Obituaries
Edward Van Grootheest
Feb 8, 2016
Doon, IA: Edward Van Grootheest, 81, of Doon, Iowa died Monday, February 08, 2016 at Hegg Memorial Health Center in Rock Valley. Funeral service will be held Thursday, February 11, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at Doon United Reformed Church with Rev. Simon Lievaart officiating. Burial will follow at Valley View Cemetery of Rock Valley. Visitation, with the family present, will...
Ben Groeneweg
Feb 8, 2016
Ben Groeneweg, 98, of Rock Valley, Iowa died Monday, February 8, 2016 at Fellowship Village in Inwood, Iowa. Memorial service will be held Saturday, February 13, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at First Reformed Church of Rock Valley with Rev. Garry Nyenhuis officiating. Private family burial will be held prior at Richland Cemetery of Inwood. Visitation, with the family present, will...
Gertrude Den Boer
Feb 3, 2016
Rock Valley, IA: Gertrude Den Boer, 89, of Rock Valley, Iowa, died Wednesday, February 03, 2016 at Hegg Memorial Health Center in Rock Valley. Funeral service will be held Saturday, February 6, 2016 at 9:30 a.m. at Porter Funeral Home of Rock Valley with Rev. E.C. Adams officiating. Burial will follow at Valley View Cemetery. Visitation, with the family present,...
Judina Vanden Berg
Feb 3, 2016
Rock Valley, IA: Judina Vanden Berg, 77 of Corsica, South Dakota, formerly of Rock Valley, Iowa died Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Funeral service will be held Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at Netherlands Reformed Congregation of Rock Valley with Rev. E.C. Adams officiating. Burial will follow at Valley...
Joyce Bakker
Jan 31, 2016
Rock Valley, IA; Joyce M. Bakker, 87, of Hull, Iowa, formerly of Rock Valley, Iowa, died Sunday, January 31, 2016 at Hegg Memorial Health Center of Rock Valley. Funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, February 4, 2016 at First Reformed Church of Rock Valley with Rev. Garry Nyenhuis officiating. Burial will follow at Valley View Cemetery of...
Alvin Hoogendoorn
Jan 28, 2016
Rock Valley, IA: Alvin Hoogendoorn, 84, of Rock Valley, Iowa died Thursday, January 28, 2016 at Whispering Heights of Rock Valley. Funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, February 1, 2016 at Porter Funeral Home of Rock Valley with Rev. E.C. Adams officiating. Burial will follow at Valley View Cemetery. Visitation, with family present, will be held from...
Laurence Schuller
Jan 27, 2016
Ireton, Iowa, Laurence L. Schuller, 90 of Hawarden, Iowa formerly of rural Ireton, Iowa died on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at the Hillcrest Health Care Center in Hawarden.
Funeral Service will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Ireton Community Center with Dean Dykstra, Cheston Stidolph, and Melinda Yule officiating. Burial with Military Rites will follow in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery...
Larry Waterman
Jan 21, 2016
Hawarden, Iowa ~ Larry D. Waterman, 67, of Hawarden, died surrounded by his family on Thursday, January 21, 2016 at his residence in Hawarden.
Memorial Service will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, January 29th at the Hawarden Community Church with Rev. Derek Vande Slunt officiating. Burial of the cremated remains with Military Rites will follow in the Grace Hill Cemetery. Visitation...
Grace Harthoorn
Jan 16, 2016
Rock Valley, IA: Grace Wilma Harthoorn, 86, of Rock Valley, died Saturday, January 16, 2016 at Hegg Memorial Health Center. Memorial service will be 11:00 AM Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at Calvin Christian Reformed Church of Rock Valley with Rev. Gideon Wamala officiating. Private family burial will be prior at Valley View Cemetery. Visitation, with family present, will be from...
Karen Nibbelink
Jan 16, 2016
Rock Valley, Iowa: Karen Nibbelink, 57, of Rock Valley died suddenly, due to lung cancer surgery complications, on Saturday, January 16, 2016 at Hegg Memorial Health Center in Rock Valley. Memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, January 23, 2016 at Trinity Christian Reformed Church of Rock Valley with Rev. Bobby Van Otterloo officiating. Private family burial will...
