Category Archives: Obituaries

Vicky Hartwig, 70, of What Cheer, died Friday, July 4, 2025. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Friday, July 11, at the Holland-Coble Fu-neral Home in What Cheer. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m., Thursday, July 10. Burial will be in the Garrett Cemetery near Delta. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made...

Richard H. Rankin passed away, of natural causes, on June 22, 2025, at the age of 90. Memorial services were held at 11 a.m., Saturday, June 28, at Newton First Assembly of God Church. The family prefers memorial contributions for Newton First Assembly of God Church. Rich was born in Newton on Oct. 19, 1934, to...

Stella Marie Turnbull was born Mar. 28, 2007, to Travis and Sarah (Fosdick) Turnbull, in Pella. Stella grew up in Pella and was a recent graduate of Pella High School. On June 19, 2025, she ran into the arms of Jesus with her mom and dad by her side, just as they always were. Funeral services...

Marjorie Loree “Margie” (Winchell) Thomas, 82, of Newton (formerly of Killduff) gained her much deserved angel wings on Saturday, June 21, 2025, at Newton Health Care Center. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m., Tuesday, July 1, at Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory. The family will greet friends from 5-7 p.m., Monday,...

Alice Terpstra LaRosa, 102, died on Sunday, June 8, 2025. Alice was the wife of the late Jesse LaRosa. She was the mother of Joanne Barclay (Andrew), Jessica LaRosa (Stephen), and John LaRosa (Deborah). She was the grandmother to Andy, Alex, Elizabeth, David, and Emily Barclay and John Shaw, and great-grandmother to Leah and Alton with...

Doyle Van Sant, 77, passed away June 4, 2025, at the Phoenix VA Medical Center. He was born to Andrew and Gertie Van Sant in 1947. After attending grade school and high school in Sully, he joined the U.S. Air Force. Following two years of basic training, he was deployed to Vietnam for a year...

Maureen Mary (Vander Schel) Morehouse, 70, of Winterset, passed away peacefully on June 15, 2025, after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. Maureen was born Aug. 9, 1954, in Newton. She graduated from Lynnville-Sully High School in 1972 and Oak Hills Bible Institute in Bemidji, MN, in 1974. She married her husband Michael on Mar. 25,...