Poortinga, Duane 1942-1991

POORTINGA, VAN HULZEN, SPOELSTRA, BAARDA, STEENHOEK, RAMER, SAVARD, FUNK, VAN SCHEVIKHOVEN, DE VRIES

Posted By: Volunteer Transcriber
Date: 7/13/2007 at 08:40:30

Duane Poortinga

PELLA - Duane Poortinga, 48, of Pella, a lifelong resident of the Otley-Pella area, died Saturday, July 20, at the Knoxville Community Hospital.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Calvary Christian Reformed Church in Pella.

The Rev. John Gortner, pastor of the church, will conduct services.

Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery in rural Leighton.

Friends may call today at the Pella Garden Chapel Funeral Home. Family visitation will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Memorials to the Calvary Christian Reformed Church or the American Cancer Society may be left at the funeral home.

Survivors are his wife, Frances; two sons, Jeffrey and Jason, both of Pella; a daughter, Julie of Pella; his mother, Elizabeth Van Hulzen of Pella; and four grandchildren.

Also surviving are four sisters, Nancy (Mrs. Clearence) Spoelstra, Evie (Mrs. Dale) Baarda and Sharon (Mrs. David) Steenhoek, all of Pella, and Phyllis (Mrs. Dwayne) Ramer of Reasnor; a brother, Melvin Poortinga of Reasnor; a half-brother, Nelson Van Hulzen of Knoxville; and two half-sisters, Judy (Mrs. Michael) Savard of Arizona and Elaine (Mrs. Kurt) Funk of Minnesota.

He was preceded in death by his father, Marion Poortinga, step-father, Gerrit Van Hulzen, and a step-brother, David Van Hulzen.

Mr. Poortinga was a member of the Calvary Christian Reformed Church in Pella.

He was the owner-operator of the D and D Pump Co., in Pella for 30 years.

The son of Marion and Elizabeth Van Schevikhoven Poortinga, he was born Dec. 1, 1942 in Oskaloosa.

He was married to Frances De Vries Aug. 5, 1964 at the Calvary Christian Reformed Church in Pella. ~ The Newton (IA) Daily News, July 1991