Oostenink, Richard H. 1923-1976

OOSTENINK, BURGRAAFF

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Date: 1/19/2010 at 12:05:14

Hull-Richard H. Oostenink, 53, of Hull, died Aug. 30 at the Sioux Center hospital.

Services were held at 10 A.M., Sept. 2 in the First Reformed Church of Hull with the Rev. David Ter Beest officiating. Burial was in Hope Cemetery of Hull under direction of the Kraai Funeral Home, Hull.

Mr. Oostenink was born July 31, 1923 at Hull. He was graduated from Hull High School. He farmed in the Hull area. He married the former Wilmina Burgraaff Jan. 5, 1944 at Boyden. He was a member and past consistory member of the First Reformed Church of Hull. He was secretary of the board of directors of the Co-op Gas and Oil Co. of Hull and a member of the Sioux County Cattle Feeders Association.

Survivors include the widow; sons, Donald, Jim and Bob, all of Hull, and Ken of LeMars; six grandchildren; his mother, Mrs. Gertrude Oostenink of Hull; sisters, Mrs. Gary Koerselman of Sioux Center, and Mrs. Al (June) Broek of Sioux Center.

Source: Sioux Center News, September 8, 1976