Category Archives: Obituaries

Arthur D. Van Ryswyk, 83, of Prairie City, passed away Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018, at Park Center in Newton. Funeral services will be held Thursday, Aug. 16, at 10:30 a.m. at the First Reformed Church in Prairie City. Burial will take place at Waveland Cemetery. Visitation will take place on Wednesday, Aug. 15, from 2-8...

Celeste Ruth Gertsma was born to Andrew and Dora (Kooistra) Gertsma on June 7, 1917, on a farm near Lynnville. Ruth, as she was always called, had a very happy childhood with a fun-loving mother, a kind and helpful father, and one brother, Merlyn Bruce, who was born in 1922. Ruth also enjoyed the company...

Marjorie “Marge” J. Van Gilst, 81, of Newton died Monday, Aug. 6, 2018, at Nelson Ma-nor Nursing Home. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 13, at Community Heights Alliance Church in Newton. The family will greet friends from 5-7 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 12, at the church. Memorials to...

Robert “Bob” Wesley Antle, 45, of Newton died  Wednesday, July 25, 2018, at Grinnell Regional Medical Center. A funeral service was held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 31, at  Newton Church of The Way. Memorials to the Newton FFA Chapter or Jasper County Pheasants Forever may be left at the funeral home. Bob, the son...

Kenneth L. Scull, known by his friends as “Red Fox,” 78, of Lynn-ville, died Thursday, July 19, 2018, at his home with his family by his side and under the care of Grinnell Regional Hospice. A memorial service was held at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, July 23, at Lynnville Friends Church with Pastor Jamie Bogaard officiating....

Dorothy M. (Van Gilst) Davis, 98, died July 23, 2018. A funeral service for Dorothy will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, July 27, at Wallace Family Funeral Home in Newton. The family will greet friends from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 26, at the funeral home. Memorials to the First United Methodist Church,...

Cecil Flander, 94, of Grinnell and formerly of Monte-zuma, passed away Saturday evening, July 7, 2018, at Grinnell Regional Medical Center. A Mass of a Christian Burial was held Wednesday, July 11, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Grinnell. Burial was in Jackson Township Cemetery in Montezuma. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be...