Local notes from Pella area recount church and military updates
Callers visited in Os kaloosa and Pella as families attended the Jacob Grandin funeral. Local residents James Van Maarten, M. D. Van Maarten and others received hospital updates, while service members like Midshipman Carl Vander Ploeg and Lt. Harold Schut returned home or prepared for discharge. Family travels, births, and hotel visits fill the week with reports on operations and local events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Schakel
Ames
Nellie Schakel
George Ver Steeg
Jacob Grandin
Mark
Oskaloosa
Georgia Chalfont
Obituary of A Gosselink 70 At Home in Union Street
A Gosselink aged 70 died at his home 608 Union Street on Monday October 29 1945 Funeral services will be held Thursday November 1 at 2 p m at Third Reformed Church Rev Borst officiating Interment will be at Oakwood A more detailed life story to appear in The Chronicle on November 8
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Gosselink
Union St
Third Reformed Church
Borst
Oakwood
Obituary notice for Emma Van Emmerik
Mrs Emma Van Emmerik aged 86 died at her home KL4 Oskaloosa Street Tuesday October 30 1945 Funeral services were held Friday November 2 at 2 pm at the Second Reformed Church with interment at Oakwood Obituary to follow next week
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma van Emmerik
Oskaloosa St
Second Reformed
Oakwood
Death Notice of John Wisse of Pella Iowa
John Wisse born February 11 1873 in Pella Iowa died October 29 1945 at his home 603 East First Street aged 72 years 8 months 18 days He married Bessie Bunyan January 8 1899 and had three sons James of Pella Arthur of Oska loosa and Ralph in the Pacific He survived by his wife three sons and one grandson Funeral services were held October 30 1945 at 2 pm at the Van Dyk Funeral Home Rev A A Swanson officiating Interment in Oakwood cemetery The family thanks friends for kindness during illness and after death
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town University
New York City
Susan
M. D. van Maarten
van Haaften
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
Jacob Sterrenberg
John Vander Wal
Peter Meyer
Carl Vander Ploeg
Navy
Diller van der Ploeg
John Wisse
A. Wisse
Dena Lubberden
Pella
Iowa
East First Street
Bessie Bunyan
James
Arthur
Ralph
U.S. Army
Pacific
van Dyk Funeral
Rev
A. A. Swanson
Oakwood Cemetery
Evert Jansen of Sully Dies at 84 in Iowa
Evert Jansen born October 1 1861 in Lunteren Gelderland Netherlands died October 22 1946 at son Henry’s home in Sully Iowa aged 84 years 8 days. Survived by seven children Gerrit John Henry Lewis Elizabeth Vos William Cornelius 22 grandchildren 30 great grandchildren one brother Neal Jansen. Funeral Thursday October 26 1946 at 1 00 pm at residence and 1 30 pm at Sully Christian Reformed Church Rev Geels officiating Interment Sully cemetery Card of Thanks thanks friends neighbors for support during illness and death of father Evert Jansen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lunteren
Gelderland
Netherlands
Henry
Sully
Iowa
Mie
Wilhelmina Jansen
Gerrit
John
Lewis
Elizabeth Vos
William
Cornelius
Neal Jansen
Death of Gerrit J. Hoksbergen Near Otley
Gerrit John Hoksbergen died at his home northwest of Otley in the early morning hours of Wednesday October 31. Funeral arrangements are pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerrit John Hoksbergen
Otley
Doughgirl Continues Tour With Army Glares and Cheers
A wartime cast known as Doughgirl travels to remote stops including Ommak Adak and Attu to boost morale. Soldiers line up in cold for hours to see the performers, hear stories of emergency landings, and share dances and photographs before closing each day with the boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ommak
Adak
Attu
Miss McKenzie
USO Tour Plea For National War Fund Support
Miss McKenzie spoke on radio programs and urged support for the National War Fund to fund the USO. She described Aleutian service men facing long isolation and harsh weather, needing diversion beyond combat, and detailed gifts from local boys to entertain troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss McKenzie
National War Fund
USO
Natonal War Fund
Little Dutch and Johnnie Sheppard Earn Offensive Honors
