Category Archives: Obituaries

  Duane Brand, 85, of Sully, died Jan. 15, 2023. Visitation will be noon-6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19, at Sully First Re-formed Church with the family present 4-6 p.m. Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 20, at Sully First Reformed Church. Family interment will be in Sully Cemetery. Memorials have been designated...

Marilyn Gillespie Keenan Rozendaal, 88, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, Wife, and friend, passed away peace-fully on Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, at Kavanagh House in Des Moines. Born June 14, 1934, in Grinnell to C. Ithel and Ruth (McCulloch) Gillespie, Marilyn attended school in Ladora and Newburg. Following graduation in 1952, she married Kenneth Keenan. They raised...

Alberta Grace Pol was born June 19, 1929, to Dick and Minnie (Van Maanen) Terpstra, near Lynnville. She passed away peacefully at age 93 on Jan. 3, 2023, at Comfort House in Pella with her family by her side. Funeral services were held Jan. 9 at Trinity Reformed Church in Pella. Interment was in Oakwood...

Margery Bakker, 91, of Sioux Falls, SD, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, at Dow Rummel Village in Sioux Falls. Funeral services were at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 17, at George Boom Funeral Home in Sioux Falls.  Graveside services were at West Lawn Cemetery in Orange City.  Memorials may be directed to World Renew. Margery Ann...

Dale William James, 67, of Reasnor, died Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023, at his home. A celebration of Dale’s life was held from 4-6 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 7, at Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory in Newton. In lieu of flowers, memorials in Dale’s name (checks made payable to Machelle James) may be left at the...

Gloria Jean Billingsley, 77, of Prairie City, passed away Monday, Dec. 26, 2022, at The Comfort House in Pella. Funeral services were held Friday, Dec. 30, at 10:30 a.m. at Coburn Funeral Home in Prairie City. Burial was at Waveland Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to Hospice of Pella Comfort House and condolences may be...

Irene Roose, 85, passed away Dec. 26, 2022. Inurnment will be at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 14, at Evergreen Cemetery, Leighton. Memorial service will follow at 1:30 p.m. at First Church, 603 Broadway Street, Pella. Memorials have been designated for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Janice Irene (De Hoedt) Roose was born Oct. 19, 1937,...