Items for Wyatt Earp home restoration list by room
The committee seeks period items to outfit Wyatt Earp’s home in the era he lived there. A room by room list includes upstairs bedroom pine table kitchen stove dining room cupboard pewter ware and more. Donors may contact Bill Van Tuyl at Rolscreen. donor names will be tagged on display items.
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Eureka
Pella Historical Society
Wyatt Earp
Earp
The
Historical Society
Bill van Tuyl
Rolscreen
Praise for quick action on breaking and entering
High praise from Marion County Sheriff Lee Shives for three Pella citizens and patrolman Harry Braafhart Jr for swiftly stopping a burglary at the Dutch Buffet and Roller Rink early Sunday. Suspects fled when Braafhart arrived. two citizens aided identifications, and officers later nabbed three Des Moines men, with bonds set at 2500.
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Lee Shives
Marion County
Pella
Harry Braafhart, Jr
Shives
Braafhart
Braashart
Sheriff's Office
Des Moines
Dennis L. Se
Gary Lee Wolfe
Robert Neil Caldwell
Elmer Hamond
Knoxville
Marie County
Obituaries for Petersma and Roorda Mark Local Deaths
Obituaries note the deaths of Rolland Knopf near Kellogg and John Petersma southeast of Otley in two separate crashes. Roorda, Marie Van der Linden, 88, dies at De Jong Nursing Home Knoxville. funeral February 8 at Van Dyk Chapel with burial at Oakwood Cemetery. Petersma, 56, of Pellam dies in two car crash near Otley. services February 8 at Open Bible Church and burial at Forrest Cemetery Oskaloosa. Surviving relatives include Petersma's wife Katie Slycord and 12 children. Roorda leaves three sons and nine grandchildren plus three great grandchildren. A fuller obituary and photos will appear in a later Chronicle.
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Rolland Knopf
Kellogg
Iowa
Morgan Loehr
Newton
The
Chronicle
Luke J. Roorda
Marie van der Linden
van Dyk
Glen O. Peterman
R. A. de Jong
Oakwood Cemetery
John Petersma
Pellaw
Otley
Ottumwa
Pella Hospital
St. Joseph's Hospital
Petersoail
Open Bible Church
David Sutton
Forrest Cemetery
Oskaloosa
van Dyk-Duven
Petersma
Katie Slycord
Henry
Ben
Fella
Charles
Maytag Co
Donation list for Pella society items sought in Arizona
A note lists various furniture items including a large desk parlor set horse chair sofa and several chairs and tables. It mentions a walnut bed donated by an Arizona party and asks for volunteers planning to winter in Arizona to help cart part of the bed back to Pella. Call Bill Van Tuyl for details. The list will be printed weekly until all items are received or loaned with reports.
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Arizona
Pella
Bill van Tuyl
Henry J Brom dies at 99 in Pella Iowa
Funeral services for Henry J Brom, Pella’s oldest resident, were held February 7, 1966, at Van Dyk Duven Funeral Home. He died Friday evening at his daughter Bernice Van Dusseldorp’s home in Milan, Missouri. A farmer and former Pella city marshal, he is survived by his daughter, husband, six grandchildren, three great grandchildren, and brother Barney Brom of Pella. Burial at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Pella
Henry J. Brom
van Dyk- Duven
John M. Piersma
Henry
Bernice
Marion van Dusseldorp
Milan
Barney Brom
Pela
The
Chronicle
Oakwod Cemetery
Also Mentioned on This Page
Arvin Hoogenakker
Martha Lautenbach
Bob Kizin
Bats de Jong
Chronicle News
Jon Petersoa
Rolland Knopf Services
Tues
Mrs
Luke Roorda
Marion County Sheriff's Office
Petersoa
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