NEDERHOFF, Odie H. 1904-1979

NEDERHOFF, EEKHOFF, BUNGER

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Date: 12/18/2016 at 16:42:07

Family Mourns Death Of Odie H. Nederhoff

Funeral services for Odie Nederhoff were held on Friday, February 16, 1979 at 1:30 p.m. at the First Christian Reformed Church. Rev. Leslie Kuiper was officiating clergyman. The Messengers quartet, Richard Schafer, Lary Riebkes, Melvin Haupt, and Arnold Eiten sang two selections accompanied by Mrs. LuRay Meyer. Miss Elizabeth Eekhoff was organist. Flower attendants were Mrs. Fred Luppen and Mrs. Lee Boomgarden. Pall bearers were Ronald Nederhoff, George Nederhoff, Jr., Steven Nederhoff, Raymond Nederhoff, Wayne Nederhoff, Randall Nederhoff, Daniel Van Soelen, James Nederhoff, and Keith Van Soelen. Interment was made in the First Christian Reformed Church cemetery. Arrangements were in charge of Doyen Funeral Home.

Odie H. Nederhoff passed away Tuesday afternoon, February 13, at the Long Term Care Unit of the Grundy County Memorial Hospital in Grundy Center following a lingering illness. He had been confined to the Long Term Care Unit since May of 1975, and reached the age of 74 years, 10 months and 17 days.

He was born on a farm in Shiloh Township, southwest of Wellsburg, on March 26, 1904, the son of Henry O. and Pearl (Eekhoff) Nederhoff. He attended the rural school in the area. On January 11, 1927, he was united in marriage to Eita Bunger at the First Christian Reformed Church Parsonage by the Rev. H. C. Bode. Following their marriage they made their home on a farm southwest of Wellsburg. In the fall of 1966 they retired from the farm and moved to Wellsburg. They were privileged to celebrate their 45th Wedding Anniversary on January 11, 1972, with their family.

Mr. Nederhoff was member of the First Christian Reformed Church of Wellsburg having made confession of his faith in Jesus Christ on October 17, 1926.

Preceding him in death were: his parents, and his wife who passed away on June 23, 1973.

Those left to mourn his passing are four sons and one daughter: Henry O. Nederhoff of Wellsburg; George Nederhoff of Wellsburg; Arthur Nederhoff of Holland; (Pearl), Mrs. Paul VanSoelen of Ames; Marvin Nederhoff of Wellsburg; 15 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Peter H. Nederhoff of Wellsburg; Carl J. Nederhoff of Wellsburg and many other relatives and friends.

--The Grundy Register/Wellsburg Herald (Grundy Center, Iowa), 22 February 1978, pg 15