Arnold Chester "Arnie" Lourens (2012)

BENSINK, BRUXVOORT, COOK, EVANS, HARTMAN, INKS, JOHNS, KAIN, KINNEY, LOURENS, STAJCAR

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 3/16/2012 at 08:09:06

Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

ARNOLD LOURENS, Lorimor

Arnold ‘Arnie’ Lourens, 83, of Lorimor died Monday, March 12, 2012, at Winterset Care Center North.

A visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 15, at Ochiltree Funeral Service & Aftercare in Winterset, where a memorial service will immediately follow the visitation beginning at 7 p.m. Memorials may be directed to the First Baptist Church in Lorimor.

Arnold Chester Lourens was born in Jasper County, Iowa on Jan. 13, 1929, to Gerritt and Gertrude (Bruxvoort) Lourens. He married Marjorie Bensink in 1949 and later married Marilyn Kinney in 1958. His marriage to Carol Inks took place on Oct. 28, 2005, in Alden, Iowa. Arnie was a farmer, first managing a dairy herd and later raising hogs, cattle along with managing his grain crops of corn and beans. He first farmed and lived in Jasper County and moved to a farm in Dallas County near Van Meter. He later moved to a farm in Clarke County and eventually moved to Union County near Lorimor. He also lived in Arkansas for a short time before retiring. Arnie was a member of the First Baptist Church of Lorimor.

He was preceded in death by his sister, Harriett Jean Nieboer.

Arnie is survived by his wife, Carol Lourens of Lorimor, his children, Darrel Lourens of Creston; Sheryl Kain of Prairie City; Lorie Stajcar of Urbandale; Scott Lourens of Des Moines; Audrey Cook of Ravenna, Mich.; Julie Johns of Grand Rapids, Mich.; Allen Lourens of Creston; Greg Evans of Davenport; Eric Evans of Lorimor and Darsi Hartman of Smithville, Mo. Arnie is also survived by his brother, Gerry (Marcy) Lourens of Mitchellville; 26 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.

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