DEGROOT, John R. 1924-2000

DEGROOT, HENDRIKA, VAN DYKE, BERGMAN, BODE, GLOVER, POWELL, VILLELLI, KRAMER, KNOCK, JUNGLING

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 9/23/2012 at 00:44:43

John R. Degroot was born August 22, 1924 in Parkersburg, Iowa, the son of John and Julianna Hendrika (Van Dyke) DeGroot. John died Saturday, May 6, 2000, at his home in Cedar Falls, of heart failure. He was 75 years of age.

He served with the U. S. Army in the European Theatre during W.W. II. John was a 1950 graduate of the University of Iowa, receiving a B.A. degree in Commerce.

He married Esther Bergman on June 15, 1950 in Stout, Iowa. John was employed at Rath Packing Company in Waterloo, Iowa, retiring as Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing in 1985. Esther preceded him in death on November 5, 1984. He married Mildred Bode on June 7, 1986 in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

John is survived by his wife, Mildred of Cedar Falls; two sons, David of Rosemount, Minnesota and James of Austin, Texas; two daughters, Cynthia Glover of Burnsville, Minnesota and Mary Powell of Virginia Beach, Virginia; a step-son, James Bode of Denver, Colorado and a step-daughter, Julie Villelli of Fallbrook, California; fourteen grandchildren and a sister, Helen Kramer of Aplington, Iowa.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife Esther, three brothers, Lewis, Jack and Frank DeGroot, and two sisters, Alice Knock and Dena Jungling.

Funeral services were 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 10, 2000, at Orchard Hill Reformed Church in Cedar Falls, with burial at 2:30 p.m. at Oak Hill Cemetery in Parkersburg. Military flag-folding rites will be conducted by Parkersburg American Legion Post 285.

Memorials may be directed to the church or Bethany Christian Services.

[Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home Obituary]