of Sully Christian Reformed Church, passed away Feb. 5, 2016, at Hospice of the Valley in Mesa, AZ. His daughter, Arloa (Kurt) Harthoorn, and their sons Joel and Nick and families of Sully are among survivors. A funeral service will be held Saturday, Feb. 13,...

Norma Jean Farrington, 84, of Montezuma, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family at Grinnell Regional Medical Center Monday evening, Feb. 1, 2016. Funeral services were held Feb. 8, at Holland-Coble Funeral Home in Montezuma. As was her wish, her body will be cremated following the service, and a private family burial will be held...

Elizabeth “Betty” Mae Dykema, 88, of Marion, passed away Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016. A funeral service will be held at Peace Christian Re-formed Church, 6600 C Avenue NE, Cedar Rapids, on Friday, Feb. 5, at 10:30 a.m. A visitation will be held on Thursday, Feb. 4, from 5-8 p.m. at Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home. Betty...

On Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016, Gertrude J. Van Soelen, 83, of Lynnville, passed into Glory while being cared for at the Grinnell Health Care Center. Funeral services were held Monday, Feb. 1, at Sully Christian Reformed Church. Interment was in Sully Cemetery. Memorial contributions are preferred for the Sully Christian School. Gertrude Junella Van Soelen was...

Don Lender, 56, of Grinnell died Jan. 29, 2016, at Grinnell Regional Medical Center. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2, at the Grinnell High School gymnasium with Pastor Brian Chitwood, Madison Church of Christ, and Pastor Todd Follette, Grinnell Friends Church, officiating. Pallbearers were J. D. Barns, Steve Bernemann, Shawn Edelen, Chris...

Sophia Renaud, 90, of Pella and formerly of Sully, died Jan. 21, 2016. Funeral services were held Monday, Jan. 25, at Sully Christian Reformed Church with Rev. Brian Oschner officiating. A private family burial was held prior to the funeral. Memorials may be made to Franklin Graham Samaritan’s Purse or Sully Christian Reformed Church. Sophia Van...