Category Archives: Obituaries

  Gladys Stravers, 81, passed away Oct. 26, 2023. Memorial service was at 11 a.m., Oct. 31 at Sully Christian Refor-med Church. Private family commital was in Sully Cemetery. Memorials have been designated for Wesley Life Hospice of Pella and American Cancer Society Hope Lodge, 411 2nd Street NW, Rochester, MN 55901. Gladys Viola Stravers was born...

Larry D. Braaksma, 75, passed away Oct. 30, 2023. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. Memorials to American Cancer Association or John Stoddard Cancer Center can be sent to the family or left at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory in Newton. Larry, the youngest of 10 children born to...

Joyce V. (Van Genderen) Ver Ploeg, 92, of Pella and formerly of Sully, passed away Monday morning, Oct. 30, 2023, at Pella Regional Health Center. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Nov. 4, at 10 a.m. at Sully First Reformed Church. Interment will follow in Sully Cemetery. Visitation will begin Friday after 3 p.m. at...

Marlene Van Wyk, 90, of Newton, died Oct. 11, 2023. Funeral was at 11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 14, at Sully First Reformed Church preceded by visitation 9:30-10:30 a.m. Memorials have been designated by the family to purchase a memorial bench in her honor and Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Marlene Ruth Van Wyk was born Aug. 23,...

Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023, at age  94, Marvin G. Lanser  of Holland, MI, stepped peacefully into his eternal home where he was met by his Savior and Lord, as well as a multitude of loved ones - parents, siblings and their spouses, and one very precious grandson Robert Welling. All he had lived for is now...

Mark E. Hoffert, 62, died  Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, peacefully at his home after a battle with pancreatic can-cer. A memorial service was held at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 10, at Newton Church of the Way. In lieu of flowers, memorials in Mark’s name (checks made payable to Susan Hoffert) to be used for a...

  Duane Meyer, 67, of Newton, died Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023, at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. A graveside service was held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 20, at Hazelwood Cemetery in Grinnell with Pastor Kari Lee officiating. Memorials may be designated to Capstone Behavioral Healthcare and mailed in care of the Smith Funeral Home...