Locals note widespread Christmas travel and visits
Local residents plan Christmas and holiday visits across Iowa New Jersey Arizona South Dakota Minnesota and California. Families travel by plane train and car to join relatives and celebrate with numerous get togethers and dinners.
Local births and a death in Mahaska County area
List of newborns from families in Madison, Sully, New Sharon, Oskaloosa, Pella, Leighton and nearby towns with birth dates December 12 to 16 at Mahaska Hospital and Clarkson Memorial Hospital. Notable death: Tunis Vander Wilt, 65, apple grower, burial at Oakwood Cemetery in Pella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vander Wilt
Pella
Tunis
Oskaloosa
Mercy Hospital
Leighton
William J
Margaret Kempkes Vander Wilt
Leighton-Oskaloosa Ared
Mathew Kempkes
Oakwood Cemetery
Hospital News From Mahaska And Des Moines
Lawrence H Rook returned home from Veterans Hospital in Des Moines last week Friday after satisfactory recovery from surgery. Wm De Groot admitted to Mercy Hospital in Oskaloosa Tuesday Dec 13. Joel Van Berkum, son of Mr and Mrs Andrew Van Berkum, entered Mahaska Hospital in Oskaloosa Tuesday Dec 13. Laura Beth Gritters dismissed from Mahaska Hospital in Oskaloosa Tuesday of last week. Nellie Van Ekeren admitted to Mahaska Hospital in Oskaloosa last week Friday. Armour Boot returned home Wednesday from Town Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines after two and a half weeks of treatment and care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
H. Rook
Veterans ‘ Hospital
Des Moines
Wm. de. Groot
Mercy
Messiah to Be Presented at Ebenezer Reformed Church
The Ebenezer Reformed Church of Leighton and the Christian Reformed church will present Handel’s Messiah on Christmas Eve at 7 30 p m. Conductor Mrs Melvin Brimmel leads the choir with Dale Fleck as organist and Mrs Frank Terpstra Jr pianist. Soloists include Carol Boerelyn and Rev Jack Vander Laan. An offering will support the Children’s Retreat in Grat Michigan. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebenezer Reformed Church
Christian Reformed Church of
Leighton
Georg
Frederick Handel
Melvin Brimmel
Ebenezer Church
Dale Fleck
Boulder
Colorado
Frank Terpstra Jr
Mrs Fay Porter Dies at 73 in Newton Memorial Hospital
Mrs Fay Porter 73 of Monroe Iowa died at Skiff Memorial Hospital Newton Friday December 16 1960 Born October 28 1887 in New Ski to Wallace Wolcott and Jen Kisor lived in Monroe sixty years Married Fay Porter February 9 1960 in Monroe to whom three children were born Surviving husband Robert J Porter of Legit Town NJ daughter Winifred Mrs George Rake of Macos Colorado son Edith Mrs John A Murray Monroe one brother Will Wolcott Monroe and one sister Edith Mrs Harold Whitney She was a member of Monroe Methodist Church Services were held at Garden Chapel Funeral Home Pella with Rev Orin Young Interment was in Monroe Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert van Houweling
Baumholder
Germany
Aungblind
Rob
Maggie
Frank de Wit
Henry
John de Wit
Prairie City
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Paul
Harold Theurer
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Bert van Pal
Pay Porter
Ne Wolcott
Monroe
Iowa
Newton
Wallace Wolcott
Jen Kisor
New Ski
Monros
Fay
Robert
Legittown
New Jersey
Winifred
George
Rake