Frances Hamann
Jan 9, 2016
Rock Valley, Iowa: Frances Hamann, 90, of Rock Valley, died Saturday, January 9, 2016 at Whispering Heights at Rock Valley. Funeral services will be held Thursday, January 14, 2016 at 1:00 pm at Pioneer United Methodist Church of Rock Valley with Rev. Todd Schlitter officiating. Burial will follow at Valley View Cemetery. Visitation, with the family present, will be Wednesday,...
Dorothy Berry
Jan 6, 2016
Hawarden, IA: Dorothy Jane Miller Berry, 96, died Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at the Hillcrest Health Care Center in Hawarden, Iowa. Visitation with the family present will be 6:00-7:00 p.m. followed by a prayer service at 7:00 p.m. Friday, January 8, 2016 at the United Methodist Church in Hawarden. Her funeral service will be held 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 9,...
Helen Gregg
Jan 3, 2016
Hawarden, Iowa~ Helen M. Gregg, 92, of Hawarden, died suddenly on Sunday, January 3, 2016 at the Hillcrest Health Care Center in Hawarden, Iowa.
Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Associated Church in Hawarden with Rev. Erma Wolf officiating. Burial will follow in the Grace Hill Cemetery. Visitation will begin at noon on Thursday, with the family...
Lucille Veltkamp
Jan 2, 2016
Rock Valley, IA: Lucille Veltkamp, 93, of Rock Valley, died Saturday, January 2, 2016 at Whispering Heights in Rock Valley. Funeral service will be held on Friday, January 15, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. at the First Christian Reformed Church in Rock Valley with Rev. Matthew Haan officiating. Burial will follow at Valley View Cemetery. Visitation with the family present will...
Janet Brown
Dec 27, 2015
Celebration of Life Service for the lives of brother and sister, Randall Ray Brown, March 28, 1963-March 22, 2015 and Janet J. Brown, September 21, 1955-December 27, 2015 will be 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at the Ireton Community Center. Rev. Barb Joy of the Ireton United Methodist Church will officiate. Janet J. Brown, daughter of Ralph and...
Benton Boyer
Dec 17, 2015
Hawarden, Iowa - Benton Boyer, 93, of Hawarden, Iowa died Thursday, December 17, 2015. He was a resident of the Hillcrest Health Care for the past 14 years. Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be held 2:00 p.m. Monday, December 28, 2015 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Hawarden. Burial will be at Grace Hill Cemetery. Visitation, with the family...
Cheryl Harvey
Dec 16, 2015
Hawarden, Iowa~ Cheryl Ann Harvey, 68, of rural Hawarden, passed away on Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at the Morningside Manor Care Center in Alcester, South Dakota.
Funeral Service will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at the American Lutheran Church in Hawarden with Rev. Erma Wolf officiating. Burial will follow in the Grace Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be after 1 p.m. Sunday,...
Wilma Van Der Brink
Dec 8, 2015
Rock Valley, Iowa: Wilma Van Der Brink, 67, of Rock Valley died Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at the Rock Rapids Health Center after a 2 year battle with cancer. Funeral service will be held on Saturday, December 12, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. at the Netherlands Reformed Congregation with Rev. E.C. Adams officiating. Burial will follow at Valley View Cemetery. Visitation...
Nancy DeBoer
Dec 7, 2015
HAWARDEN, IOWA~ Nancy Mae DeBoer, 88, of Hawarden, died on Monday, December 7, 2015 at the Hillcrest Health Care Services in Hawarden. Funeral Service will be 11:00 a.m. Friday at the Hawarden Community Church with Rev. Derek Vande Slunt officiating. Burial will follow in the Grace Hill Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be 1 hour prior to the service...
Eunice Vandenbos
Dec 2, 2015
Eunice M. Vandenbos, 86 of Altoona, WI died on Wednesday, December 2, 2015 at Mayo Clinic-Eau Claire, WI. She was born on April 19, 1929 to Christian and Elsie (Johnson) Serck in Hudson, SD. She married Kermit Q. Vandenbos on July 16, 1952. Eunice was a dedicated Military and Doctor’s wife. She was a very special mother and grandmother who...


