Category Archives: Obituaries

Amy H. Ver Steegt, 92, of Newton died Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015, at Park Centre. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 14, at St. Andrews Lutheran Church in rural Sully. The family will greet friends from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 13, at Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory in...

Steven C. Terpstra, 55, of Cedar Rapids passed away Friday, Feb. 6, 2015, at St. Luke’s Hospital. Services were held Wednesday, Feb. 11, at Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories with Certified Celebrant Jim Parton. Burial was held at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Steven Clark Terpstra was born Ap. 24, 1959, to Arnold and Ruth (Harris)...

Catherine Marie DePenning, 92, passed from this life on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015, at Skiff Medical Center. A funeral service was held Monday, Feb. 9, at Sully First Reformed Church. Catherine was born June 28, 1922, on a farm east of Sully where she lived for 19 years. She was the oldest of three children born...

Donna Lee Arment, 78 of Grinnell and formerly of Lynnville, died Jan. 29, 2015, at Windsor Manor in Grinnell. Funeral services were held Feb. 3 at the Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell. Burial was in Hazelwood Cemetery in Grinnell. Memorial contributions may be directed to Windsor Manor or to the Alzheimer's Association. Donna was born Aug. 9,...

Gary Vander Werff, 74, passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on Friday, Jan. 30, 2015 at the Kavanagh House in Des Moines. Services were held Feb. 3 at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola with cremation to follow services and cremains to be buried in the Indianola I.O.O.F. Cemetery at a later date. Memorials can be...

Sally (Drusilla Marie) Johnson, 87, of Grinnell, died Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015, at Grinnell Regional Medical Center. A memorial service was held Wednesday, Jan. 28, in the Carman Center of the Mayflower Community with the Rev. Christine Tinker, chaplain of the Mayflower Community, officiating. Burial will be at the West Liberty Cemetery near Searsboro at a...

Clint William Ashman, 34, of Oskaloosa, died Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City. He was born Dec. 12, 1980, in Oskaloosa, the son of George and Shirley Vander Beek Ashman. He graduated from Oskaloosa High School with the Class of 1999. He went on to earn his A.A....