Category Archives: Obituaries

Duane C. Rozendaal, 64, of Newton and formerly of Sully, died Friday, May 26, 2017, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. A funeral service was held Wednesday, May 31, at Sully First Reformed Church. Duane, the son of Gorman and LaDonna (Schuring) Rozendaal, was born Mar. 21, 1953, in Newton. He grew up in...

Hazel Maxine (Brouwer) Hamilton, 92, formerly of Barnes City and Lynnville, died Mon-day, May 22, 2017, at The Cottages in Pella. A funeral service was held Friday, May 26, at the Barnes City Community Christian Church. Memorials in Hazel’s name are to be used for veterans. Hazel, the daughter of Andrew and Antoinette “Nettie” (Van Helten)...

Charlene Cekis Stoika, 64, of Pigeon Forge, TN, and formerly of Athens, TN, and Sully, died Apr. 14, 2017, at Pigeon Forge Care and Rehab Center. Funeral services were held Apr. 18 at Ziegler Funeral Home in Athens, TN. Burial followed in McMinn Memory Gardens. A native of Chicago, IL, and longtime resident of McMinn County,...

Hazel Hamilton, 92, formerly of Lynnville, died May 22. Funeral arrangements are in the care of Wallace Family Funeral Home, Newton. Among survivors are a daughter, Joyce Beyer of Lynnville....

Norman Wesley Van Wyk, 76, of Pella, passed away Saturday, May 13, 2017, at the Hospice of Pella Comfort House. Funeral ser-vices were held Wednesday, May 17, at Covenant Reformed Church in Pella. Interment followed in the Oakwood Cemetery at Pella with military honors. Memorial contributions are suggested for the Pella Christian Grade School Building...

Norman Wesley Van Wyk, 76, of Pella, passed away Saturday, May 13, 2017, at the Hospice of Pella Comfort House. Funeral services were held Wednesday, May 17, at Covenant Reformed Church in Pella. Interment followed in the Oakwood Cemetery at Pella with military honors. Memorial contributions are suggested for the Pella Christian Grade School Building...

Randall J. Paul, 31, of Oskaloosa and formerly of Grinnell, died Friday afternoon, May 12, 2017, due to a traffic accident south of Grinnell. Funeral services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 19, at Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell with the Rev. John Epperson, Grinnell Regional Hospice Chaplain, officiating. Pallbearers will be Tim Brown,...