Category Archives: Obituaries

Mary Joann Watson, 84, of rural Montezuma was called home to our Lord and Savior Thursday afternoon, Oct. 20, 2022, at her home surrounded by her family. Celebration of Life will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, at Holland-Coble Funeral Home in Montezuma. A reception/visitation will follow the service in the Community Hope Church...

  Charles “Chuck” Vern Maston, Jr., 66, of Killduff, passed away Thurs-day, Oct. 20, 2022, with family by his side at the Comfort House in Pella. A visitation was held Tuesday, Oct. 25, at Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory in Newton. Memorials in Chuck’s name (checks made payable to Rita Maston) may be left at...

Harriet Fisk, 85, of Lynnville, passed away Saturday afternoon, Oct. 22, 2022, at St. Francis Manor in Grinnell. Funeral services were at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, at Lynnville Friends Church. Burial will be held in the Woodland Cemetery at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to Lynnville-Sully Athletic Boosters Harriet Diane Fisk, the...

Larry Jansen, 75, of Grinnell, died Monday, Oct. 3, 2022, at his home. A funeral service was held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Oct, 7, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Grinnell. Interment with military honors was at Hazelwood Cemetery. A luncheon followed at Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance in the south conference area. Memorials may be...

Joel Lee De Ronde, 70, of Leatherwood Road, Salt Lick, KY, husband of Beverly De Ronde, passed away Friday, Sept.  23, 2022, at his home. Funeral services were held  at 2 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 3, at Garden Chapel Funeral Home, Pella. Interment followed in Evergreen Cemetery, Leighton. Born June 1, 1952, in Oskaloosa,  he was a...

Bill Bolen, 86, of Montezuma, passed away Thursday evening, Sept. 29, 2022, at UnityPoint Grinnell Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will begin at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 7, at Holland-Coble Funeral Home in Montezuma. Burial will be held in the Jackson Township Cemetery in Montezuma. Visitation will begin after noon Thursday, Oct. 6, at Holland-Coble...

Vernon Benjamin Terlouw passed away Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, at St. Francis Manor in Grinnell at the age of 90. Visitation, funeral service, and luncheon took place at Lynnville Friends Church on Wednesday, Oct. 5, followed by interment at Adamson Grove Pioneer Cemetery near Newton. In lieu of flowers, please make memorial gifts to your...