Category Archives: Obituaries

Al Top

On Tuesday, February, 11, 2025, Albert Top, 84, died peacefully at the Cottage House in Luverne. A memorial service was held Friday, February 14, 2025, 10:30 a.m., at Bethel Christian Reformed Church, Edgerton, with Pastors Marlin Van Schepen and Jack

Arnold De Kam

Arnold J. De Kam, son of the late John Peter and Margaret (Schelhaas) De Kam, was born March 28, 1931. He passed away on February 7, 2025, at the age of 93. Funeral services were held Tuesday, February 11, 2025,

Wilma Grootwassink

Wilma Grootwassink, 95, Edgerton, passed away on January 23, 2025. A funeral service was held on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, at 10:30 a.m., at the First Christian Reformed Church, Edgerton. A committal service was held after the service at the

Donald Kooiman

Donald J. Kooiman, age 76, of Brandon, South Dakota, died Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at his home in Brandon surrounded by his family. Funeral services were 10:30 a.m. Monday, January 20, at First Christian Reformed Church in Sioux Falls. A

William (Bill) Dreise

William Jon “Bill” Dreise, 64, of Sioux Center, Iowa, died Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at Floyd Valley Health Care Center in LeMars, Iowa. A memorial service for family and friends was held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 18, 2025,

Joan Lucille (Blom) Strauss

Joan Strauss, 76, of Elkader, Iowa, passed away Monday, December 9, 2024, at her home. A Celebration of Life was held Saturday, January 4, 2025, 10:30 a.m., at Grace Evangelical Church, Elkader, with Pastor Ryan Zurbriggen officiating. Joan Lucille (Blom)

William (Bill) Lloyd Loenhorst

William (Bill) Lloyd Loenhorst, 75, passed on to Heaven Wednesday, December4, 2024, at the Pipestone County Hospice Home from pancreatic cancer. A Celebration of Life was held Saturday, January 18, 2025, at 2 p.m. at Faith Community Church in Pipestone.

Donald Christoffels

Donald Christoffels, 88, passed away on January 11, 2025, at the Mary Jane Brown Home in Luverne, Minn. Funeral services were held Thursday, January 16, 2025, 11:00 a.m., at the American Reformed Church, Luverne with interment in Memory Gardens Cemetery,

Cornelius (Casey) Feikema

Funeral services for Casey Feikema were held Thursday, January 9, at 10:30 a.m. at the Luverne Christian Reformed Church with burial following at Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne. Cornelius “Casey” Feikema, Jr. was born on April 28, 1947 to Cornelius “Case”

Carol (Esselink) Guice

Carol (Esselink) Guice was born on December 22, 1946, to Gerrit and Dorothy (Mouw) Esselink in Luverne, Minnesota. She spent some of her childhood/elementary school years on a farm in Beaver Creek, Minn. In 1960 her parents moved to a