Category Archives: Obituaries

Rusty J. Wilcox, 38, died Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. A Celebration of Life was held at 2 p.m., Monday, Jan. 22, at First Christian Church, Newton. Memorials may be made out to Amy Wilcox and sent in care of Cox-Smith Funeral and Cremation Service, PO Box 163,...

Henrietta Terpstra, 87, of Sully, passed away Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024, at St. Francis Manor in Grinnell. Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m., Monday, Feb. 5, at Sully First Reformed Church. Visitation will be Sunday, Feb. 4, with the family present 3-5 p.m. Interment will be in Sully Cemetery. Memorials have been designated for American...

Charles Dwight Vander Wilt, beloved husband, father, father-in-law, grandfather and friend, passed away peacefully at home Jan. 10, 2024, sur-rounded by the love of his family. Chas was optimistic, gregarious, and funny. His final years confirmed Chas’ favorite quote from Dumb and Dumber that, “Senior citizens, although slow and dangerous behind the wheel, can still...

Memorial service for Lowell J Sneller, 67, were held 10 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024,  at Third Church, Pella. Lowell was born Aug. 30, 1956, in Oskaloosa to Henry and Deretha (De Goey) Sneller. Moving about in his younger years, he attended primary school in Colfax, Searsboro, and Sully. His senior year, 1976, he attended and...

Ethel Wilhelmina Mumm, 93, of Lynnville, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, at MercyOne Newton Medical Cen-ter. A memorial ser-vice will be held at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 18, at St. Andrews Lutheran Church in rural Sully. The family will greet friends after the service with a lunch at the...

  Carroll Lee Nikkel, 77, of Ames, passed away peace-fully at Iowa Meth-odist Medical Center in Des Moines on the evening of Dec. 25, 2023. When God called him home, he was surrounded by family and listening to “How Great Thou Art.” Visitations were held 4-7 p.m. Dec. 29 and 10-10:45 a.m. Dec. 30 just prior...

Ronald Baker, 85, of Montezuma, passed away Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023, at UnityPoint Health in Grinnell. Funeral services were at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, at Searsboro Friends Church. Burial was in Pleasant Township Cemetery at Ewart. Memorials may be designated to the Searsboro Friends Church. Ronald Dean Baker was born Aug. 6, 1938, at...