Osceola and Pella players starred as Little Dutch held off Valley rivals in a final-senior game. Senior class totals included Carl Gaass Ray Van Roekel Warren Ver Ploeg Ira De Ronde Willis Tait Albert Van Houweling John Hesselink Mark Vander Ploeg Charles Vander Ploeg Ray Rouw and Glen De Kock with a starting lineup featuring Gaass Koopmai Turk Ver Ploeg Palmquist De Liggett Ronde Gorsline Hesselink Nesbit Proudfoot Koopman Adamson van d Ploeg Frauenholz Sheppard Curley Rouw Crawford and subs Prins Vos Sadler Rumbaugh Van Houweling A Van Houweling Willis Tait Van Roekel De Kock. Osceola tallied 7 first downs and 115 rushing yards while Pella posted 14 first downs and 236 rushing yards along with 1 of 4 passing for 14 passing yards and 0 interceptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnnie Sheppard
Juline Palmquist
Mark Vander Ploeg
Carl Gaass
Ray van Roekel
Warren Ver’ Ploeg
Ira de Ronde
Willis Tait
Albert van Houweling
John Hesselink
Charles Vander Ploeg
Ray Rouw
Glen de Kock
Pella Osceola Gaass
LE Mason Koopmai
Turk Ver
Ploeg
Hudson Palmquist
de Liggett de Ronde
Gorsline
Hesselink
Nesbit
Proudfoot
C. Koopman
Adamson
Sadler
Rumbaugh
van Houweling
van Roekel
de Koc
Osceola Pella
Trapping Season Opens November 10 in Iowa
The 1945 trapping season starts at noon November 10 and runs to January 10, with mink and muskrat limited to 30 days closing December 10. All counties open except mink and muskrat restrictions along the Mississippi River segment near Muscatine. Traps may take raccoon skunk opossum civet cat and badger with continuous seasons for red gray fox weasel groundhog wolf and coyote. Beaver season closed except by permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi River
Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul
Muscatine
Iowa Conservation News
Bud Vander Ploeg Addresses Kiwanis on Veterans For Victory Loan
Kiwanis heard Bud Vander Ploeg recount his WWII service from Guadalcanal to Manila and his hospitalization. He urged support for the Victory Loan drive to rehabilitate veterans and hasten return of those still serving. Kiwanis pledged 100 percent backing for the loan campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud” Vander Ploeg
Kiwanis
Bud
Guadalcanal
Manila
Bargain Advice in a Department Store Encounter
Two women acquaintances meet in a department store. One pleads for help finding “something for my husband.” The other counsels to accept any reasonable offer, implying a money saving or gift idea with a wry, practical tone.
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Ralph Ver Ploeg
Chicago
Denver
W. C. Ver Ploeg
Carrie Muilenberg
Peter Bloem
Peter Ten Hagen
Mercy Hospital
Moen Hagen
Leonard Allen
Missouri
Arkansas
Ozarks
Wayne Schakel
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Okinawa
T/51
T/51 Hoksbergen was include published ‘Tuesday om the Pes Moines Register
Arkrew
Santa Cecilia
York
Martha Laureane Gosselnk
Versteeg
Joe and
Vowelaar
van Zee
Ed van Grp
Hart
Ho Pohlman
William Jaines
Catherin
Margaretta Slobe
Carol
Kort Hollingshead
Knoxville
Jacob Schakel
Wayne Geetings
Harold Schut
Schut
Bertha Schut
Grundy Center
Maple Lake
Dorothy Vander Gen
Central College
Ervin Mathes
John N. Mathes
Jefferson Barracks
918Th
Bert Boat Store
J. A. Grandin
Charles de Jong
Cora Mae Dyk
Fulton
Ilinois
Charles
Chr. Reformed Church
L. van Arkel
Des Moines
Walter Visscher
Cedar Rapids
Tunis Kooyman
Geo. Gezel Jr
Gertie van Roekel
Lou van Roekel
Leighton
Ben Groenendyk
Tunis Hoksbergen
Illinois
Gertrude Lautenbach
Georgetown
Colorado
Keith Lautenbach
South Dakota State College
Brookings
Keith
Mae Sterrenberg
Neal Randall
Lautenbachs
Clarence de Penning
Mia
Leonard Langstraat
Ahaska Hospital
Anthony Ver Meer
Mahaska
E. Barnes
Detroit Michigan
C. Tucker
Brecksville
Ohio
Corie ‘van Veen
Vander Linden Rexall
Leona Vander Linden
War Fund
Ralph Vander Beek
Camp Grant
A. T. Vander Beek
Italy
U.S
Meridan
Wyoming
Joof Davenport
Howard Guase
Fie
Naval Construction Battalier
Veenstra
John Hoeksen
Prescott Steenhoek
Ger- Var Roekel
Helen Coyne
C. Howard
D. R. Johnston
Ft. Dodge
H. Sadler
Wdrew van Hulzen
Couthe Rozenbergs
van Hulzens
van Hulzen
Europe
Matt Hoksbergen
Andrew Lee Hoksbergen
New York
Clifford Paltzer
Gerrit Brand
Connie Wykstra
Johnny
Julia, Vander Ploeg
Donald
Warner Vande Voort
Vander Ploeg
Vande Voort
Henry Post
Grand Rapids
Michigan
L. Popma
Harold Crost
Muskegon
Henry Cox
Hattie van Cleave
Harry Ray
Decorah
Leland Croll
Richard
Geo. Croll
Mary Toom
Charley Toom
Lena Heeren
John Heeren
Nellie Beckering
Raymond Beckering
Los Angeles
California
Beckering
Henry Beckering
Dallas
Texas
Arizona
LeRoy Nixon
New Brunswick
New Jersey
A. T. van Houweling
Walter Halbert
Peter van Drunen
Arie Blom
Lincoln
Nebraska
Mr. van Drunen
Burlington Railway Company
Peter
Arie
Bakker
Rus
Ford
Ulrich Motor Co
C. A. Gosselink
Evert Jansen
Doughgirl
Rexall
Sam
Chevrolet
White Way Auto Co
Co-Op Oil Association
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