DeVos, Myles A. 1981-2002

DEVOS, JORGENSEN

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, Volunteer (email)
Date: 8/10/2008 at 21:03:01

ORANGE CITY, Iowa -- Myles A. De Vos, 21, of Orange City died Monday, July 29, 2002, at Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at First Reformed Church in Orange City, with Mr. John Block officiating. Burial will be in West Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. today, with the family present 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m., at Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City.

Myles Alan was born March 25, 1981, in Le Mars, Iowa, the son of Jeffrey Dale and Kathy Jo (Jorgensen) De Vos. He was raised in Orange City, where he graduated from MOC-Floyd Valley High School. He had completed his first year of computer technology at Northwest Iowa Community College in Sheldon, Iowa.

He was a member of First Reformed Church and was active in Teens Encounter Christ (TEC). He enjoyed participating in the church's youth activities, especially the work project in Benton Harbor, Mich. He was an avid racing fan and admired NASCAR driver Dale Jarrett. He liked to watch television, particularly weather forecasts and sports events.

As a victim of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, he was an inspiration to all who knew him. He touched countless lives, and the community responded to him in many ways. He appreciated the relationships he had with all his good friends.

Survivors include his parents, Jeffrey and Tammy De Vos of Orange City, and Kathy and Michael Heronemus of Sheldon, Iowa; grandparents, Herman and Myrtle De Vos of Orange City, John and Beverly Phipps of Cherokee, Iowa, Andrew and Wilmina Oostra of Rock Valley, Iowa, and Elmer and Myrna Heronemus of Ashton, Iowa; four brothers and sisters, K.C. De Vos, Nicole De Vos, Holly De Vos and Sean Heronemus; and an honorary brother, Jon De Koster of Orange City.

He was preceded in death by a grandfather, Leonard Jorgensen Jr.

Memorials are being directed to the Myles De Vos account of the MOC-Floyd Valley Foundation, to make the school more accessible to the handicapped.

~Source: The Sioux City Journal, July 31, 2002--part of the D. Easton Obituary Collection