Local notes from Pella and nearby towns headline community life
Lawrence Lautenbach returns from Westville Oklahoma after two years as school instructor and plans to return next fall. Many visits report as residents travel to Des Moines Cedar Rapids Monroe and Ames for events and family. The Pella Band Concerts season starts, summer piano lessons begin, and various local residents are referenced in social visits, travel, and minor civic news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Lautenbach
Westville
Okla
H. P. van Gorp
Cedar Rapids
van Gorp
Sadie Combs
Gerald Paardekooper
Warren
Jean Schreiner
Pleasantville
Des Moines
Pella
van Zante Bros
Sadler
John Vander Linden
New Sharon
D. de Cock
Herman Sedrel
Bussey
Ed. le Cocq
Obituaries from Harrisonville and local area deaths
Mortuary notice reports F L Dunkin 85 died at home in Harrisonville Missouri. Funeral held there last Tuesday. Stepfather of Mrs. Bauman formerly Mrs E S Dennis. William Oostrum 66 and 3 months died at daughter’s home 225 Carson street. Services at home and Third Reformed church with Rev G Menning. Interment Oakwood cemetery. Suffered cancer and hernia. survived by three sons and four daughters. Arie De Ronda 89 died at home north of town after an operation at Mahaska county hospital. Funeral at home then First Christian Reformed church. Husband and several children survive her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Arthur Kool
Marilyn
Henry Kool
Herrandparents
A. Lubberdon and
Des Moines
Grace
Harriet Veenstra
H. E. Knight
la Porte City
Lewis Vander Wilt
Arie Vriezelaar
C. Kruseman
Otley
Dan Meulpolder
South Main Street
Jack Murphy
Knoxville
D. Hynes
J. M. Cox
Muskegon
Michigan
H. F. Closz
Perry Smith
George Wayne
Clyde Wayne
Carson
R. M. Smith
Ruth Lautenbach
State University At
Iowa
D. O. Thomas
Valley Junction
Jewett
Fred de Cook
Leighton
Sally de Cook
Gerrit Wormhoudt
Iowa State College
Ames
A. B. van Houweling
Oskaloosa
van Zante Bros. Hardware
Mansford Ver Steeg
Radcliffe
A. D. Ver
Steeg
Ella van Buren
Monroe
Hubert Jarnigan
H. P. van Gorp
Henry Edmund
Ross Schakel
J. H. Kellenberger
Leota
Grinnell
G. J. Rozenboom
Chuch
Central Lake
Mich
R. A. Awtry
Harry Awtry
Veterans Hospital
Edith Thompson
B. H. van Ness
Newton
van Ness
Montgomery Ward and Company
van Zante Bros
Cornelius
Tunis du Pree
Sybenga
John Griffeon
Mahaska Hospital
Henry Breuklander
Neal van Niewenhuizen
West Second Street
F. Schafer
Cedar Rapids
C. C. Dickey
Hattie
Jennie Harrison
Mitchellville
David Dykstra
William Goulooze
Floyd
Prairie City
Holland, Mich
Harry Holtz
Sioux City
Ralph Grundman
Esther Kuyper
Moravia
Tena Doornwaarde
Sadler
Adv
Frank M. Thorp
Dallas
Eldon Thorp
Arlie Bell
Mankato
White Way Auto Co
Albert Wanders
S. S. de Kock
W. A. Ver Meer
P. Tysseling
T. C. de Bruin
Gerrit Wielaard
Neal Heemstra
Pete Tysseling
Marion County Board of Supervisors
Herman Bauman
Harrisonville
F. L. Dunkin
William Oostrum
Roy Kersey
Carson Street
Third Reformed Church
Rev. G. Menning
Oakwood
Arie DE Ronda
Mahaska County Hospital
First Christian Reformed Church
Obituary notices from a midwestern community page
The notice recalls Hendrikse De Ronde nee Menninga age 89 with family tribute and thanks. Arie De Ronde and children express loss and faith in rest with God. Another death notes Mrs. John Lane age 85, former community resident, funeral in Omaha and interment at Catholic cemetery north of Pella. Surviving Lane children and Lane sons listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendrikse de Ronde
Menninga
Arie de Ronde
Anne de Ronde
Church Notes and Memorial Day Services Listed
Sunday services across churches include Sunday School at 9 30, Lord's Supper at 10 45, and evening Memorial Day sermons. Multiple churches schedule sermons on faith and ethics with school choirs and B Y P U. Public invited to all services and baccalaureate at First Reformed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Reformed Church
Christian Endeavor
American Legion Post
Albert Hobbes Circle
G. R
Third Reformed Church
Holland
Baptist Church
Poppies Sell to Honor the Dead and Help the Living
The American Legion Auxiliary will sell memorial poppies in the last two weeks of May to honor fallen soldiers and support the living. The red flowers evoke the battlefields of France and Belgium where many veterans served in 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
France
Belgium
Remembrance Poppies Honor War Dead and Aid Veterans
The poppy symbol grew from World War I battlefields and is worn to honor fallen soldiers. Adopted by the American Legion and Auxiliary, the flowers fund relief for disabled veterans and the families of the dead, with poppies made by disabled veterans in government facilities and distributed by Auxiliary volunteers. Each sale directs funds to direct relief and ongoing support for those affected by the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
John McCrea
Flanders
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion and Auxiliary
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Jennie Keuning
Evalyn Crum
James van Vark
Ira N. Curtis
George van Hagen
Chariton
John Braafhart
John Schortinghuis
H. O. Wormhoudt
Davenport
Neal
Nashville
Enn
James Verhey
Chattanooga
Tenn
Cleveland
Helene Ray
Jonesboro
Ark
Fred Hesselink
F. L. Gilson
Nowgong
Assam
India
John Firth
Gilson
A. J. Krank Co
Minneapolis
Ideas Pharmacy
Martin Paardecooper
Endicott-Johnson
Simon Kooyman Harness Shop
East Franklin Street
Pella, Iowa
J. L. Dunkin
John Lane
Wolworth Avenue
Omaha
Nebr
Catholic
Susan Gaston
Omeha
Julia Osborne
Mary Billings
Lucas
Letta Ridpath
Tipton
Alice Enodgrass
Delta
Sarah Vanmath
San Francisco
J. E. Lane
J. M. Lane
Deep Water
T. C. Lane
Sigourney
First Reformed Church
Second Christian Reformed Church
Everning
Newcomr
Carlton
J.C. Wille
WLT
Dayton
Ohio
G H Vandenberg and CO
Frigidaire
Biechler
Frigidaire Corpn
Will
ANSCO
Puritan Drug Co
John Heerema
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