Category Archives: Obituaries

Shelly (Fleener) Van De Krol, 61, of Lynnville, died Friday, Mar. 3, 2017, at her home. A memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Mar. 9, at Lynnville Friends Church. The family will greet friends from 5-8 p.m., Wednesday, Mar. 8, at the church. Memorials in Shelly’s name may be left at...

Curtis “Curt” J. Lamb, 97, of Newton died Thurs-day, Mar. 2, 2017, at Newton Health Care Center. A funeral service was held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Mar. 7, at Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory in Newton. Memorials to the Newton Cardinals Booster Club may be left at the funeral home. Curt, the son of Jay...

Jeff L. Davis, 67, of Grinnell, died Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, at his home with his family by his side. A celebration of his life was held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 27, at the Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell. Burial was at Prairie View Cemetery in Gilman. Memorials may be directed to the...

Gertrude Van Sickel, 99, of Newton died Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, at Skiff Medical Center in Newton. A memorial service was held at 3 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 27, at Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory. Memorials to the Jasper County Courthouse Lighting Fund or the Nelson Manor Activity Fund may be left at the...

Laura Slings, 92, of Pella, passed away peacefully in her apartment at The Cottages surrounded by her four children on Feb. 18, 2017. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25, at Second Christian Reformed Church in Pella, for which memorials have been designated. Laura Mae Slings was born Feb. 6, 1925. She...

Robert Schnell Brierly, 87, of Grinnell, died Feb. 10, 2017, at Grinnell Regional Medical Center. A memorial service was held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 18, at the Grinnell United Methodist Church with the Rev. David Crow officiating. A private family burial was held at St. Andrew’s Cemetery west of Sully prior to the...

Judy Ver Meer, 76, passed away on Sunday evening, Jan. 29, 2017, at her residence in Pella. Funeral services were held Thursday, Feb. 2, at 10:30 a.m. at First Christian Reformed Church, Pella. Interment was in the Black Oak Cemetery at Pella. Memorial contributions are suggested for the First Christian Reformed Church or the Pella...