Category Archives: Obituaries

Allan Van Wyk, 71, of Searsboro died Sept. 30, 2018, at his home on the farm near Lynnville. Visitation will be from 2-4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 4, at the Lynnville Friends Church FCC Building with family present from 4 -7 p.m. Funeral services will be Friday, Oct. 5, at 10:30 a.m. at the Lynnville...

Bryce W. Gause 77, of Lynnville, passed away Sept. 20, 2018, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Bryce was born July 10, 1941, in New Sharon, the son of Lory W. and Helen McConeghey Gause. He was raised in Lynnville and was a 1959 graduate of Lynnville-Sully High School. He attended the University of...

Bryce Wehrle, 52, of Lynnville passed away unex-pectedly Monday morning, Sept. 10, 2018, at Pella Re-gional Health Center. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, at Sully Community Church. The family requested attendees to dress casual or in favorite Lynnville-Sully Hawk fan gear or Iowa State Fair attire. Burial was at the...

Joseph Hoopes Sr., 86, of Lin-denhurst, IL, passed away Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018, at Village of Victory Lakes in Lindenhurst, IL. Fu-neral services were at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 15, at Sully Community Church. Burial was in the Friends Cemetery in Lynnville. Memorial contributions may be made to Alzheimer’s-Dementia research via Alzheimer’s Association or...

Darlene Y. Van Der Zyl, 82, of Sully died Friday, Sept. 7, 2018, at St. Francis Manor in Grinnell. A funeral service was held on Monday, Sept. 10, at Sully First Reformed Church. Memorials have been designated to Inspirations Daycare. Darlene, the daughter of Ben and Viola (Renaud) Van Kampen, was born Oct. 6, 1935, on...

Christen Lyn Toppenberg Papa, 49, of Effingham, IL, passed away Satur-day, Sept. 1, 2018, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 7, 2018, at New Hope Church in Effingham, IL, with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. Her family has requested memorial donations be made to Fear Nothing. Donations may...

Mary Lou Beyer was born May 25, 1934, to A.W. and Thelma (Mitchell) Garrett in Oskaloosa. She passed away at The Comfort House in Pella on Aug. 28, 2018. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 1, at Lynnville Friends Church. Interment was in Woodland Cemetery, Lynnville. Memorials may be given to...