Category Archives: Obituaries

Dorothy Mae Hitchcock, 73, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023, at her home in Muscatine. Funeral service was held at 11 a.m., Friday, Nov. 3, at Coburn Funeral Home in Colfax. Pastor Phil Dicks officiated. There was a visitation prior to service as well as on Thursday, Nov. 2, at Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home,...

Marilyn Nikkel, 88, of Sully, passed away Friday, Nov. 24, 2023, at her residence. Funeral services will be held Friday, Dec. 1, at 1 p.m. at Van Dyk-Duven Funeral Home, Pella. Interment will follow in Sully Cemetery. Visitation will begin Thursday at 10 a.m. at Van Dyk-Duven Funeral Home where the family will be present...

Sherry Lynn Rozendaal (Losing), 64, of St. Paul, MN, went home to our Lord and Savior on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023, in St. Paul, MN. Funeral service was at Sully First Reformed Church on Wednesday, Nov. 22. Sherry was born in Grinnell on Dec. 27, 1958. A loving daughter, sister, mother, and friend, Sherry was known...

Irene Fleck, 97, passed away Nov. 18, 2023, at The Cottages in Pella.  Funeral services following visitation were Wednesday, Nov. 22, at 2 p.m. in the Bates Funeral Chapel in Oskaloosa with Pastor Jamie Bogaard officiating. Burial was at Evergreen Cemetery near Leighton. Memorials can be made to Lynnville Friends Church. Irene Maxine (Chilcote) Fleck was...

Lois Van Gorp, 87 Lois Joan (Van Genderen) Van Gorp, 87, of rural Reasnor, died Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, at her home. A funeral service was held at 11 a.m., Monday, Nov. 13, at Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory, Newton. Memorials to the Cowboy Church may be left at the funeral home. Lois, daughter of John...

Randy Butcher, 70, of New Sharon, passed away Friday afternoon, Nov. 10, 2023, at Des Moines VA Medical Center. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 15, at West Liberty Church of Christ west of Montezuma. Burial with military rites was held at West Liberty Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may...

Mike Mitchell, 70, of Pella, passed away Sunday afternoon, Nov. 12, 2023, at Hospice of Pella Comfort House. Funeral services will begin at 10:30 a.m., Friday, Nov. 17, at New Sharon New Life Fellowship Church. Burial will be held in New Sharon Friends Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to North...