Macos
Colorado
Eecott
Edith
John. A. Murray Monroe
Harold’ Whittney
Will
Porter
Monroe “Methodist
Chu
Garden Chapel
Fusie
Pella
Orin Young
Methodist Church of
Ing
Connie Huigen
Hames Cash
Ray Kingdom
Howard Roberts
Otis Bell
Will Ver Steeg
Monroe Cemetery
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Diller Vander Ploeg
Ruth
Tacoma
Washington
Carl Vander Bloeg
Paul le Coca
Kevnd Bruce
McGrath
Minnesota
John le Coc
Martha
Louis and
Bee
Raymond
John Brouwer
Aléo
P. J. Dykstra
Robert Kelderman
Janet Kelderman
Mishalltown
R. Kelderman
Louis Schuring
Gerald Breen
Kenneth Wineland
Henry Schuring
Kenneth Schuring
Robert Schuring
Alvin van Houweling
Cornelius Kelderman
Independence
Gerrit Menning
Canoga Park
California
Rev
Lloyd Menning
Sally
Willis
Ramona
Kansas City
Willis Huyser
Navy
Lester Jels
Knoxville
Louis Kaspar
Seymour
Tepacek
Foreman
Catle Ranch
Jelsma’s
Dave de Cook
Sigourney, In
Flor Gaerts
Dick Vander Leest
Gertrude Hoksbergen
Donard Vander Leest
Charlie Dykhuis
Logan Vander Leest
Bert Baron
Dayton
Howard Rankin
Ted Emmert
Killdeff
Frank Eliott
Home For the Aged
Keith Emmert
Beverly Boatsma
Towa State University
Mrs
Jack Boatsma
Jay Medema
A. A. van Zee
Gerrit van Zee
Jerry Walster
Jackie
Joe Horpsted
A. Brummel
Harold . de Bruin
Jake de Haan
A. B. Wormhoudt
Gene
Ottumwa
H. L. Wormhoudt
Norman F. van Gorp
Chicago
Illinois
Ed van Gorp
James Veenman
Mick Paltzer
Art Tysseling
Gerrit van Ryswyk
Debra
Diane
Omaha
Nebr
Nick van Gorp
Edward Birkey
Norman
Manson
Doris
Pauline Birkey
Joe Stientjes
Gene Stientjes
Keith Lautenbach
Denver
Colo
Pella Community Hospital
Cheryl
Garrett van Gorp
Mary
Gerald Dieleman
Central College
Scottsdale
Phoenix
Arizona
Willard H. Klein
Ellen Bezmer
Lakeland
Florida
Joseph S. Wilson
Jerry Ulrich
Julie
Iowa State University
Ames
Harold Walraven
Rudy Ulrich
John Vander Baard
John
Ontario
Calif
Jim
Richmond
Charlie Slykhuis
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Martin Slykhuis
Glenn Bergman
Henry Bensink
Gerald van Zante
Fami
Dale Steenhoek
Ervin Roorda
Holland
Henry Roorda
Bert Buats
Tema
Pater. Y
Dirk Beintema
T. J. Klein
Rock Valley
Christina
Holid de
John H. Smith
Bob Slykhuis
Cedar Grove
Wisconsin
Lee de Master
Don Harmeling
Dale
Bud) Jarman
Lee
Atlanta
Georgia
Lee Jarman
John Lautenbach
New York City
Jerry van Wyngarden
Walter van Wyngarden
P. W. Steenhock
Ray Vander Waal
Montezuma
John Harmelling
Los Altos
Wayne Pos
Carrie Muilenberg
Carl Wehde
Amy
Crystal Lake
Carl
Roorda & Engbers Construction Co
Dr. Hudson
Cynthia Batex
Norma Dahm
Richard Jellema
Secret Journal
Bers
Young Adults Society
The
First Christian Reformed Church
Verdoorn
Don
Butch) Verdoorn
N. 4Th St
Madison
Todd Allen
Butch
Harsselaar
Albertus Harsselaar
Sully
Mahaska Hospital
Osborne
Sam Osborne
New Sharon
Houser
Robert Houser
University
Duane Dale
Wm. van Dyk
Cecil Houser
Dykhuis
Barbara Ann
Galen Dykhuis
R. J
Mahhaska Hospital
Andrews Dykhuis
Bob Marsh
Villisca
Clarkson Memorial Hospital
Nebraska
Jeffrey
Clarence van der Veer
Pleima
Albert Pleima
R.’3
van Dyhk
John Wayne
Horse Soldiers
Sybenga’s
Oereu
Ebenezer
Church of Leighton
Leighton Chrisstian Reformed ‘Church
Basse
Grat Michigan
Fay Porter
WAYNE
Deep Rock Service
Colfax Sale
Colfax Sale Company
Clippinger
Shields and Briles
Mere
Earl and
Bill Shields
Aucts
Flrst National Bank
Colfax
Sale