Category Archives: Obituaries

Harlan Wayne Maasdam was born Nov. 6, 1946, to Fred L. and Wilma (Van Wyk) Maasdam in Oskaloosa. He passed away Aug. 2, 2020, at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines. Funeral service will be Thursday, Aug. 6, at 10 a.m. at Sully First Reformed Church. Interment in Sully Cemetery will follow the service. Memorials have...

Stella Meulpolder, 97, died July 8, 2020. Funeral services were held Monday, July 13, at Garden Chapel Fu-neral Home in Pella. Memorials may be given to Heartland Reformed Church. Stella Jacoba Meulpolder was born Dec. 10, 1922, to Benjamin and Marie (Schep) Rozendaal on the family farm north of Sully. Stella attended country school through eighth grade...

Judy De Vries, 78, of Pella, passed away Satur-day, July 4, 2020. Memorial services will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday, July 9, at the Otley Reformed Church. The family requests everyone wear a mask for the memorial service. Memorials may be given to Hospice of Pella. Judy Lynne De Vries was born Jan. 8, 1942,...

Max H. Worthington, 89, was born July 25, 1930, in Pleasantville and, at his home in rural Newton, went to be with the Lord and his loved ones and friends in heaven on June 20, 2020. A family-only funeral was held at the Pence-Reese Funeral Home in Newton on Saturday, June 27, including a Facebook...

Bertine Slegh, 91, of Prairie City, passed away Thurs-day, June 25, 2020, at her home. Private family graveside services were at Waveland Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to the Prairie City United Methodist Church or the Jasper County Salvation Army. The daughter of George D. and Gladys M. (Cordray) Lewis, Bertine was born Dec. 30, 1928,...

Mass of Christian Burial for Mary E. Sommar, 90, and Paul Sommar, 97, will be Saturday, June 27, 2020, at 1 p.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Melcher-Dallas. Interment will be at the Sacred Heart Cemetery following the service. The service may also be viewed on the Pierschbacher Funeral Home Facebook page beginning at...

Paul Sommar, 97, of Melcher-Dallas, passed away at Knoxville Area Community Hospital on Apr. 14, 2020. A private family service was held Saturday, Apr. 18. Burial was at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Melcher-Dallas. Paul was born July 25, 1922, to Edward and Elizabeth (Ripperger) Sommar at the family farm east of Bauer. He was united in...