Category Archives: Obituaries

Robert “Bob” Jon Guthrie, 56, of rural Newton died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, at his home. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, Feb. 3, at Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory, Newton. The family will greet friends from 10 a.m. until the time of service on Monday at the funeral home....

John Roger Conn, 77, of Sully, died on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020, at Newton Health Care Center. The family will greet friends from noon-2 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 24, at the Lynnville Friends Church FCC Building in Lynnville. Memorials to the Sully Lions Club may be left at the church during the visitation or at...

Larry A. Weter, 67, passed away Thursday evening, Jan. 2, 2020, in Altoona. A time of remembrance and celebration of life will be at a later date at Pence ~ Reese Funeral Home in Newton. Burial will be in Newton Union Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be designated to Larry’s family or to...

Barbara J. Van Wyngarden, 69, of Newton, died Wednesday morning, Jan. 8, 2020, at MercyOne Medical Center in Des Moines. A time of remembrance and celebration of life was held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 14, at the Newton Church of the Way. Burial was in Newton Union Cemetery. Barb was born the daughter of Wilbur...

Edna Ozinga, 100, of Pella, died Jan. 2, 2020. Funeral services were held Monday, Jan. 6, at Garden Chapel Fu-neral Home in Pella. Interment was in Peoria Cemetery. Memorials have been designated for Jefferson Place in Pella. Edna Lucille Ozinga was born Nov. 5, 1919, in Mahaska County on the County Line Farm, six miles south...

Dick L. Dunsbergen, 76, Cheyenne, WY,  passed away Jan. 2, 2020, in Cheyenne. A memory service was held  Wednesday, Jan 8, in the Lakeview Chapel at Schrader, Aragon and Jacoby Funeral Home in Cheyenne. Dick was born Jan. 7, 1943, in Grinnell, to Case and Madge Dunsbergen. He married “Micki” Verhey Sept. 9, 1960, in Lynnville. ...

Zetta Rae Stock, 88, of Newton, entered into eternal rest on Jan. 1, 2020, at home. A visitation will be held at the Killduff United Methodist Church on Saturday, Feb. 1, from 2-4 p.m. A memorial service will be held at Fredregill Funeral & Cremation Care, 107 North Main Street in Baxter on Sunday, Feb....