Van SICKLE, F. Keith

VAN SICKLE, GRAY, DE VRIES, VERWERS, OWEN, JOHNSON

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 10/11/2017 at 06:36:10

Newton Daily News
Newton, Iowa
Monday, January 25, 2016

OBITUARY ~ F. KEITH VAN SICKLE
May 08, 1930 ~ January 24, 2016

F. Keith Van Sickle, 85, of Newton died on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at Skiff Medical Center in Newton.

A funeral service will be held at 10:30 A.M., Thursday, January 28, at the First Assembly of God Church in Newton. The family will greet friends from 5-7 p.m., Wednesday, January 27, at the Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory. Memorials to the First Assembly of God Church to finish the construction and painting of the portico may be left at the church the morning of the service or at the funeral home.

Keith, the son of Floyd B. and Mable (Gray) Van Sickle was born on May 8, 1930 in rural Shannon City. He grew up in the Tingley area and graduated from Tingley High School in 1948. He met his wife Evelyn De Vries at the Ringgold County Fair and they were married on April 18, 1948 at her parent’s home in Shannon City. They moved to Newton that same year. Keith worked for the Maytag Company from May 18, 1948 until this retirement in June of 1978. He then opened his own business, Van Sickle Painting, where he painted both interiors and exteriors of commercial and residential buildings in and around Newton until 2007.

Keith was an active member of the First Assembly of God Church, serving as Sunday School Superintendent, usher, and Sunday School Teacher. He enjoyed spending time working in his yard, with his family, and had coached his daughter’s softball team.

Those left to honor Keith’s memory are his wife of 67 years, Evelyn Van Sickle of Newton; children, Jenny (Rodney) Verwers of Kellogg, Kenneth (Martha) Van Sickle of Kellogg, and Martha Owen; his four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Roy, Ole, and Clark Van Sickle; and a sister, Eva Gene Johnson.

Arrangements were handled by Wallace Family Funeral Home and Crematory, Newton, Iowa.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, October of 2017

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