March 29, 2024

Neola J. Sukkel

Feb. 8, 2017

Neola J. Sukkel, 89, of Monroe, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, at Park Ridge Care Center in Pleasant Hill. A funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 11 at the Monroe United Methodist Church. The family will greet friends following the service at a luncheon at the church. Burial will take place at Graceland Cemetery in Pella. Memorials can be made to Alzheimer's Association Greater Iowa, 1730 28th S., West Des Moines, IA 50266 or www.alz.org/greateriowa/. Condolences may be left for the family at www.coburnfuneralhomes.com.

Neola was born June 4, 1927, in Prairie City, to Earl and Eleanor (Morgan) Owens. On April 7, 1948, she was united in marriage to Richard Sukkel. They farmed in the Reasnor and Newton area for 50 years before retiring to Monroe in 1997. Neola was a lifelong homemaker, who cherished and enjoyed her family. She was a long time member of the Monroe United Methodist Church and will be greatly missed by all who knew her.

Those left to honor her memory include her daughter, Marlys Kay DeVries of Pleasant Hill; her son, Mark Sukkel and Connie Clark of Monroe; three grandchildren, Valerie DeVries, Vance DeVries and Veronica (Jeff) Wares; and three great-grandchildren, Jacob and Jordan Wares and Blake DeVries. She was proceeded in death by her parents; and her husband Richard in 2003.