Sunday, December 31st, 1922 to Sunday, February 20th, 2011 Obituary: Theodore Frank Butler was born on December 31, 1922 in Washington, DC, the son of Winn David Butler and Irene Juliet (Richardson) Butler. Ted attended high school at the San Diego Union Academy and then college at La Sierra College. He then went on to […]
Feb 21 2011 | Posted in
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February 17, 1923 – February 20, 2011 Visitation: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday February 23, 1911 at Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell, IA Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m., Thursday February 24, 2011 at Madison Church of Christ near Brooklyn, IA. Interment: Following the funeral service. February 24, 2011 at Brooklyn Memorial Cemetery in Brooklyn, […]
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October 8, 1911 – February 19, 2011 Cornelia Maria (Van Zee) De Vries was born on October 8, 1911, to Leendert and Geertje (Ver Voorn) Van Zee in a farm home west of Sully, Iowa. She was the fifth of six children in the Van Zee family. She was a lifetime member of the Sully […]
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April 21, 1923 – February 17, 2011 Visitation: 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Monday February 21, 2011 at Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell, Iowa Funeral Service: 11:00 a.m., Tuesday February 22, 2011 at First Presbyterian Church in Grinnell, Iowa Interment: 2:00 p.m., Thursday April 21, 2011 at Hazelwood Cemetery in Grinnell, Iowa Dorothy was born […]
Feb 18 2011 | Posted in
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April 05, 1908 – February 16, 2011 Visitation: 12:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m., with the family present from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m., Sunday, February 20, 2011 at Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m., Monday, February 21, 2011 at Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell Interment: following the service on Monday, February 21, […]
Feb 17 2011 | Posted in
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Oskaloosa. Hattie H. Shaw, 82, of Oskaloosa, died Wednesday, February 16, 2011, at the Mahaska Hospital in Oskaloosa. She was born May 1, 1928 at Oskaloosa, the daughter of Amos J. and Maude Bell Chambers. On July 26, 1947, she was united in marriage to (Emery) Keith Shaw at Davenport, and Keith died April 12, […]
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May 8, 1923 – February 15, 2011 Bernice McClune, 87, formerly of Keswick, died Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at the Mahaska Health Partnership in Oskaloosa. Funeral services will begin at 1:00 PM on Saturday, February 19, 2011 at the Harden Funeral Chapel in What Cheer. Visitation will begin at 10:00 AM Saturday morning and last […]
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March 31, 1916 – January 15, 2011 Minnie Wassink was born March 31, 1916, the second of five children born to John Henry and Cornelia (Vande Keift) Wassink. She was born near Holland, Michigan. Minnie moved with her family by train to a farm near Bussey, Iowa, in February 1918 during World War I. Minnie […]
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January 14, 1917 – February 15, 2011 Dorothy Mae (Bandstra) Zuidema, the daughter of Bart and Mary (Vande Voort) Bandstra, was born on January 14, 1917, at the home of her parents near the little town of Evans, Iowa. She was the fourth of ten children. She loved her parents and brother and sisters dearly. […]
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University Park. Paul Virgil DeBruin, 86, of University Park, died Tuesday, February 15, 2011, at the Mahaska Hospital in Oskaloosa. He was born November 29, 1924, in Marion County, the son of M.C. and Anna Klyn DeBruin. When he was school age his family lived near Beacon and he attended Brush Street School. They later […]
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