Category Archives: Obituaries

                John Claussen, 59, formerly of the Killduff and Kellogg area, went to be with Jesus on Wednesday morning, Mar. 18, 2020, at MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center. 

                John Emery Claussen was born  May 20, 1960, in the metropolis of Killduff, to local celebrity Stub Claussen and his wife, master...

Wilbur Vos, 88, of Sully, passed away at Comfort House Hospice Care in Pella on Monday, Mar. 9, 2020. Funeral services were held Friday, Mar. 13, at 10:30 a.m. at Sully Christian Reformed Church. Burial was in Sully Cemetery. Memorials have been designated for Hospice of Pella or Sully Christian School, Wilbur Dick Vos was born...

John Jr. Van Gorp was called to his eternal home on Feb. 28, 2020, at the age of 89 years. Funeral services were at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Mar. 4, at Covenant Reformed Church, Pella. Memorials are preferred for 29 Acres (a home for young adults living with autism) or Pella Christian High School. John was...

Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, Bertha Schut, 96, of Pella,  entered her eternal home from The Cottages in Pella where she had been a resident since Aug-ust 2019. Memorial service was at 11 a.m. Thursday, Mar. 5, at Calvary Christian Reformed Church in Pella preceded by the committal service at Oakwood Cemetery, Pella. For those desiring,...

Funeral services for Logan Terpstra, 74, of Sully were held Tuesday, Mar. 10, 2020, at Sully First Reformed Church. Interment was in Sully Cemetery. Memorials have been designated for Harris Lee Terpstra Scholarship Fund, 413 East Street PO Box 187, Lynnville, IA 50153. Logan Dwain Terpstra was born Jan. 19, 1946, to Cornie and Corrie (Vonk)...

Don Meredith, 85, of Grinnell died Mar. 6, 2020, at UnityPoint Grinnell Regional Medical Center. A celebration of life service was held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Mar. 10, at Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell with the Rev. John Epperson officiating. Burial was in Union Cemetery in Newton. Memorial contributions may be designated to the Iowa Lung Association...

Tom Martin, 59, died Feb. 20, 2020, at his home in Lynnville. Tom’s family will greet friends from 4:30-7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb.  28, at Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton to celebrate his life. A private family burial will be held at the Hewitt Cemetery in rural Reasnor at a later date. In lieu...