Category Archives: Obituaries

Bertha G. (Fopma) Zylstra, 93, of Sully, passed away Thursday evening, June 21, 2018, at Newton Village Health Care Center in Newton where she had been a resident since May 2018. Funeral services were held Tuesday, June 26, at 10:30 a.m. at Sully Christian Reformed Church. Interment was in the Sully Cemetery. Memorials in her...

Dorothy Jane Lane was born Feb. 15, 1925, to Mary (Ver Steegt) and Neal Vander Leest, in a rural farmhouse in Jasper County. She passed away June 11, 2018, at Windsor Manor in Grinnell. Funeral services were held June 15 at Sully Community Church. Memorial donations may be given to the Sully Community Church Missions...

Harold Ray Brown, 80, of Newton died Saturday, June 9, 2018, at his home. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 22, at the Newton Church of the Way. The family will greet friends from 9 a.m. until the time of the service at the church. Memorials to Mercy Hospice...

Anna Mae Mintle, 79, of Grinnell died May 14, 2018, at her home in Grinnell under hospice care. Funeral services were held Friday, May 25, at Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell with the Rev. John Epperson, Grinnell Regional Hospice Chaplain, officiating. Pallbearers were Richard Heishman, Rodney See, Kevin Bair, Chad Christensen, John Lacy, and Mark Mintle....

Douglas Kent Bakker, 54, of Grand Rapids, MI, went home to be with his Lord on Monday, May 21, 2018, after a 6-1/2 year battle with cancer. Doug was the co-owner of Starlite Kitchens for 18 years and formed many friendships through his business. He enjoyed volunteering for the South Christian Football...

Dr. Harris L. Jansen, 90, of Kalamazoo, MI,  and formerly of Spring-field, MO, passed on to his heavenly home and into the arms of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, at just past dawn on a beautiful Michigan spring morning, May 6, 2018, of natural causes, at Park Village Pines in Kalamazoo.  His wife of...

Louis Lanser, 81, formerly of Newton, died Thurs-day, Apr. 26, 2018, at Jefferson Place in Pella. Funeral ser-vices were held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Apr. 30, at Newton Christian Reformed Church. Memorials may be designated to Newton Christian Reformed Church or to Newton Christian School. Interment was in Memorial Park Cemetery, Newton. The son of Arie...