Category Archives: Obituaries

Charles D. Conover, 91, of Grinnell and formerly of Sully, died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, at St. Francis Manor in Grinnell. Funeral services were held Wednesday, Jan. 29, at Sully Community Church. Interment was in Sully Cemetery. Memorials have been designated for the Sully Community Church Mission Fund. Charles Day Conover was born in Oskaloosa on...

Funeral services for Christina Verburg, 86, were held Jan. 17, 2014, at the Pella United Methodist Church. She peacefully left this earth on Jan. 13. Interment was in the Oakwood Cemetery at Pella. Memorial gifts in her memory can be designated for Doctors Without Borders. Christina (Tiny) Swaan Verburg, daughter of Jan Swaan and Maria Elizabeth...

Funeral services for Sandra Van Weelden, 69, of Otley, were held Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, at Faith Christian Reformed Church in Pella. Interment was in Silent City Cemetery at Monroe. On Sunday morning, Jan. 12, she passed away at her home near Monroe following a short month diagnosis with cancer. Memorial gifts in her memory...

Funeral services for Sandra Van Weelden, 69, of Otley, will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 16, at Faith Christian Reformed Church in Pella. Interment will be in Silent City Cemetery at Monroe. She passed away Sunday morning, Jan. 12, at her residence near Monroe. Among survivors are her husband, Ronald B. Van...

Jane Ann Steenhoek, 71, was called home to heaven on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014. Jane was born to the late Cornie and Wilhelmina Schur-ing, Mar. 26, 1942, in Oskaloosa. She married Ken Steenhoek in 1962, and they spent a majority of their years together in the metro Denver area before retiring to her dream cabin nestled...

Rena Van Donselaar, 97, of Oskaloosa died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014, at Crystal Heights Care Center in Oskaloosa. Funeral services were held Monday, Jan. 13, in the First Christian Reformed Church in Oskaloosa with the Rev. Marvin Van Donselaar and Pastor Alvern Boetsma officiating. Burial was in Black Oak Cemetery near Pella. Memorials may be made to...

Funeral services for Corrie Terpstra, 97, of Oskaloosa and formerly of Sully, were held Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, at Sully First Reformed Church. Corrie passed away Wednesday, Jan. 8, at the Crystal Heights Care Center in Oskaloosa. Interment was in Sully Cemetery. Memorials have been designated for the Harris Lee Terpstra Scholarship Fund. Corrie Terpstra, the...