Category Archives: Obituaries

Gerdena Roorda, 88, of Pella, passed away at The Cottages of Pella on Monday, Sept. 7, 2015. Among survivors are a daughter, Barbra Maasdam of Sully. Funeral arrangements are pending with the Garden Chapel Funeral Home of Pella.  ...

Lucile M. De Penning, 76, of Sully passed away Monday, Aug. 31, 2015, at Heritage Manor in Newton. Funeral ser-vices were held Friday, Sept. 4, at Sully First Reformed Church. Memorials have been designated for Hope Ministries. Lucile Mae (Van Der Zyl) De Penning was born at home in Sully on Mar. 21, 1939, to Ralph...

Lucile De Penning, 76, of Sully passed away Monday, Aug. 31.   Visitation will be Sept. 3 at Sully First Reformed Church at 2 p.m. with the family present 5-7 p.m. Funeral services will be held at SFRC at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 4....

Edmund Renaud, 87, of Iowa Falls, passed away Sunday, Aug. 9, 2015, at Heritage Care Center in Iowa Falls with his family by his side. Funeral services were held Aug. 13 at Bethany Lutheran Church in Iowa Falls with burial in Union Cemetery. Ed was born to Paul H. and Lydia (Van Der Pol) Renaud in...

Donald Vander Molen, 80, of Peoria died Aug. 27, 2015, in Oskaloosa. A private family burial was held prior to the funeral on Aug. 31 at Peoria Christian Reformed Church. Memorials are for Peoria Christian School and Zuni Christian School in New Mexico. Donald was born at his family's farm on Oct. 8, 1934, to Gerrit...

Vickie Blain, 65, of Newton died Friday, Aug. 21, 2015, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center. A funeral service was held Wednesday, Aug. 26, at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory in Newton. Memorials in Vickie’s name may be left at the funeral home. Vickie, the daughter of Max and Rosetta (Maletta) Meldrem, was born May...

Byron Carl Vander Molen, 64, of Pella passed away Saturday afternoon, Aug. 15, 2015, at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City from complications related to lifelong digestive issues. Funeral services were held Wednesday, Aug. 19, at Second Christian Reformed Church in Pella. Interment followed in the Oakwood Cemetery at Pella. Byron requested...