Van Dyk- Duven Funeral Home

02/21/2026

Services are pending at this time for Jeanette Steele, 92, of Pella who passed away on Thursday at the Hospice of Pella Comfort House. Burial will be made in the Main Station Cemetery near Moravia, Iowa.

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02/14/2026

Bradley Stewart Braafhart was born on May 29, 1968, in Iowa City, Iowa. He was the oldest of three sons that were born to Mary Gayle (Kane) and Harry Braafhart, Jr. Brad spent much of his childhood growing up in Pleasant Hill, Iowa and graduated from Des Moines East High School in 1986. Over the yea...

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02/13/2026

Bradley S. Braafhart, 57, passed away early Friday morning at his residence near Grinnell, Iowa.

Funeral services will be held
Monday, February 16, 2026 at 10:00 am
Lynnville Friends Church, Lynnville, Iowa
Interment will follow in the Sully Cemetery, Sully, Iowa

Visitation wit...

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02/06/2026

Priscilla Steenhoek, 93, of Winterset, Iowa, formerly of the Pella area, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 4, 2026, while resting at the Community Care Center in Stuart, Iowa.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Winterset Public Library in honor of Priscilla’s en...

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01/26/2026

Dr. Logan Keith Kuiper, 85, passed away in Los Alamos, New Mexico, on January 20, 2026. Born on September 12th 1940 in Oskaloosa, Iowa, to Andrew and Bess Kuiper, Logan’s journey took him from a small family farm to the forefront of physics and mathematics.

Logan grew up outside Pella, Iowa,...

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01/20/2026

With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Scott Todd Gollehon on January 18, 2026, at the age of 65. Scott was born in Grand Island, NE and was raised there until the age of eight when his family moved to Omaha, NE, where he lived with his parents until 1997. Scott was born deaf and mentally dis...

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01/16/2026

“Perfect is good enough”

Life began for William Ray Van Zante on May 20, 1928, at Pella, Iowa living in a modest country home with his parents, Teunis and Sara (Lautenbach) Van Zante, and older brother, Lawrence. He grew up learning to love the farm and graduated from the 8th grade at the No...

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01/15/2026

William R. Van Zante, 97, of Pella, IA passed away Wednesday afternoon at the Hospice of Pella Comfort House.

Funeral services will be held
Monday, January 19, 2026 at 11:00 am
Heartland Reformed Church, Pella, Iowa
Interment will be made in the Oakwood Cemetery, Pella, Iowa

Vi...

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01/06/2026

Gayle Liggett, 70, passed away on Saturday, January 3, 2026 at the Knoxville Hospital in Knoxville, Iowa.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, January 8, 2026 from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. at the Van Dyk – Duven Funeral Home

Graveside services will be held at 2pm Thursday at the T’Lam Cemete...

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01/03/2026

Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Pella.
Visitation with the family present will be held on Monday, January 5, 2026 from 4:00- 6:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Pella.
Interment with military honors will be made in the Oa...

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01/03/2026

Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Pella.
Visitation with the family present will be held on Monday, January 5, 2026 from 4:00- 6:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Pella.
Interment with military honors will be made in the Oa...