Mol, Neal

MOL, PROPER, VAN PEURSEM

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Date: 7/21/2005 at 17:26:18

Funeral services for Mr. Neal Mol, 82, of Pella, formerly of Sioux Center, were held October 22, at the First Reformed Church in Sioux Center, the Rev. Arnold Punt officiated. Interment was at the Memory Gardens Cemetery in Sioux Center.

Neal, who was named Cornelius, was born September 20, 1920 at Sioux Center, the son of Clarence and Gertrude (Proper) Mol. He was raised at Sioux Center and served in the United States Navy during World War II.

On September 17, 1947, he married Grace Sebianne Van Peursem at Orange City. They made their home in Sioux Center. Grace passed away February 20, 1990, in Sioux City.

Later, Neal made his home in Orange City for two years. Four years ago, he moved to Pella. In Sioux Center he was a deliveryman for the Coop Gas and Oil for three years and then was employed by Vander Ploeg Furniture and Funeral Home for twenty years. Neal also owned a Service Master franchise, where he cleaned carpet, and later he was an independent carpet installer. In semi-retirement, he was a courier for Area Education Agency IV for twelve years.

He was a member of the First Reformed Church in Sioux Center, where he had served as an elder on the consistory for several terms and participated in the Men's Brotherhood. He also served on the board of directors of the Sioux Center Christian School and was a member of the Doornink - Brunsting American Legion Post in Sioux Center.

He enjoyed fishing and biking, as well as reading, especially to his grandchildren. He passed away on Friday, October 18, 2002 at the Pella Regional Health Center Long Term Care Facility in Pella.

He is survived by his four children and their spouses: Clifford and Connie Mol of Huntington, West Virginia; Wanda and Dean Ulmer of Leighton; Sharon and Jim Smits of Orange City; and Verlyn and Barb Mol of Brunswick, Ohio; thirteen grandchildren, two step-grandchildren and a great-grandson. Of his original family he leaves three sisters: Katherine Medema of Berwyn, Illinois; Elberta and her husband, Henry Swaagman, of Friesland, Wisconsin; and Angeline and her husband, Marion Boersma of Gresham, Oregon; and a brother and his wife, Peter and Bertha Mol of Sioux Center.

He was preceded in death by his wife; his parents; and by a brother-in-law, Francis Medema.

Arrangements were handled by Oolman Funeral Home in Sioux Center.

The Pella Chronicle, October 31, 2002