Category Archives: Obituaries

Glenna Budding, 96, of Oskaloosa and formerly of Lynnville, passed away May 1, 2025. Funeral service was 10 a.m., Monday, May 5, at Garden Chapel Funeral Home, Pella, followed by interment in Sully Cemetery. Memorials have been designated for Sully Christian Reformed Church. Glenna Joann (Van Engelenhoven) Budding was born Oct. 6, 1928, to John and...

Pastor Ernest Charles Elzey, 78, of Cedar Falls and formerly of La Porte City, died Saturday, May 3, 2025, at MercyOne Medical Center in Waterloo. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, May 8, at White Funeral Home in Jesup with burial following at 3 p.m. at Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Ottumwa.  Memorials will be directed...

Gary Steven "Steve" Shroyer, 58, of Sully, passed away Friday, May 2, 2025, at UnityPoint Grinnell Regional Medical Center. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, May 10, at Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell. A celebration of life gathering will follow until 4 p.m. Burial will take place at a later date....

David Barla, 87, of Tezpur, Assam, India, went to be with the Lord on Apr. 2, 2025. Funeral service was held Apr. 3 amidst the family and loved ones. Memorial service to celebrate his life and to give honor and glory to the Heavenly Father for his life is scheduled for May 1. David, the oldest...

Valerie Rolffs, 65, of Lynnville, passed away Apr. 21, 2025, at Pella Regional Health Center. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Apr. 26, at Sully First Reformed Church. Burial was in Sully Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to UICH Holden Cancer Center at Iowa City. Valerie Faye Rolffs was born Jan. 27, 1960, the...

Lois Ann (Wehrle) Van Wyk was born Feb. 26, 1937, to Paul and Lula (Dillman) Wehrle in Oskaloosa. Lois attended Granville Country School and graduated from New Sharon High School in 1955. She grew up in the Taintor area before moving to Sully in 1956 when she married Vernon Van Wyk and later divorced. Lois was...

Virginia Lee Bunse, 90, of Newton died Wednesday, Apr. 16, 2025, at Newton Village. A funeral service was held at 1 p.m., Monday, Apr. 21, at Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory, Newton. Memorials to Jasper County 4-H or Newton Village may be left at the funeral home. Virginia was born Dec. 10, 1934, to Earl...