Category Archives: Obituaries

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....

I’ve always tried to find the most easy way to do any job, or sometimes it’s the only way. Here’s another time when I thought my way would be fun. I remember mowing my parents’ yard when I was a kid. I didn’t think the little motor on the mower ran fast enough so I put...

Ginny Ewing, 55, of Ewart passed away peace-fully Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, under hospice care. Funeral services were Jan. 19 at Community Hope Church in Montezuma. Memorials may be directed to the Youth Ministry at Community Hope Church. Virginia Mae "Ginny" Ewing was born Jan. 22, 1959, the daughter of Phillip and Eva Mae (Roelofsen) Proudfit....

Matthew Steenhoek, 30, of Monroe died unexpectedly Jan. 10, 2015, in Coralville. Funeral services were held Thursday, Jan. 15, at Monroe United Methodist Church with burial following at Silent City Cemetery, Monroe. The son of Marvin and Kathy (Fopma) Steenhoek, Matthew was born Sept. 25, 1984, in Pella. He graduated from PCM High School in 2003...

Funeral services for Armand De Cook, 86, of Newton and formerly of Sully, were held Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, at Sully First Reformed Church. Interment was in the Sully Cemetery with military honors. Memorials have been designated for The Gideons International. He passed away Thursday morning, Jan. 15, at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in...