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DONKERSLOOT, William Martin 1947-2009

DONKERSLOOT, WALSH, BLEEKER

Posted By: County Coordinator (email)
Date: 5/25/2009 at 21:37:57

Donkersloot, Rev. Bill

Home Town: Inwood, Iowa
Deceased Date: Tues., Mar. 10, 2009

Service: Sat., Mar. 14, 2009
Address: First Reformed Church
Inwood, Iowa 51240

Inwood, Iowa -- Rev. Bill Donkersloot, 61, of Inwood, died Tuesday, March 10, 2009, at U of M Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Funeral Service held Saturday at First Reformed Church, Inwood with burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery, Sioux City, Iowa.

William “Bill” Martin Donkersloot was born December 28, 1947 to Martin and June (Walsh) Donkersloot in Clifton, New Jersey. He graduated from Clifton High School and received his Bachelors Degree from Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa.

Bill was united in marriage to Marcia Bleeker on June 12, 1971 in Sioux Center, Iowa. He attended Western Seminary in Holland, Michigan for two years. Rev. Bill began his pastoral work at First Reformed Church in Tampa, Florida, then Morningside Reformed Church in Sioux City, Iowa and Church on the Hill in Norco, California.

He served the Pompton Reformed Church in Pompton, New Jersey and attended New Brunswick Seminary in New Brunswick, New Jersey where he received his Master of Divinity Degree. He then served at First Reformed Church in Lafayette, Indiana before moving to Inwood, Iowa where he was currently serving First Reformed Church of Inwood.

Rev. Bill is survived by his wife, Marcia; 2 sons, Scott of Indianapolis, Indiana, Jason of Lafayette, Indiana; daughter, Michelle (Chris) Lewis of Sioux City, Iowa; two grandchildren, Kyle Ellis and Natalie Lewis; his mother, June Donkersloot of Pella, Iowa; two brothers, Bob (Barb) of Washington, Iowa, and Marty of Pella, Iowa.

He was preceded in death by his father, Martin Donkersloot.

(Porter Funeral Home of Rock Valley obituary)


 

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