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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1935
Page
4
Jelle Jelsma, 77, longtime Otley resident, died Monday afternoon at 2 15 at his sister Mrs A C Dykstra’s home where he had been staying. The obituary notes his year with the Otley community and the circumstances of death.
Mr Jelsma died after suffering a paralytic stroke several hours earlier. He woke Monday to prepare breakfast when he collapsed. He was unmarried and survived by a sister Mrs Dykstra and brother William Jelsma of Otley. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 1:00 at home and 1:30 at Otley Reformed Church, Rev. R. D. Douwstra officiating, with interment in Oakwood.
Margaret De Ilan Dykstra died after a brief illness at Iowa Methodist Hospital Des Moines March 15 age 42 years 8 months 11 days She was born July 4 1892 near Pella Iowa member of First Reformed church since 1914 Married Gerrit J Dykstra Feb 5 1920 They had one child Caroline Mac Funeral services were held Prairie City with interment in Oakwood cemetery Pella relatives attended from here
The family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy at the death of our beloved wife mother and daughter Gerrit J. Dykstra Also grateful for the beautiful flowers from Gerrit J Dykstra Caroline M Dykstra Mr and Mrs Jacob De Maan and family
Classified notice offers a rural rental property five miles southeast of Pella with contact phone 315 for Herman G. Van Zante. Additional listings include a 12 inch P and O gang plow sold by Arie Vander Haar with phone 64 on 82.
Notice to qualified electors of the City of Pella Iowa that the biennial election will be held Monday March 25 1935 at ward polling places to elect mayor assessor park commissioner two aldermen at large and one alderman per ward Polls open 8 am to 8 pm at First Ward Fire Station 606 Main Second Ward City Office 717 Main Third Ward American Legion Building 829 831 Broadway Fourth Ward Liter Marble Works Building 223 Main Street Given under the hand of Mayor T G Fultz at Pella Iowa March 13 1935.
The Guthrie Evans Van Vark family expresses thanks to friends for kindness and sympathy offered during the burial services of their beloved mother. Dr and Mrs J A Guthrie, Mr and Mrs H F Evans, Van Vark family.
City Assessor L. A. Sents will be at the Security State Bank building each Saturday from 1 to 3 PM to interview residents seeking assessment information. Tuesday chapel services were led by the L. E. Phi Society with devotions by Edward Jurgens and a performance by Thaden and Tyssen, followed by John Sybenka explaining Wirephoto.
Mrs. William Meindersma, 49, died Monday at 4 15 p m at her home one mile east of Otley after an illness. Funeral services will be held at 1 00 p m at the home and 1 30 p m at Otley Reformed church with Rev R D Douwstra officiating. Interment in Graceland. She was born near Pella July 13 1885. Survived by husband and seven children Marie wife of Everett Heemsburger Knoxville Fanny wife of Pete Depp Arena wife of Jake Uster markt Pete Arnold Dorothy and Margaret all at home seven grandchildren one sister Mrs K A Ver Heul Pella and three brothers John Schippers Otley Will Schippers Monroe and Henry Schippers Burlington Colo.
Rose Hill Savings Bank began distributing a 10 per cent dividend, the first since its May 1934 closure. A total of $17,000 in dividend checks is available for depositors at the bank building this week.
W A Crosson of Oska loosa is noted as the examiner in charge in a brief line indicating official oversight. The fragment mentions authority without broader context or additional names.
A promotional notice encouraging readers to send occasion cards for births deaths weddings sickness and holidays with prices from 1c to 25c. The Book Shop advertises a broad card selection for every event.
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