Category Archives: Obituaries

Patricia A. Simbro, 84, of Newton died Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016, at Newton Healthcare. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Dec. 2, at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory in Newton. The family will greet friends from 4-7 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 1, at the funeral home. Memorials to the Jasper...

Roger Tice, 85, of Montezuma passed away peace-fully Thursday morning, Nov. 24, 2016, at Montezuma Specialty Care. Funeral services were held Monday, Nov. 28, at Lynnville Friends Church with Pastor Jamie Bogaard officiating. Burial was in the Woodland Cemetery in Lynnville. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Lynnville Friends Church. Roger Loren...

Elois M. Ewing, 89, of Montezuma and formerly of Pomeroy, died Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016, at the Comfort House in Pella. Funeral ser-vices were held Wednesday, Nov. 23, at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Pomeroy, with Pastor Ken Ahntholz officiating. Burial followed the service in Union Cemetery, Pomeroy. Elois Marie Carlson was born Sept. 26, 1927, to...

Edwin E. Jansen, 82, of Grand Rapids, MI, went to be with his Lord on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016. The family will greet visitors at First Cutlerville Christian Reformed Church, 1425 68th Street SW in Grand Rapids, MI, on Friday, Dec. 2, from 1-3 and 5-8 p.m. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m....

Dorothy Van Wyk, 77, of Pella, passed away Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016, at Pella Comfort House. Funeral services were Tuesday, Nov. 22, at Covenant Reformed Church, Pella. Memorials have been designated to Pella Christian High School or Hospice of Pella. Dorothy Jean Van Englehoven was born Feb. 11, 1939, to John and Della Van Englehoven in...

Wilhelmina “Billie” Monsma, 96, of Pella passed away Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016, at the Hospice of Pella Comfort House. Memorial services were held Wednesday, Nov. 16, at Trinity Reformed Church, Pella. Family committal service preceded the service at Oakwood Cemetery, Pella. Memorials are suggested for Hospice of Pella or Lynnville Historical Society. Wilhelmina Terpstra was born...

Gertrude (Jansen) Schnell, 91, of Pella and formerly of Sully, passed away Saturday morning, Nov. 12, 2016, at Grinnell Health Care Center. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 1:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church west of Sully. Family committal service preceded the service at St. Andrew’s Cemetery. Memorials are suggested for the St....