Category Archives: Obituaries

Maurine Van Der Kamp, 96, of Sully, passed away Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014, at The Cottages of Pella where she was a resident. Funeral services were held Thursday, Aug. 7, at Sully Community Church. Interment was in Sully Cemetery. Memorials have been designated for Sully Community Church Building Fund or The Cottages Activity Fund. Maurine Van Der...

Lester Van Der Wilt, 92, of Pella went to his heavenly home on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014, at the Cottages in Pella. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Aug. 5, at Garden Chapel Funeral Home in Pella. Interment was in Woodland Cemetery, Lynnville. Memorials have been designated for Wesley Life Hospice. Lester Van Der Wilt was born...

JoAnna Lynn "JoJo" Thomas, 46, of Grinnell died July 31, 2014, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6, at the First Friends Church in Grinnell with Pastors Todd Follette, Walt Claussen, and John Claussen officiating. Burial was in Our Silent City Cemetery in...

The body of Rich Gander, 45, of Creston was recovered by divers about 9:15 a.m. Tuesday, July 29, 2014, on the southwest side of Twelve Mile Lake near Afton, 30 feet from the shore. Gander was reported missing at 6:15 p.m. July 28 when a fellow fisherman found an empty boat on the lake. Authorities...

Maurine Van Der Kamp, 96, of Sully, passed away Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014, at The Cottages of Pella. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7, at Sully Community Church....

Marion L. Collins, 66, of Newton and formerly of Lynnville, died on Wednesday, July 16, 2014, at the VA Central Iowa Health Care System Home in Des Moines. No services were held. Memorials in Marion’s name may be left at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory in Newton. Marion L. Collins, the son of Hartley...

Richard Vos of Pella passed away Saturday, July 26, 2014, at the Knoxville Hospital, attaining the advanced age of 94 years. Funeral services were held Sunday, July 27, 2014, at 6 p.m. at the Second Christian Reformed Church in Pella. Interment was in Oakwood Cemetery at Pella. Memorials in his memory may be designated for...