TERPSTRA, George A. 1947-2003

TERPSTRA, DEVRIES, ASWEGEN, LEE, THIES

Posted By: Jeffrey R. Phillips (email)
Date: 1/20/2005 at 17:47:46

George A. Terpstra
By: 07/23/2003

July 1, 1947-Friday, July 18, 2003

PARKERSBURG - George Authur Terpstra, 56, of Parkersburg, died Friday, July 18, 2003, at his home from complications of cancer. Funeral services were Tuesday, July 22, at the Christian Reformed Church, Parkersburg, with Pastor Frank Pott officiating. Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery, Parkersburg. Memorials may be directed to the the family.

George was born in Waterloo on July 1, 1947, the son of Ralph Louis and Bessie (DeVries) Terpstra of Ackley. He graduated from the Ackley-Geneva High School in 1965. He was united in marriage with Brenda Aswegen at the Bethel Lutheran Church in Parkersburg on Feb. 6, 1971, and they made their home in Parkersburg. He was employed by the Iowa State Highway Commission out of the Parkersburg state shed, and later at Universal Industries in Cedar Falls. George drove semi truck for Ackley Food Processors for over six years, until he purchased his own semi and leased to Decker Trucklines of Fort Dodge for ten years. For the past four years, he had been leased with Smithway Motor Xpress until cancer forced him to stop driving in August 2002. George was a member of the Christian Reformed Church in Parkersburg since 1973 where he had been a deacon. He loved driving truck and traveling the country, spending time with his family, Nascar racing and helping his wife in the gardens. He was an active member of the Parkersburg Sons of the American Legion.

Survivors include his wife, Brenda, of Parkersburg; two daughters, Wendi Terpstra and her children, Emily Ann and Jacob Lee of Bristow and Shari Lynn and her husband, Robert Thies, of Ankeny; his parents; three brothers, Robert, and his wife, Karen, of Ames; Calvin of New Haven, Conn., and Paul and his wife, Diane, of Janesville, Wis.; his mother-in-law, Erma Aswegen of Parkersburg; two brothers-in-law; seven nephews; and three nieces.

Redman-Schwartz Funeral Home, Parkersburg, was in charge of arrangements.

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