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Jerold James Dykstra

GRASSMID, KREYKES

Posted By: Roger Miller (email)
Date: 9/26/2016 at 15:40:19

Jerold James Dykstra was born on June 16, 1930, in Ocheyedan, Iowa. He was the son of Bert and Winnie (Grassmid) Dykstra. He lived his youth around Sheldon, Iowa, where he attended Sheldon Christian Grade School and Western Christian High School. The family moved to the Harris, Iowa, area and Jerold graduated from Harris High School. He attended Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, and Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in business. Jerold served in the United States Army 1954-1956.

He was united in marriage to Marjorie Kreykes of Sheldon, Iowa, on Aug. 17, 1959, at the First Christian Reformed Church in Sheldon. They lived in Akron, Iowa, for 53 years where Jerold was the Administrator of the Akron Hospital and Nursing Home for 47 years. In 2014, they moved to the Christian Retirement Home in Sheldon.

He was a member of the First Christian Reformed Church in Sheldon.

Jerold liked watching sports and flying airplanes. He enjoyed his work and that was his hobby.

Those left to cherish his memories are his wife of 57 years, Marjorie Dykstra of Sheldon, Iowa; relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

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