Category Archives: Obituaries

Craig Sparks, 69, of Newton and formerly of Sully, died Nov. 30, 2020. Services will be held at a later date. Craig, the son of C. Max and Leah (Peery) Sparks was born Dec. 22, 1950. He grew up in Sully and was a graduate of Lynnville-Sully High School. He worked at Vermeer for 40 years,...

Ernestine W. (Harthoorn) Dieleman, 97, formerly of Sully, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. Graveside services were held Monday, Dec. 7, at 2 p.m. at Sully Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be given for the Sully Christian School or mission fund of Sully Christian Reformed Church. Ernestine Wilhemina Dieleman was born...

Henry Veldhuizen, 96, of Pella, died Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. Graveside service was held Saturday, Nov. 28, at 2 p.m. at Sully Cemetery. Memorials have been designated for Sully First Reformed Church and Lynnville-Sully FFA. Henry John Veldhuizen, the first of four children born to Jacob H. and Marie (Van Zee) Veldhuizen, entered this world on...

Johnnie E. De Jong, 89, of Sully, passed away Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 25, 2020, at Hospice of Pella Comfort House following recent hip fractures and con-tributing health issues. Family committal service with military honors was Monday, Nov. 30, at Sully Cemetery followed by a memorial service at 10:30 a.m. at Sully First Reformed Church. Memorial...

Gerald Rozenboom, 86, of Pella and formerly of Peoria, died Nov. 24, 2020. A family funeral service was held Saturday, Nov. 28, at Peoria Christian Reformed Church. Memorial contributions may be designated for the Peoria Christian School, Oskaloosa Christian Grade School, or Pella Christian Grade School. Gerald James Rozenboom was the first of 10 children born...

Marcella Laverman, 85, of Pella and formerly of Sully, died Nov. 26, 2020. Memorials have been designated for Bethel Mission - Des Moines and Pella Pro-Life, P.O. Box 232, Pella IA 50219, pellaprolife.com. Graveside service was held at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 28, at Sully Cemetery. The service was livestreamed from the Garden Chapel...

Eli Douglas Van Zee, son of  Scott and Brittany (Coleman) Van Zee of Sully was born Nov. 15, 2020,  at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Private family graveside service was held Friday, Nov. 20. Memorials have been designated for University of Iowa Labor and Maternity Ward/NICU, Iowa City. Eli will always be loved and...