Category Archives: Obituaries

Funeral service for Leo Renaud, 88, of Des Moines and formerly of rural Lynnville, was held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021, at Hamilton’s Funeral Home in Des Moines and concluded with burial at Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery. Contributions may be directed to Bible Truth Publishers or Valley View Village Chapel Renovation in loving...

  Funeral service for Arvin Van Wyk, 86, of Pella, will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, at Sully Christian Reformed Church. For those desiring, memorial contributions are suggested for the Hospice of Pella Comfort House. Cornelius Arvin Van Wyk was born Jan. 25, 1935, near Sully. He was the fifth of 11...

Dennis Brand, 78, of Pella, passed away Dec. 12, 2021. Funeral service will be Thursday, Dec. 16, at 10:30 a.m. at Third Church, 706 East 13th Street, Pella. The service will be livestreamed on Garden Chapel YouTube page. Private interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Pella. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to...

  Linda Schnell, 79, of rural Reasnor, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021, at Park Centre in Newton. Garden Chapel Funeral Home in Pella is in charge of arrangements....

Carolyn Sneller, 92, of Parker, SD, passed away Dec. 1, 2021, at Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls, SD. Funeral services were at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, at Calvary Reformed Church, Monroe, SD, with family present to greet the public at 10 a.m. Memorials may be directed to Cadence International, Sioux Falls Gospel Mission,...

Harris Van Kooten, 90, of Pella and formerly of Searsboro, passed away early Sunday morning, Nov. 21, 2021, at The Cottages in Pella. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 27, at Calvary Christian Reformed Church, Pella. Interment with military honors followed at Oakwood Cemetery, Pella. Memorial contributions are suggested for Pella Christian...

Kelly Playle, 53, of New Sharon, passed away Tuesday morning, Nov. 16, 2021, at the Univer-sity of Iowa Hospital and Clinics. Funeral services were at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 19, at New Sharon United Methodist Church. Burial was held in the Barnes City Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to...