Hilda Ellen (Pitt) Klootwyk

PITT, SUTHERLAND, SPRIGGS, KLOOTWYK, SPAUR, CLARK, SKIELS, OFIELD

Posted By: Marsha PT (email)
Date: 9/18/2005 at 17:15:56

Hilda Ellen Klootwyk, 81, formerly of Knoxville, IA, passed away on August 18, 2005 in Las Vegas, NV after a short illness.

Hilda was born on a farm south of Knoxville in 1924, the daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Clark) Pitt.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Van Klookwyk and her sister, Vera Sutherland; and two brothers, Howard and Kenneth Pitt.

She is survived by five sons, Ronald (Chowee) of Las Vegas, Bob (Barb) of Green Valley, AZ, Mike (Dotti) of Indianola, Jim (Becky) of Chandler, AZ and Jeff of Derry, NH; two sisters, Helen Spaur and Hazel Wright both of Knoxville; two brothers, Gene Pitt of Oskaloosa and Robert, Jr. of Ankeny. She is also survived by 14 grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.

Her family will miss her and remember how she showed her love by the way she always made a house a "home" and always made you feel special by making you your favorite pie.

A family memorial service will be held at the Glendale Cemetery on September 15.

--Des Moines Register, September 15, 2005