Death notices from Pella Iowa and vicinity 1918
Multiple obituaries compiled from Pella area records dated December 8 1918 and surrounding days. Lucy De Bruyn Sires widow of Cedar Rapids army sergeant Dillard Sires, 27, dies after tuberculosis. Pieter Van der Ploeg 28, influenza pneumonia, leaves Julia Vander Ploeg Van Duren and children. Peter Vander Ploeg 28, city firefighter and First Christian Reformed Church member, leaves wife and two children. Minnie Vander Voort 26, Mercy Hospital nurse, pneumonia, survived by parents and siblings. Bert Kersbergen formerly of Pella, died in California from pneumonia. Arthur Benjamin Van Zante born 1882 near Pella died 1918 in Nashville. details of families, residences, and funeral plans included.
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Sires
Joe DeHoog
Jas. van Vark
Edith de Bruyn
Brinkman
Oakwood Cemetery
Julia Vander Ploeg-Van Duren
Peter Vander Ploeg
Pella
First
Christian Reformed Church
Church
Vander Voort
Minnie Vander Voort
Mercy Hospital
Henry Vander Voort
Near
Leighton
Mary Bondstra
Dora Englahou
Misa Jennie van der Voort
Willam
Leighton Cemetery
Thayer
Kan
Arthur Benjamin van Zante
Iowa
Nashville
Tennessee
Kansas
Elsie May Brewster
Tenn
N. G. Vander Linden
Murray
Obituary notices from Pella area recount deaths in 1918 deaths
The notice lists Mrs Y Neels of Sanborn and Mrs Liter of Pella dying in December 1918 with their ages and survivors. It details Annie Sterrenberg Neels and family ties, the Neels home on North Broadway, and the church service. also mentions Ruth Ann Slatten Liter and Gecedina Steenhoek death details with burial locations in Oakwood and Porter Grove cemeteries.
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Gecedina
John Steenhoek
Pella
Oakwood
Card of Thanks for Mrs. Samuel Liter
We express gratitude for the help and sympathy of friends and neighbors during the illness and death of our mother Mrs. Samuel Liter. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Porter Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Liter thank all who assisted us and especially the Red Cross nurses for their untiring efforts Y. Neels and Children
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Samuel Liter
Marion Porter
Geo. Liter
Red Cross
Y. Neels
Thanks for kindness during sickness and bereavement
The note expresses sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for assistance, sympathy, and floral offerings received during illness and days of sorrow, with appreciation for letters from relatives and friends.
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Julia Vander Ploeg-Van Duren
For Sale Classifieds In This Column Per Line Rates
Advertisement rates listed per line with a 10 cent minimum and 10 cent charge for replies through the Chronicle office. For sale items include dry sawed stove wood and Rhode Island Red cockerels offered at two dollars each, contact via telephone number 36 on 29.
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Chronicle Office
Rhode Island
Central College progresses with Dunn Cottage and dorms
Dunn Cottage will soon be connected to the heating plant and the new dorm is nearly finished. The cork floors are being laid as the building nears completion. Tom Green, Thornburg Indiana schools superintendent, notes life is good and remains single. Mrs Hoffman teaches at Dunn Cottage and Prof Sadler at Sunnyside. Music work proceeds well as college opens December 27. Mrs G F Sadler makes chocolate creams this week to fund Missions. The F L H Sunday class, with twelve girls, supports the effort. Dean Pletenpol is back in the office. Humbert and Stowe plan Christmas trips home. Mr Gratian of Alton tuning the Firat church organ.
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Dunn
Tom Green
Thornburg
Tom
G. F. Sadler
Second Reformed Sunday School
Dean Pletenpol
Special Announcement on 1919-1920 Credit Terms
Vandermeulen & Co announces new credit terms starting January 1 1919. Accounts run without interest until August 1 1919 then 6 percent per year from August 1 1919 to January 1 1920. All goods bought after August 1 1919 are due January 1 1920 without interest.
Building Lot for Sale on North Main Street
Building lot two blocks from square on north Main Street with east frontage and ample width and depth. Ideal for building. Apply to J. G. Sybenga.
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J. G. Sybenga
Vander Linden's Bazar Quarantine Era Relics Feature
In a period reflecting long quarantine evenings and quiet Sundays the item titled Vander Linden's Bazar showcases prose poetry religion fiction and juveniles magazines. The catalog highlights offerings designed to please readers with varied tastes during restful times.
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Vander Linden
BAZAR
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Bert
Central College
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Kodak
Stubenrauch
Wilhelmina Kelser
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W. H. Fairley
Sanborn
Town
Steenhoek
D. J. Vriezelaar
Otley
Towa
Sybenga’s
Albert Kolyn
Walter Nollen
American Toys
Brunswick
Puritan Drug CO
Heerema Bros
Lavalliers
Waterman
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