Obituaries

Harold “Fred” Van Wyk, 69 of Collins, formerly of Prairie City, died Friday, Feb. 5, 2010, at the Hospice of Jasper County Monarch Wing in Newton.

A funeral service for Dorothy Mae Potter of Newton will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010, at the Pence-Reese Funeral Home in Newton, which has been entrusted with the arrangements. A public viewing will be Wednesday from 3 to 7 p.m. A visitation with the family will be at 9:30 a.m. Thursday until the 10:30 a.m. service time. In lieu of flowers, memorials in Dorothy’s name are being designated to Newton American Legion Post #111 Nursing Scholarship Fund. Burial will be at 3 p.m. Thursday in the Community Country Cemetery near Millersburg, Iowa.

Gertrude Hoffmeier, 89, of Lowden, Iowa, died Friday, Feb. 5, 2010, at Wheatland Manor Nursing Home.

Henrietta Spoelstra, 69, of Monroe died Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010, at her home.

REASNOR — William R. “Bill” Gallaher, 33, of Reasnor, formerly of Newton, died on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010.

CAMARILLO, Calif. — William “Bill” Lloyd Lester, beloved husband, brother and uncle, passed away of natural causes at home on Jan. 5, 2010, with his family at his side.

James S. “Jim” Anderson, 64, of Des Moines, formerly of Newton, died on Monday, Feb. 1, 2010, at the Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines.