De Vries, Rena 1918-2010
DE VRIES, VANDEN BOSCH, GROENEWEG
Posted By: Mary Holub, volunteer (email)
Date: 7/26/2010 at 20:41:36
From: Le Mars Daily Sentinel, Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Rena De Vries, 92, of Orange City, died Sunday, July 11, 2010, at Floyd Valley Hospital in Le Mars.
Rena was born Feb. 2, 1918, in Rock Valley, the daughter of Bastian and Lydia (Vanden Bosch) Groeneweg.
On May 15, 1939, she married Dick W. De Vries in Orange City. For most of their married life, they made their home in Orange City, where she was a homemaker. Mr. DeVries died Nov. 25, 1978, in Orange City.
In 1983, Mrs. De Vries moved to Le Mars, where she first lived at Plymouth Life. About 1990, she transferred to The Abbey of Le Mars.
She was a member of the First Reformed Church in Orange City.
Survivors include a son and his wife, Ted and Jolene, of Dakota Dunes, S.D.; a daughter and her husband, Gertrude "Trudy" and Dean Boeshart, of Norfolk, Neb.; a son, Rick; three grandchildren, Nancy, and her husband, Craig Boche; John Boeshart, and Robin, and her husband, Brad Bollinger; five great-grandchildren, Shelby and Cody Boche, Emma Boeshart, and Khloe and Karsten Bollinger; four brothers and their wives, John and Marian Groeneweg, Simon and Judy Groeneweg, Walt and Alta Groeneweg, and Albert and Joanna Groeneweg; and a sister and her husband, Pat and John Bauman, all of Rock Valley.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Bernice Palmer; a son, Dickie; two infant daughters; two brothers, Paul and Leonard Groeneweg; and two sisters, Anna Van Ginkel and Lyda Terpstra.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at First Reformed Church Chapel in Orange City. The Rev. Stanley Vandersall will officiate. Interment will follow at the West Lawn Cemetery in Orange City. Visitation with the family present will be the hour before the service Thursday at the church. Arrangements are with the Oolman Funeral Home in Orange City.
Memorials may be directed to The Abbey.
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