Pence ~ Reese Funeral Home & Cremation Services

02/24/2026

A pet's love is so special!

02/23/2026

View Ben Van Zee's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.

02/22/2026

Every person grieves in their own way, based on their own experiences and relationships with who they lost. Allow yourself to grieve in your own way and on your own timeline.

02/20/2026

"To yesterday's companionship/ And tomorrow's reunion" - Rita Hayworth

02/17/2026

Feelings either get worked out, or acted out.

02/16/2026

View Barbara P. Wignall's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.

02/16/2026

David R. Gooch Memorial Service

Monday, February 16, 2026 ~ 11:00 a.m.
Pence-Reese Funeral Home
Newton, Iowa

Conducted by Pastor Gary Armstrong

02/16/2026

I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth.
–Isaiah 42:16

02/14/2026

Oh, so true! Fun fact: according to city ordinances in Boulder, Colorado, you are not a pet “owner” but rather a pet “guardian.”

02/13/2026

View GeorgAnne Talsma's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.

02/12/2026

View Carol Lee Van Zee's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.

02/12/2026

Barbara Ann “Shortie” Simpson, 97, of Newton, formerly of Kellogg, passed away on February 11, 2026, at Park Centre in Newton under the care of WesleyLife Hospice.

Barbara was born on October 26, 1928, in Lynnville, Iowa, to Charles Ladd and Mary Ratcliff. She graduated from New Sharon High ...

View Barbara Ann "Shortie" Simpson's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.