Category Archives: Obituaries

Mary Ruby Simbro, 76, of Reasnor, died Tues-day, Feb. 2, 2021, at her home. A funeral service was held at 1 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 9, at Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory, Newton. Memorials can be made to the Reasnor Fire Department or the Reasnor Park Fund. Mary, the daughter of John M. and Ruby Dora...

Alberta Davis, 97, of rural Searsboro, passed away Friday evening, Feb. 5, 2021, at UnityPoint Grinnell Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at a later date. A private burial will be held at the Stewart Cemetery near Taintor. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Searsboro Community Church or Lynnville...

Beverly Thompson, 90, of New Sharon and formerly of Lynnville, passed away Saturday evening, Feb. 6, 2021, at her home under hospice care. Funeral services were at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 10, at Holland-Coble Funeral Home in New Sharon. Burial was in Friends Cemetery in New Sharon. Memorials may be made to the Harvest...

Thomas Edward Earp, 101, of Sully, died Wednesday, January 27, 2021, at The Cottages in Pella. A memorial service was held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 2, at  Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory in Newton. Memorials have been designated for Killduff United Methodist Church. Thomas, the son of Charles and Bertha (Briggs) Earp, was...

Judith R. Baarda, the daughter of Clarence and Sylvia Renaud, was born Oct. 30, 1940, in Sully. She was the first child among three daughters and three sons. Her family resided in Sully and also enjoyed two years living in Phoenix, AZ, during the late 1940s before returning to Iowa.  Judith graduated from Lynnville-Sully High...

Roger A. Vander Velden, 78, passed away unexpectedly and peacefully late Thursday evening, Jan. 21, 2021, with his wife Betty at his side at his family’s home in Galesburg. A family funeral service was held Tuesday, Jan. 26, at 10:30 a.m. at Van Dyk-Duven Funeral Home, Pella. Interment will be made at a later date....

Tom Sheets, 56, of New Sharon, passed away Sunday morning, Jan. 24, 2021, at his home in New Sharon. Funeral services will begin at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 28, at Community Hope Church in Montezuma. Memorial contributions may be made to Montezuma Shooting Sports, Montezuma Fire Department, or Pella Hospice. Thomas Bernard Sheets, the son of...