Category Archives: Obituaries

Betty Arlene (Van Norden) Van Ryswyk, 86, of Prairie City, passed away Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023, at Newton Village. Funeral services will be held 10 a.m., Friday, Nov. 17, at Prairie City First Reformed Church. Burial will follow at Waveland Cemetery. Visitation will be held Thursday, Nov. 16, from 2-7 p.m. at Prairie City First...

Funeral services for Joyce Ver Ploeg, 92, of Pella and formerly of Sully, were held at 10 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, at Sully First Reformed Church. Interment followed in Sully Cemetery. Memorial contributions are preferred for the building fund of Sully First Reformed Church or for Gideon Living Memorial Plan. Joyce Vyrlee Van Genderen was...

Diana Lynn Rozendaal was born Feb. 7, 1958, to William J. and Geneve June (Arkema) Rozendaal. She died at her home in Killduff on Oct. 30, 2023. A memorial will be held at a later date. Diana attended Sully Christian  School and was a 1976 graduate of Pella Christian High School and the Des Moines Area...

Deloris Anne Wallace, 89, of Estero, FL, died  Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, at her daughter’s home in rural Newton. No services are being held at this time. Memorials to Red Haw State Park to replace trees may be left at Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory, Newton. Deloris, the daughter of Arie and Jennie (Swank) Van...

Michael Johnson, 71, of Lynnville, passed away peacefully on Thursday morning, Nov. 2, 2023, at Des Moines VA Medical Center. As was his wish, his body has been cremated. A private family graveside service was in the West Liberty Cemetery near Montezuma. Michael Wayne Johnson was born Jan. 8, 1952, to Delno and Nira (Schneider) Johnson...

Roger Stubbe, 84, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, at his daughter's home in St. Paul, MN. A funeral service took place at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27, at Jurrens Funeral Home in George. Roger Glen Stubbe was born in Luverne, MN, on Dec. 11, 1938. His family moved to a farm near George when he...

  Funeral services for Kenneth De Jong, 86, were Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023, at 1:30 p.m. at Peoria Christian Reformed Church. Interment followed in Peoria Cemetery. Memorial contributions are suggested for Peoria Christian School, Oskaloosa Christian School, Back to God Hour, or Hospice of Pella. “He was a farmer and ‘jack of all trades.’ He could modify...