Category Archives: Obituaries

Junella G. Beerends, 84, of Pella and formerly of Sully, passed away Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018, at Vriendschap Village. Funeral services were held Wednesday, Oct. 10, at Calvary Christian Reformed Church in Pella. Interment was in Sully Cemetery. Memorials have been designated for Hospice of Pella or Vriendschap Village. Junella Grace Vink was the second daughter...

William Guy “Bill’’ Deal II, 62, of Rockwell City, entered into heaven on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, with family by his side in Fort Dodge. Among survivors are a son, Justin (Jayme) Deal and family of Sully. A celebration of life will take place Friday, Oct. 12, from 1-3 p.m. at the Fratzke & Jensen Funeral...

Willem Hendrik Johannes “Bill” Droppert, 97, of Hudson, died Monday, Sept. 24, 2018, at Sunrise Care Center, Traer. Funeral services were at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Community Church of Hudson. Burial was in the Hudson Cemetery. Willem Hendrik Johannes “Bill” Droppert was born Sept. 22, 1921, in Pijnacker, The Netherlands, to Gerardus and...

Harold Edwin Ehresman, 94, of Hiawatha, passed away Friday, Sept. 21, 2018, at the Willow Gardens Care Center in Marion. Funeral service was held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 26, at Hope United Church of Christ in Hiawatha. Pastor Mary Beth Hartenstein officiated. Private family inurnment was held at the Tipton Masonic Cemetery in Tipton. Survivors...

Allan Van Wyk, 71, of Searsboro died Sept. 30, 2018, at his home on the farm near Lynnville. Visitation will be from 2-4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 4, at the Lynnville Friends Church FCC Building with family present from 4 -7 p.m. Funeral services will be Friday, Oct. 5, at 10:30 a.m. at the Lynnville...

Bryce W. Gause 77, of Lynnville, passed away Sept. 20, 2018, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. Bryce was born July 10, 1941, in New Sharon, the son of Lory W. and Helen McConeghey Gause. He was raised in Lynnville and was a 1959 graduate of Lynnville-Sully High School. He attended the University of...

Bryce Wehrle, 52, of Lynnville passed away unex-pectedly Monday morning, Sept. 10, 2018, at Pella Re-gional Health Center. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 13, at Sully Community Church. The family requested attendees to dress casual or in favorite Lynnville-Sully Hawk fan gear or Iowa State Fair attire. Burial was at the...